KUALA LUMPUR: Glove counters were among the most active today, as they are seen as beneficiaries of the US' move to increase tariffs on surgical gloves imported from China.
Top Glove, Kossan, Hartalega, and Supermax's stocks all saw gains in early trade.
Trading in the 30-stock key index was choppy, alternating between red and green in the first hour of trading, as investors turned jittery ahead of the US Federal Reserve's rate move.
The index will likely hover within the 1,650 to 1,660 range today.
Investors retreated from the crypto market, dropping Bitcoin to RM249,946, and Ethereum to RM9,850.
Meanwhile, Solana was down to RM566.
That's it for Market Pulse.