Bursa tracks Wall Street lower on rising crude prices

2026-03-16 - 02:13

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Monday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street amid rising crude oil prices. At 9.20am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 9.77 points, or 0.57%, to 1,689.08 from last Friday’s close of 1,698.85. The benchmark index opened 2.44 points lower at 1,696.41. Market breadth was negative, with 247 decliners outpacing 193 gainers. A total of 326 counters were unchanged, 1,916 untraded and 21 suspended. Turnover stood at 206.83 million shares valued at RM126.94 million. MORE TO COME