Bursa Malaysia's key index opens lower despite positive sentiment on Wall Street
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia's key index opened lower on Tuesday after a long weekend break for the Deepavali holiday despite positive sentiment on Wall Street overnight.
At 9.15am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) shed 10.70 points to 1,605.88 from last Friday's close of 1,616.58.
The benchmark index opened 9.97 points higher at 1,626.55.
However, market breadth was positive, gainers outpacing losers 640 to 67, while 155 counters were unchanged, 1,911 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover stood at 391.82 million units worth RM206.90 million.
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