KUALA LUMPUR (April 27) : The FBM KLCI stayed in the red till the market closed on Friday as pre-election sentiment gets an upper hand in dictating the direction of local equities. This comes ahead of the much-anticipated Bersih 3.0 rally on Saturday.
The less-optimistic sentiment across the local bourse was despite a stronger overnight close across US markets as global investors responded positively to improving US real estate and corporate earnings updates.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI fell 11.89 points to close at 1,567.8. Across the exchange, 1.3 billion shares worth RM1.4 billion were traded, leading to 286 gainers versus 409 decliners.
Among top gainers, NCB HOLDINGS BHD [] was up 49 sen to RM4.39, while MALAYAN BANKING BHD [] added 12 sen to RM8.64.
Decliners include NESTLE (M) BHD [] which fell 80 sen to RM55.10 while BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (M) [] Bhd was down 70 sen to RM54.80.
Most active was Ariantec Global Bhd which gained two sen to 25.5 sen with some 300 million shares done.
The less-optimistic sentiment across the local bourse was despite a stronger overnight close across US markets as global investors responded positively to improving US real estate and corporate earnings updates.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI fell 11.89 points to close at 1,567.8. Across the exchange, 1.3 billion shares worth RM1.4 billion were traded, leading to 286 gainers versus 409 decliners.
Among top gainers, NCB HOLDINGS BHD [] was up 49 sen to RM4.39, while MALAYAN BANKING BHD [] added 12 sen to RM8.64.
Decliners include NESTLE (M) BHD [] which fell 80 sen to RM55.10 while BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (M) [] Bhd was down 70 sen to RM54.80.
Most active was Ariantec Global Bhd which gained two sen to 25.5 sen with some 300 million shares done.
