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| Posted: 21 Mar 2013 06:48 PM PDT Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened mixed in early trading Friday despite overnight losses on Wall Street, dealers
As at 9.14am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,629.84, down 0.91 of a point, after opening 0.74 of a point lower at 1,630.1, with losses mostly seen in selected heavyweights. Advancers led decliners 105 to 72, with 122 counters unchanged, 1,345 untraded and 24 others were suspended. Turnover totalled 70.652 million shares worth RM63.231 million. HwangDBS Vickers Research said the key FBM KLCI may slide today. "Technically speaking, the benchmark index could back off from the immediate resistance hurdle of 1,635-level towards the first support line of 1,615-level," the research house said. Meanwhile, Wall Street tumbled last night. Major US bellwethers slipped between 0.6 per cent and 1.0 per cent as sentiments were weighed down by renewed concerns on Eurozone's debt crisis," it said in a research note. On the chart, the Finance Index tumbled 36.79 points to 15,309.35, the Plantation Index eased 12.83 points to 7,798.11 and the Industrial Index slipped 4.19 points to 2,831. The FBM Emas Index shed 1.59 points to 11,185.4, the FBMT100 was 5.15 points lower at 10,014.3 and the FBM Mid 70 Index lost 1.65 points to 12,513.69. The FBM Ace Index, however, rose 9.75 points to 4,019.98. Among actives, Metronic was flat at 10.5 sen, while Tebrau Teguh gained six sen to RM1.52 and Censof earned one sen to 43 sen. Heavyweights, Maybank rose one sen to RM9.15, but Axiata Group was flat at RM6.34. Sime Darby shed one sen to RM9.19 while CIMB Group and Patrons Chemicals lost three sen each to RM7.15 and RM6.35, respectively.-- Bernama |
| Ringgit opens higher against US dollar Posted: 21 Mar 2013 06:51 PM PDT The ringgit was traded higher against the US dollar in the early session Friday on improved market sentiments that boosted buying interest for the local note, dealers said. As at 9.25am, the local unit appreciated against the greenback to
Meanwhile, the ringgit was mostly lower against other major currencies. The domestic currency weakened against the Singapore dollar to 2.4942/4968 from Thursday's close at 2.4924/4950 and slipped against the Japanese yen to 3.2835/2870 from 3.2586/2631 yesterday. The local currency also depreciated against the British pound to 4.7344/7396 from yesterday's 4.7192/7247 close and was traded lower against the euro to 4.0244/0285 from 4.0213/0255 yesterday.-- Bernama |
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