BURSA Malaysia ended lower today in tandem with weaker regional markets, failing to track Wall Street’s rally as elevated US Treasury yields and renewed gains in crude oil weighed on sentiment.
At 5 pm, the FBM KLCI eased 21.57 points to 1,611.78 from Tuesday’s close of 1,633.35.
The benchmark indexopened 0.19 of a point higher at 1,633.54, marking its intraday high, and hit a low of1,610.55 in the late afternoon session.
On the broader market, losers surpassed gainers663 to 492, while508 counters were unchanged, 1,127 untraded and 13 suspended.
Turnover decreased to 3.83 bil units worth RM3.52 bil, compared with 4.18 bil units worth RM2.95 bil yesterday.—Oct 7, 2026
