KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s blue chips fell sharply in early Wednesday trade as the weakening oil and gas prices and decline in crude palm oil (CPO) weighed on the market sentiment while foreign selling is not over yet.
At 9.34am, the FBM KLCI was down 17.04 points or 0.95% to 1,768.93. Turnover was 251.54 million shares values at RM145.32mil. Losers beat gainers 251 to 123 while 184 counters were unchanged.
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