KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips extended their losses early Friday on news that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wanted the government to stop providing pandemic relief for struggling businesses.
At 9.30am, the KLCI was down 2.89 points or 0.18% to 1,580.79. Turnover was 1.42 billion shares valued at RM650.20mil. There were 425 gainers, 274 losers and 392 counters unchanged.
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