KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained lower at midmorning today on the lack of buying momentum.
At 11.15am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.8 of a point lower at 1,875, after opening 3.25 points easier at 1,872.55.
Market breadth was negative as decliners led advancers 355 to 312, while 305 counters were unchanged, 635 untraded and 11 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.26 billion shares worth RM665.53 million.
For the heavyweights, Public Bank and Axiata rose two sen each to RM19.84 and 6.96 respectively.
Sime Darby was flat at RM9.56, while Maybank, TNB and CIMB shed two sen each to RM9.96, RM12.38 and RM7 respectively.
Among actives, DGB Asia and Daya Materials both added 1.5 sen to 12.5 sen and 33.5 sen respectively, while Zelan rose three sen to 39 sen and AT Systematization edged up half-a-sen to nine sen.
MAS, Talam Transform and PDZ were flat at 23 sen, 13.5 sen and 18 sen respectively.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index decreased 24.04 points to 17,397.71, the Plantation Index edged up 0.7 of a point to 8,941.08 and the Industrial Index went up 1.98 points to 3,212.96.
The FBM Emas Index depreciated 4.39 points to 13,113.91, the FBMT100 Index decreased 5.28 points to 12,675.23 and the FBM Ace was 40.34 points lower at 7,091.32, while the FBM 70 slid 5.64 points to 14,401.86. — Bernama
