Stocks on
Bursa Malaysia ended lower last Friday on continuous selling activities in key
blue-chips and heavyweights as the market reacted to the rising geopolitical
tensions sparked by the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine and
Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza. The benchmark FBMKLCI fell 10.17 points or
0.54% to 1,872.97, after moving between 1,871.4 and 1,877.34 throughout the
day. On a weekly basis, the key index lost 10.18 points from 1,883.15 on previous
Friday. Losers trounced gainers by 550 to 303 with 307 counters unchanged. Total
volume fell to 2.38 billion units valued at RM2.182 billion from 2.12 billion
units valued at RM2.21 billion. Weekly turnover for the holiday-shortened week declined
to 6.92 billion shares valued at RM9.005 billion from 8.89 billion shares
valued at RM10.88 billion recorded the previous week. Read more>>
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