KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Bursa Malaysia opened lower in early trade today on falling oil prices and weak US economic data, a dealer said.
At 9.07am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.81 points lower at 1,658.42 after opening lower at 1,657.44.
Gainers outpaced decliners 107 to 92, while 166 counters were unchanged, 1,314 untraded and 19 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 147.6 million shares worth RM39.2 million. The benchmark Brent Crude settled 34 cents down at US$41.80 a barrel, while US Crude was lower 55 cents at US$39.51.
The FBM Emas Index fell 6.84 points to 11,623.55, the FBMT 100 Index declined 7.53 points to 11,325.88, the FBM Emas Shariah Index slid 0.89 of-a-point to 12,222.48 and the FBM Ace declined 2.70 points to 5,389.56.
However, the FBM 70 rose 8.82 points to 13,281.33. Sector-wise, the Finance Index was 2.02 points lower at 14,233.98, the Plantation Index depreciated 14.54 points to 7,572.38 and the Industrial Index decreased 2.17 points to 3,109.81.
Among heavyweights, IHH healthcare and Petronas Chemicals bagged five sen, each to RM6.59 and RM6.64 respectively, Hong Leong gained 10 sen to RM15.10, as Maybank and SapuraKencana rose one sen each to RM7.99 and RM1.41.
Of the losers, KLK was down 14 sen to RM23.00, BAT lost one sen to RM50.46, Bursa Malaysia slid nine sen to RM8.80, MMC fell five sen to RM2.09 while Public Bank and Westports fell four sen each to RM19.76 and RM4.41. — Bernama
