KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips closed near the day's high on Thursday, underpinned by fund buying of Digi.com Bhd , Axiata Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd , as investor sentiment was galvanised by the firm key markets and sustained gains in crude oil prices.At 5pm, the KLCI was up 10.93 points or 0.66% to 1,669.66. Turnover was 2.11 billion shares valued at RM2.23bil. Telekom rose 10 sen to RM6.80 and Maxis seven sen higher at RM6.20.BAT was the top gainer, up RM1.20 to the RM50 market in relatively active trade. IHH Healthcare lost 12 sen and erased 1.68 points from the KLCI.Crude oil prices held to their gains, with US light crude up 41 cents to US$45.75 and Brent gained 35 cents to US$47.18. Petronas Gas added 14 sen to RM21.70, Petronas Chemicals rose eight sen to RM6.74, Petronas Dagangan was flat at RM23.34 while SK Petro inched up one sen to RM1.56.

Source: The Star September 22, 2016 10:28 UTC