BURSA Malaysia bucked the regional market trend to end lower today, weighed down by profit-taking in selected heavyweights led by financial services and healthcare sectors.
At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.10 points weaker at 1,584.24 from Friday’s close of 1,585.35.
The index opened 0.46 of-a-point easier at 1,584.89 and moved between 1,582.20 and 1,590.67 throughout the trading session.
However, market breadth was slightly positive with gainers leading losers 542 versus 532, while 419 counters were unchanged, 638 untraded and eight others suspended.
Total volume increased to 7.84 billion shares valued at RM2.80 bil from 6.62 billion shares valued at RM2.92 bil on Friday. – April 5, 2021
