KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Adverse investor sentiment on the external and domestic front continued to weigh on share prices mid-morning.
At 11.09am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 17.69 points lower at 1,694.61.
A dealer said the exchange continued to see foreign selling pressure amid concerns over local political situation and external uncertainties dominated by Greece’s emergency financing.
The FBM Emas Index declined 142.3 points to 11,652.63, the FBMT100 Index dropped 135.13 points to 11,350.36 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index gave up 144.97 points to 12,100.69.
The FBM 70 fell 210.62 points to 12,504.47 and the FBM Ace went down 118.81 points to 6,064.78.
On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index erased 45.01 points to 3,127.08, the Plantation Index weakened 45.62 points to 7,396.17 and the Finance Index shed 185.75 points to 15,207.54.
Market breadth was negative with decliners thrashing gainers 643 to 93, while 203 counters were unchanged, 861 untraded and 22 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 792.3 million shares worth RM621.46 million.
Among actives, AirAsia lost 19 sen to RM1.30, Frontken slipped half-a-sen to 25.5 sen, KNM eased 1.5 sen to 57 sen, IFCA MSC shed seven sen to RM1.15 and Eden was flat at 30 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank lost eight sen to RM9.07, Public Bank and TNB eased two sen each to RM18.70 and RM12.60, respectively, Axiata declined six sen to RM6.32 and Sime Darby erased three sen to RM8.50. — Bernama
