Kuala Lumpur: Bursa Malaysia share prices opened higher on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 0.35 points to 1,731.09. The slight gain on Blue Chips led by Petronas Gas and Genting Malaysia after a disturbing week while key Asian markets traded lower over the China-US trade war. The trading volume was  42.5 million lots worth RM29.68 million. There were 185 gainers, 106 losers and 191 counters unchanged.

The KLSE stock gainer data shows Top Glove Corporation Bhd jumped 48 sen to RM11.26 after its strong financial results while Hartalega added 10 sen to RM6.35. 

Yinson rose 16 sen to RM4.75 and Petronas Gas added 12 sen to RM18.60. Vitrox added 19 sen to RM8 and BIMB seven sen to RM3.67. Hibiscus rose three sen to RM1.21 in active trade while Reach Energy rose 0.05 sen to 43.5 sen. 

Among the KLSE loser stock, Petronas Gas dropped 30 sen to RM18.18, Axiata shed one sen to RM3.90, Sime Darby dropped four sen to RM5.17 and Digi slid seven sen to RM4.39. Gamuda continued to retrace losses with a seven sen climb to RM2.42. The other top loser is Call warrants of Maybank-C48, Genting-C56, Bumi Armada-C47, and MyEG-52.

Asian shares slip as worries over China-US trade controversies, a possible slowdown in the Chinese economy and higher US borrowing costs modulate optimism despite a rebound in global equities late last week. 
Japan’s Nikkei open down to 22,501.33 points, previous close 22,694.66 and HANG SENG index open at 25,683.59, the previous close was 25,801.49.

Oil prices were rise on Monday as geopolitical tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia. WTI crude rose 79 cents to US$72.13 a barrel and Brent crude jumped US$1.01 to US$81.44 a barrel.

In currencies, the slight down was seen on ringgit, It was 0.1% weaker against the US dollar at 4.1578 in early trade. The ringgit traded mostly higher against other major currencies, except the yen, where it eased to 3.7114/7144 from 3.6971/7008 at Friday’s close. 
It rose against the Singapore dollar from 3.0149/0175 to 3.0127/0160, improved versus the euro from 4.8092/8139 to 4.7998/8045 and appreciated against the British pound to 5.4481/4537 from 5.4861/4917.

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