FBM KLCI Closes Higher At 1,611.85 On Sustained Bargain Hunting

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 – Bursa Malaysia reversed the previous session’s sell-off to close higher on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, supported by persistent bargain-hunting activities across key heavyweights and technology stocks.

At the 5:00 PM closing bell, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 7.49 points, or 0.47 percent, to finish at 1,611.85, up from Monday’s close of 1,604.36.

The benchmark index opened 2.98 points higher at 1,607.34 and traded between an intraday low of 1,606.14 and a high of 1,611.94 during the session.

Market breadth was firmly positive, with gainers outpacing losers 683 to 380, while 571 counters traded unchanged, 1,259 remained untraded, and 52 were suspended.

Overall market turnover expanded to 3.37 billion units valued at RM3.10 billion, compared with Monday’s total of 2.90 billion units worth RM2.15 billion.

Market Heavyweights, Top Gainers, Losers, and Sector Index Breakdown

Key stock performances, active trading trends, and sector index figures at the close include:

• Heavyweight & Utility Performance: YTL Power International surged 14 sen to RM5.10, YTL Corporation gained nine sen to RM2.05, and Tenaga Nasional added two sen to RM13.30. Financial heavyweights Maybank and CIMB edged up one sen each to RM9.99 and RM7.11, respectively.
• Active Trading Counters: Zetrix AI and V.S Industry each gained one sen to 8.5 sen and 34.5 sen, respectively. Top Glove rose 3.5 sen to 96.5 sen, Ni Hsin added three sen to 50.5 sen, while Velesto Energy slipped half a sen to 19.5 sen.
• Top Market Gainers: Nestle spearheaded top gainers, jumping RM4.02 to RM94.28, followed by Malaysian Pacific Industries (up 72 sen to RM41.30), UMS Integration (up 38 sen to RM7.58), Telekom Malaysia (up 23 sen to RM8.05), and Kee Ming (up 20 sen to RM2.68).
• Top Market Losers: Fraser & Neave topped the losers list, dropping 32 sen to RM19.68, followed by PPB Group (down 22 sen to RM8.80), United Plantations (down 20 sen to RM29.70), Bintulu Port (down 15 sen to RM5.20), and Hong Leong Financial Group (down 14 sen to RM17.36).
• Key Index Figures: The FBM Emas Index rose 62.29 points to 12,039.29, the FBM Top 100 Index climbed 59.59 points to 11,834.53, the FBM Mid 70 Index advanced 106.58 points to 17,370.12, the FBM Emas Shariah Index jumped 74.94 points to 12,049.73, and the FBM ACE Index added 24.97 points to 5,418.63.
• Sector Index Movements: The Plantation Index led sectoral gains, rising 30.29 points to 8,654.26, followed by the Financial Services Index (up 27.17 points to 18,601.03) and the Industrial Products and Services Index (up 1.50 points to 176.91). Conversely, the Energy Index slipped 2.99 points to 845.74.
• Market Volume Breakdown: Main Market volume expanded to 1.99 billion units valued at RM2.81 billion. The technology sector led sector volume on the Main Market with 531.41 million shares traded, followed by industrial products and services (283.06 million) and consumer products and services (271.19 million).

–NMT