KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s stock market was lacklustre in early Friday trade ahead of the release of the second quarter GDP data at midday and also due to the muted key Asian markets.
At 9.15am, the FBM KLCI was down 3.19 points or 0.2% to 1,573.23. Turnover was 1.218 billion shares valued at RM344.52mil. There were 165 gainers, 374 losers and 326 counters unchanged.
Bloomberg reported Asian stocks saw a muted start to trading after a lacklustre US session as investors mulled the stalemate in stimulus negotiations and parsed signs of an economic recovery.
Japan’s Topix Index fell 0.2% and South Korea’s Kospi Index fell 0.7%.
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