Kuala Lumpur, Mar 4 –Bursa Malaysia closed in negative territory on Friday as the investors were profit-taking. All major equities markets in Asia closed in territory as investors were going after safe heavens while closely monitoring the latest twists in escalating invasion of Ukraine, which included seizing a huge nuclear plant.
At 12.30 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 19.34 points to 1,599.20 from 1,618.54 at yesterday’s close.
** Bursa Malaysia ended lower on Friday, the FTSE BM KLCI down 14.60 or -0.90% at 1,603.94 .
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,616.00. The index fluctuated between 1,598.17 – 1,616.28.
** 239 counters are gainers, 341 counters are unchanged, while 849 counters are losers.
** Total volume of 3,446,133,300 recorded; while Turnover of RM3,295,422,756 .
** The Top 5 Gainers :HSI-HM1 (1.69, +0.42) ; UTDPLT (16.06, +0.42) ; PMBTECH -WA (15.58, +0.38) ; HEIM (22.20,+0.34) ; PETGAS (17.70, 0.28)
** The Top 5 Losers : MPI 32.72, -1.40 ; KLK 28.04, -0.96 ; BKAWAN 26.96, -0.64 ; PPB 17.96, -0.46 ; SAM 4.78, -0.41
** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : SMTRACK (0.195, -0.005) ; DNEX (1.02, -0.06) ; CAP (0.02, +0.01) ; HIBISCS (1.24, -0.06) ; ARMADA (0.45, -0.035)
** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) declined 27.45 or -0.84% to 3,226.20 ; Hong Kong’s HSI Index down 562.05 points or -2.50% at 21,905.29; Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 591.80 points or -2.23% at 25,985.47; and Korea’s KOSPI dropped 33.65 points or -1.22% to 2,,713.43; Shanghai Stock Exchange down 33.46 points or -0.96% at 3,447.65; Australia’s All Ordinaries shed 51.50 points or 0.69% to 7,395.30.
