There were 499 gainers, 561 losers and 326 counters unchanged.The decline on Bursa Malaysia was in line with the cautious key Asian markets. Its major shareholder LPI lost 30 sen to RM16.30.However, CIMB regained some of the previous day's losses, up 20 sen to RM6.75 and pushing the KLCI up 3.36points. Hong Leong Bank added 36 sen to RM18.86, RHB Bank 18 sen to RM5.48, AmBank six sen to RM3.51.Nestle fell the most, down RM1.60 to RM139.70 as investors locked in profit. However, F&N added 50 sen to RM36.20.US light crude oil rose four cents to US$71 and Brent advanced 25 cents to US$78.48. However, it gained 0.08% to the pound sterling to 5.3573, gained 0.21% to the euro to 4.7168 and was up 0.14% to the Singapore dollar at 2.9590.

Source: The Star May 15, 2018 09:55 UTC