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KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Oil and gas related stocks surged on higher oil prices, lifting Bursa Malaysia to close above the 1,400 key level today. At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended 6.19 points higher at 1,403.44 on Friday, compared to 1,397.25 at yesterday’s close. The index...

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The index opened 6.22 points higher at 1,403.47 and moved between 1,398.71 and 1,408.19 throughout the session. On Wednesday, Bursa Malaysia’s volume reach its all-time high of 9.59 billion units worth RM5.1 billion versus the previous all-time high of 7.67 million units recorded on Aug 20, 2014. The IEA also sees a 6.7 million barrels per day non-OPEC production decline from March-June, with the US and Canada leading the way.

Among heavyweights, PetChem went up 16 sen to RM5.56, MISC rose 20 sen to RM8.00, Dialog was 11 sen better at RM3.44 and Petronas Gas improved 24 sen to RM15.88.As for active counters, KNM inched up three sen to 18 sen, Hibiscus Petroleum rose 6.5 sen to 58 sen, while Sapura Energy and Velesto added half-a-sen each to nine sen and 14 sen.

Main Market volume rose to 6.92 billion shares worth RM3.44 billion from 4.09 billion shares worth RM3.32 billion yesterday.

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