UMW, Public Bank, IOI Corp push KLCI into red

KUALA LUMPUR: Profit taking on recent gainers including UMW, Public Bank and IOI Corp pushed the key index into the red in late morning trade on Wednesday.

At 10.42am, the FBM KLCI was down 1.86 points to 1,841.99. Turnover was 276.03 million shares valued at RM287.32mil. There were 241 gainers, 223 losers and 250 counters unchanged.