Bursa Malaysia ends in negative territory

billion, from 3.51 billion units, valued at RM3.84 billion, recorded previously.

Sentiment in regional markets, including the local bourse were also affected by the bearish performance on Wall Street after President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end a probe into his former security.

Among heavyweights, Petronas fell 66 sen to RM19.04, IOI Corp shed four sen to RM4.60, YTL shed one sen to RM1.52 while Hap Seng was flat at RM8.92.

As for actives, Priceworth International gained four sen to 29 sen, Globaltec Formation inched up half-a-sen to six sen while Netx inched-down half-a-sen to seven sen and Jag was flat at 15 sen.

The FBM Emas Index fell 9.35 points to 12,728.69, the FBMT100 Index decreased 8.31 points to 12,356.68 but the FBM Emas Shariah Index was 2.03 points better at 13,083.45.

The FBM 70 garnered 23.70 points to 15,368.74 but the FBM Ace declined 21.89 points to 6,470.43.

Sector-wise, the Finance Index shed 4.03 points to 16,404.91, the Plantation Index decreased 19.13 points to 8,103.28 and the Industrial Index fell 25.11 points to 3,268.33.

MainMarketturnovernarrowed to 2.28 billion units, worth RM2.71 billion, from 2.43 billion units, worth RM3.67 billion, recorded previously.

Volume on the ACE Market increased to 755.73 million units, valued at RM112.49 million, from 735.73 million units, valued at RM118.51 million, traded on Tuesday.

Warrants increased to 411.36 million units, valued at RM58.97 million, from Tuesday’s 337.12 million units valued at RM42.82 million.

Consumer products accounted for 95.54 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products ( 740.20 million), construction ( 252.94 million), trade and services ( 579.31 million), technology ( 190.04 million), infrastructure (25.67 million), SPAC (2.08 million), finance (70.60 million), hotels (2.49 million), properties (376.03 million), plantations ( 21.83 million), mining (2,100), REITs (4.57 million), and closed/fund (3,000).

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