Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Trade & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.86% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which rose 0.58% or 0.12 points to trade at 20.54 at the close. Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MBBM) added 0.32% or 0.03 points to end at 9.32 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) was down 0.13% or 0.02 points to 15.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which lost 4.35% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.60 in late trade. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) declined 3.25% or 0.10 points to end at 2.98 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) shed 2.93% or 0.17 points to 5.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 370 to 195 and 48 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.11% or 0.07 to $60.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.58% or 0.37 to hit $63.86 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.60 to trade at $1174.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.31% to 2.7973, while USD/MYR fell 0.35% to 3.7565.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.67.