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Malaysian stock market closes higher

Xinhua, March 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Thursday.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,809.13 up 11. 56 points or 0.64 percent, and the Emas was at 12,408.60 up 72.31 points or 0.58 percent.

There were 476 gainers, 336 losers and 327 counters traded unchanged.

Turnover declined to 2.21 billion shares valued at 1.85 billion ringgit Malaysia(498.92 million U.S. dollars), compared with 2.13 billion shares valued at 1.87 billion ringgit Malaysia (504.18 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday. Endi