Bursa Malaysia closes lower on profit taking
traded mixed today on concerns over the result of the South Korean presidential election and amid a relatively quiet economic data calendar.
South Koreans go to the polls today to elect a new leader, after a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun- hye.
Among heav ywei ght s , Maybank slipped two sen to RM9.36, TNB and Public Bank fell two sen each to RM13.90 and RM19.98 respectively, while Sime Darby slid one sen to RM9.31.
O f ac t ive s , I skanda r Waterfront dipped 55 sen to RM1.61, Blobaltec eased half- asen to seven sen, Netx perked one sen to 9.5 sen, while AirAsia X was f lat at 50 sen.
The FBM Emas Index eased 7.43 points to 12,6645.36, the FBMT100 Index declined 3.43 points to 12,277.79 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index was 0.29 of a point weaker at 12,995.50.
The FBM 70 advanced 24.27 points to 15,212.24 and the FBM Ace declined 1.88 points to 6,323.48.
Sector- wise, the Finance Index fel l 16.49 points to 16,316.73, the Plantation Index dipped 1.33 points to 8,069.92 and the Industrial Index was 11.25 points lower at 3,233.51.
Main Market turnover narrowed to 2.11 billion units worth RM2.57 billion from 2.46 billion units valued at RM2.23 billion registered on Monday.
Volume on the ACE Market slid to 841.98 million units valued at RM137.50 million from 1.20 billion units worth RM153.90 million.
Warrants declined to 268.83 million worth RM33.65 million from 302.22 million valued at RM36.89 million.
C on sume r pr o duc t s accounted for 132.27 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products (483.38 million), construction ( 151.68 million), trade and services ( 648.17 mi l lion), technology (153.65 million), infrastructure ( 63.62 million), SPAC ( 326,000), finance ( 69.56 mi l lion), hotels ( 968,800), properties ( 425.69 million), plantations ( 19.86 million), mining (11,000), REITs ( 20.73 mil lion), and closed/ fund ( 39,800).
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