Bursa Malaysia stayed low at midday as profit-taking operations continued as the dismal market attitude weighed on risk appetites, according to dealers.
The total turnover was 1.09 billion units worth RM493.22 million.
Maybank, Public Bank, and IHH Healthcare all declined 3.0 sen to RM8.87, RM4.62, and RM6.43, respectively, while Petronas Chemicals fell 2.0 sen to RM8.84 and CIMB remained unchanged at RM5.25.
Euro Holdings slipped 1.0 sen to 15 sen, Metronic fell half a sen to 7.0 sen, ACE Market’s newly-listed Unique Fire sank 3.0 sen to 23 sen, Dagang Nexchange fell 1.5 sen to 86.5 sen, and Borneo Oil remained unchanged at 2.5 sen.
The FBM Emas Index down 45.08 points to 10,649.20, the FBM Emas Shariah Index fell 50.15 points to 10,817.58, the FBMT 100 Index fell 45.87 points to 10,397.97, and the FBM 70 Index rose 17.35 points to 12,786.91, while the FBM ACE up 2.15 points to 4,887.43.
Financial Services Index down 45.91 points to 16,619.30, Industrial Products and Services Index fell 1.39 points to 184.58, Energy Index fell 7.18 points to 653.89, and Plantation Index rose 14.21 points to 7,098.20.
