KLCI closes 158 points lower w gw2 gold TL

KLCI closes 158 points lower w

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): The FBM KLCI fell 15.76 points week-on-week on Friday, slipping below the 1,660-point level, dragged by losses including at Axiata and Telekom wow po.

The FBM KLCI lost 19.56 points to 1,656.13. Losers beat gainers by 398 to 322, while 338 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 1.37 billion shares valued at RM1.7 billion.

Asian shares advanced to their highest in nearly two weeks with risk appetite returning on signs that a trend of global recovery is stabilising, particularly in the United States and China, according to Reuters. Positive US private sector employment and consumer confidence reports drove the dollar higher gw2 gold, while the yen retreated as demand for safe-haven assets weakened, it said.

At the regional markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 1.33% to 22,111.33; Japan's Nikkei 225 added 1 wow gold po.17% to 9,051.22; South Korea's Kospi gained 1.07 to 1,918.72; the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.60% to 2,117.05; Taiwan's Taiex was up 0.43% to 7,210.47; and Singapore's Straits Times Index added 0.47% to 3,040.75.

Among the losers on Bursa Malaysia on Friday, BAT plummeted RM1.98 to RM61.02; Dutch Lady fell 80 sen to RM49; Tasek dropped 40 sen to RM13.52; Panasonic shrunk 38 sen to RM21.62; Petronas Dagangan deducted 36 sen to RM21.70; Axiata decreased 32 sen to RM6.16; PPB was down 30 sen to RM13; Aeon, Telekom and F retreated 28 sen each to RM12, RM5.67 and RM19.42 respectively.

Ariantec was the most actively-traded counter, with 73.73 million shares done. The stock added one sen to 8.5 sen. Other actives included Tiger Synergy, Luster, SapuraKencana Acheter Des PO, KNM wow gold, Scomi, HWGB and Axiata. Gainers included Aeon Credit, United Plantations, Tahps, Hartalega, Genting, Sui Wah, Parkson and SapuraKencana.