KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia was volatile at mid-morning today as window-dressing gains were capped by significant profit-taking resistance, dealers said.
At 11.03am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,765.01, up 0.57 of a point after opening 6.79 points lower at 1,757.65.
On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index eased 11.87 points to 12,090.34, the FBMT100 Index lost 10.55 points to 11,837.22, and the FBM Emas Syariah Index was 4.71 points lower at 12,524.3.
The FBM Ace was down by 29.13 points to 5,649.43 and the FBM 70 shed 67.521 points to 13,090.59.
On a sectoral basis, the Plantation Index fell 23.97 points to 7,806.82, while the Finance Index expanded 4.101 points to 15,720.12 and the Industrial Index firmed 1.89 points to 3,180.87.
Losers led gainers 300 to 201, while 224 counters were unchanged, 1,017 untraded and 15 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 479.76 million shares worth RM389.05 million.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose four sen to RM9.20 and Axiata added one sen to RM7.01.
Public Bank lost eight sen to RM18.38, while TNB and Sime Darby were flat at RM13.90 and RM9.31 respectively.
Among actives, AirAsia fell 22 sen to RM2.72, AirAsia X declined 4.5 sen to 64 sen, while Jobstreet added 8.5 sen to 47.5 sen.
Minetech and Hubline were flat at 9.5 sen and four sen respectively. — Bernama
