At 9am the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI level marker (FBM KLCI) was down 8.83 points at 1,546.08 from Wednesday's close of 1,554.91.
The index opened weakly 4.67 points at 1,550.24.
The stock is seen as failing to sustain its greenish momentum for the third straight session if it opens red today after tracking Wall Street's overnight performance.
In the broad market, traders saw a losing counter at 437 over a profit counter at 49, while 146 counters were also unchanged, 1,637 not traded and 22 suspended.
Total acquisition of 286.43 million units is worth RM121.62 million.
Naib President of Equity Investigation of Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd, Thong Pak Leng, stated that the Wall Street market experienced a decline following inflation concerns.
Also in the local market, he expects FBM KLCI to be in a cautious mood with the index at the level of 1.540-1.555 today.
Fair stocks saw Maybank stay at RM8.99 while Public Bank fell 5 cents at RM4.56, IHH Healthcare lost 3 cents at RM6.43 while Petronas Chemicals rallied 2 cents at RM10 and CIMB gained 1 cent at RM5.08.
Active stocks saw Sapura Energy lost 0.5 cents at 7 cents, Serba Dinamik was down 2 cents at 14 cents, Trading Nexchange was down 3 cents at RM1.02 while Techna-X was up 0.5 cents at 5.5 cents and Country Heights added 1.5 cents at 85 cents.
The losers' counter showed Nestle down RM1.50 at RM132.90, Malaysian Pacific Industries down RM1.24 at RM30.38, Batu Kawan rudum 30 cents at RM27.10, Petronas Dagangan down 26 cents at RM21.26 and Sarawak Oil down 21 cents at RM5.84.
On the index board, FBM ACE was down 83.98 points at 5,238.39, FBM Gold index was down 86.08 points at 11,014.53, the FBMT 100 index was down 79.06 points at 10,688.65, the FBM Shariah Gold index was down 116.93 points at 11,425.95 and the FBM 70 was down 170.09 points at 13,016.54.
In terms of sectors, the Financial Services index fell 54.33 points at 16,612.58, the Product and Service Industry index fell 2.14 points at 196.84 and the Agriculture index dipped 80.42 points at 8,142.34.
