Public Bank, HL Bank drag KLCI into the red, eye on trade deal

KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank and Hong Leong Bank again dragged the FBM KLCI into the red early Friday, tracking the lacklustre key Asian markets as investors sought more details on the US-China trade talks.

At 9.16am, the KLCI was down 2.63 points or 0.17% to 1,589.56. There were 148 gainers, 181 losers and 241 counters unchanged. There were 287.80 million shares done at RM142.88mil.