Covid-19 worries persist, push KLCI into the red


Worries about the rising Covid-19 infections and the impact on the economy continued to weigh on the equities market. As at noon, there were 509 fresh infections, raising the total number to 18,129 cases so far.

KUALA LUMPUR: Worries about the rising Covid-19 infections and the impact on the economy continued to weigh on the equities market.

At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was down 9.3 points or 0.61% to 1,513.95. Turnover was 6.29 billion shares valued at RM4.74bil. There were 431 gainers, 593 losers and 446 counters unchanged.

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