KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia was blended at mid-morning as profit-taking actions in blue chips, primarily banking shares, continued to pull the barometer index decrease.
At 11.01 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 4.88 factors to 1,415.47 from yesterday’s shut of 1,420.35.
The principle index opened 2.54 factors decrease at 1,417.81.
Market breadth, nonetheless, was optimistic as gainers beat decliners by 346 to 296, whereas 329 counters had been unchanged, 1,320 untraded, and 75 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.3 billion models value RM492.95 million.
Among the many heavyweights, IHH misplaced 5 sen to RM5.71, CIMB was seven sen weaker at RM5.24, Public Financial institution fell two sen to RM3.94, and CelcomDigi decreased three sen to RM4.25.
As for the actives, BSL Company dropped half-a-sen to 2 sen, Bintai Kinden trimmed 2.5 sen to three.5 sen, and YBS Worldwide added 2.5 sen to 72.5 sen.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index eased 12.47 factors to 10,375.55, the FBMT 100 Index declined 13.16 factors to 10,070.21, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index ticked down 3.22 factors to 10,695.86.
The FBM 70 Index bagged 71.59 factors to 13,481.90 whereas the FBM ACE Index slipped 3.48 factors to five,206.48.
Sector-wise, the Monetary Companies Index declined 40.48 factors to fifteen,648.70, the Vitality Index shed 2.11 factors to 830.14, the Industrial Merchandise and Companies Index inched up 1.63 factors to 170.45, and the Plantation Index rose 24.00 factors to six,704.57. – Bernama