DESPITE some late attempts at window-dressing, the KLSE Composite Index (CI) ended 2003 a few points shy of the psychologically significant 800-point mark. For 2003 as a whole, however, the market did perform reasonably well in a year filled with shocks and uncertainty.
The CI saw out the year with just a marginal rise of 1.22 points to 793.94 after moving mainly sideways during the day in thin trade. Although losers outnumbered gainers 445 to 351 on volume of 585 million shares, a last-minute push on blue chips enabled the benchmark index to finish in positive territory.
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