BURSA Malaysia closed lower for the third consecutive trading day today on continued selling pressure, with all indices in the negative territory, tracking developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, a dealer said.
At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 1.63% or 25.69 points to 1,546.87 from 1,572.56 at yesterday’s close.
The index, which opened 6.11 points weaker at 1,566.45, moved between 1,540.90 and 1,566.84 throughout the trading session.
Overall market breadth was negative with losers beating gainers 794 to 272, while 368 counters were unchanged, 838 untraded and 11 others suspended
Total turnover fell to 3.96 billion units worth RM3.77 bil against 4.35 billion units worth RM3.75 bil on Monday. — March 8, 2022
