Gainers were led by selected industrial players such as Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd, Hong Leong Industries Bhd, Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd, British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd, Teck Guan Perdana Bhd, Harrisons Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd and E.A. Meanwhile, Fraser and Neave Holdings Bhd, KESM Industries Bhd, Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Bhd, Malaysian Pacific Industries and Public Bank Bhd were among the top losers. Actively traded stocks included Sumatec Resources Bhd, Nexgram Holdings Bhd, AirAsia X Bhd, Trive Property Group Bhd, Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd, XOX Bhd and Asia Bioenergy Technologies Bhd. According to Bloomberg, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index was down 0.7% as of 1:39pm Tokyo time, with a gauge of energy shares sliding 1.3%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng led losses among regional benchmarks with a 1.2% decline, while Japan's Topix index retreated from its highest close since April.

Source: The Edge Markets October 27, 2016 06:05 UTC