KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed in the red on Thursday as investors stayed cautious due to a lack of local market-moving catalysts.
The benchmark FBM KLCI fell 6.01 points, or 0.38% to 1,584.94 after moving between its intraday high of 1,592.26 and low of 1,582.31.
The market saw significantly more decliners than gainers, with 804 stocks down and 320 up while 455 traded unchanged. Total volume stood at 4.23 billion units worth RM3.13bil.
Among the decliners, Dutch Lady
fell 30 sen to RM35.50, PETRONAS Chemicals lost 19 sen to RM6.33, Heineken fell 18 sen to RM22.20 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong declined 16 sen to RM20.52.
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