Market breadth was negative with losers outnumbering gainers 853 to 272, while 331 counters were unchanged, 697 untraded and five others suspended. — Picture by Azneal IshakKUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session easier on profit-taking on selected heavyweight stocks, led by Petronas Dagangan and Hartalega.At lunch break, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI eased 8.18 points to 1,593.47 from Friday’s close of 1,601.65.
Market breadth was negative with losers outnumbering gainers 853 to 272, while 331 counters were unchanged, 697 untraded and five others suspended.A dealer said the local bourse opened higher but turned negative thereafter before succumbing to profit-taking at the mid-morning session in a choppy trade to end the session lower.
Regionally, Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 1.32 per cent to 3,175.91, Japan’s Nikkei was 0.83 per cent weaker at 28,812.63, South Korea’s Kospi went down 0.25 per cent to 3,139.91, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng erased 1.48 per cent to 28,300.52. Of the actives, LKL bagged four sen to 38 sen, Hiap Teck gained 1.5 sen to 65 sen, while Priceworth erased half-a-sen to two sen.
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