Bursa Malaysia

17 December 2009 Stocks in Bursa Malaysia fell 2.06 points to close at 1266.97 points on Thursday, reversing the gain in the morning as investors took profit ahead of the long weekend. The Industrial Index declined 0.19% to 2680.25 points. However, Properties Index gained 0.32% while Plantation Index added 0.28% to 6358.42 points. The market traded within a range of 7.01 points between an intra-day high of 1272.59 and a low of 1265.58 during the session. Actively traded stocks include SCOMI-LA, DSCSOL, GPACKET-WA, AFFIN-WC, AXIATA, ETITECH, HUBLINE-WA, LCL, GAMUDA and KNM. Meanwhile, trading volume increased to 690.81 mil shares worth RM1036.26 mil as compared to Wednesday's 654.38 mil shares worth RM910.08 mil.Lagging Movers were CIMB (-6 sen to RM13.02), AXIATA (-2 sen to RM3.02), MISC (-8 sen to RM8.63), AMMB (-5 sen to RM4.91) and ASTRO (-11 sen to RM3.04). Leading Movers were GENTING (+4 sen to RM7.23), IOI (+1 sen to RM5.54), YTL (+5 sen to RM7.51), SIME (+1 sen to RM8.99) and KLK (+8 sen to RM16.08). Lastly, market breadth was negative with 324 losers as compared to 289 gainers.

Source: JF Apex Securities Bhd