KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 ― Bursa Malaysia remained easier at mid-afternoon today on subdued demand in most heavyweights and amid a lack of local catalysts, dealers said.
At 3.02pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,747.02, down 3.39 points from the 1,750.41 recorded at Wednesday's close.
The index opened 0.28-of-a-point better at 1,750.69.
On the broader market, decliners outpaced gainers 421 to 376 with 386 counters unchanged, 549 untraded and 54 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.96 billion shares worth RM1.28 billion.
A dealer said the weaker benchmark index was also tracking its regional peers.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank fell four sen to RM8.93, TNB eased two sen to RM13.72 and Public Bank was flat at RM19.94.
Sime Darby lost five sen to RM9.35, but Petronas Chemicals gained one sen to RM7.63.
Of actives, SKH rose two sen to 9.5 sen, while Trive and JKG Land each slipped half-a-sen to 20 sen and 11 sen respectively.
The FBM Emas Index was 15.30 points lower at 12,398.70, the FBMT100 Index fell 17.38 points to 12,050.30.But, the FBM Emas Shariah Index increased 3.93 points to 12,850.20.
The FBM 70 added 1.54 points to 14,587.30, but the FBM Ace dipped 16.47 points to 5,716.26.
Sector-wise, the Plantation Index rose 0.11 of-a-point to 8,193.94, as the Industrial Index was 10.04 points lower at 3,259.4,4 and the Finance Index fell 33.87 points to 15,699.32. ― Bernama
