Bursa Malaysia halts trading after KLCI falls 10% limit

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia halted trading at 2.58pm after the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) fell 10%, which is the maximum limit.

Trading will resume at 3.58pm.

The KLCI fell 130.01 points to 1,166.32, the biggest one-day percentage loss in recent years.

Turnover was 913 million shares valued at RM2.47bil. Losers hammered gainers 887 to 19.

Sime Darby fell RM1.90 to RM9.10, KPS lost RM1.74 to RM1.68, DiGi RM1.70 to RM21.30 while BCHB fell RM1.65 to RM8.55.

Other losers were IJM, down RM1.45 to RM5.50, Puncak RM1.36 to RM3.16, Tenaga RM1.25 to RM7.40 and Bursa RM1.05 to RMN8.90.