KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Bursa Malaysia closed slightly lower on selling pressure in most sectors led by healthcare and financial services counters, in line with the weaker regional market performance.
On the broader market, losers trounced gainers 774 to 317, while 356 counters were unchanged, 807 untraded, and 13 others suspended. He said, regionally, key indices closed broadly lower following the mixed cues from Wall Street on Friday, amid lingering concerns about inflation and the prospect of aggressive rate hikes by central banks worldwide.
Meanwhile, investors should stay alert on the heightened local and regional market volatilities and external uncertainties. On the home front, heavyweights Maybank was flat at RM8.85, Public Bank lost one sen to RM4.67, Petronas Chemicals dropped 10 sen to RM10.20, IHH Healthcare slid five sen to RM6.40, and CIMB fell two sen to RM5.33.
Sector-wise, the Industrial Products and Services Index eased 0.39 of-a-point to 214.08 and the Financial Services Index fell 26.46 points to 16,755.87, while the Plantation Index gained 121.36 points to 8,474.96.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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