Bursa ends mixed on Wednesday, KLCI down 3.94 points

BURSA Malaysia ended mixed on Wednesday after swinging between mild gains and losses throughout the day, mainly due to selling in property, healthcare and consumer products and services stocks.

At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) trimmed 3.94 points to 1,494.03 from 1,497.97 at Tuesday’s close.

The market bellwether opened 2.60 points better at 1,500.57 and moved between 1,491.88 and 1,501.24 throughout the morning session.

The overall broader market was positive with advancers leading decliners 486 to 385, while 450 counters were unchanged, 966 untraded, and 20 others suspended.

Turnover decreased to 3.74 billion units valued at RM2.05 bil from Tuesday’s 4.29 billion units valued at RM2.25 bil. – Dec 8, 2021

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