Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Mining and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which rose 1.69% or 0.34 points to trade at 20.44 at the close. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) added 1.40% or 0.30 points to end at 21.50 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) was up 1.34% or 0.04 points to 3.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS), which lost 1.29% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.53 in late trade. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 1.15% or 0.03 points to end at 2.59 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) shed 0.80% or 0.05 points to 6.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 246 and 44 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.41% or 0.85 to $59.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.19% or 0.78 to hit $64.33 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1180.00 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.18% to 2.7850, while USD/MYR rose 0.55% to 3.7581.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 95.51.