: Bursa Malaysia bucked the regional trend with the key index ending firmer for the fourth consecutive day, thanks to buying support in banking heavyweights and Top Glove.
However, on the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 643 to 568, while 463 counters were unchanged, 463 untraded and 19 others suspended. Regionally, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.35 per cent to 26,410.59, Japan’s Nikkei 225 eased 0.23 per cent to 26,756.24 and South Korea’s Kospi trimmed 0.33 per cent to 2,746.46.
As for the actives, XOX, AirAsia X and Metronic inched up half-a-sen each to 11.5 sen, nine sen and 11.5 sen respectively, IRIS bagged one sen to 36.5 sen but Trive was flat at 1.5 sen.
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