KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed at its intraday low on Monday, tracking regional losses as selling in heavyweight stocks pushed all major indices into negative territory amid weaker global risk appetite.
At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) slipped by 12.51 points, or 0.72%, to 1,727.71 from last Friday’s close of 1,740.22.
The benchmark index, which opened 1.72 points higher at 1,741.94, moved between 1,727.71 and 1,742.60 throughout the day.
Market breadth was negative with losers trumping gainers 835 to 410, while 512 counters were unchanged, 957 untraded, and 32 suspended.
Turnover was lower at 3.51 billion units worth RM2.84 billion compared with 3.92 billion units worth RM3.46 billion last Friday.
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