KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 ― Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained in the negative territory mid-morning weighed by profit taking in bluechips, dealers said.
At 11.01am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.75 of a point lower at 1,850.78, after opening 3.22 points easier at 1,848.31.
On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index rose 3.87 points to 3,200.28, the Finance Index gained 0.67 of a point to 16,866.61 while the Plantation Index slipped 8.521 points to 8,969.42.
The FBM Emas Index increased 7.44 points to 12,844.99, the FBMT100 Index rose 6.859 points to 12,487.47, the FBM 70 jumped 54.261 points to 14,097.86 and the FBM Ace chalked-up 27.1 points to 6,768.41.
Market breadth was positive with gainers outnumbering losers 346 to 273, while 314 counters were unchanged, 694 untraded and 16 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.05 billion shares worth RM605.12 million.
Among actives, Talam Transform slipped half-a-sen each to 10.5 sen, PDZ and Iris added one sen each to 15.5 sen and 49.5 sen, respectively, and Frontken gained half-a-sen to 11.5 sen while Ingenuity was flat at eight sen.
As for heavyweights, Maybank lost one sen to RM9.76, TNB dropped six sen to RM11.92, CIMB and Axiata gained one sen each to RM7.39 and RM6.60, respectively, while Sime Darby was flat at RM9.28. ― Bernama
