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| October 12, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

LAST week, share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) closed higher on foreign and local institutional investors buying support of heavyweight index-linked blue-chips.

The foreign and local institutional investors strong buying interests on heavyweight index-linked counters lifted the KLSE Composite Index (CI) out of its recent range-bound activities.

Heavyweight index-linked counters took over as the new market leaders while oil and gas, construction, property and water utilities-related counters took a backseat.

The scramble for heavyweight index-linked counters took the market by storm. Many retail investors were puzzled as to why there was such a rush to mop up these shares.

Ratings agency Standard & Poors upgraded Malaysia's credit rating by one notch on Wednesday and provided the timely impetus for the CI to break free from its range-bound trading activities.

News of falling job claims and improved corporate earnings in the US helped boost …

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