Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Plantation and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. unchanged or points to end at and was unchanged or points to in late trade.
Biggest losers included , which unchanged or points to trade at in late trade. unchanged or points to end at and or points to .
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 308 to 260 and 38 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.01% or 0.46 to $45.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.36 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1166.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.25% to 3.0756, while USD/MYR fell 0.40% to 4.2825.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.18.