Bursa Malaysia ended lower on Tuesday amid muted trading as investors continued to stay on the sidelines due to the holiday-shortened week, a dealer said.
At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) shed 3.6 points to 1,450.78 from last Friday’s (Dec 22) close of 1,454.38.
The FBM KLCI opened 0.30 of-a-point easier at 1,454.08 and hit an intraday high of 1,456.66 thereafter before trending downwards towards closing.
In the broader market, losers outpaced gainers 454 to 376, while 447 counters were unchanged, 1,028 untraded and 15 others suspended.
Turnover eased to 2.91 billion units worth RM1.96 billion from 2.97 billion units worth RM1.84 billion on Friday, Bernama reported.
