Bursa Malaysia lower at opening, tracks Wall Street losses

Bursa Malaysia opened lower today, tracking the overnight losses on Wall Street, with sentiment affected by the ongoing spat between US President Donald Trump and businessman Elon Musk.

At 9.10am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 2.78 points lower at 1,515.34 from Thursday's close of 1,518.12. The benchmark index opened at 1,516.91, less 1.21 points.

Market breadth was negative, with decliners outpacing gainers 207 to 84. A total of 243 counters were unchanged, 1,812 untraded and 20 suspended.

Turnover stood at 119.92 million units valued at RM70.92 million.

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