KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia joined key Asian markets to close lower on Tuesday as selling of glove stocks and Petronas-linked counters wiped out the earlier gains.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was down 1.31 points or 0.08% to 1,575.31 – of the intra-day high of 1,609.
Turnover was 5.93 billion shares valued at RM4.73bil. The broader market was mixed with 601 gainers, 537 losers and 490 counters unchanged.
Among the glove makers, Hartalega
fell 56 sen to RM12.44, Supermax 35 sen to RM6.65, Top Glove 32 sen to RM6.20, Careplus 18 sen to RM2.45, Kossan 17 sen to RM4.33 and Comfort 16 sen to RM3.14.
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