Today's News 14 Oct 2016

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia were marginally lower at mid-morning as mixed sentiment in the market curbed interest, dealers said.

At 11.04am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,663.58, down 1.44 points against Thursday’s close of 1,665.02.

A dealer said the volatility in oil prices had weighed on investors’ sentiment but it was mitigated by the better-than-expected Chinese inflation data for September.

On Bursa, there were 245 gainers and 266 losers, while 336 counters were unchanged, 811 untraded and 18 others suspended.

Turnover stood at 496.72 million shares worth RM317.81 million.

For the heavyweights, Public Bank rose four sen to RM19.78, Maybank added one sen to RM7.64 while Petronas Chemicals was flat at RM6.81.

However, Tenaga eased two sen to RM14.46 and IHH Healthcare slipped one sen to RM6.43.

Among actives, AT Systematization was flat at seven sen while Nexgram and Asia Media Group inched up half-a-sen each to 6.5 sen and 24 sen respectively.

The FBM Emas Index eased 4.12 points to 11,754.21, the FBM Ace declined 8.52 points to 5,173.32, the FBM Emas Shariah Index slipped 0.99 point to 12,414.68 and the FBMT100 Index lost 4.07 points to 11,453.16.