KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia kicked off 2016 on a mixed note today with demand yet to pick up and investors still in a holiday mood.
At 9.03am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) index eased 5.03 points to 1,687.48, after opening 5.69 points weaker at 1,686.82.
The composite index was dragged down by selling in bluechips, led by Sime Darby, at 1.48 points. The conglomerate’s share fell 14 sen to RM7.61.
Meanwhile, gainers thumped losers 121 to 77, with 144 counters unchanged, 1,383 untraded and 13 others suspended.
In thin trading, turnover only amounted to 59.25 million shares worth RM19.52 million.
On the scoreboards, the FBM Emas Index fell 22.21 points to 11,771.44, the FBMT100 Index contracted 23.91 points to 11,446.66 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index declined 24.33 points to 12,776.32.
The FBM Ace rose 21.35 points to 6,410.59 and the FBM 70 perked 9.41 points to 13,144.56.
On a sectoral basis, the Finance Index depreciated 33.11 points to 14,216.1, the Plantation Index trimmed 14.36 points to 7,605.28 and the Industrial Index lost 15.09 points to 3,254.71.
Among actives, Instacom added one sen to 28.5 sen, Kim Teck inched up half-a-sen to 42.5 sen but Hibiscus shed half-a-sen to 22.5 sen.
For the local heavyweights, Maybank eased four sen to RM8.36, TNB lost eight sen to RM13.24 while Public Bank, Petronas Chemicals and Axiata were flat at RM18.52, RM7.27 and RM6.41 respectively. — Bernama
