ASTRO MALAYSIA AND FELDA GLOBAL VENTURES REPLACE AIRASIA AND MALAYSIA MARINE AND HEAVY ENGINEERING IN THE FTSE BURSA MALAYSIA KLCI DECEMBER SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award-winning global index provider, and Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) have announced that Astro Malaysia and Felda Global Ventures will replace AirAsia and Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI following the semi-annual review of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series today. 

The index series is reviewed semi-annually by the independent FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Advisory Committee.  The committee is made up of leading market professionals who ensure that the index review fully complies with a set of highly transparent and publicly available index rules.  

As part of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI is widely used by investors as the primary benchmark for the Malaysian market, and forms the basis of a wide range of investment products, including the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI ETF, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (FKLI), FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Options (OKLI) and other index-linked financial products. 

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI reserve list, comprising the five highest ranking non-constituents of the index by market capitalisation, will be SapuraKencana Petroleum, MMC, Lafarge Malayan Cement, AirAsia and Gamuda. The appropriate reserve list will be used in the event that one or more constituents are deleted from the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI during the period up to the next semi-annual review. 

At this review, the committee has also approved the following changes to other indices in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series. 

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Mid 70 Index Changes:  

Inclusions - AirAsia, Gas Malaysia, IGB REIT, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering

Exclusions - Ann Joo Resource, Fraser & Neave Holdings, TA Enterprise, Tan Chong Motor

	Inclusions	Exclusions
1	AirAsia	Ann Joo Resource
2	Gas Malaysia	Fraser & Neave Holdings
3	IGB Real Estate Investment Trust	TA Enterprise
4	Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering	Tan Chong Motor

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah Shariah Index Changes:

	Inclusions	Exclusions
1	Gas Malaysia	Fraser & Neave Holdings
2	Hartalega Holdings	Tan Chong Motor
3	IHH Healthcare	PETRONAS Chemicals Group

Inclusions - Gas Malaysia, Hartalega Holdings, IHH Healthcare
Exclusions - Fraser & Neave Holdings, Tan Chong Motor, Petronas Chemicals Group