KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 ― Bursa Malaysia were mixed mid-afternoon on the back of weak buying momentum especially for bluechips.

At 3.03pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,770.6, down 0.63 of-a-point from yesterday’s close of 1,771.23.

Losses in Hong Leong Bank dragged the composite index lower by 1.256 points. The stock lost 34 sen to RM15.66 with 590,800 shares changing hands.

On the scoreboard, gainers led losers 384 to 351 with 364 counters unchanged, 713 untraded and 59 others were suspended.

Turnover stood at 918.85 million shares worth RM803.59 million.

Among heavyweights, Public Bank rose four sen to RM20.30, Petronas Chemicals gained two sen to RM7.12 while Maybank was flat at RM9.63.

However, Tenaga trimmed two sen to RM14.12, Sime Darby lost four sen to RM9.57 and CIMB eased three sen to RM6.65.

Of actives, Asia Bioenergy and Pasukhas inched up half-a-sen each to 16 sen and 19 sen, respectively, Sapura Energy advanced six sen to RM1.63 but Key Alliance was flat at four sen.

FGV, which saw its president and chief executive officer Datuk Zakaria Arshad replying to a show-cause letter to the company earlier, slipped one sen to RM1.70 with 2.72 million shares transacted.

Zakaria is currently on leave of absence.

The FBM Ace chalked up 68.79 points to 6,490.08, FBM Emas Shariah Index gained 5.82 points to 12,826.7 and FBM 70 improved 8.21 points to 15,003.91.

However, the FBM Emas Index slipped 1.08 points to 12,617.2 and FBMT100 Index eased 1.64 points to 12,257.07.

The Finance Index erased 38.64 points to 16,788.94, Plantation Index rose 23.64 points to 7,923.54 and the Industrial Index shed 3.62 points to 3,261.29. ― Bernama