Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Plantation, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.46% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC), which rose 3.36% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.70 at the close. Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH) added 2.07% or 0.04 points to end at 1.97 and UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) was up 1.71% or 0.18 points to 10.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Bank Bhd (KL:PUBM), which lost 2.43% or 0.46 points to trade at 18.50 in late trade. Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) declined 2.00% or 0.17 points to end at 8.32 and British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) shed 1.56% or 0.98 points to 62.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 323 to 250 and 41 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.39% or 0.80 to $58.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.21% or 0.76 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1189.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.38% to 2.7174, while USD/MYR rose 0.36% to 3.6635.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.98.