KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session lower today on profit taking and in line with the downtrend on regional bourses.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended the lunch break 2.05 points lower at 1,796.08 after opening at 1,795.02.
The benchmark index moved between 1,792.21 and 1,798.34 throughout the morning session.
Losers led gainers 401 to 220 with 311 counters unchanged, 661 untraded and 48 others suspended.
Volume was at 787.96 million shares worth RM872.73 million.
A dealer said profit-takers triumphed over bargain-hunters to take the upper hand on the local bourse.
“Furthermore, there is no clear theme running through the equities markets in the region, except perhaps for a reluctance to get involved, ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and next week’s payrolls report,” he added.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index fell 23.76 points to 16,572.89 and the Plantation Index was 6.88 points lower at 8,779.49, while the Industrial Index rose 3.73 points to 3,118.88.
The FBM Emas Index lost 11.88 points to 12,489.99, the FBMT100 Index declined 10.3 points to 12,213.09, and the FBM Ace lost 38.07 points to 5,627.71, while the FBM 70 was 3.61 points better at 14,176.54.
Market debutant Titijaya remained the most active stock as at 12.30pm. It soared 16 sen or 10.66 per cent to RM1.66, with 68.41 million shares transacted.
Among other actives, AT Systematization lost two sen to 13.5 sen, while Sumatec remained unchanged at 30.5 sen.
For the heavyweights, Maybank was unchanged at RM9.59, CIMB dipped four sen to RM7.59 and Sime Darby bagged three sen to RM9.66. — Bernama
