Stocks on Bursa Malaysia closed broadly lower yesterday in tandem with Asian markets which traded mostly lower, affected by China’s announcement to cut its economic growth target, and continued selling in most heavyweight counters dragged the benchmark FBM KLCI to close 19.45 points or 1.07% lower at 1,806.09 after fluctuating between 1,805.80 and 1,819.67 throughout the day. CIMB and SKPETRO were the top two losers, declining 21 Sen and 19 Sen each to RM5.72 and RM2.45 respectively; bringing down the index by a total of 5.08 points. Losers outpaced gainers by 556 to 288 with 292 counters traded unchanged. Total volume rose to 2.14 billion shares worth RM2.4 billion, from2.12 billion shares worth RM2.2 billion transacted on Wednesday. Read more >>
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