KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were lower at today’s opening on less demand for local stocks, dealers said.
At 9.35am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 11.5 points to 1,622.43, after opening 0.4 of a point better at 1,634.33.
Market breadth was down, with decliners outpacing gainers 203 to 143, while 184 counters were unchanged, 1,269 untraded and 17 others suspended. Turnover stood at 210.92 million shares worth RM124.33 million.
The FBM Emas Index fell 56.91 points to 11,216.33 with the FBMT100 down 59.17 points to 10,932.40 and the FBM Emas Shariah 35.13 points lower at 11,900.83. The FBM 70 inched up 0.92 point to 12,286.20 and the FBM Ace added 4.44 points to 5,568.06.
On a sectoral basis, the Finance Index slid 59.08 points to 13,916.61 and the Industrial Index lost 19.02 points to 3,171.23, while the Plantation Index gave up 137.31 points for 7,217.86.
Among heavyweights, Maybank fell five sen to RM8.50, Public Bank eased eight sen to RM17.58, TNB inched down two sen to RM12.06 and Axiata was four sen lower at RM5.74.
Among the actively-traded stocks were Aumulus which rose half-a-sen to 56.5 sen, Key Asic, gaining 2.5 sen to 23.5 sen, and The Media Shoppe falling half-a-sen to 11 sen. — Bernama
