KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia were traded mixed in the early session today in line with the regional market performance, dealers said.
Forty two-minutes after trading, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.58 of a point lower at 1,834.16 after opening at 1,835.85.
However, market breath was positive as gainers led losers by 241 to 163, with 200 counters unchanged, 943 untraded and 16 others suspended.
Turnover was low with 281.95 million shares worth RM216.66 million traded.
HwangDBS Vickers Research said profit-takers will likely extend their presence and push down share prices on the local bourse today.
“The market is continuing from where they left off last week,” the research house said in a note today.
Technically, the FBM KLCI could slip further to test the next support line of 1,825 after losing 37.8 points or 2.0 per cent in the last three days.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index fell 10.25 points to 16,793.85, the Plantation Index rose 36.48 points to 8,863.49 and the Industrial Index was 9.75 points lower at 3,122.24.
The FBM Emas Index gained 4.34 points to 12,683.09, the FBMT100 Index added 2.34 points to 12,405.06, the FBM Ace garnered 55.91 points to 5,732.43 and the FBM 70 advanced 28.37 points to 14,122.11.
Among actives, MBSB garnered four points to RM2.21, Iris increased two sen to 31 sen and The Media Shoppe was flat at seven sen.
As for heavyweights, Maybank gained three sen to RM9.94, Tenaga rose four sen to RM11.04 and Axiata was flat at RM6.80. — Bernama
