Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Plantation and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR), which rose 1.32% or 0.04 points to trade at 3.07 at the close. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) added 0.75% or 0.05 points to end at 6.69 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was up 0.70% or 0.03 points to 4.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which lost 2.89% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.68 in late trade. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) declined 2.13% or 0.14 points to end at 6.44 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) shed 1.79% or 0.15 points to 8.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 336 to 254 and 40 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $49.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.88% or 9.60 to trade at $1101.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.09% to 2.7855, while USD/MYR fell 0.01% to 3.8075.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.25.