Share prices on Bursa Malaysia continued their downtrend at mid-afternoon today with persistent profit-taking largely in plantation-related stocks, led by Kuala Lumpur Kepong and Tradewinds Plantation, dealers said.
At 3.28pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 5.02 points to 1,509.41.
The local bourse continued to be influenced by tepid sentiment globally over the uncertain eurozone debt crisis, dealers said.
However, investors were also cautiously awaiting the United States jobs data due later in the day.
The Finance Index dropped 29.239 points to 13,362.28, Plantation Index plunged 102.45 points to 8,381.26 and the Industrial Index fell 17.07 points to 2,747.29.
The FBM Mid 70 Index dropped 10 points to 11,601.92, the FBM Ace Index rose 0.84 of a point to 4,110.64 and the FBM Emas Index fell 25.89 points to 10,390.96.
Decliners led advancers 390 to 302 while 286 counters were unchanged. Volume stood at 1.025 billion shares valued at RM829.795 million.
For the actives, Nextnation rose 2.5 sen to 11 sen, Hibiscus Petroleum-WA added one sen to 65 sen and Unisem-WA went up 12.5 sen to 39.5 sen.
Among heavyweights, Maybank lost six sen to RM8.23, Sime Darby inched down two sen to RM9.05, CIMB eased one sen to RM7.15 and Petronas Chemicals slid seven sen to RM6.31. -- Bernama
At 3.28pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 5.02 points to 1,509.41.
The local bourse continued to be influenced by tepid sentiment globally over the uncertain eurozone debt crisis, dealers said.
However, investors were also cautiously awaiting the United States jobs data due later in the day.
The Finance Index dropped 29.239 points to 13,362.28, Plantation Index plunged 102.45 points to 8,381.26 and the Industrial Index fell 17.07 points to 2,747.29.
The FBM Mid 70 Index dropped 10 points to 11,601.92, the FBM Ace Index rose 0.84 of a point to 4,110.64 and the FBM Emas Index fell 25.89 points to 10,390.96.
Decliners led advancers 390 to 302 while 286 counters were unchanged. Volume stood at 1.025 billion shares valued at RM829.795 million.
For the actives, Nextnation rose 2.5 sen to 11 sen, Hibiscus Petroleum-WA added one sen to 65 sen and Unisem-WA went up 12.5 sen to 39.5 sen.
Among heavyweights, Maybank lost six sen to RM8.23, Sime Darby inched down two sen to RM9.05, CIMB eased one sen to RM7.15 and Petronas Chemicals slid seven sen to RM6.31. -- Bernama
