KLCI slips as selling on Public Bank, Tenaga picks up

KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips retreated early Wednesday as selling on Public Bank and Tenaga Nasional picked up pace sending the FBM KLCI deeper into the red, tracking the decline in key Asian markets.

At9.30am, the KLCI was down 4.69 points or 0.29% to 1,598.06. Turnover was 241.93 million shares valued at RM106.43mil. There were 128 gainers, 182 losers and 218 counters unchanged.