KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia remained lower at mid-morning today on profit-taking after the recent rally, dealers said.
As at 11.05 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 8.12 points to 1,858.84, after opening 1.23 point lower at 1,865.73.
The decliners were led by Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which fell 50 sen to RM24.40. Public Bank was down 28 sen to RM19.12 and PPB dipped 16 sen to RM15.98.
Market breadth was positive as gainers led losers by 289 to 255, with 262 counters unchanged, 742 untraded and 16 others suspended.
Turnover was mild, with 558 million shares traded worth RM438.05 million.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index fell 6.139 points to 16,949.46, the Industrial Index dropped 9.05 points to 3,179.42 and the Plantation Index declined 30.74 points to 8,915.
The FBM Emas Index also declined 39.07 points to 12,814.56 and the FBMT100 Index dipped 45.76 points to 12,543.62. The FBM Ace dropped 7.4 points to 5,668.39 while the FBM 70 fell 15.76 points to 14,166.37.
Among actives, Compugates and 1 Utopia were flat at 5.5 sen and 8.5 sen respectively, while Globaltec fell 1 sen to 6.5 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose 4 sen to RM9.98 but Tenaga lost 12 sen to RM11.26 and Axiata fell 4 sen to RM6.86. — Bernama
