KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia was broadly lower in early Tuesday trade as the FBM KLCI fell briefly below the crucial 1,400 level, in line with the cautious key Asian markets following the overnight slide on Wall Street.
At 9.23am, the KLCI was down 10.19 points or 0.72% to 1,402.93. Turnover was nearly one billion shares driven by AIRASIA X and sugar refiner MSM.
Turnover was 974.77 million shares valued at RM392.69mil. The broader market was weaker as decliners beat advancers 514 to 88 while 218 counters were unchanged.
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