12 theSun | FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 2009

business KLCI
STI
1,173.66
2,598.36
5.65
28.43
Nikkei
TSEC
10,214.64
7,104.65
65.82
64.88
Hang Seng 19,761.68 239.68 KOSPI 1,613.53 0.37
SCI 2,845.02 130.05 S&P/ASX200 4,429.6 8.6

KL market summary
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
INDICES
CONSTRUCTION
CHANGE
226.80 +1.77
Prices firmer with interest in heavyweights
CONSUMER 358.91 +0.58 SHARE prices on Bursa Malaysia ended firmer ment on Wednesday with Pearl Energy Ltd to
FBMACE 4,101.49 +36.09 yesterday with the bulk of interest seen in acquire the entire issued and paid-up capital
FBMEMAS 7,914.43 +48.45
heavyweights and counters in the news. of Pearl Thailand (Holdings) Ltd for US$19.21
FBM-KLCI 1,173.66 +5.65
FBMSHA 8,159.86 +35.92 Genting was the top gainer and other blue million (RM61.81 million) strengthened by 21
FINANCE 9,458.11 +33.30 chips such as Genting Malaysia, Sime Darby sen to RM2.99.
INDUSTRIAL PROD 89.01 +0.68 and Astro also attracted steady interest. The Among the active stocks, Multi Sports
INDUSTRIAL 2,589.43 +5.31 FBM KLCI jumped 5.65 points to 1,173.66. added five sen to 56 sen, KNM inched up
MINING 320.18 -12.16 The biggest gainer was Genting, which one sen to 74.5 sen and Eastern & Oriental
PLANTATIONS 5,762.14 +2.27 added 36 sen to RM6.81. There was a news jumped 17 sen to RM1.47.
PROPERTIES 772.76 +7.34 report that Genting Singapore Plc also rose on As for the heavyweights, Genting Malaysia
TECNOLOGY 16.41 +0.26
speculation that its S$6.6 billion resort casino in added 11 sen to RM2.83, Astro firmed 12 sen
TRADING/SERVICES 155.72 +1.58
Singapore will open ahead of schedule. to RM2.52, Sime Darby inched up three sen to EXCHANGE RATES September 3, 2009
TURNOVER VALUE Warisan TC followed, climbing 29 sen to RM8.23 and MISC perked five sen to RM8.84.
588.547mil RM985.374mil RM2.29, while UBG which signed an agree- – Bernama Foreign currency Bank sell Bank buy Bank buy
TT/OD TT OD
1 US DOLLAR 3.5705 3.5055 3.4955
1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 3.0140 2.8830 2.8670
1 BRUNEI DOLLAR 2.4830 2.4220 2.4140
BSN DEBIT CARD 1 CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.2420 3.1630 3.1510
1 EURO 5.1100 4.9870 4.9670
1 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 2.4360 2.3290 2.3130
1 PAPUA N GUINEA KINA 1.4420 1.2060 1.1900
1 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 2.4825 2.4220 2.4140
Defoe set 1 STERLING POUND 5.8220 5.6810 5.6610
to replace 1 SWISS FRANC 3.3770 3.2950 3.2800
Heskey 100 ARAB EMIRATES DIRHAM 98.9400 93.7100 93.5100
100 BANGLADESH TAKA 5.3400 5.2100 5.0100
pg 35 100 CHINESE RENMINBI N/A N/A N/A
100 DANISH KRONE 70.6800 64.9500 64.7500
100 HONGKONG DOLLAR 46.8900 44.4100 44.2100
100 INDIAN RUPEE 7.5600 6.9400 6.7400
100 INDONESIAN RUPIAH 0.0366 0.0314 0.0264
100 JAPANESE YEN 3.8910 3.7970 3.7870
100 NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR N/A N/A N/A
100 NORWEGIAN KRONE 60.6000 55.6200 55.4200
100 PAKISTAN RUPEE 4.4300 4.1200 3.9300
100 PHILIPPINE PESO 7.5000 7.0300 6.8300
100 QATAR RIYAL 99.6100 94.7500 94.5500
100 SAUDI RIYAL 96.7000 91.9800 91.7800
100 SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 47.3200 43.5300 43.3300
100 SRI LANKA RUPEE 3.2300 2.9600 2.7600
100 SWEDISH KRONA 51.3100 46.5800 46.3800
100 THAI BAHT 11.2500 9.5300 9.1300
Source: Malayan Banking Berhad/Bernama

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GM looking for billion-
euro aid for Opel
FRANKFURT: US automaker
General Motors believes it can
obtain a €1 billion (RM4.9 billion) in
aid from Britain, Poland and Spain to
restructure its European unit Opel, a
press report said yesterday.
GM was also prepared to put
more than €1 billion of its own
money to keep Opel from being sold
to Canadian parts maker Magna and
Russian partners, the Wall Street
Journal quoted a source close to
the matter as saying.
Magna is the preferred buyer of
German officials who have already
granted Opel €1.5 billion in credits
and are prepared to provide several
billion more to protect 25,000 Opel
jobs in the country. – AFP