Blue chips slip amid mixed broader market


KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips slipped in early Tuesday trade, as the mild rebound deflated despite stronger first quarter corporate earnings as investors worried about the record deaths and infections from the Covid-19.

At 9.44am, the FBM KLCI was down 4.24 points or 0.27% to 1,567.58. Turnover was 1.68 billion shares valued at RM691.20mil. There were 353 gainers, 348 losers and 330 counters unchanged.

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