KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) remained mixed mid-morning as profit taking emerged in selected heavyweights, a dealer said.

As at 11 am, the FBM KLCI fell 3.60 points to 1,745.57, after opening 7.15 points weaker at 1,742.02.

Market breadth remained positive with gainers outpacing losers 300 to 273, while 268 counters unchanged, 969 untraded and 19 others were suspended.

Turnover stood at 410.71 million shares worth RM351.16 million.

Among heavyweights, Maybank added one sen to RM9.17, Public Bank declined two sen to RM18.54, Axiata slipped one sen to RM6.35 while TNB was flat at RM13.40.

Among actives, Nexgram was flat at 16.5 sen, Connectcounty eased half-a-sen to 25 sen while Efficient E-solutions advanced 1.5 sen to 29 sen and APFT earned half-a-sen to 18.5 sen.

On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index was 13.57 points easier at 12,124.82, the FBM Emas Syariah was down 35.67 points at 12,650.11 and the FBMT100 Index shed 16.01 points to 11,794.03.

Meanwhile, the FBM Ace expanded 27.54 points to 6,656.61 and the FBM 70 rose 13.47 points to 13,377.91.

On a sectoral basis, the Finance Index gained 14.99 points to 15,531.85 but the Plantation Index declined 18.59 points to 7,449.97 and the Industrial Index trimmed 19 points for 3,208.13. — Bernama