Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 12:04 PM MYT
On the broader market, gainers marginally led losers 481 to 448, while 411 counters were unchanged, 897 untraded and nine others suspended. ― Picture by Hari AnggaraKUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Bursa Malaysia was lower at mid-morning with energy and banking stocks as well as lower liners being the top drags.
At 11.08am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia fell 5.04 points to 1,618.92 versus Tuesday’s close of 1,623.96.On the broader market, gainers marginally led losers 481 to 448, while 411 counters were unchanged, 897 untraded and nine others suspended.Of the heavyweights, the top losers included Public Bank which declined six sen to RM4.25, Maybank which lost four sen to RM8.41 and CIMB which slipped two sen to RM4.50.Hartalega dropped 13 sen to RM9.62 and Sime Darby was five sen lower at RM2.43.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index slid 19.14 points to 11,882.53, the FBMT 100 was 24.63 points weaker at 11,559.62, and the FBM Emas Shariah eased 3.99 points to 13,175.98.Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index reduced 73.07 points to 15,529.90, the Plantation Index inched up 4.55 points to 7,234.82, and the Industrial Products and Services Index edged up 0.06 of-a-point to 192.05.
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