KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — Subdued demand ahead of the weekend and Christmas public holiday have led investors to stay on the sidelines, sending the composite index lower at mid-afternoon trading, dealers said.
At 3pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,839.69, down 6.49 points, after fluctuating between 1,838.58 and 1,848.79.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index fell 33.12 points to 16,855.39, the Industrial Index slipped 3.34 points to 3,150.55, but the Plantation Index shed 12.39 points to 8,888.07.
The FBMT100 Index lost 42.93 points to 12,423.39, the FBM Emas Index dipped 44.33 points to 12,685.29, the FBM 70 fell 45.11 points to 14,065.51, but the FBM Ace rose 18.82 points to 5,654.96.
Losers led gainers 426 to 217, with 303 counters unchanged, 610 untraded and 16 others suspended.
Volume totalled 653.802 million shares worth RM822.552 million.
Among actives, both Sumatec Resource and Tiger Synergy shed one sen each to 27 sen and 17 sen, respectively.
Of heavyweights, both Maybank and CIMB fell six sen each to RM10.04 and RM7.59, respectively, TNB lost 10 sen to RM10.94, Axiata Group eased five sen to RM6.74 and Sime Darby shed one sen to RM9.57. — Bernama
