Weak start on Bursa as PetDag, UMW slip

KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips got off to a weak start on Friday after the lacklustre overnight close on Wall Street, with Petronas Dagangan and UMW weighing on the FBM KLCI.

At 9.21am, the KLCI was down 3.14 points or 0.17% to 1,815.28. Turnover was 243.71 million shares valued at RM107.94mil.  There were 170 gainers, 108 losers and 198 counters unchanged.