KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI ended the morning session lower on profit taking activities.
At lunch break, the benchmark index was 4.06 points lower at 1,811.28 after hovering between 1,803.43 and 1,816.57 throughout the morning session.
The bearish local stock market was also in tandem with its regional peers, with sentiment hampered by expectations of a further reduction in the US Federal Reserve stimulus programme.
Among heavyweights, TNB added two sen to RM11.52, Petronas Chemicals was flat at RM6.72, Maybank lost 12 sen to RM9.74 and Sime Darby inched down one sen to RM9.12.
Axiata and CIMB fell four sen each to RM6.60 and RM7.07 respectively.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index shed 84.43 points to 16,601.42 but the Plantation Index rose 7.54 points to 8,491.62 and the Industrial Index was 2.74 points higher at 3,080.03.
The FBM Emas Index slid 26.64 points to 12,532.12, the FBMT100 Index depreciated 26.24 points to 12,240.6, the FBM 70 decreased 25.31 points to 13,895.49 and the FBM Ace fell 24.44 points to 5,967.34.
Losers led gainers 420 to 235, with 301 counters unchanged, 609 untraded and 23 others suspended.
Turnover totalled 930.77 million shares worth RM917.76 million.
Among volume leaders, KNM added 1.5 sen to 55 sen, Silk Holdings gained 4.5 sen to 53 sen, Xidelang slipped 10.5 sen to 52 sen and Asian Pac shed one sen to 21.5 sen. — Bernama
