Bursa Malaysia remained on a downtrend at midday on Wednesday (April 12), weighed down by continuous selling pressure, despite the upbeat performance of most of its regional peers.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI had slipped by 2.67 points to 1,433.22, from Tuesday’s close at 1,435.89.
The barometer index opened 1.13 points higher at 1,437.02, and traded between 1,429.0 and 1,437.08 during the morning trading session.
Market breadth was negative, as decliners surpassed gainers 428 to 295, while 389 counters were unchanged, 1,151 untraded, and 23 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.63 billion units worth RM803.26 million.
