KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia were mixed in the early session of the first day of trading for 2014 amid slow activity, dealers said.
At 9.18am, the benchmark FBM KLCI stood at 1,865.81, down 1.15 points, after opening at 1,865.73. However, market breath was positive as advancers led decliners by 139 to 93, with 146 counters unchanged, 1,170 untraded and 16 suspended.
Turnover stood at 101.47 million shares worth RM60.59 million.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index rose 3.41 points to 16,959.01, the Industrial Index fell 5.92 points to 3,182.55 and the Plantation Index added 7.6 points to 8,953.34.
The FBM Emas Index also declined 3.62 points to 12,850.01 and the FBMT100 Index dipped 6.72 points to 12,582.66. The FBM Ace increased 4.98 points to 5,680.77 while the FBM 70 fell 3.35 points to 14,178.78.
Among actives, The Media Shoppe was flat at 7 sen, Globaltec lost 0.5 sen to 7 sen and MBSB dropped 1 sen to RM2.20.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose 4 sen to RM9.98, Tenaga added 6 sen to RM11.40 and Axiata improved 2 sen to RM6.92. — Bernama
