KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Bursa Malaysia retreated from its gains to end the week marginally lower, due to profit-taking activities particularly in banking and oil and gas stocks, coupled with the weaker regional market performance, a dealer said.
The overall market breadth was negative with decliners surpassing gainers 510 to 477, while 427 counters were unchanged, 825 untraded and 11 others suspended. Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.29 per cent to 3,431.55, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index lost 1.88 per cent to 24,327.71 and Japan’s Nikkei 225 eased 0.41 per cent to 27,122.07.
On the index board, FBM ACE weakened 41.87 points to 6,294.76, FBM 70 reduced 69.85 points to 13,744.74, FBM Emas Index eased 17.14 points to 11,451.51, FBMT 100 Index gave up 23.09 points to 11,125.15, while FBM Emas Shariah Index added 2.69 points to 12,210.71.
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