KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia and Southeast Asian markets were in the red at midday on Friday as worries about the fallout from the coronavirus mounted, especially the World Health Organisation's (WHO) declaration of a global emergency.
At 12.30pm, the KLCI was down slightly by 0.66 of a point or 0.04% to 1,544.93. Turnover was 2.02 billion shares valued at RM1.22bil. The broader market was weaker though as decliners beat advancers by five to one or 740 losers to 146 gainers and 293 counters unchanged.
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