KUALA LUMPUR: Trading volume on Bursa Malaysia surged to 3.54 billion shares on Wednesday on high buying interest in selected banking stocks.
At 5pm, 3.54 billion shares were transacted at a value of RM5.25bil, a level not seen in a while.
The FBM KLCI ended 9.79 points, or 0.7% lower at 1,387.12. The market traded within a range of 17.48 points between an intra-day high of 1,398.38 and a low of 1,380.90 during the session.
Market breadth was negative with 360 securities ending in the green versus 521 which closed weaker.
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