KUALA LUMPUR: Worries about the rising Covid-19 infections and the impact on the economy continued to weigh on the equities market.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was down 9.3 points or 0.61% to 1,513.95. Turnover was 6.29 billion shares valued at RM4.74bil. There were 431 gainers, 593 losers and 446 counters unchanged.
Consumer stocks were mostly lower except for Nestle while engineering company Samadien ended its debut on the ACE Market off the day’s high.
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