KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower today, with the key index falling 0.80 per cent on bearish market sentiment and weighed down by selling in selected heavyweights led by Dialog Group and Petronas Chemicals.At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI shed 12.41 points to 1,542.92 from 1,555.33 at Friday’s close.
Total turnover fell to 2.59 billion units worth RM2.01 billion from 3.61 billion units worth RM2.95 billion on Friday. “On the other hand, investors are cautious ahead of the Bank of Japan’s meeting this week as policymakers are debating how soon interest rate hike will come. Regionally, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.74 per cent to 28,333.52, Singapore’s Straits Times Index advanced 0.17 per cent to 3,287.57, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.68 per cent to 24,218.03.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index fell 76.22 points to 11,102.30, the FBMT 100 Index slipped 78.92 points to 10,806.73, the FBM Emas Shariah Index decreased 102.79 points to 11,778.02, the FBM ACE dipped 36.46 points to 6,243.17, and the FBM 70 declined 65.94 points to 13,786.63.
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