KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian's benchmark FBM KLCI stands poised to end the week at a fresh eight-month low as the selling pressure in blue chips continued unabated.
At 12.30pm, the key index was down 4.95 points to 1,378.06. The market breadth was slightly positive with 386 gainers compared to 357 decliners.
Trading volume was 2.09 billion shares valued at RM924.05mil.
The financial services sector was mostly in the red with Maybank dropping five sne to RM8.55, Public Bank falling four sen to RM3.79, Hong Leong losing 36 sen to RM18.92 and CIMB shaving six sen to RM4.80.
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