KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Shares prices on Bursa Malaysia continued the downtrend at mid-morning today on profit taking and after yesterday’s high, dealers said.
As at 11.03am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,889.1, down 3.23 points, after opening 2.8 points lower at 1,889.53.
On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index eased 0.82 of a point to 3,246.97, the Plantation Index fell 30.9 points to 9,285.97, and the Finance Index fell 53.1 points to 17,236.13.
The FBM Emas Index was 25.58 points lower at 13,073.62, the FBMT100 Index contracted 26.37 points to 12,700.82, the FBM 70 lost 47.45 points for 14,162.64, and the FBM Ace shed 14.36 points to 6,716.93.
Market breath was negative as losers led gainers 392 to 207, while 313 counters were unchanged, 716 untraded and 15 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 641.46 million shares worth RM575.45 million.
Among actives, main market debutant Icon Offshore perked 17 sen to RM2.02, Asia Media earned half a sen to nine sen, while Sumatec Resources and Talam Transform were flat at 31 sen and 10.5 sen respectively.
MAS slipped half a sen to 20 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank added one sen to RM9.84 and TNB chalked up 12 sen to RM12.18.
Public Bank lost 14 sen to RM20 and CIMB slid three sen to RM7.30, while Axiata was flat at RM6.99. — Bernama
