KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia snapped a six-day winning streak to close lower on Thursday, taking cues from the mixed global market performance amid moderate profit-taking activities.

       As at 5 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) dipped 1.43 points to end at 1,543.61 compared with 1,545.04 yesterday.

       The index opened 0.31 of-a-point weaker at 1,544.73 this morning, went through choppy trading throughout the day, and moved between 1,539.57 and1,547.75.

       On the broader market, gainers led losers 448 to 408 while 436 counters were unchanged, 1,019 untraded, and 53 others suspended.

       Turnover fell to 2.24 billion units valued at RM1.51 billion from Wednesday’s 2.41 billion units valued at RM1.83 billion.

       Key regional indices were mostly in the red following a mixed Wall Street overnight.

       Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.40 per cent to 28,791.71, South Korea’s KOSPI fell 0.52 per cent to 2,977.65 and Singapore’s Strait Times Index was down 0.36 per cent to 3,126.64, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.11 per cent to 23,112.01.

       Among the heavyweights, Petronas Chemicals erased 10 sen to RM8.79, Public Bank lost four sen to RM4.15, Hong Leong Bank fell 24 sen to RM18.44, and Maybank was three sen lower at RM8.30.

       Of the actives, SMTrack added two sen to 17.5 sen, AT Systematization lost half-a-sen to three sen, XOX and DGB were flat at three sen respectively, while NWP advanced one sen to 25 sen. - Bernama