KUALA LUMPUR: All key Asian markets fell in the early morning session on Wednesday, Oct 28 as investors' risk appetite for equities was curbed by the weak closing on Wall Street while at Bursa, CIMB, Tanjong and Bursa were the major losers.
At 10.12am, the FBM KLCI was down 4.95 points to 1,255.35. Turnover was 242.53 million shares valued at RM189 million.
The Nikkei 225 fell 0.66% to 10,144.55; Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slipped 0.48% to 22,062.95 and Singapore's Straits Times lost 0.29% to 2,686.59 but Shanghai's Composite Index rose 0.14% to 3,033.97.
Light crude oil rose 19 cents to US$79.74 while US spot gold price rose US$1.55 to US$1,041.60.
CIMB fell the most, down 26 sen to RM12.50, Tanjong 22 sen to RM15.26 while BAT gave up eight sen to RM44.90 and Bursa eight sen also to RM8.30.
MBL was the most active with 40.5 million shares done, adding 9.5 sen to 74.5 sen. Green Packet added two sen to RM1.10 and the warrants four sen to 66 sen. Berjaya Corp added two sen to RM1.13 and the loan stocks two sen higher to 57.5 sen.
IJM-WC jumped 29 sen to RM1.22 with four million units done while Tanjung Offshore advanced 15 sen to RM1.30 and the warrants, WB 13.5 sen to 60 sen.