Petronas stocks, Public Bank drag KLCI lower to 1,600


KUALA LUMPUR: Profit taking on Petronas-linked stocks and Public Bank weighed on market sentiment and dragged the key FBM KLCI towards the critical 1,600 level early Wednesday.

At 9.23am, the KLCI was down 6.39 points or 0.4% to 1,600.35. Turnover was 339.32 million shares valued at RM142.78mil. There were 125 gainers, 193 losers and 246 counters unchanged.

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