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BURSA MALAYSIA ENDS MORNING SESSION HIGHER

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session higher today as buying interest emerged and Asian stock markets responded positively to stronger-than-expected Japanese export data.

At 12.30 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 4.16 points better at 1,688.09, compared with Wednesday's close of 1,683.93.

It opened 2.32 points higher at 1,684.85.

Gainers outnumbered losers 338 to 276, while 327 counters were unchanged, 799 untraded and 72 others suspended.

Turnover stood at 775.88 million shares worth RM691.36 million.

Most regional markets, including Malaysia, moved into positive territory for the third straight session in tandem with Wall Street's advance.

It was underpinned by the strong quarterly earnings report cards, as well as a renewed post-election rally coming from Trump’s business-friendly initiatives so far.

Regionally, Japan's Nikkei 225 added 1.73 per cent to 19,387.08 and China's Shanghai Composite gained 0.13 per cent to 3,153.77.

A rebound in crude oil prices amid the weakening US dollar also contributed some momentum to Bursa Malaysia as well as regional peers.

US Crude was up 0.9 per cent to US$53.20 per barrel and Brent Crude added 0.9 per cent to US$55.57 per barrel.

The FBM Emas Index bagged 39.23 points to 11,821.81, the FBMT100 Index was 38.36 points higher at 11,528.13 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index increased 36.97 points to 12,303.63.

The FBM 70 surged 83.06 points to 13,518.43 and the FBM Ace rose 1.31 points to 4,930.13.

On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index improved 21.56 points to 3,198.51, the Finance Index improved 42.85 points to 14,902.94 and the Plantation Index garnered 25.01 points for 7,974.33.

Of the heavyweights, Public Bank gained four sen to RM20.24, Sime Darby increased nine sen to RM8.79, Petronas Gas bagged 16 sen to RM20.46, while Maybank, Tenaga and Petronas Chemicals each eased two sen to RM8.31, RM13.68 and RM7.14 respectively.

Of the actives, Borneo Oil inched up half-a-sen to 16.5 sen, CIMB gained four sen to RM5.00, while Matang was unchanged at 13 sen