KUALA LUMPUR (APRIL 17): The FBM KLCI succumbed to the mounting concerns over the euro zone sovereign debt crisis that kept most regional markets in negative territory on Tuesday.
The FBM KLCI closed 1.32 points lower at 1,596.19.
Gainers edged losers by 355 to 341, while 351 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 2.08 billion shares valued at RM1.63 billion.
Hong Kong shares fell on Tuesday, dragged lower by large-cap bank and materials shares as nervous investors awaited a bond auction which could see a further jump in Spain's borrowing costs, threatening a new crisis in the euro zone, according to Reuters.
On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.94% to 2,334.98, while the CSI300 index was off 1.3 percent, it said.
Elsewhere, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.23% tyo 20,562.31, Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.06% to 9,464.71, Taiwan’s taiex lost 1.86% to 7,585.87, South Korea’s Kospi down 0.37% to 1,985.30 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index shed 0.18% to 2,986.59.
Among the decliners on Bursa Malaysia, Dutch Lady fell 56 sen to RM34.60, Warisan down 30 sen to RM2.33, Tahps fell 27 sen to RM4.53, BAT lost 22 sen to RM54.46, SMPC 21 sen to RM1.12, MISC 13 sen to RM5.17, while KLuang and Ta Ann fell 12 sen each to RM2.68 and RM6.57.
Ariantec Global was the most actively traded counter with 515.66 million shares done. The stock jumped 8.5 sen to 20 sen. It had earlier been issued an unusual market activity (UMA) query by Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd to Ariantec Global Bhd over the sharp rise in the price and high volume in the company’s shares recently.
Other actives included Metronic, Focus, Astral Supreme, Ingenuity Solutions, SuperComNet, CSL, Naim Indah Corp and Winsun.
Meanwhile, the gainers on Tuesday included SAM Engineering, Carlsberg, CSL, Subur Tiasa, Y&G, Golsta, Southern Acids, Rapid, Manulife and The Store.
The FBM KLCI closed 1.32 points lower at 1,596.19.
Gainers edged losers by 355 to 341, while 351 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 2.08 billion shares valued at RM1.63 billion.
Hong Kong shares fell on Tuesday, dragged lower by large-cap bank and materials shares as nervous investors awaited a bond auction which could see a further jump in Spain's borrowing costs, threatening a new crisis in the euro zone, according to Reuters.
On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.94% to 2,334.98, while the CSI300 index was off 1.3 percent, it said.
Elsewhere, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.23% tyo 20,562.31, Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.06% to 9,464.71, Taiwan’s taiex lost 1.86% to 7,585.87, South Korea’s Kospi down 0.37% to 1,985.30 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index shed 0.18% to 2,986.59.
Among the decliners on Bursa Malaysia, Dutch Lady fell 56 sen to RM34.60, Warisan down 30 sen to RM2.33, Tahps fell 27 sen to RM4.53, BAT lost 22 sen to RM54.46, SMPC 21 sen to RM1.12, MISC 13 sen to RM5.17, while KLuang and Ta Ann fell 12 sen each to RM2.68 and RM6.57.
Ariantec Global was the most actively traded counter with 515.66 million shares done. The stock jumped 8.5 sen to 20 sen. It had earlier been issued an unusual market activity (UMA) query by Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd to Ariantec Global Bhd over the sharp rise in the price and high volume in the company’s shares recently.
Other actives included Metronic, Focus, Astral Supreme, Ingenuity Solutions, SuperComNet, CSL, Naim Indah Corp and Winsun.
Meanwhile, the gainers on Tuesday included SAM Engineering, Carlsberg, CSL, Subur Tiasa, Y&G, Golsta, Southern Acids, Rapid, Manulife and The Store.
