KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia extended its fall in the final minutes of the early session as the central bank announced lower-than-expected gross domestic product growth.
Bank stocks stumbled on the news of 3.6% GDP growth in the final quarter of 2019 with Public Bank falling 40 sen to RM12.60 and Hong Leong Bank dropping 46 sen to RM15.68.
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