KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia’s early gains evaporated on Wednesday with plantations and Genting weighing down the FBM KLCI, in line with key Asian markets.
At 9.19am, the FBM KLCI was down 1.37 points or 0.09% to 1,535,71. Turnover was 258.47 million shares valued at RM158.81mil. There were 191 gainers, 147 losers and 239 counters unchanged.
Asian shares and US stock futures edged cautiously higher as investors tried to shake off worries about the coronavirus epidemic following a slight decline in the number of new cases, Reuters reported.
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