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November 20, 2009 17:58 PM

BURSA MALAYSIA: Share Prices End Broadly Lower

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower today after selective buying in bluechip counters failed to lift market sentiment and as investors opted to remain sidelined ahead of the weekend, said a dealer.

At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) shed 2.29 points to 1,274.36. It had opened 0.99 of a point lower at 1,275.66.

The FBM Emas Index slipped 17.46 points to 8,504.86, the FBM Top 100 declined 16.31 points to 8,310.7 and the FBM 70 fell 21.54 points to 8,237.32.

The FBM ACE increased 49.02 points to 4,436.62.

The Industrial Index meanwhile, dropped 2.69 points to 2,685.86, the Plantation Index shrank 29.99 points to 6,220.55 and the Finance Index dipped 17.851 points to 11,005.14.

Decliners outnumbered advancers by 368 to 273 while 259 counters were unchanged and 375 others untraded.

Overall volume was lower at 858.320 million shares worth RM1.254 billion compared with Thursday's 1.351 billion shares worth RM2.685 billion.

For the actives, Scomi Group-Loan Rights inched up half a sen to two sen, Maxis slipped five sen to RM5.37 and Affin Warrants perked 3.5 sen to 28.5 sen.

Among the heavyweights, Sime Darby dropped five sen to RM8.95, Maybank edged up one sen to RM6.95, while CIMB Group and Public Bank were flat at RM13.00 and RM10.98 respectively with Tenaga Nasional falling three sen to RM8.44.

Turnover on the Main Market dropped to 649.320 million shares worth RM1.212 billion as against the 995.030 million shares worth RM2.648 billion posted on Thurday.

The ACE Market volume slipped to 101.326 million shares worth RM23.663 million from 104.681 million shares worth RM27.169 million previously.

The volume of Warrants fell to 15.569 million units worth RM3.681 million against the 17.559 million units worth RM3.535 million previously.

Consumer products accounted for 46.299 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products 102.875 million, construction 28.018 million, trade and services 235.944 million, technology 61.812 million, infrastructure 87.199 million, finance 103.920 million, hotels 1.255 million, properties 35.30 million, plantations 24.045 million, mining nil, REITs 1.06 million and closed/fund 58,800.

-- BERNAMA

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