KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended lower today as investors adopted a cautious stance amid external uncertainties, keeping a close watch on the upcoming US inflation as well as developments surrounding the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire.
At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended 4.02 points lower at 1,675.50 compared with yesterday’s close of 1,679.52.
The FBM KLCI opened 8.41 points higher at 1,687.93 earlier and traded between 1,675.04 and 1,687.93 throughout the session.
Losers were slightly ahead of gainers in the broader market by 570 to 533, while 548 counters were unchanged, 1,024 untraded and 13 suspended.
