KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained lower at mid-afternoon today, dampened by losses in selected finance and plantation stocks, dealers said.
As at 3pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was down 1.16 points to 1,878.04.
RHB Capital fell 22 sen to RM8.26, Kuala Lumpur Kepong fell 18 sen to RM24.70 while Genting Plantations lost 16 sen to RM11.06.
Market breadth was negative with losers thumping gainers 421 to 269, while 312 counters were unchanged, 614 untraded and 21 others suspended.
Turnover stood at one billion shares worth RM1.19 billion.
On the scoreboard, the Plantation Index dipped 11.91 points to 9,271.05 points, the Finance Index declined 27.37 points to 17,077.92 points, but the Industrial Index increased 12.85 points to 3,215.04 points.
The FBM Emas Index erased 16.87 points to 12,972.49 points, the FBMT100 Index was 15.48 points lower at 12,620.35 points, the FBM 70 dropped 47.54 points to 14,048.48 points, and the FBM Ace slipped 21.68 points to 6,634.22 points.
For heavyweights, Maybank earned one sen to RM9.93, TNB rose six sen to RM12, Public Bank shed two sen to RM19.94 but CIMB was flat at RM7.31.
Among actives, PDZ Holdings earned half a sen to 18 sen, Silk Holdings went up 5.5 sen to 79 sen, while 1Utopia eased half a sen to six sen and Xidelang Holdings dipped two sen to 21.5 sen. — Bernama
