KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia turned mixed at mid-day today on lack of follow through buying support for blue chips, dealers said.
At 12.30pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,797.21, up 0.77 of a point, after opening 6.48 points lower at 1,789.96.
The benchmark index hovered between 1,788.55 and 1,810.21 in the morning trade.
Market breadth was negative with decliners outpacing gainers 336 to 317, while 310 counters were unchanged, 788 untraded and 25 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.12 billion shares worth RM949.94 million.
On other scoreboards, the FBM Emas Index fell 10.1 points to 12,360.58, the FBMT100 Index lost 10.46 points to 14,733.78, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index declined 7.45 points to 12,958.99.
The FBM 70 declined 73.38 points to 13,383.04. But the FBM Ace rose 20.38 points to 6,387.46.
On a sectorial basis, the Industrial Index trimmed 8.46 points to 3,271.24, the Plantation Index rose 15.05 points to 7,948.4 and the Finance Index went up 17.89 points to 15,612.27.
Among actives, Systech added 1.5 sen to 37.5 sen, Sanichi rose half a sen to 9.5 sen and KNM gained three sen to 60 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Tenaga Nasional lost 10 sen to RM14.98, Maybank was flat at RM8.92 sen and Public Bank added four sen to RM18.10. — Bernama
