KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices were easier at mid-morning today with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) down 4.71 points at 1,739.86.
A dealer said the local bourse remained quiet with only some buying demand for blue chips and selected key heavyweights.
Market breadth was negative with losers leading gainers 427 to 148, while 250 counters were unchanged, 889 untraded and 19 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 490.31 million shares worth RM407.27 million.
On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index slipped 39.28 points to 11,927.05, the FBMT100 Index fell 33.16 points to 11,670.22, the FBM Ace inched down 28.67 points to 5,678.19, and the FBM 70 trimmed 42.62 points to 12,911.88.
On a sectoral basis, the Finance Index eased 2.88 points to 15,491.52, the Industrial Index was 52.12 points lower at 3,146.72, and the Plantation Index went down 14.05 points to 7,801.16.
Among heavyweights, Maybank rose one sen to RM8.88, TNB gained two sen to RM13.78, Public Bank was flat at RM17.98 while Axiata fell one sen to RM6.97.
Among actives, MAS, on its last trading day on the Main Market before its suspension, saw its stock fall half-a-sen to 26.5 sen, while Compugates was flat at 5.5 sen and SapuraKencana lost eight sen to RM2.29.-- Bernama