KUALA LUMPUR: High Covid-19 cases and fears of a lockdown sent the FBM KLCI to a three-month low on Friday with the broader market continuing to be weak.
At 5pm, the KLCI was down 13.15 points or 0.83% to 1,562.17. Turnover was 7.52 billion shares valued at RM4.07bil. There were 881 decliners, 330 advancers and 386 stocks unchanged.
A total of 6,493 cases were reported on Friday with 50 deaths ahead of an anticipated decision from the government whether to impose a full lockdown in Selangor due to the record number of infections.
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