Bursa pares losses as anxiety over emergency eases

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia pared its losses on Tuesday on easing investors' anxiety over the state of emergency, the government's assurance there would not be a curfew and the economic sectors would remain open.

At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was down 5.21 points or 0.32% to 1,612.04. Turnover was 8.40 billion shares valued at RM5.76bil. The broader market was firmer with 732 gainers, 502 losers and 421 counters unchanged.