Stocks on Bursa Malaysia closed lower yesterday as jittery investors continued to reduce their holdings, especially in heavyweights after Fitch Ratings revised its outlook for Malaysian public debt to “negative” from “stable”. The global rating agency made the call as the country’s debt increased to 53.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) last year. The FBM KLCI dropped 22.46 points or 1.25% to end at 1,772.62 after moving between 1,770.44 and 1,791.71 throughout the day. Market breadth was negative with losers led gainers by 753 to 131, while 243 were unchanged. Volume fell to 1.918 billion shares valued at RM3.056 billion from 2.145 billion shares valued at RM2.072 billion on Tuesday. ...Read more>>
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