KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia continued its downtrend at mid-afternoon today despite opening higher, weighed by losses in heavyweights led by Maybank, Sime Darby and Petronas Chemicals.
At 3 pm, the benchmark index, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 3.94 points lower at 1,708.64 compared with Monday's close of 1,712.58.
Market breadth was negative with losers outpacing gainers by 519 to 328 with 355 counters unchanged, 528 untraded and 23 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.95 billion shares worth RM1.25 billion.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank and Sime Darby shed three sen each to RM8.39 and RM9.17, respectively, and Petronas Chemicals lost 11 sen to RM7.37.
Among losers, BAT fell by RM1.76 to RM49.32, Aeon Credit eased 30 sen to RM15.42 and Dutch Lady slid 26 sen to RM54.44.
Of the actives, Metronic Global inched down half-a-sen to 8.5 sen, Sterling Progress gave up one sen to 20 sen while Padini rose 21 sen to RM2.79.
The FBM Emas Index declined 22.90 points to 12,030.34, the FBMT100 Index erased 20.75 points to 11,708.68 and the FBM 70 trimmed 0.93-of-a-point to 13,883.79.
The FBM Emas Shariah Index was 21.86 points lower at 12,523.34 but the FBM Ace advanced 30.42 points to 5,336.90.
Sector-wise, the Industrial Index went down 9.35 points to 3,282.75, the Plantation Index dipped 53.43 points to 8,019.90 while the Finance Index improved 4.99 points to 15,068.75.
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