KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia started Thursday on a cautious note after the selling the previous day with Maybank and Hong Leong Bank posting some losses but gloves edged higher.

At 9.17am, the FBM KLCI was just 0.01 of a point higher at 1,492.41. Turnover was 714.08 million shares valued at RM384.42mil. There were 260 gainers, 233 losers and 342 counters unchanged.