At midday, Kuala Lumpur stock exchange's benchmark composite index rose 14.90 points to 1,604.68 points, from from Friday's closing of 1,589.78 points.
During the half-day session, the key index at one point climbed to the high of 1,609.29 points, and traded with a range of 20.83 points.
This morning, the benchmark index rose 4.09 points during the opening session. As at 9:27am, the key index surged 6.28 points higher to 1,596.06 points.
CN Asia Corporation Bhd was the most actively traded counter as at 12:00pm, recording a turnover of over 45 million1 units/shares and traded at RM0.065. The Main board's industrial listing CN Asia is principally involved in the manufacturing and trading of tanks, vessels and tankers for oil & gas, chemical, and construction sectors.
As at 12:00pm, Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd (MPI) was the top gainer which advanced 22 sen to RM24.62 on a turnover of 32,700 units/shares, followed by Hong Leong Bank Bhd which added 20 sen to RM20.68 on a volume of 229,300 units/shares, and Maybank which also climbed 20 sen to RM10.40 on a volume of over 3.5 million2 units/shares.
YTL Corporation Bhd added 10 sen to RM1.87 on a volume of over 21.7 million3 units/shares as at 12:17pm. Meanwhile, YTL Power International Bhd recorded nearly 13.3 million4 units/shares, advancing 18 sen to RM3.08.
Banking counter CIMB Group Holdings Bhd rose 11 sen to RM8.33 on a turnover of nearly 12.9 million5 units/shares.
On the decliners side, PPB Group Bhd gave up 18 sen to RM13.44 on a turnover of 241,200 units/shares as at 12:17pm, while United Plantations Bhd shed 14 sen to RM30.80 on a volume of 386,200 units/shares.
45,346,700 units/shares ︎
3,551,000 units/shares ︎
21,723,200 units/shares ︎
13,298,700 units/shares ︎
12,846,000 units/shares ︎
