KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 – Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were dragged into the red at mid-morning trading today, with losses mostly in blue chips and finance stocks, dealers said.
At 11am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) index dipped 13.28 points to 1,710.93.
Losers thumped gainers 415 to 102, with 220 counters unchanged, 828 untraded and 13 others suspended. Turnover totalled 569.1 million shares worth RM443.6 million.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index lost 148.08 points to 16,010.67, the Industrial Index 14.65 points at 2,874.18, and the Plantation Index 45.81 points to 8,115.12.
The FBM Emas Index slipped 84.26 points to 11,871.64, the FBMT100 Index 82.04 points to 11,636.04, the FBM70 Index 61.02 points to 13,514.26, and the FBM Ace Index 38.14 points to 4,869.03.
Among actives, The Media Shoppe was flat at 9.5 sen but Integrated Rubber added 3.5 sen to 34 sen. China Stationery eased half a sen to 23 sen and Pelikan Int.Corp lost 6.5 sen to 43.5 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank lost 14 sen to RM9.88, and Axiata and CIMB 6 sen each to RM6.69 and RM7.13 respectively. Sime Darby was flat at RM9.40. – Bernama
