Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Plantation and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which rose 2.07% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.40 at the close. PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) added 1.32% or 0.20 points to end at 15.30 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was up 1.19% or 0.05 points to 4.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which lost 3.12% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.86 in late trade. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) declined 1.64% or 0.05 points to end at 2.99 and British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) shed 1.60% or 0.98 points to 60.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 333 to 218 and 54 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.92% or 0.56 to $60.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.60% or 0.40 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.20 to trade at $1180.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.31% to 2.7803, while USD/MYR rose 0.73% to 3.7451.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 95.14.