Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Trade & Services and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB), which rose 2.43% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.48 at the close. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) added 2.36% or 0.07 points to end at 3.04 and British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) was up 1.93% or 1.26 points to 66.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT), which lost 2.46% or 0.38 points to trade at 15.04 in late trade. Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA) declined 2.37% or 0.30 points to end at 12.36 and KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC) shed 0.85% or 0.06 points to 7.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $50.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1142.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.03% to 2.7816, while USD/MYR fell 0.12% to 3.7965.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.68.