KUALA LUMPUR: Shares on Bursa Malaysia remained lower at mid-afternoon today, dampened by selling in blue chips and finance-related stocks.
At 3.14pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,861.86 points, down 11.52 points. The key index was dragged down 6.67 points
by Petronas Gas and Public Bank. Petronas Gas lost RM1.04 to RM23.46, while Public Bank fell 48 sen to RM21.12.
On the scoreboard, Finance Index fell 140.68 points to 17,241.93 points, the Industrial Index decreased 39.38 points to 3,150.84 points, and the Plantation Index slipped 2.72 points to 9,071.73 points.
The FBM Emas Index gave up 63.95 points for 12,881.8 points, the FBMT100 Index edged down 66.56 points to 12,528.7 points, FBM 70 declined 31.51 points to 14,013.72 and the FBM Ace eased 22.89 points to 6,558.44.
Losers outpaced gainers 472 to 252, while 299 counters were unchanged, 582 untraded and 15 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 846.16 million shares worth RM1.22 billion.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank trimmed five sen to RM9.83, TNB slipped two sen to RM12.04, and CIMB lost 11 sen for RM7.23, but Axiata gained one sen for
RM6.80.
Among actives, Sona Petroleum improved 1.5 sen to 60.5 sen, Seal Incorporated perked eight sen to 79.5 sen, while 7-Eleven rose nine sen to RM1.62.-- Bernama
fortunebullz
Foreign funds tried to cheat local funds by continous buying for weeks! But look like our local funds already use and outsmart these foreign funds! I expect 100 points drop!
2014-06-02 17:22