KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened marginally lower today on profit-taking after gains yesterday, dealers said.
At 9.06am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,819.16, down 1.54 points, after opening 1.14 points lower at 1,819.56.
Gainers led losers 133 to 56 while 137 counters were unchanged, 1,296 untraded and 22 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 54.78 million shares worth RM26.36 million.
HwangDBS Vickers Research was positive that the local bourse would extend its recovery today, continuing from where it left off yesterday.
“The benchmark FBM KLCI could be challenging the immediate resistance threshold of 1,825,” it said in a research note today.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index lost 13.59 points to 16,422.68, the Plantation Index contracted 16.38 points to 8,867.92 and the Industrial Index shaved off 5.36 points to 3,168.63.
The FBM Emas Index was down 5.05 points to 12,600.94, the FBMT100 Index slipped 7.62 points to 12,267.26, the FBM Ace firmed 6.28 points to 6,626.7 and the FBM 70 earned 2.09 points to 13,822.33.
Among actives, PDZ Holdings earned 0.5 sen to 11.5 sen, Green Packet added 1.5 sen to 49 sen and HB Global gained 1 sen to 13.5 sen. Asia Bioenergy and Hubline were flat at 9.5 sen and 5 sen respectively.
As for heavyweights, Maybank gained 2 sen to RM9.61 and Axiata earned 1 sen to RM6.50. CIMB, TNB and Sime were flat at RM11.94, RM7.05 and RM9.21 respectively. — Bernama
