Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd equity research vice-president Thong Pak Leng said the improving market undertone should spur the local bourse today and he expected the benchmark index to hover within the 1,450-1,460 range.
Of the actives, CN Asia was 1 sen higher at 19.5 sen, Kinergy gained 0.5 sen to 33.5 sen, Ranhill improved by 6.5 sen to 85 sen and SMTrack was flat at 4.5 sen.