KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia finished lower on Monday with over 600 counters ending in the red, in line with the weak sentiment in regional markets.
At 5pm, the KLCI was down 2.29 points, or 0.15% to 1,536.98. The index hit an intraday high of 1,537.92 and low of 1,518.84.
Market breadth turned negative as losers overpowered the gainers on a ratio of 653-to-381 stocks. Traded volumes stood at 3.81 billion shares worth RM2.8bil.
In today’s session, the KLCI-component stocks were overwhelmingly negative, with 20 losers and nine gainers while one traded…