Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Construction and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 1.13% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which rose 0.25% or 0.01 points to trade at 4.03 at the close. MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) added 0.24% or 0.02 points to end at 8.46 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) was up 0.23% or 0.02 points to 8.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA), which lost 3.36% or 0.46 points to trade at 13.24 in late trade. Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) declined 3.32% or 0.66 points to end at 19.20 and Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) shed 2.51% or 0.22 points to 8.53.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 443 to 65 and 23 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.52% or 0.31 to $59.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $65.21 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1204.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.12% to 2.6926, while USD/MYR rose 0.31% to 3.6133.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 96.45.