KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session easier today, dampened by continued weak sentiment that curbed investors’ risk appetite, dealers said. At lunch break, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) lost six points to 1,827.75, after hovering between 1,827.11 and 1,831.27.
A dealer said sentiment tracked the weak cues overnight from Wall Street, and on concerns about the China economy.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index fell 48.55 points to 16,507.45, the Plantation Index 103.97 points to 8,718.95 and the Industrial Index 3.57 points to 3,131.81. The FBM Emas Index plunged 49.6 points to 12,625.32, the FBMT100 Index 45.23 points to 12,297.56, the FBM Ace 29.34 points to 6,623.96 and the FBM 70 69.36 points to 13,749.21.
Losers outnumbered gainers 530 to 191, with 295 counters unchanged, 615 untraded and 33 others suspended. Turnover totalled 1.16 billion shares worth RM945.9 million.
Among actives, Malaysia Airlines and Nexgram-WB lost 1 sen each to 25 sen and 4.5 sen respectively, and Minetech Resources fell 1.5 sen to 19 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank lost 3 sen to RM9.70, Tenaga Nasional 8 sen to RM11.94, and CIMB 1 sen to RM7.09. — Bernama
