Malaysian stocks continue downtrend

PETALING JAYA: Bucking the trend of Asian markets that were generally on an uptrend, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI) continued its downtrend, as it shed another 20.12 points or 1.13% to close at 1,767.38 points yesterday on the back of rising political undercurrents in the market. While global investors were net purchasers of Asian equity last week, they continued to be net sellers of Malaysian equity.

Some 1.86 billion shares valued at RM1.91bil were traded yesterday.