KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended marginally lower on Monday amid selling activity as the market lacked fresh catalysts to spur investors’ buying interest, an analyst said. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 1.60 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 1,670.02, from Friday’s close of 1,671.62. The benchmark index, which opened 0.93 of-a-point higher at 1,672.55, moved between 1,668.61 and 1,674.11 throughout the trading session. Market breadth was negative as losers surpassed gainers 748 to 388, while 517 counters were unchanged, 1,271 untraded and 91 suspended. Turnover slipped to 3.11 billion units worth RM2.40 billion from 4.07 billion units valued at RM2.69 billion on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): The FBM KLCI fell 15.26 points or 0.8% with Asian shares as investors responded to weaker China and Japan manufacturing data amid anticipation of speedier US interest rate hikes. At 5pm, the KLCI closed at 1,856.20. Across Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.44%. In China, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.36% while the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite was 0.99% lower. Reuters reported that China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released on Wednesday fell to 50.3 in February, from 51.3 in January. But it remained just above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis. In Japan, trade ministry data out on Wednesday showed factory output fell 6.6 percent in January from the previous month. It was also reported that most emerging Asian currencies fell on Wednesday, while the dollar held firm near a three-week high after US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell struck a hawkish tone in his ...