KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia pared most of its losses to close marginally lower today, supported by late buying in banks after heavy selling in CelcomDigi earlier, amid continued weak market sentiment due to the US trade policies. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased by 0.68 of-a-point to 1,591.60 compared to yesterday’s close of 1,592.28. The market barometer opened 0.63 of-a-point higher at 1,592.91 and moved between an intraday low of 1,587.58 and an intra-day high of 1,595.01. Losers outnumbered gainers 598 to 433, while 445 counters were unchanged, 843 untraded and 22 suspended. Turnover expanded to 3.27 billion units worth RM2.40 billion from 2.56 billion units worth RM2.22 billion on Thursday. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd's vice president of equity research Thong Pak Leng said the FBM KLCI remained in consolidation mode, struggling to brea...
FBM KLCI continued to inch slightly higher, as the market closed at 1,768.41 points, up by 3.97 points.
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Market closed slightly higher |
This happened despite the fact that the oil prices continued to remain sluggish while the ringgit remains weak. Among the top gainers are Asia File Corporation Bhd, Ibraco Bhd and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK). On the other hand, Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Bhd and AirAsia were the top decliners.
As expected, AirAsia was also the top active counter today as the AirAsia Flight QZ8510 went missing.
Many analysts are looking at AirAsia and expect to see some price weakness with the latest news.
The oil prices remained sluggish although it appeared to have stabilize while the ringgit seems to have near its bottom.
It is important to note that the market lack of movement could be due to the holiday season. Many analysts are expecting to see the year end window dressing.
Regionally, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 1.82%,whilst Japan's Nikkei was down 0.5%, while South Korea's Kospi was down 1.04%.
With some fresh gains on Wall Street and also the surge in Chinese shares (thanks to the optimism that the Chinese government would spur lending and continue to spur growth) contributed to Asian's rise in the stock.
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