At 12.30pm, the benchmark FBM KLCI had fallen 10.3 points to 1,488.53 while the number of decliners on the broader market dwarfed gainers 611 to 280. Trading volume on the market, however, remained healthy with 3.02 billion shares done for RM1.37bil. PETRONAS Chemicals lost eight sen to RM7.02 while Tenaga Nasional fell six sen to RM10.50. Of actives, Hong Seng was flat at 2.5 sen, TWL gained 0.5 sen to five sen and Fintec was down 0.5 sen to one sen. South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.7% to 2,543 while China's composite index shed 0.2% to 2,887 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.4% to 16,122.
Source: The Star January 10, 2024 22:17 UTC