KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Bursa Malaysia’s main index remained lower at mid-morning amidst the lack of buying appetite, in line with the mixed performance on Wall Street overnight.
At 11.03 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) decreased by 4.79 points to 1,428.60 from yesterday’s closing of 1,433.39. The index opened 1.15 points lower at 1,432.24.
Market breadth was negative as decliners surpassed gainers 324 to 289, while 391 counters were unchanged, 1,221 untraded and 30 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.13 billion units worth RM536.52 million.
Among the heavyweights, Maybank fell four sen to RM8.63, Public Bank stayed flat at RM4 and Petronas Chemicals lost two sen to RM7.19, while CIMB gained four sen to RM5.34 and TNB was unchanged at RM9.24.
As for the actives, Fitters eased one sen to seven sen, Reach Energy fell three sen to 4.5 sen, Pesona Metro trimmed one sen to 23.5 sen, Computer Forms inched down half-a-sen to 22.5 sen, and Vinvest stayed flat at 20.5 sen.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index dropped 19.08 points to 10,482.38, the FBMT 100 Index slipped 20.59 points to 10,168.66 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index contracted 26.54 points to 10,785.14.
The FBM 70 Index went up 28.43 points to 13,634.59 and the FBM ACE Index was 19.36 points better at 5,331.48.
Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index gave up 20.85 points to 15,779.23, the Industrial Products and Services Index inched down 0.51 of-a-point to 172.55 and the Plantation Index shaved 15.98 points to 6,763.26, while the Energy Index advanced 6.42 points to 872.18. — Bernama
