KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 ― Bursa Malaysia was lower at mid-morning today on mild profit-taking in some heavyweights and bluechip stocks led by finance, trade and services counters.
At 11.00am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 5.20 points lower at 1,744.05, from yesterday's close of 1,749.25.
Earlier, the index opened 2.29 points weaker at 1,746.96.
On the broader market, decliners outpaced gainers 358 to 311, with 378 counters unchanged, 674 untraded and 37 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.25 billion shares worth RM550.65 million.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank and CIMB Group slipped one sen each to RM8.92 and RM9.25, respectively, and Sime Darby eased five sen to RM9.25.
However, TNB added two sen to RM13.76 and Public Bank rose four sen to RM19.98.
As for actives, Borneo Oil and Hubline were each flat at 18.5 sen and 9.5 sen respectively, while Vizione rose half-a-sen to 13.5 sen.
The FBM Emas Index fell 30.55 points to 12,382.07 and the FBMT100 Index declined 32.51 points to 12,030.77.
The FBM 70 eased 26.73 points to 14,567.38, the FBM Emas Shariah Index was 35.26 points lower at 12,827.57, but the FBM Ace increased 58.23 points to 5,780.90.
On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index shed 10.76 points to 3,253.11 and the Finance Index was 31.30 points weaker at 15,693.97, as the Plantation Index declined 21.95 points to 8,190.27. ― Bernama
