Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Plantation, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 1.81% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.74 at the close. IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) added 1.35% or 0.08 points to end at 6.00 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 0.79% or 0.12 points to 15.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which lost 1.98% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.41 in late trade. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 1.81% or 0.40 points to end at 21.72 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) shed 1.67% or 0.07 points to 4.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 290 to 205 and 33 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.65% or 0.39 to $59.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $65.82 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1184.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.14% to 2.6962, while USD/MYR rose 0.37% to 3.5997.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.21.