KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended mixed on Tuesday on the back of a lacklustre market, in line with the weakness in most key regional markets.
The weak regional sentiment followed cues from the downbeat Wall Street performance overnight amid renewed fears of a bigger interest rate hike by the United States Federal Reserve in its monetary policy meeting next week.
At 5 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was almost flat at 1,471.55, down by 0.01 of-a-point from Monday's closing of 1,471.56, after opening 2.57 points easier at 1,468.99.
The index moved in a narrow range at between 1,467.13 and 1,473.52 throughout the day.
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