KL shares open higher

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia extended yesterday's gains to open slightly higher today on continued mild buying interest, dealers said.

At 9.15am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.86 of a point better at 1,852.86 after opening 2.32 points higher at 1,854.32.

HwangDBS Vickers Research said the local bourse may continue to trend sideways but with a slight positive bias, possibly advancing towards the

immediate resistance level of 1,860 ahead.

"The key US equity barometers posted new record levels last night when they climbed between 0.2 and 0.3 per cent at the closing bell. Essentially, sentiment

was lifted by expectations of rising job creations in the economy.

"With Wall Street still on the rise, the upbeat mood could be felt on our local bourse too," it said in a research note today.

Gainers outpaced losers 178 to 92, while 191 counters were unchanged, 1,147 untraded and 14 others were suspended.

Turnover stood at 181.75 million shares worth RM128.08 million.

On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index slipped 9.02 points to 3,190.11 but the Plantation Index garnered 14.42 points to 8,941.84 and the Finance Index

climbed 68.16 points to 16,773.7.

The FBM Emas Index advanced 9.99 points to 12,843.93, the FBMT100 Index added 7.86 points to 12,490.39, the FBM 70 jumped 17.04 points to 14,057.95 and

the FBM Ace declined 32.5 points to 6,808.72.

Among actives, Ingenuity Consolidated was flat at 9.5 sen, Insas rose four sen to RM1.35 while Asian Pac and Xidelang earned half-a-sen each to 22 sen and

27.5 sen, respectively.

As for heavyweights, Maybank was flat at RM9.67, Tenaga Nasional declined 30 sen to RM11.44, Axiata eased one sen to RM6,72 but CIMB increased three sen to RM7.24

Ringgit opens lower versus US dollar

Ringgit opens lower versus US dollar

Publish date: Thu, 3 Apr 10:27 KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened lower on lack of buying interest, said a dealer. At 9.07pm, the local unit was traded at 3.2780/2800 against the greenback from Wednesday's 3.2690/2710. The dealer said the domestic unit was expected to trade between the 3.2600-3.2800 range against the US dollar throughout the day. The ringgit was also traded lower against other major currencies.  The local unit fell against the Singapore dollar to 2.5973/5990 from 2.5936/5954 on Wednesday and weakened against the euro to 4.5128/5166 from yesterday's 4.5086/5117. It was lower against the British pound at 5.4562/4615 from 5.4439/4479 yesterday and eased against the yen to 3.1553/1578 from 3.1487/1522 on Wednesday

Gold futures contract opens higher

KUALA LUMPUR: Gold futures contract opened higher today on sustained demand for the precious metal.

At 9:40am, April 2014 gained 25 ticks to RM136.60 a gramme, May 2014 rose 26 ticks to RM136.90 a gramme and June 2014 added 39 ticks to RM137.80 a

gramme. 

Turnover amounted to 10 lots while open interest totalled 978 contracts.

At 9.30am, physical gold was RM1.21 higher at RM131.67 a gramme.

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Khazanah wants to up fund for CR initiatives

KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Nasional Bhd said one of the key initiatives for the company this year is the continuous effort to build capacity of its Civil Society Partner Organisations (CSPO).

The government investment arm is raising its investment for its corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives this year by 20 per cent to RM100 million, as part of its commitment to CSPO, said its managing director, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar.

He said through the company's CR grants programme, CSPOs will be able to broaden their impact by strenthening their service delivery, governance, and financial sustainability.

Khazanah also reaffirmed its pledge to deepen and expand its CR initatives via the newly incorporated Yayasan Hasanah.

The foundation is a strategic approach to support and empower communities, encourage social inclusivity and improve local environments, Azman said.

Azman said the establishment of Yayasan Hasanah is significant as Khazanah celebrates 20 years in operations and stands at the cusp of completing 10 years of its transformation programme to boost Malaysia's economic competitiveness and growth.

He said Yayasan Hasanah will consolidate while expanding Khazanah's existing CR work in five core sectors, namely education, community development, environment, arts, heritage and culture, and knowledge.

"Khazanah has spent RM335 million on its CR initiatives since 2006 and we will continue investing, if required," he said yesterday, after launching the 2013 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report and the Khazanah-Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme.

The 2013 CR report, the fifth since 2009, maps out the various CR initiatives that Khazanah and partner organisations completed last year.

Azman said Khazanah spent RM80.5 million on its CR initiatives last year, as compared to RM62.4 million in 2012.

He said the increase in spending was due to the Healthcare Assistance Fund, a cooperation between Khazanah and its investee company IHH Healthcare Bhd.

An amount of RM50 million was set aside when IHH Healthcare went public in 2012 and RM16 million was allocated out in 2013, he said.

Azman said funds were also allocated for flood relief and disaster preparedness in 2013 for affected communities in Malaysia.

For 2014, Khazanah is offering CR grants to CSPOs in two cycles.

Under cycle 1, the recipients include OrphanCARE Foundation, MERCY Malaysia, Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia, Voice of the Children, Yayasan Chow Kit, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Teach for Malaysia, EcoKnights, Enactus Malaysia Foundation and Reef Creek Malaysia.

Meanwhile, the Khazanah-Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme, established last year, is a joint venture with Wolfson College and University of Cambridge, to further develop journalism in Malaysia