Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Products, Trade & Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.24% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 1.45% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) added 0.96% or 0.03 points to end at 3.15 and Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MBBM) was up 0.89% or 0.08 points to 9.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which lost 3.98% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.99 in late trade. RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC) declined 2.73% or 0.21 points to end at 7.49 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) shed 1.88% or 0.16 points to 8.36.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 252 and 47 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.58 to $59.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.95% or 0.62 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1187.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.73% to 2.7314, while USD/MYR rose 1.04% to 3.6926.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 97.48.