KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Bursa Malaysia turned marginally lower at mid-morning, dragged down by losses in Press Metal and Petronas Gas amid the mixed performance in regional markets.
However, the overall market breadth remained positive with gainers outnumbering losers 585 to 223, while 332 counters were unchanged, 1,133 untraded and 11 others suspended.Among the heavyweights, Press Metal lost 23 sen to RM6.56, Petronas Gas dipped 42 sen to RM16.54, Maybank eased one sen to RM8.79, while Public Bank gained five sen to RM4.35 and Petronas Chemicals rose 32 sen to RM10.02.