KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Bursa Malaysia ended lower today on unfavourable external developments, tracking the regional peers, dealers said.

At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 12.21 points to 1,722.16 after fluctuating between 1,722.16 and 1,734.40 throughout the day.

A dealer said the weaker bourse was in tandem with regional markets’ bearish sentiment amid concerns over Greece’s debt repayment talks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 weakened 0.09 per cent to 20,387.79, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 1.53 per cent to 26,861.81, Singapore’s Straits Times fell 0.96 per cent to 3,321.99 and Taiwan’s TAIEX eased 0.46 per cent to 9,259.48.

Hong Leong Investment Bank said the fall in KLCI was also due to the lack of fresh catalysts and nagging domestic issues.

However, it said, the stock market might enjoy a brief technical rebound in the near term, supported by the presence of local funds ahead of the widely-anticipated June window-dressing and oversold technical momentum.

The Finance Index fell 35.77 points to 15,494.34, Plantation Index ease 112.61 points to 7,254.27 and the Industrial Index fell 18.61 points to 3,177.95.

The FBM Emas Index fell 107.65 points to 11,914.82, FBMT100 Index declined 95.04 points to 11,612.0, and the FBM Emas Syariah Index decreased 120.81 points to 12,426.41.

The FBM Ace was 279.43 points lower at 6,011.28 and the FBM 70 was down 155.46 points to 13,080.62.

Losers thumped gainers by 777 to 150, with 236 counters unchanged, 650 counters untraded and 13 others suspended.

Total volume contracted to 1.55 billion units worth RM1.52 billion from 1.14 billion units worth RM1.19 billion on Friday.

 Among actives, IFCA Group fell 21.5 sen to 90.5 sen, Asia Media eased 1.5 sen to three sen, Frontken declined two sen to 22.5 sen and AirAsia X trimmed one sen to 22 sen.

Of the heavyweights, Sapura Kencana fell 17 sen to RM2.42, FGV slipped 21 sen to RM1.65, PPB Group was 38 sen lower at RM1492 and UMW Holdings declined eight sen to RM10.34 while TNB was flat at RM13.24.

Main Market volume rose to 980.65 million units worth RM1.64 billion from 743.23 million units worth RM1.07 billion on Friday.

Turnover on the ACE Market appreciated to 439.31 million shares valued at RM132.90 million from Friday’s 306.35 million shares valued at RM91.68 million.

Warrants improved to 124.54 million shares worth RM32.34 million from 93.88 million shares worth RM26.34 million previously.

Consumer products accounted for 96.52 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products (150.83 million), construction (39.67 million), trade and services (454.48 million), technology (40.99 million), infrastructure (12.51 million), SPAC (13.84 million), finance (33.54 million), hotels (1.51 million), properties (91.02 million), plantations (36.38 million), mining (0), REITs (9.32 million) and closed/fund (22,000). — Bernama