KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia just managed to close out the session in positive territory today on the back of banking and gaming stocks amid advances by regional peers and ahead of Budget 2024 on Friday.
Back home, he said market investors are cautiously optimistic given the improved local market sentiment and the return of foreign funds. “However, gains were limited ahead of tomorrow’s US inflation data and the release of the Federal Open Market Committee minutes later tonight. Turnover decreased to 3.01 billion units worth RM2.18 billion from 3.39 billion units worth RM2.02 billion yesterday.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index improved by 9.57 points to 10,638.85, the FBMT 100 Index widened by 8.95 points to 10,303.49 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index slid by 8.98 points to 10,878.34.