KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The FBM KLCI erased losses to close marginally higher today on last-minute buying interest ahead of the government’s announcement of a new stimulus package. The benchmark index closed 1.01 points or 0.06% higher at 1,624.97 after having stayed in negative territory for the most part of the trading session. A remisier, Jeffry Azizi Jaafar, said the drop in the index earlier was due to a correction in prices following the rally in the past three weeks. “The market saw financial, plantation and technology [stocks] fall due to a consolidation after recent strong gains on market recovery optimism, driven by the ongoing vaccination programme and a decline in daily [new] Covid-19 infections,” he told