KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 ― The FBM KLCI’s downward momentum continued at mid-afternoon today, dragged down by selling in most of the heavyweights, led by PetGas, Maybank and GenM.
PetGas reduced 50 sen to RM17.92, Maybank eased eight sen to RM10.12 and GenM lost 11 sen to RM5.49, with all three counters contributing 4.50 points to the index.
At 3.10pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.49 points weaker or 0.08 per cent to 1,869.03 from Monday's close of 1,870.52 after opening 5.17 points lower at 1,865.35.
Market breadth was negative as losers thumped gainers 733 to 214, while 370 counters were unchanged, 569 untraded and 73 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.95 billion shares worth RM1.36 billion.
For other heavyweights, RHB declined 13 sen to RM5.41, HLBank eased 18 sen to RM18.48, Genting erased nine sen to RM9.59.
Of the actives, T7Global, Sime Darby and PWorth were all flat at 61 sen, RM2.99 and 26 sen, respectively, while DNex shrank 1.5 sen to 48.5 sen.
The FBM Emas Index lost 52.92 points to 13,390.01, the FBMT100 Index went down 44.61 points to 13,079.47 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index slipped 76.92 points to 13,676.76.
The FBM 70 eased 171.98 points to 16,538.36 and the FBM Ace was 97.28 points weaker at 6,489.63.
Sector-wise, the Finance Index down 14.88 points to 17,925.88, the Industrial Index reduced 33.75 points to 3,368.91 and the Plantation Index slid 17.26 points to 8,051.0. ― Bernama
