Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Plantation, Technology and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.51% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which rose 1.42% or 0.06 points to trade at 4.29 at the close. AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) added 1.27% or 0.08 points to end at 6.38 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) was up 1.27% or 0.20 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which lost 4.48% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.92 in late trade. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 3.94% or 0.86 points to end at 20.98 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) shed 2.38% or 0.14 points to 5.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 381 to 189 and 43 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.23% or 0.71 to $58.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.96% or 0.61 to hit $64.33 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1188.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.03% to 2.6981, while USD/MYR fell 0.11% to 3.6376.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.14.