Friday 29 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR: Concerns over the spread of the swine flu dragged key regional markets down at the midday break on April 28 while at Bursa Malaysia, Genting was among the major decliners.

At 12.30pm, the KL Composite Index fell 4.35 points to 975.77. There were 883.79 million shares done valued at RM593.95 million. There were 198 gainers, 302 losers and 188 counters unchanged.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.37% or 203 points to 14,637.28, Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 1.2% to 8,621.75 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index shed 0.89% to 1,802.41 while Shanghai’s Composite Index 0.69% lower at 2,388.67.

Crude palm oil futures fell RM4 to RM2,485 after declining more than RM100 the previous day. Light crude oil fell 79 cents to US$49.35.

Nestle and BAT fell 25 sen each to RM29 and RM44.50, Johor Tin 24 sen to 45 sen, MISC foreign 10 sen to RM8.80.

Among banks, Maybank shed 10 sen toRM4.36 but BCHB rose five sen to RM8.05. Genting lost  12 sen to RM4.48 and Resorts two sen to RM2.37 on concerns the swine flu would impact the tourism industry.

MAHB lost six sen to RM3.18, AirAsia fell one sen to RM1.13 and MAS unchanged at RM3.02.

Top Glove fell 15 sen to RM6, Kossan two sen to RM3.62, after the strong run-up but Hartalega added 10 sen to RM3.28.  Pharmaniaga rose 10 sen to RM3.62 and KPJ Healthcare five sen to RM2.89.

Among plantations, Far East rose 15 sen to RM5.65, Harrisons seven sen to RM1.69, UMCCA five sen to RM6.30.  However, KL Kepong lost 10 sen to RM11.40, Sime Darby fell five sen to RM6.45 and IOI Corp four sen to RM4.28.

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