At 3.15pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,683.53, down 3.06 points, from yesterday’s close of 1,686.59, after opening 3.89 points better at 1,690.48.
Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 1.48 per cent to 2,968.12, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.77 per cent to 24,802.23 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 eased 0.4 per cent to 21,184.60.
Among heavyweights, Maybank lost two sen to RM9.45, Public Bank fell 30 sen to RM24.60, Tenaga added eight sen to RM14.08, and Petronas Chemicals gained five sen to RM9.30.
For actives, Seacera lost seven sen to 16 sen, Nova MSC eased one sen to 14 sen and Sapura Energy was flat at 33.5 sen.
Market breadth was negative with losers outpacing gainers 456 to 297, while 321 counters were unchanged, 826 untraded and 22 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.23 billion shares worth RM948.08 million.
The FBM Emas Index decreased 8.28 points to 11,594.47, the FBMT 100 Index fell 6.09 points to 11,450.58 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index gained 18.72 points to 11,557.71.
The FBM Ace Index erased 26.68 points to 4,784.97 and the FBM70 added 50.5 points to 13,295.28.
Sector-wise, the Plantation Index was 9.59 points lower at 7,307.84, the Industrial Products and Services Index was 0.33 of-a-point higher at 168.08 and the Financial Services Index lost 48.67 points to 17,132.11.
The FBM Emas Index fell 11.64 points to 11,591.11, the FBM Emas Shariah Index added 6.38 points to 11,545.37 and the FBMT 100 Index contracted 9.45 points to 11,447.22.
The FBM Ace Index shrank 36.60 points to 4,775.05 and the FBM 70 was 45.96 points better at 13,290.74.
Sector-wise, the Plantation Index gained 6.91 points to 7,324.34, the Industrial Products and Services Index was 0.59 of-a-point higher to 168.34 and the Financial Services Index fell 35.91 points to 17,144.87.
Main Market volume fell to 1.21 billion shares worth RM1.55 billion from 1.49 billion shares worth RM2.18 billion recorded on Thursday.
Warrants turnover dwindled to 368.2 million units valued at RM90.04 million from 452.18 million units valued at RM94.82 million transacted yesterday.
Volume on the ACE Market decreased to 238.03 million shares worth RM43.89 million from 297.81 million shares worth RM60.61 million registered yesterday.
Consumer products and services accounted for 116.49 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products and services (296.65 million), construction (144.51 million), technology (220.91 million), SPAC (150,000), financial services (26.13 million), property (75.42 million), plantations (12.69 million), REITs (7.49 million), closed/fund (30,000), energy (219.59 million), healthcare (21.64 million), telecommunication and media (33.33 million), transportation and logistics (21.99 million) and utilities (20.61 million).