Key Asian markets fall, KLCI skids 18 pts (Update)


KUALA LUMPUR: Key Asian markets fell at midday on rising fears of weaker global economic growth, while at Bursa Malaysia, Public Bank, CIMB and plantations were among the major losers.

At 12.30pm, the KLCI fell 18.42 points or 1.01% to 1,811.31. Turnover was 1.18 billion shares valued at RM1.04bil. Declining stocks hammered advancers 784 to 85.

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