KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was lower in early trade today tracking the weaker external sentiment and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI index, dealers, dealers said.

At 9.21am, spot month June 2013 and July 2013 decreased 6.5 points to 1,761.5 and 1,764.5, respectively, September 2013 lost 7.5 points to 1,763 and December 2013 fell 10 points to 1,763.5.

Turnover stood at 1,390 lots while open interest totalled 31,007 contracts.

The underlying FBM KLCI slipped 0.84 of a point to 1,755.01 after 21 minutes of trading.  – Bernama