KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia continued its downtrend to open marginally lower on lack of buying interest in blue chips and selected heavyweights, dealers said.
At 9.03am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,690.71, down 6.6 points, after opening 8.57 points lower at 1,688.74.
There were 60 gainers and 227 losers while 132 counters were unchanged, 1,288 untraded and 16 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 68.34 million shares worth RM28.75 million.
The FBM Emas Index fell 53.24 points to 11,526.5, the FBMT100 Index declined 48.22 points to 11,308.4, the FBM Emas Syariah Index contracted 67.32 points to 11,852.59, the FBM 70 was 68.86 points lower at 12,386.27 and the FBM Ace slipped 40.23 points to 5,103.35.
Sector-wise, the Plantation Index went down 2.97 points to 7,532.61, the Industrial Index inched down 12.74 points to 3,062.97 and the Finance Index lost 61.48 points to 15,062.72.
Among heavyweights, Maybank declined three sen to RM8.57, TNB lost two sen to RM13.38, Public Bank trimmed eight sen to RM17.58 but Axiata rose three sen to RM6.91.
For actives, both Nexgram and Sumatec were flat at 5.5 sen and 17 sen, respectively, while R&A Telecommunicaton was down half-a-sen at 3.5 sen. — Bernama
