Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were traded lower in the early session today and in line with Asian stocks, as cautious sentiment embraced investors awaiting the US economic data later today, dealers said.
At 9.07am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was quoted 2.59 points lower at 1,800.46 after opening at 1,804.08.
Turnover stood at 105.49 million shares worth RM53.45 million.
Gainers outnumbered losers by 127 to 70, with 159 counters unchanged, 1,233 untraded and 19 others suspended.
HwangDBS Vickers Research said, however, the overnight advance in US stocks, due to reports that the Federal Reserve would continue its stimulus efforts given the weak economic climate, could breathe life into the Malaysian bourse today.
"The benchmark FBM KLCI is poised to make its way towards the next resistance hurdle of 1,825," it said in a note today.
Meanwhile, all eyes would be on Friday's non-farm payrolls data for a further gauge on when the Federal Reserve would begin winding down its US$85 billion-a-month bond-buying programme.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index lost 12.93 points to 16,665.84, the Industrial Index was down 6.43 points to 3,106.22, while the Plantation Index fell 9.41 points to 8,616.52.
The FBM Emas Index contracted 8.8 points to 12,537.19, the FBMT100 Index gave up 10.52 points for 12,260.98, and the FBM Ace dipped 5.21 points to 5,795.75. The FBM 70 added 17.07 points to 14,306.03.
Among actives, Astral improved one sen to 19.5 sen, TH Heavy Engineering gained 2.5 sen for 89.5 sen and Sersol was two sen higher at 50.5 sen.
Meanwhile, Tiger Synergy lost one sen to 27 sen and newly-listed Barakah Offshore eased one sen to 99 sen.
As for heavyweights, CIMB and Sime Darby lost one sen each for RM7.55 and RM9.49 respectively, Petronas Chemicals was two sen lower at RM7.10 and Axiata dipped four sen to RM6.81,as Maybank was unchanged at RM9.86
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