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On 6th JULY 2009, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was transitioned to the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI to be the primary market benchmark for Malaysia. The move to a 30 stock index calculated according to FTSE’s globally accepted index standards provides domestic and international investors with a more transparent, investable and tradable benchmark to stimulate the creation of ETFs, derivatives and other index-linked products.

The following are the 30 component stocks of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI:

Genting, YTL and Petronas group both have two listed companies as the component stocks. They are Genting and Genting Malaysia (previously known as Resort) from Genting group, Petronas Dagangan and Petronas Gas from Petronas group, and YTL Corp and YTL Power from YTL group.

There are total 12 stocks are the Government Linked Corporates (GLC), including: Axiata, CIMB, MAS, Maybank, MISC, Petronas Dagangan, Petronas Gas, PLUS, RHB, Sime Darby, Telekom and TNB. While for the banking sector there have 6 stocks in the list which stands 20% of the total component stocks, including: AMMB, CIMB, Hong Leong, Maybank, Public Bank and RHB.

Banking sectors and government linked stocks make up almost half of the 30 component stocks of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI.