Bursa Malaysia closed down 0.63% as the FBM KLCI fell 11.02 points to 1,737.15
Turnover hit 3.24 billion shares worth RM2.91 billion, according to Bursa Malaysia data.
Source: The Star · August 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM · AI-assisted report
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PENANG, 6 AUGUST 2026 —
Turnover hit 3.24 billion shares worth RM2.91 billion, according to Bursa Malaysia data.
Market Impact
Advancers and decliners were almost evenly split, with 566 gainers, 577 losers and 574 unchanged issues.
The index briefly touched an intraday low of 1,733.38 before paring losses.
Blue-chip decliners led the slide: Heineken Malaysia lost RM2 to RM17.10, Nestlé shed RM1.20 to RM101.30, Carlsberg fell 94 sen to RM14.94 and Hong Leong Industries dropped 34 sen to RM17.68.
Gainers included Malaysian Pacific Industries, up 72 sen at RM47.66, UWC gaining 31 sen to RM6.79, IJM rising 17 sen to RM2.66 and Ayer Holdings climbing 15 sen to RM7.50.
MRCB advanced three sen, or 9.68%, to 34 sen after winning the RM3.028 billion Penang LRT railway systems contract with Theta Edge. Theta Edge itself rose 16 sen, or 29.09%, to 71 sen.
The ringgit strengthened 0.12% against the US dollar to 4.0892 and gained 0.11% versus the Singapore dollar to 3.1898.
Foreign investors and local institutions were net buyers, purchasing RM54 million and RM115 million respectively, while retail investors were net sellers of RM169 million.
Regionally, MSCI’s Asia ex-Japan index fell 1.86% as most bourses ended lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 0.93% to 65,683.26, South Korea’s Kospi slumped 4.58% to 6,296.38 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.5% to 25,530.28. China’s CSI300 eased 0.15% to 4,651.31 but the Shanghai Composite bucked the trend, up 0.57% at 3,900.35.
Oil prices rose on supply concerns after reports of attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and ongoing Iran-Oman talks. Brent crude gained eight cents to US$79.53 a barrel while US West Texas Intermediate fell 12 cents to US$75.10.
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