KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia and most key Asian markets closed lower on Friday, with Public Bank the main drag on the FBM KLCI and several key tech-related stocks extending their losses on foreign fund selling.
At 5pm, the KLCI was down 3.53 points or 0.21% to 1,683.06. Turnover fell to 1.82 billion shares valued at RM1.68bil. There were 373 gainers, 460 losers and 336 counters unchanged.
Stock market data showed foreign funds were net sellers at RM52mil but local institutions were net buyers at RM42mil and retail investors at net RM10mil.