KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia started Monday on a cautious note in the absence of strong positive leads on the local and external front while foreign selling has kept the key FBM KLCI under check.
At 9.32am, the KLCI was down 0.44 of a point or 0.03% to 1,506.19. Turnover was 1.32 billion shares valued at RM520.78mil. There were 311 gainers, 334 losers and 371 counters unchanged.
US stock futures fluctuated and Asian stocks drifted at the open after a dip on Wall Street on Friday. The offshore yuan edged higher.
Equities started the week little changed in Australia and South Korea, while Japan’s equity market was shut, Bloomberg reported.
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