KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened slightly higher on Monday but fell thereafter as market sentiment was weighed down by the weaker overnight performance on Wall Street.

At 9.10am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) slipped 3.43 points, or 0.21%, to 1,608.13 from last Friday’s close of 1,611.56.

The benchmark index opened 0.44 of a point higher at 1,612.00.

Across the broader market, losers edged out gainers 224 to 117, while 280 counters were unchanged, 2,280 untraded, and 59 suspended.