Chinese markets, however, were easier, as the markets reacted to its interest rate hike last week.At midday break, the FBM KLCI was 3.43 points lower at 1,749.64 points. Turnover was 1.21 billion shares with a value of RM825.9mil. There were 322 decliners to 249 advancers and 503 counters unchanged.Genting Malaysia was the leading laggard on the index, shaving off 13 sen to RM5.52. Another newcomer to the index, Nestle, dropped 20 sen to RM99.80.On the wider market Far East gained 44 sen to RM9.10 while Hengyuan continued to see good gains, putting on 42 sen to RM13.24. It strengthened 0.75% against the pound sterling at 5.4493.

Source: The Star December 18, 2017 05:15 UTC