KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia continued to trade lower mid-morning, weighed down by losses in Public Bank and Petronas-linked companies.
As at 11.01am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,883.71, down 6.26 points, after opening 0.63 of a point lower at 1,889.34.
Public Bank shares topped the losers counter, declining 34 sen to RM19.56, while Petronas Dagangan lost 14 sen to RM24.46 and Petronas Chemicals eased two sen to RM7.30.
On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index eased 0.32 point to 3,256.13, the Finance Index fell 79.25 points to 17,151.89 but the Plantation Index increased 9.42 points to 9,277.7.
The FBM Emas Index was 33.38 points lower at 13,049.96, the FBMT100 Index contracted 34.41 points to 12,680.6, the FBM 70 lost 8.58 points for 14,202.15 and the FBM Ace decreased 24.77 points to 6,693.5.
Market breadth was negative as losers led gainers 290 to 244, while 316 counters were unchanged, 780 untraded and 39 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 597.56 million shares worth RM437.88 million.
Among actives, 1Utopia slipped half-a-sen to six sen but Sumatec Resources and SKP Resources added 1.5 sen each to 31.5 sen and 54 sen, respectively, and Priceworth International gained one sen to 23 sen. Meter Technology was flat at 11.5 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank, Axiata and Sime Darby were flat at RM9.83, RM6.98 and RM9.66, respectively, while TNB lost six sen to RM12.16 and CIMB was down two sen at RM7.30. — Bernama
