KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia and key regional markets fell early Friday as investor sentiment was affected by the overnight tumble on Wall Street.
The FBM KLCI plunged 24.40 points, or 1.66% to 1,448.37 at 9.14am, with 28 out of the 30 constituent counters falling into the red.
The regional index, MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.62%.
Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 2.42%, or 741.46 points, to 29,927.07, while the S&P 500 slipped 3.25% to 3,666.77.
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