Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Products and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT), which rose 2.26% or 0.34 points to trade at 15.38 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 1.32% or 0.07 points to end at 5.38 and Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) was up 0.47% or 0.04 points to 8.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC), which lost 1.99% or 0.15 points to trade at 7.39 in late trade. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) declined 1.71% or 0.11 points to end at 6.33 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) shed 1.30% or 0.04 points to 3.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 293 to 290 and 42 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.38% or 0.18 to $48.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.34 to hit $54.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.04% or 11.40 to trade at $1082.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.27% to 2.7819, while USD/MYR fell 0.05% to 3.8165.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 97.56.