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Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session lower on the back of subdued buying appetite in tandem with the sentiment on regional bourses, dealers said.
At 12.30pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.96 points easier at 1,726.7, after moving between 1,725.78 and 1,730.16 throughout the morning session.
The index opened 2.88 points lower at 1,725.78 from Tuesday's close of 1,728.66.
Market breadth was negative as losers led gainers 421 to 377 with 345 counters unchanged, 560 untraded and 16 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.69 billion shares worth RM994.09 million.
A dealer said Bursa Malaysia was also influenced by the lack of catalyst with Japan's Nikkei down 0.59 per cent to 19,231.49, Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index trimmed 0.07 per cent to 5,398.94 and India's Bombay Stock Exchange declined 0.12 per cent to 28,964.58.
Meanwhile on the home front, the Finance Index shed 10.34 points to 15,510.93 and the Plantation Index declined 65.28 points to 8,108.86. However, the Industrial Index rose 0.63 of-a-point to 3,253.25.
The FBM Emas Index trimmed 8.19 points to 12,199.89, the FBMT100 Index decreased 9.95 points to 11,873.02 while the FBM Ace expanded 45.24 points to 5,347.72 and the FBM 70 rose 1.37 points to 14,232.73.
Heavyweights, Maybank increased four sen to RM8.84, TNB rose eight sen to RM13.78, IHH Healthcare was up one sen at RM5.99 while Public Bank declined two sen to RM19.92 and Petronas Chemicals trimmed one sen to RM7.47.
Among actives, Frontken, Palette and Hiap Teck improved half-a-sen each to 24 sen, seven sen and 34.5 sen, respectively, while Borneo Oil and MMAG were flat at 17 sen and 5.5 sen, respectively.
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