KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI stayed positive entering the lunch break despite a slow start as bank counters shored up the index.
At 12.30pm, the key index was up 4.44 points to 1,589.82 amid a broadly positive market of 534 gainers compared to 395 decliners and 475 stocks unchanged.
The index had traded within an eight-point band over the course of the morning, between 1,581.76 and 1,590.74.
Market turnover was 2.81 billion shares changing hands for RM1.53bil.
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