Bursa battered as Asian markets in freefall


KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia was battered in early trade on Friday the 13th following the overnight plunge on Wall Street while key Asian markets were in freefall as Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged 10%.

At 9.10am, the KLCI was down 76.27 points of 5.37% to 1,343,16. Turnover was 513.92 million shares valued at RM264.85mil. Decliners hammered advancers 732 to 37 while 83 counters were unchanged.

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