Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrial Products and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE), which rose 2.55% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.81 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 1.02% or 0.06 points to end at 5.95 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) was up 0.89% or 0.08 points to 9.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which lost 3.04% or 0.27 points to trade at 8.62 in late trade. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) declined 2.83% or 0.17 points to end at 5.83 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) shed 1.79% or 0.40 points to 22.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 283 to 191 and 33 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.46% or 1.49 to $61.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 1.48 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1190.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.16% to 2.6873, while USD/MYR fell 0.43% to 3.5701.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 95.11.