FBM KLCI Futures End Lower, Tracking Cash Market Losses

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Bernama) -- The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today, tracking losses in the underlying cash market.  

SPI Asset Management managing partner Stephen Innes said the FBM KLCI’s technical break to below 1,500 has put a damper on sentiments as capital outflows intensify.

March 2025 and April 2025 contracts fell 20.5 points each to 1,475.5 and 1,478.0, respectively, while June 2025 declined 21.5 points to 1,479.5 and September 2025 lost 20.0 points to 1,467.0.  

Turnover increased to 13,233 lots from 8,079 on Tuesday, while open interest widened to 52,166 contracts from 46,951 previously.  

At 5 pm, the FBM KLCI dropped 35.32 points, or 2.32 per cent, to 1,484.83 from Tuesday’s close of 1,520.15. The index recorded a close to 10 per cent loss on a year-to-date basis.

-- BERNAMA