Share prices on Bursa Malaysia turned mixed at mid-morning Wednesday amid cautious trading on the regional market due to mixed bag of news coming out of europe, dealers said.
At 11.01 am, the benchmark index, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) inched 0.88 of a point up to 1,566.2.
The Finance Index was 3.42 points higher at 14,005.694, the Industrial Index added 1.23 points to 2,750.38, but the Plantation Index fell 11.97 points to 8,227.72.
The FBM Emas Index gained 4.98 points to 10,679.91, the FBM 70 Index rose 4.57 points to 11,587.03, the FBM T100 Index improved 5.59 points to 10,506.35 but the FBM ACE Index dwindled 2.39 points to 4,266.23.
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