KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were lower at midafternoon today, tracking losses in plantation and finance stocks, dealers said.
At 2.45pm, the FBM KLCI lost 8.25 points or 0.558 per cent to 1,469.53.
The Finance Index fell 50.43 points to 13,128.57, the Plantation Index dropped 32.85 points to 7,855.22 and the Industrial Index eased 16.53 to 2,648.81.
The FBM Emas Index decreased 38.90 points to 10,078.01 but the FBM Mid 70 Index added 11.0 points to 11,091.55 while the FBM ACE Index declined 25.30 points to 4,075.47.
Losers led gainers by 381 to 286 while 273 counters were unchanged.
Turnover stood at 957.56 million shares worth RM107.308 million.
Astral Supreme lost half a sen to 21.5 sen, Utopia was unchanged at 10.5 sen and JCY gained 5.5 sen to 93.5 sen.
Among heavyweights, Maybank added two sen to RM8.24, CIMB fell nine sen to RM6.96, Sime Darby shed two sen to RM8.99 and Axiata was down two sen at RM4.98. -- BERNAMA
At 2.45pm, the FBM KLCI lost 8.25 points or 0.558 per cent to 1,469.53.
The Finance Index fell 50.43 points to 13,128.57, the Plantation Index dropped 32.85 points to 7,855.22 and the Industrial Index eased 16.53 to 2,648.81.
The FBM Emas Index decreased 38.90 points to 10,078.01 but the FBM Mid 70 Index added 11.0 points to 11,091.55 while the FBM ACE Index declined 25.30 points to 4,075.47.
Losers led gainers by 381 to 286 while 273 counters were unchanged.
Turnover stood at 957.56 million shares worth RM107.308 million.
Astral Supreme lost half a sen to 21.5 sen, Utopia was unchanged at 10.5 sen and JCY gained 5.5 sen to 93.5 sen.
Among heavyweights, Maybank added two sen to RM8.24, CIMB fell nine sen to RM6.96, Sime Darby shed two sen to RM8.99 and Axiata was down two sen at RM4.98. -- BERNAMA
