Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction, Mining and Trade & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE), which rose 2.73% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.63 at the close. Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS) added 1.00% or 0.22 points to end at 22.20 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) was up 0.98% or 0.16 points to 16.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA), which lost 2.14% or 0.30 points to trade at 13.70 in late trade. Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) declined 2.13% or 0.19 points to end at 8.75 and Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) shed 1.88% or 0.11 points to 5.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 168 and 40 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.54% or 0.33 to $60.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.44 to hit $66.10 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.65% or 7.80 to trade at $1211.90 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.09% to 2.6950, while USD/MYR fell 0.44% to 3.5826.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.10.