At 9am the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI level marker (FBM KLCI) was down 1.22 points at 1,597.1 from Thursday's close of 1,598.32.
The index opened 0.25 points weak at 1,598.07.
It opened low ahead of the release of Malaysia's inflation data on April 22 that sent investors moving out of the market.
In the broad market, traders saw a loss counter at 245 beat a gain at 122, while 232 counters remained unchanged, 1,702 were not traded and 25 were hanged.
Total acquisition of 141.88 million units is worth RM72.11 million.
According to Naib President of Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd's Equity Research, Thong Pak Leng said the Wall Street equity market was retreating from gains on the back of strong corporate gains.
Moreover, they expect the local index to be in the market at 1.590 to 1.605 today on the back of the overseas uncertainty.
Fair stocks saw Maybank add 2 cents at RM8.90, Public Bank Bhd up 1 cent at RM4.68, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd drop 8 cents at RM10.46, IHH Healthcare Bhd stay at RM6.54 while Press Metal Aluminum Holdings Bhd lost 13 cents at RM6.46.
Active stocks saw Sapura Energy Bhd shed 0.5 cents at 4 cents while Pertama Digital Bhd, KNM Group Bhd, Saudee Group Bhd and Widad Group Bhd stayed at 90.5 cents, 17 cents, 6 cents and 36.5 cents.
On the index board, the FBMT 100 index was down 19.42 points at 11,104.22, the FBM Gold index was down 22.27 points at 11,462.03, the Shariah FBM Gold index was down 34.69 points at 12,099.79, the FBM 70 was down 68.68 points at 13,779.97 and the FBM ACE was down 26.36 points at 5,777.13.
In terms of sectors, the Product and Service Industry index fell 0.76 points at 215.79, the Financial Services index expanded 4.95 points at 16,716.82 and the Agriculture index lost 8.84 points at 8,596.26.
