KLCI closes at Sept 2015 low on Public Bank, Tenaga losses

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KUALA LUMPUR: Key Asian markets were routed on Tuesday, with losses ranging from 1.05% to 2.1% on growing worries about the US-China trade war, weaker China economy and weaker economic data.

At 5pm, the FBM KLCI had slid 22.17 points or 1.37% to 1, 592.88 – the lowest since September 2015. Decliners beat advancers more than four to one or 744 losers to 173 gainers while 276 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 2.19 billion shares valued at RM1.69bil.