KUALA LUMPUR : The FBM KLCI fell 0.76 point, following Asian values after raw petroleum and US offers fell overnight.
At 9:19am, the KLCI was exchanged at 1,676.67 focuses. Crosswise over Asian share markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.29% while South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.98%.
In Malaysia, TA Securities Holdings Bhd wrote in a note today that "most blue chips are probably going to slip over into base-building mode today given the frail purchasing energy taking after late lukewarm increases."
Bursa Malaysia saw 130 gainers and 124 decliners. Somewhere in the range of 132 million shares worth RM70 million changed hands.
US offers fell overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.3%, S&P 500 fell 0.38% while Nasdaq Composite was 0.5% lower.
US oil fell 1.1% to US$49.96 a barrel while Brent oil was 1.3% lower at US$50.79. Reuters reported that oil settled down on Tuesday, then US unrefined slid advance underneath US$50 a barrel in post-settlement exchange after an industry bunch reported that US oil inventories developed almost three times as much as estimate.
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