Healthcare counters drag KLCI down 1.55pc at mid-day | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — Bursa Malaysia extended its losses at mid-day, weighed down by persistent selling in healthcare counters led by Top Glove, IHH and Hartalega. At 12.30pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) lost 23.61 points, or 1.55 per cent, to 1,495.71 from Tuesday’s...

Market breadth remained negative with losers thumping gainers 879 to 201, while 302 counters were unchanged, 656 untraded and 22 others suspended. — Picture Ahmad Zamzahuri

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca was reported as saying on Tuesday that it had “voluntarily paused” a randomised clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. Top losers, also led by glove counters, included Kossan, which slumped RM1.04 to RM11.46 and Supermax, which erased 63 sen to RM7.78.

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