KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed almost flat on Tuesday as buying interest rotated away from index heavyweights towards smaller-cap construction stocks, with sentiment affected by geopolitical uncertainty, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 0.39 of a point to 1,714.40 from Monday’s close of 1,714.79. The benchmark index opened 1.65 points lower at 1,713.14 and moved between 1,710.44 and 1,714.50 throughout the trading session. The broader market was almost evenly balanced, with decliners leading gainers 548 to 546, while 598 counters were unchanged, 1,107 were untraded and 25 were suspended. Turnover expanded to 4.13 billion units valued at RM3.14 billion from 3.60 billion units valued at RM2.45 billion on Monday.
Index Performance U.S. equities fell for a second straight session on Wednesday, dragged lower by weakness in Apple and Nvidia , even as Tesla provided some relief. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) : -154.75 points (-0.4%) to 46,121.28 Nasdaq Composite : -75.62 points (-0.3%) to 22,497.86 S&P 500 : -18.95 points (-0.28%) to 6,637.97 The pullback comes just two days after all three benchmarks set fresh records on Monday. Magnificent Seven Mixed Among the market’s most influential stocks: Apple (AAPL) fell 0.83% Nvidia (NVDA) slipped 0.82% Alphabet (GOOGL) dropped 1.8% Amazon (AMZN) eased 0.2% By contrast, Tesla (TSLA) jumped 4% , buoyed by a 25.3% weekly rise in European registrations , a positive sign after months of softer sales in the region. Meta Platforms (META) rose 0.7% , while Microsoft (MSFT) edged up 0.2% . Stan...