Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Plantation and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS), which rose 1.82% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.68 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) added 1.49% or 0.04 points to end at 2.72 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) was up 1.37% or 0.08 points to 5.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which lost 2.61% or 0.12 points to trade at 4.47 in late trade. IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) declined 2.39% or 0.11 points to end at 4.50 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) shed 2.23% or 0.20 points to 8.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 46 and 2 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.00% or 0.56 to $56.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.98% or 0.63 to hit $63.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.56% or 6.70 to trade at $1204.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.01% to 2.6961, while USD/MYR fell 0.12% to 3.6254.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 97.48.