Kuala Lumpur, November 25 – Bursa Malaysia ended Friday trading day in negative territory, with the FBM KLCI shed 15.34 points or -1.02% at 1,486.54. The benchmark retreated due to profit-taking after it made a huge advance yesterday with 4% jump. Also, the lacklustre of regional peers may influence the performance of the local bourse.
Despite the broadly positive cues from European markets overnight, Asian stock markets mostly ended lower, as market participants refrained from making significant moves amid a lack of fresh triggers when the U.S. stock market was closed for Thanksgiving Day. Also what weighed down on investors’ sentiment are the surge in COVID cases in China and prospects of global growth.
The Australian stock market ended modestly higher, extending the gains in the previous three sessions. The ASX/S&P 200 Index was lifted by technology and financial stocks. The sentiment remains cautiously optimistic the US Federal Reserve may scale down the pace of its interest rate increases.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,501.70. The index fluctuated between 1,481.38– 1,504.16.
** 347 counters are gainers, 362 counters are unchanged, while 629 counters are decliners.
** Total volume of 4,409,435,800 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM 2,747,231,836
** The Top 5 Gainers: IHS046000824 (102.00, +2.80); HEXTAR (13.60, +0.62); CFM (1.90, +0.41); ALLIANZ-PA (13.68, +0.32); AIRPORT (6.35, +0.21)
** The Top 5 Losers: NESTLE (130.40, -1.10); MPI (27.40, -0.44); PPB (16.20, -0.36); DLADY (31.10, -0.28); HARISON (6.11, -0.28)
** The Top 5 Active: ASB (0.2O5, -0.065); MMAG (0.03, 0.00); INFOM (0.535, +0.135); MUIIND (0.10, -0.02); ICON (0.15, +0.005)
- Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) down 10.18 points or -0.31% to 3,242.70; Hong Kong’s HSI shed 87.32 points or -0.49% at 17,573.58; Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index ceded 100.06 points or -0.35% at 28,283.03; Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index climbed 12.38 points or 0.40% at 3,101.69; Korea’s Kospi Index down 3.47 points or -0.14% at 2,437.86; Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 17.70 points or +0.24% at 7,259.50.
