FBM KLCI drops on softer global sentiment

At 12.30pm, the key index was down 2.07 points to 1,469.49.

The market breadth was neutral with 413 gainers compared with 415 gainers.Leading the market lower was CIMB down eight sen to RM5.56 andNestle fell RM2.30 to RM135.30, PETRONAS Gas lost eight sen to RM16.66 and Digi shed four sen to RM3.86.

Topping the actives list Dataprep gained 5.5 sen to 33 sen, Metronic rose 0.5 sen to 2.5 sen and AT Systemisation added one sen to two sen. Meanwhile, Asian markets retreated following the release of US services industry data showed growth in November while employment rebounded.Japan's Nikkei rose 0.3% to 27,906, South Korea's Kospi slid 0.6% to 2,404 and Australia's ASX200 dropped 0.5% to 7,290.

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