Blue chips drift lower, MAHB and Hartalega slip

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia started Thursday on a lacklustre note as blue chips drifted lower on some selling of Malaysia Airports (MAHB) and Hartalega, in line with key Asian markets.

At 9.20am, the FBM KLCI was down 1.19 points or 0.08% to 1, 563.57. Turnover was 552.12 million shares valued at RM217.55mil. There were 181 gainers, 274 losers and 312 counters unchanged.