KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week broadly higher due to bargain-hunting activities in the lower liners and technology stocks, an analyst said.

At 5 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 0.26 per cent or 4.03 points to 1,520.02 from 1,515.99 at Thursday’s close.

The key index which opened 2.26 points higher at 1,518.25, moved between 1,517.96 and 1,522.95 during the trading session.

The overall market breadth was positive with gainers outpacing losers 494 to 361, while 441 counters were unchanged, 972 untraded, and 79 others suspended.

Total turnover declined to 2.00 billion units valued at RM1.54 billion versus Thursday’s 2.22 billion units worth RM1.77 billion. – Bernama