KUALA LUMPUR: Late selling dragged the FBM KLCI into the red at the close, although the benchmark index remained higher for the week.

The 30-stock index fell 1.36 points, or 0.08%, to 1,720.34 after trading between an intraday high of 1,724.30 and a low of 1,719.73. Despite the loss, the index rose 1.5%, or 25.13 points, on a weekly basis.