Public Bank at record high, leads KLCI higher

KUALA LUMPUR: Fund buying of Public Bank helped underpin the FBM KLCI’s advance in late morning on Friday.

At 11.18am, Public Bank was up 24 sen to RM18.02, which was a record high for the banking stock. Its foreign shares, Public Bank-F rose 26 sen to RM18.10.

The FBM KLCI rose 3.07 points to 1,774.44. Turnover was 523.84 million shares valued at RM345.35mil. There were 238 gainers, 271 losers and 299 counters unchanged.