Bursa Malaysia ended the day broadly lower, with over 800 stocks in the red, reflecting regional equity declines due to profit-taking in index-linked stocks.
At the close, the FBM KLCI had dropped 9.78 points, or 0.6%, to 1,619.40 after reaching an intraday high of 1,624.96. Despite this, the benchmark index gained 0.17% for the week.
Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones 845 to 450, while 442 counters remained unchanged. The total trading volume was 5.6 billion shares, with a value of RM4.58 billion.
