KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended the day in negative territory today on selling activities in selected heavyweights led by Petronas-related counters.

At 5pm, the index was 6.45 points lower at 1,820.97 after fluctuating between 1,813.01 and 1,824.21 throughout the day.

A dealer said the weaker Bursa Malaysia was in tandem with regional peers, following a sell-off in global sovereign bonds.

Petronas Chemicals weakened 17 sen to RM5.83 and MISC dipped 27 sen to RM8.62.

The Finance Index declined 48.1 points to 16,096.73, the Plantation Index fell 46.83 points to 7,539.12 and the Industrial Index eased 21.17 points to 3,339.86.

The FBM Emas Index eased 34.8 points to 12,554.6, the FBMT100 Index slid 38.52 points to 12,235.14, and the FBM Emas Syariah Index decreased 61.5 points to 13,049.77.

The FBM Ace was 45.74 points lower at 6,931.42 and the FBM 70 slid 24.25 points to 13,618.55.

Losers led gainers 454 to 353, with 312 counters unchanged, 674 counters untraded and 18 others suspended.

Total volume rose to 1.92 billion shares worth RM1.79 billion from the 1.82 billion shares worth RM1.93 billion on Tuesday.

Among actives, KNM Group gained 2.5 sen for 66.5 sen, R&A Telecommunication eased 1.5 sen to three sen and Perwaja trimmed 4.5 sen to 25 sen.

Of the heavyweights, Maybank shed four sen to RM9.21, TNB slipped eight sen to RM14.20, Public Bank was 10 sen lower at RM19.36 and Axiata declined five sen to RM6.75.

CIMB added six sen to RM5.95, while Sime Darby was flat at RM9.12.

Main Market volume rose to 1.11 billion units worth RM1.64 billion from 1.05 billion units worth RM1.78 billion on Tuesday.

Turnover on the ACE Market appreciated to 689.76 million shares valued at RM127.61 million from yesterday’s 669.04 million shares valued at RM137.68 million.

Warrants appreciated to 110.02 million units worth RM21.96 million from 92.43 million units worth RM15.85 million on Tuesday.

Consumer products accounted for 87.88 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products (300.24 million), construction (93.20 million), trade and services (472.22 million), technology (35.51 million), infrastructure (16.29 million), SPAC (6.36 million), finance (39.71 million), hotels (1.40 million), properties (46.35 million), plantations (10.03 million), mining (4,700), REITs (6.18 million) and closed/fund (200). — Bernama