Kuala Lumpur, Jan 20 – Malaysian shares ended lower on Thursday with concerns about rising crude prices and inflation and thus higher rates as the investors await the FOMC meeting next week.
** Bursa Malaysia inched lower on Thursday, the FTSE BM KLCI shed 2.58 points or –0.17% to 1,527.75.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,529.44. The index fluctuated between 1,525.45 – 1,532.82.
** 518 counters are gainers, 416 counters are unchanged, while 403 counters are losers.
** Total volume of 3,389,724,000 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM2,251,749,628.
** The Top 5 Gainers : SAM (21.56, +0.90) ; CORAZA (0.645, +0.365) ; COMPLET (3.49, +0.34) ; KOBAY (4.77, +0.30) ; NESTLE (132.20, +0.30)
** The Top 5 Losers : F&N (24.88, -0.52); BAT (13.10, -0.44) ; PMBTECH-LA (12.50, -0.26) ; HIS-HMT (0.335, -0.205) ; RAPID (8.85, -0.20)
** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : G3 (0.08, unchanged); CORAZA (0.645, +0.365); MMAG (0.08, unchanged); DNEX (0.965, +0.055); AGES (0.025, -0.01)
** Key regional markets were ended in positive territories.
** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) up 8.90 or 0.27% to 3292.84 ; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index jumped 824.50 points or +3.42% at 24,952.35; Japan’s Nikkei 225 increased 305.70 or 1.11% at 27,772.93, and Korea’s KOSPI ended higher 20.40 points or 0.72% to 2,862.68; Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index down 3.12 points or -0.09% to 3,555.06.
