Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session lower on Wednesday as investors sold consumer products and industrial products and services shares.
At 12.30pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was down by 7.04 points, or 0.48% to 1,540.59 from Tuesday’s close of 1,547.99.
The benchmark index opened 0.7 of a point lower at 1,547.29 and moved between 1,539.21 and 1,548.42 throughout the morning session.
On the broader market, decliners led gainers 523 to 400, with 460 counters unchanged, 911 untraded, and 13 others suspended.
Turnover amounted to 2.59 billion units worth RM1.22 billion, Bernama reported.
