Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Plantation and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.28% or 0.02 points to trade at 7.08 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 4.02% or 0.20 points to end at 4.78 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was down 0.18% or 0.04 points to 21.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which lost 1.60% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.14 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 2.08% or 0.12 points to end at 5.64 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) shed 5.45% or 0.22 points to 3.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 332 to 184 and 52 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.69% or 0.76 to $45.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.47% or 0.70 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1137.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.49% to 3.0347, while USD/MYR rose 1.10% to 4.2730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.45.