Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT), which rose 3.01% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.74 at the close. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) added 1.35% or 0.10 points to end at 7.49 and KLCC Prop&Reits - Stapled Sec (KL:KLCC) was up 1.28% or 0.09 points to 7.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which lost 1.51% or 0.07 points to trade at 4.58 in late trade. Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MBBM) declined 1.26% or 0.12 points to end at 9.37 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) shed 1.17% or 0.02 points to 1.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 47 and 1 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.98% or 0.50 to $50.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.24 to hit $56.33 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.00 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.28% to 2.7020, while USD/MYR rose 0.92% to 3.6730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 99.64.