KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Share prices extended their losses across the board at mid-afternoon on continued profit-taking, dealers said.
At 3.02pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,652.25, down 20.47 points, from Friday’s close of 1,672.72.
It opened 1.79 points better at 1,674.51.
Market breadth was negative with losers outpacing gainers 586 to 193 with 302 counters unchanged, 614 counters untraded and seven others suspended.
Turnover totalled 1.03 billion shares worth RM898.57 million.
The FBM Emas Index lost 129.61 points to 11,508.40, FBMT100 Index shrank 126.09 points to 11,208.10 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index fell 114.98 points to 12,094.01.
The FBM 70 trimmed 99.14 points to 12,871.52 and the FBM Ace eased 26.86 points to 5,590.23.
On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index decreased 43.23 points to 3,130.87, the Finance Index shed 182.21 points to 14,405.09 and the Plantation Index reduced 77.00 points to 7,633.85.
Of heavyweights, Maybank lost 13 sen to RM8.80, TNB fell 26 sen to RM14.10, Public Bank eased 14 sen to RM18.56, IHH slid 10 sen to RM6.45 and Petronas Chemicals shed eight sen to RM6.63.
Among actives, Vivocom added half-a-sen to 33 sen while SapuraKencana fell one sen to RM1.64 and Spring Gallery was down 26 sen at 64 sen. — Bernama
