KUALA LUMPUR: The local market opens lower on Boxing Day as profit-taking sets in after the recent rally amid thinner trading conditions.
The FBM KLCI is down 4.34 points, or 0.26%, to 1,673.97 at 9.27 am, after opening 0.81 of a point lower at 1,677.50.
Among the losers, BLD Plantation
slides 12 sen to RM15.18, Carlsberg sheds 10 sen to RM16.70, PETRONAS Chemicals slips 11 sen to RM3.57, and Keck Seng eases five sen to RM5.55.
On the upside, F&N advances 40 sen to RM36.40, Hume Cement Industries adds 14 sen to RM3.29, Malayan Cement gains 10 sen to RM7.44, and HI Mobility edges up three sen to RM2.69.
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