Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Plantation and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.34% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which rose 1.35% or 0.11 points to trade at 8.25 at the close. Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) added 1.25% or 0.08 points to end at 6.47 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) was up 0.61% or 0.05 points to 8.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which lost 4.11% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.00 in late trade. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 3.38% or 0.76 points to end at 21.74 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) shed 3.13% or 0.50 points to 15.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 390 to 171 and 38 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.65% or 0.39 to $58.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.39% or 0.24 to hit $63.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.40% or 4.70 to trade at $1172.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.03% to 2.7711, while USD/MYR rose 0.27% to 3.7712.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.23.