KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed lower on Friday amid mixed regional market performance as investors turned cautious over a possible rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and upcoming US economic data that may influence the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate decision next week. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) pared most earlier losses to settle 4.55 points easier, or 0.28 per cent, to 1,616.52 from Thursday’s close of 1,621.07. The benchmark index, which opened 0.37 of-a-point lower at 1,620.70, moved between 1,609.67 and 1,621.25 throughout the day. The broader market was negative, with decliners outpacing advancers 604 to 439. A total of 550 counters were unchanged, 1,151 untraded, and 18 suspended. Turnover declined to 3.17 billion units worth RM2.24 billion from 4.48 billion units worth RM2.75 billion yesterday. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd vice-presiden...
KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): The FBM KLCI settled 7.69 points or 0.43% lower at 1,763.67 points today, tracking regional markets as investors turned to profit taking as the mood turned cautious amid expectations that Bank Negara would raise the overnight policy rate (OPR) soon.
“There is an absence of window dressing, not just locally but among regional markets. Apart from that, investors are also booking in profits, particularly on worries that Bank Negara Malaysia would raise [key interest rate] in the second half of this year,” TA Securities Holdings Bhd senior technical analyst Stephen Soo told theedgemarkets.com.
“Further, there are other uncertainties such as concerns over how the upcoming general election could affect the Malaysian stock market. In the meantime, investors are closely monitoring the stock market and keeping a cautious outlook,” Soo said.
Soo added that trading for the time being up until the first half of July this year is expected to remain “choppy”, further dragged down by the volatility in commodity prices, and is only likely to recover towards year end.
Across the FBM KLCI, about 1.51 billion shares valued at some RM2.31 billion were exchanged.
Losers outpaced gainers at 477 versus 324, while 448 counters settled unchanged.
The top three gainers of the day were Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd, MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd. The losing counters were led by Teck Guan Perdana Bhd, Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Bhd and IHH Healthcare Bhd.
Regionally, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.92%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index declined 0.77%, and the Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped 0.16%.
Source: The Edge
Reuters reported that Japan's Nikkei share average fell to two-week lows today on concerns that the days of cheap funding from European central banks may soon be over. The Nikkei declined 0.9% to settle at 20,033.43, having fallen to as low as 19,946.51 — the weakest level seen since June 16 — earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, the index of Japanese real estate investment trusts tumbled to a 16-month low, partly due to concerns over a potential hike in global interest rates, the news agency reported.
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