KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained in the red at mid-morning today on profit-taking led by consumer and technology counters, dealers said.

At 11am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,645.47, down 2.61 points from Thursday's close of 1,648.08, after opening 1.74 points lower at 1,646.36.

The FBM Emas Index fell 20.25 points to 11,593.86, the FBMT100 Index declined 20.13 points to 11,301.06 while the FBM Emas Syariah Index slipped 27.49 points to 12,204.53. 

The FBM 70 decreased 32.11 points to 13,484.18 and the FBM Ace eased 20.95 points to 4,981.98. 

On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index dipped 8.99 points to 3,130.47, the Finance Index declined 20.69 points to 14,281.29 while the Plantation Index gave up 8.40 points to 7,776.72. 

On the broader market, market breadth was negative with losers outpacing gainers 314 to 195, while 304 counters were unchanged, 858 untraded and 16 others suspended. 

Turnover stood at 425.72 million shares worth RM402.24 million.

Of the heavyweights, TNB rose two sen to RM14.30, Maybank and Public Bank erased two sen each to RM7.76 and RM19.82 respectively, while Petronas Chemicals contracted four sen to RM6.90.

Among actives, Sinotop and Metronic earned half-a-sen each to 10 sen and eight sen respectively, while AirAsia X and Asia Media eased half-a-sen each to 43 sen and 25.5 sen respectively. — Bernama