KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia turned marginally lower at mid-morning today, dragged down by losses in selected blue chips.
At 11am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,637.24, down 0.45 of a point. It opened 9.94 points higher at 14,139.11.
On the broader market, losers outpaced gainers by 326 to 195 with 297 counters unchanged, 908 untraded and 19 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 409.82 million shares worth RM319.73 million.
Among the laggards in the FBM KLCI component stocks were KLCC Prop&Reits which eased 11 sen to RM7.49, IHH Healthcare down one sen to RM6.50, Genting falling eight sen to RM8.13, while Petronas Dagangan, Maybank and TNB were weaker two sen each at RM23.48, RM8.20 and RM13.98 respectively.
Meanwhile, among the actives, Hiap Teck declined five sen to 25 sen, Nexgram and LKL fell half-a-sen each to 25 sen and 31.5 sen respectively, with Borneo Oil flat at 14.5 sen.
Of the top gainers, BAT rose 96 sen to RM50.96, United Plantation increased 48 sen to RM27.00, SGGM expanded 16 sen to RM3.60 and F&N was 14 sen higher at
RM25.44.
The FBM Emas Index slid 10.10 points to 11,439.67, the FBMT100 Index lost 8.82 points to 11,146.87, the FBM Emas Syariah Index was 12.82 points lower at 11,985.60, and the FBM 70 shed 31.38 points to 12,945.82.
The FBM Ace was down by 18.08 points to 5,231.88.
On a sectoral basis, the Plantation Index gained 19.07 points to 7,579.04, the Finance Index decreased 18.22 points to 14,110.94 and the Industrial Index firmed 10.20 points to 3,081.46. — Bernama
