KUALA LUMPUR: Consumer stocks, long-time favourites among investors for their high-yielding dividends, ended Thursday lower as investors decided to take profit.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was down 7.06 points or 0.42% to 1,674.35. Turnover was 9.23 billion shares valued at RM4.33bil. The broader market was weaker with 790 decliners to 445 gainers and 454 counters unchanged.
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