There was no FBM KLCI trading session on 25 August 2026. Bursa Malaysia was closed for Maulidur Rasul (Prophet Muhammad’s birthday), a nationwide public holiday.
The last official close remains Monday, 24 August 2026 at 1,736.33, down 0.15 point or 0.01% from Friday’s 1,736.48. That session opened at 1,738.31 and ranged between 1,733.07 and 1,739.47, with support above 1,730 still intact.
Last session snapshot (24 Aug 2026) — used as the reference close
- Breadth: 714 losers vs 482 gainers.
- Turnover: about 3.60–3.61 billion shares, valued at RM3.03–3.04 billion.
- Sectors: transportation and plantation held up; utilities and technology lagged.
Last-session gainers: Petronas Dagangan, MISC, Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Sarawak Plantation.
Last-session losers: Malaysian Pacific Industries, Allianz Malaysia, KPJ Healthcare, selected utilities and healthcare heavyweights.
Most active: Zetrix AI, Dagang NeXchange, KPJ, NexG, AirAsia Group.
Why the market was closed
25 August 2026 was Maulidur Rasul 1448H/2026M. National celebrations were held under the theme Madani Dihayati, Ummah Diberkati, including a large procession at Universiti Putra Malaysia attended by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Banks, government offices and the exchange were shut; some financial services flagged holiday delays.
Market backdrop heading into the holiday (on/before 25 Aug 2026)
Investors had already turned cautious into the shortened week. Key themes as of 24 August:
- Earnings season still in its later stretch; stock-picking remained the main driver.
- Jackson Hole symposium later in the week was the next major global event for US rate-path signals.
- External caution: global yield concerns, weaker technology sentiment, and trade-talk uncertainty.
- Structural: the planned expansion of the FBM KLCI to 50 constituents remained a medium-term liquidity positive.
- Calendar: after the 25 August holiday, the next scheduled trading day was 26 August, with National Day (31 August) also approaching.
No new Malaysia market-moving policy was announced on the holiday itself. The closed session simply paused price discovery after a flat, low-conviction Monday.
Overall: Treat 25 August as a non-trading day. For blog continuity, the working close stays 1,736.33. The near-term setup into the next session was still range-bound, earnings-driven and sensitive to global yield/Fed cues.