FBM KLCI ends 0.9pc lower

 

MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.91 per cent lower today due to profit-taking as the bourse played catch-up to last week’s regional falls on Dubai’s debt worries, dealers said.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index lost 11.50 points to 1,259.11. Losers outnumbered gainers 506 to 208.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index came off 11.5 points to end at 1,259.11 after opening 14.74 points lower at 1,255.87.

The FBM Emas Index plunged 75.71 points to 8,382.64, the FBM Top 100 fell 75.55 points to 8,197.91 and the FBM 70 gave up 77.2 points to 8,071.77.

The FBM ACE rose 19.09 points to 4,310.04 but the Industrial Index fell 23.36 points to 2,686.77.

The Plantation Index declined 20.42 points to 6,225.52 but the Finance Index nosedived 143.31 points to 10,759.46.

Decliners outnumbered advancers 506 to 208 while 210 counters were unchanged and 363 others were untraded.

Turnover was higher at 1.09 billion shares, worth RM1.89 billion, from 763.4 million shares, worth RM987.98 million, last Thursday.

Among actives, KNM Group shed 3.5 sen to 72.5 sen, Maxis increased eight sen to RM5.45, Green Packet Warrants gained 18 sen to 68.5 sen and Redtone International rose five sen to 32.5 sen.

In heavyweights, Tenaga was unchanged at RM8.42, CIMB Group Holdings lost 24 sen to RM12.64, Maybank eased eight sen to RM6.75 and Sime Darby slipped four sen to RM8.97. - Bernama/AFP