KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia continued to see heavy trading activities especially in penny stocks and warrants, sending total volume traded over 9.2 billion units on Friday, the second highest in history.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 6.19 points or 0.44% to 1,403.44. Turnover was 9.228 billion units but the quality of buying was lower with trading value at RM3.86bil.
On Wednesday, trading volume was at the all-time high of 9.59 billion units.
The broader market on Friday was better with advancers beating decliners nearly two to one or 592 gainers to 316 losers and 387 counters unchanged.
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