KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session lower today, in line with the decline on regional bourses and Wall Street overnight.
At lunch break, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was down 2.91 points to 1,731.46.
Market breadth was negative as losers trounced gainers 614 to 148, while 235 counters were unchanged, 816 untraded and 13 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 764.19 million shares worth RM544.72 million.
A dealer said Asian markets were affected by events globally, including the Greece bailout talks and the upcoming US Federal Reserve meeting.
Regionally, the Nikkei fell 0.52 per cent to 106.53, the Hang Seng Index slid 1.36 cent to 371.34 and the Straits Times Index dropped 1.02 per cent to 33.92.
On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index fell 38.279 points to 11,984.19, the FBMT100 Index decreased 30.83 points to 11,676.21 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index shed 37.67 points for 12,509.55.
The FBM 70 declined 77.48 points to 13,158.60 and the FBM Ace fell 163.49 points to 6,127.22.
On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index depreciated 5.39 points to 3,191.17, the Plantation Index shed 35.96 points to 7,330.92, while the Finance Index rose 16.859 points to 15,546.97.
Of the heavyweights, Sapura Kencana and UMW Holdings lost 14 sen each to RM2.45 and RM10.28 respectively, Felda Global Ventures fell 18 sen to RM1.68 and PPB Group eased 24 sen to RM15.06.
Among actives, Asia Media and Frontken shed 1.5 sen each to three sen and 23 sen respectively, as IFCA MSC lost 13 sen to 99 sen.
Spring Gallery added half-a-sen to 68 sen and Xinghe was flat at 7.5 sen. — Bernama
