KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Local bourse Bursa Malaysia continued to head down south with losses seen in about 864 counters as global market dived in a knee-jerk reaction to Great Britain exiting the European Union.
At 3.07pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia Composite Index (FBM KLCI) was 18.75 point or 1.14 per cent lower at 1,621.23 after opening 0.14 point lower at 1,639.84.
The Finance Index dipped 142.77 points to 13,988.59, the Industrial Index shed 14.48 points to 3,046.22 and the Plantation Index narrowed 65.02 points to 7,510.18.
The FBM Emas Index went down 159.82 points to 11,301.60, the FBM 70 Index reduced 249.35 points to 12,724.58 and the FBM Ace Index lost 158.79 points to 5,045.14.
Turnover stood at 1.59 billion shares worth RM1.38 billion.
Losers led gainers 864 to 98 while 190 stocks were unchanged, 573 were untraded and 20 were suspended.
Among gainers, BAT increased 74 sen to RM50.52, Genting Plantation and Malaysia Pacific added four sen each to RM10.50 and RM7.17 respectively and Eng Kah Corporation increased three sen to RM2.03.
Among heavyweights, Maybank was down nine sen to RM8.11, TNB lost 34 sen to RM13.90, Public Bank dropped eight sen to RM19.18 and IHH Healthcare was flat at RM6.50. — Bernama
