At 5pm, the 30-stock index was down 22.23 points or 1.5% to 1,459.05, its lowest since November 2020. Sime Darby Plantation , which fell 19 sen to RM4.60, pushed the index lower by 1.9383 points. Press Metal fell 14 sen to RM4.84, nudging the index 1.6990 points lower and Petronas Chemicals eased 13 sen to RM9.53, leading the index 1.5317 points lower. Hartalega fell 19 sen to RM2.98, IHH Healthcare lost 11 sen to RM6.19 and Top Glove declined two sen to RM1.01. Among the banks, Maybank eased five sen to RM8.63, Public Bank lost three sen to RM4.48, CIMB declined three sen to RM4.96, RHB Bank fell seven sen to RM5.76 and Hong Leong Bank climbed four sen to RM20.64.

Source: The Star June 15, 2022 21:58 UTC