KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 ― Bursa Malaysia remained in the negative territory at mid-morning due to the lack of catalysts amidst cautious sentiments in the market.

At 11.05am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) slid 5.65 points to 1,430.24 from yesterday's close of 1,435.89, after opening 1.13 points higher at 1,437.02.

The market breadth was negative as decliners surpassed gainers 403 to 238, while 354 counters were unchanged, 1,268 untraded and 23 others suspended.

Turnover stood at 1.28 billion units worth RM564.20 million.

Among the heavyweights, Maybank decreased three sen to RM8.70, CIMB weakened two sen to RM5.20, Tenaga Nasional slipped nine sen to RM9.04 and Public Bank was flat at RM3.99, while Petronas Chemicals ticked up two sen to RM7.40.

As for the actives, Revenue Group added seven sen to 34 sen, Hong Seng advanced half-a-sen to 13 sen and Classita perked one sen to 18.5 sen, while Tanco remained flat at 47 sen and Top Glove dumped five sen to RM1.10.

On the index board, the FBM Emas Index dwindled 31.25 points to 10,523.54, the FBMT 100 Index trimmed 32.01 points to 10,203.47, the FBM Emas Shariah Index fell 41.02 points to 10,870.90, the FBM ACE Index was 1.41 points lower at 5,344.92 and the FBM 70 index shaved 8.88 points to 13,776.88.

Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index dropped 23.72 points to 15,759.94, the Industrial Products and Services Index shrank 0.17 of-a-point to 175.11, and the Plantation Index slipped 19.79 points to 6,820.74, while the Energy Index expanded by 7.90 points to 880.72. ― Bernama