Kuala Lumpur: Bursa Malaysia share prices opened lower on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 3.81 points to 1,704.28 at 9 am. The trading volume was 15.43 million lots worth RM39.83 million. There were 122 gainers, 135 losers and 177 counters unchanged.

The KLSE stock loser data shows, among the banking sectors Public Bank fell 20 sen to RM24.50 and LPI lost 30 sen to RM16.30. Petronas Chemical lost 13 sen to RM9.46 and Bursa nine sen to RM7.31. Padini was down 20 sen to RM5.52, Bursa and QL Resources nine sen lower at RM7.31 and RM7.26 while Globetronics and Westports fell seven sen each to RM2.21 and RM3.70.

Among the KLSE gainer stocks, MPI rose 42 sen to RM11.82, Dufu 35 sen to RM3.36. Nestle added 30 sen to RM144 and F&N 16 sen to RM34 while CMSB advanced 10 sen to RM3.14.

The KLSE active stock data shows Sapura Energy rose 1.5 sen to 39 sen with over 50 million shares done while Tatt Giap Group Bhd change to 11.90%.

Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.17%  in early trade. Australian shares were down 0.08%, while Japan’s Nikkei stock index eased 0.12%. Hang Seng index opened up 0.07% in early trade.

In the currency market, the ringgit was lower against the US dollar in the early session today, it stood at 4.1800/1850 versus the greenback from 4.1780/1810 recorded.

The ringgit traded higher against other major currencies. It was higher against the Singapore dollar at 3.0310/0357 from 3.0315/0341 on Friday and rose against the Japanese yen from 3.6685/6714 to 3.6680/6733.

The ringgit strengthened versus the British pound from 5.4343/4386 to 5.4093/4162 and appreciated the euro at 4.7343/7403 from 4.7362/7413.

In the Oil market, Brent crude oil futures rose 93 cents to US$71.11 per barrel and US light crude oil added 54 cents to US$60.73.

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