Bursa Malaysia dipped into the red at the midday break on Friday, in tandem with a bearish performance regionally.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI had slipped 1.87 points to 1,539.54 from Thursday’s close at 1,541.41, weighed down mainly by plantation-related counters.
The benchmark index, which opened 0.15 of a point better at 1,541.56, moved between 1,538.58 and 1,543.84 throughout the morning session.
Market breadth was negative, with decliners outpacing advancers 496 to 460, while 463 counters were unchanged, 916 untraded, and 18 others suspended. Turnover amounted to 2.59 billion units worth RM1.30 billion, Bernama reported.
