LOWER ON PERSISTENT SELLING

BURSA Malaysia ended lower on continued selling in select heavyweights. The FBM KLCI fell 12.96 points to close at 1,777.15 versus Thursday’s close of 1,790.11.

On the index, losers overwhelmed gainers 639 to 265, while 349 counters unchanged, 621 untraded and 17 suspended.

Volume stood at 2.06 billion units valued at RM1.89 billion compared with 2.06 billion units worth RM2.45 billion.

Among heavyweights, Maybank fell four sen to RM9.66, Public Bank shed two sen to RM24.98, while Tenaga lost six sen to RM15.44.

Of the actives, Sanbumi slipped ½ sen to 30 sen, while Yong Tai rose six sen to 69 sen and Borneo Oil was flat at 5.5 sen.