KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 ― Bursa Malaysia remained in the red at mid-morning, weighed by selling in most of the index-linked counters led by financial services as well as telecommunications and media.
At 11.03am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 6.23 points to 1,418.96 from yesterday’s close of 1,425.19.
The barometer index opened 3.22 points weaker at 1,421.97.
The market breadth was negative with decliners leading gainers 396 to 229, while 347 counters were unchanged, 1,322 untraded and 25 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.13 billion units valued at RM517.66 million.
Among the heavyweight counters, Maybank and CelcomDigi fell four sen each to RM8.61 and RM4.37 respectively, Public Bank trimmed two sen to RM3.91, CIMB eased six sen to RM5.10, and Petronas Chemicals rose three sen to RM7.23.
As for the actives, Fitters Diversified and Computer Forms added half-a-sen each to 5.5 sen and 27 sen respectively, Star Media bagged 10.5 sen to 61.5 sen, and Vinvest was flat at 20 sen.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index shrank 48.06 points to 10,415.04, the FBMT 100 Index dropped 48.60 points to 10,100.85, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index decreased 41.33 points to 10,765.20.
The FBM ACE Index was 12.46 points easier at 5,307.18 and the FBM 70 index slipped 82.73 points to 13,546.88.
Sector-wise, the Industrial Products and Services Index shaved 0.22 of a point to 171.74, the Financial Services Index dipped 76.33 points to 15,547.51, and the Plantation Index went down 33.14 points to 6,895.47. ― Bernama
