Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Trade & Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.70% or 0.05 points to trade at 7.05 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 4.04% or 0.20 points to end at 4.75 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 2.19% or 0.46 points to 21.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which lost 0.17% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.91 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 0.20% or 0.01 points to end at 5.13 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) shed 0.26% or 0.01 points to 3.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 333 to 214 and 42 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.12 to $46.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.40 to trade at $1124.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.41% to 3.0057, while USD/MYR rose 0.50% to 4.2610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.23.