KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — Bursa Malaysia was broadly lower at mid-afternoon today as weak sentiment continued to weigh on investor buying interest, dealers said.
At 3.01pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 23.47 points lower at 1,677.77 with losses mostly seen in finance counters and blue-chips.
A dealer said concerns over the tension in Syria curbed risk appetite, especially for emerging currencies.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index dropped 301.04 points to 15,729.36, the Industrial Index decreased 40.5 points to 2,806.36 and the Plantation Index fell 138.88 points to 8,003.74.
The FBM Emas Index erased 195.58 points to 11,588.04, the FBM70 Index gave up 318.52 points to 13,023.84 and the FBM Ace Index lost 226.03 points to 4,733.64.
Market breadth was negative with losers trouncing gainers 824 to 84 while 185 counters were unchanged, 497 untraded and 36 others suspended.
Volume stood at 1.44 billion shares worth RM1.977 billion.
Among active stocks, MAS and Daya Materials both shed half-a-sen each to 30.5 sen and 28 sen respectively, UEM Sunrise lost 16 sen to RM2.25 while Luster Industries was flat at nine sen.
In heavyweights, Maybank lost 18 sen to RM9.68, CIMB gave up 31 sen to RM7.07, Sime Darby trimmed eight sen to RM9.22 and Maxis declined 10 sen to RM6.76.
However, Axiata Group rose 13 sen to RM6.61. – Bernama
