Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Property and Plantation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which rose 4.30% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.61 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) added 2.56% or 0.06 points to end at 2.40 and MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) was up 1.90% or 0.17 points to 9.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH), which lost 2.68% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.81 in late trade. Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) declined 2.38% or 0.22 points to end at 9.01 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) shed 1.78% or 0.03 points to 1.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 45 and 2 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.46% or 0.76 to $52.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.48% or 0.88 to hit $59.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.00 to trade at $1198.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.16% to 2.6784, while USD/MYR rose 0.95% to 3.7095.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 100.07.