The broader market weakened with decliners beating advancers more than five to three or 530 losers to 306 gainers and 470 counters unchanged.The ringgit rose against the US dollar, euro and Singapore dollar. China's main Shanghai Composite index closed up 0.88% at 3,296 while its blue-chip CSI300 index ended up 1.26%. Hengyuan gained 10 sen to RM13.98.Perdana hit limit down, tumbling 30 sen to 36 sen – the lowest since June 2012. Top Glove gained 54 sen to RM7.48, which was another record high after posting a strong set of earnings. Kossan added 34 sen to RM8.30.As for chip makers, MPI fell 28 sen to RM12.02 but Unisem added 15 sen to RM3.53.

Source: The Star December 19, 2017 09:50 UTC