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 (Jan 10): The FBM KLCI fell 4.03 points or 0.22% as profit-taking drove the index lower for the second consecutive day.
At 5pm, the KLCI closed at 1,822.92 points after rising to its intraday high at 1,830.63 points. Yesterday, the KLCI dropped 5.2 points to 1,826.95 points.
Today, Areca Capital Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Danny Wong told theedgemarkets.com that profit-taking in the Malaysian stock market "is not that glaring, and is normal considering the local market has been on the uptrend since end-December".
In recent days, the KLCI closed higher at 1,782.70 points on Jan 2 before climbing to 1,832.15 points on Monday (Jan 8).
Across Bursa Malaysia today, 5.75 billion shares valued at RM3.78 billion exchanged hands.
UMW Oil & Gas Corp Bhd was the most-active stock with some 352 million shares traded. UMW Oil & Gas fell 1.5 sen to 41 sen.
Source: The Edge
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