<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): Top Glove Corp Bhd rose as much as 22 sen or 3.66% to RM6.23 when the counter resumed trading at 10am.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At 11.31am, the shares pared some gains at RM6.10, still up 9 sen or 1.5%.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The counter saw 11.57 million shares traded.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Trading in the securities of Top Glove was halted from 9am to 10am this morning.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>A bourse filing yesterday showed Top Glove founder and chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai continued to increase his stake in the company.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He spent RM19.97 million to acquire 3.29 million shares at an average price of RM6.07 per share on Dec 29.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>This has brought his direct and indirect shareholding in the company to 26.2% and 8.62%, respectively.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Including the latest transaction, Lim has spent RM69.72 million to mop up Top Glove shares in December.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On Dec 14, Lim spent RM19.98 million to buy 3.1 million shares in Top Glove with an average price of between RM6.39 and RM6.49.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On Dec 9 and 10, he also spent RM29.78 million to purchase 4.28 million shares in the company with an average price of RM6.93 to RM6.99.</p></div>

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Top Glove Corp Bhd rose as much as 22 sen or 3.66% to RM6.23 when the counter resumed trading at 10am.

At 11.31am, the shares pared some gains at RM6.10, still up 9 sen or 1.5%.

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