PETALING JAYA: Asian stocks ended Tuesday trade mostly in the red due to lingering concerns over the euro-zone debt crisis and weakening global economic growth as well as fresh concerns over the Chinese government’s intensifying effort to curb real-estate speculation and raising of China’s interest rates to curb inflation.
The FBM KLCI extended its loss after falling 5.07 points to close at 1,459.64 points at 5pm. Turnover stood at 976.98 billion shares worth RM1.35bil. There were 244 gainers, 493 losers and 289 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia.
Leading gainers were Genting Bhd up 15 sen to RM9.88, CI Holdings Bhd up 12 sen to RM3.80, Coastal Contracts Bhd up 11 sen to RM2.37, Country View Bhd up 10.5 sen to 57 sen, Unisem (M) Bhd up 10 sen to RM1.90 and QL Resources Bhd up 9 sen to RM4.64.
Leasing losers were Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd down 24 sen to RM5.71, Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd down 22 sen to RM14.48, Parkson Holdings Bhd down 16 sen to RM5.70, KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd-warrants down 12 sen to RM1.22, Tenaga Nasional Bhd down 12 sen to RM8.88 and AirAsia Bhd down 11 sen to RM2.14.
Singapore’s Straits Times Index lost 16.11 points to 3,097.35, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 230.89 points to close at 22,109.95 and Shanghai’s A share index fell 16.61 points to close at 2,611.35.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 107.38 points to close at 9,495.76, while Seoul’s Kopsi Index was down 4.86 points to 1,855.97.
Nymex crude oil at 4.56pm was quoted at US$75.63 per barrel, losing 88 cents; gold at 5.06pm was at US$1,288.70 an ounce, losing US$5.65. The ringgit was quoted at 3.0943 to the US dollar around 5pm.
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