Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Mining and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.83% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 1.46% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.09 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) added 0.72% or 0.46 points to end at 64.50 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) was up 0.71% or 0.16 points to 22.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE), which lost 3.40% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.56 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 2.69% or 0.16 points to end at 5.79 and Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) shed 2.53% or 0.17 points to 6.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 334 to 167 and 29 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.17% or 0.69 to $59.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.23% or 0.80 to hit $65.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1209.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.30% to 2.7012, while USD/MYR rose 0.12% to 3.6053.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 95.19.