Tuesday 1 November 2011

KL shares lower at mid-afternoon

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained lower at mid-afternoon today as the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) failed to sustain its position, sliding due to profit-taking activities, dealers said.

As at 3.10pm, the benchmark index declined 11.21 points to 1,480.68, after opening 7.76 points lower at 1,484.13.

Volume stood at 740.35 million shares worth RM663.38 million, with losers leading gainers 453 to 190 with 233 others unchanged and 594 untraded.

The Finance Index fell 62.48 points to 13,431.72, the Plantation Index declined 51.82 points to 7,513.48 and the Industrial Index lost 18.5 points to 2,707.14.

The FBM Emas Index decreased 75.261 points to 10,094.06, the FBM Mid 70 Index fell 94.29 points to 10,860.89 and the FBM Ace ndex declined 7.13 points to 4,024.31.

Among active stocks, GPRO added 5.5 sen to 24.5 sen, Maxbiz gained 4 sen to 13 sen and MBSB-Wa rose 1 sen to 91.5 sen.

For the heavyweights, Maybank decreased 1 sen to RM8.35, CIMB fell 8 sen to RM7.89 and Sime Darby declined 3 sen to RM8.87. -- Bernama
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