Malaysian shares reversed a one-day falling streak Wednesday, with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
FBMKLCI,
+0.24%
closing at 1,512.98.
Tenaga Nasional
5347,
+1.31%,
a company, was the biggest leader during the session, rising 2.3%, and real estate firm KLCC Property Holdings
5235SS,
+0.41%
gained 1.7%. CELCOMDIGI
6947,
-0.94%,
which operates in the telecommunication services space, rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares rising 1.4%.
Mr. D.I.Y. Group (M)
5296,
+2.90%,
a retail/wholesale firm, posted the largest decline, declining 2.8%, followed by shares of technology company Inari Amertron
0166,
-0.31%,
which fell 2.5%. Shares of company YTL Power International
6742,
-4.14%
dropped 2.1%.
In other parts of Southeast Asia, Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index
STI,
+1.17%
gained 0.1%, while the Thailand SET Index
SET,
+1.22%
dropped 0.6%. The Philippines' PSEi Index
PSEI,
+1.27%
increased 0.4%, and Indonesia's JSX Composite Index
JAKIDX,
+0.52%
added 0.2%.
Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index
HSI,
-0.21%
dropped 1.4%, while the NIKKEI 225 Index
NIK,
+0.41%
of Japanese companies gained 0.6%. The Shanghai Composite Index
SHCOMP,
-1.46%
of Chinese companies declined 1.5%.
The KOSPI Composite Index
180721,
+2.87%
of South Korean stocks dropped 0.1%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index
XJO,
+1.47%
gained 1.1%.
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar
USDMYR,
-0.25%
held steady to 4.73 Malaysian ringgit, and the euro
EURMYR,
-0.06%
held steady to 5.13 ringgit.
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