Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Mining and Consumer Products sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which rose 1.69% or 0.34 points to trade at 20.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) added 1.40% or 0.30 points to end at 21.50 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) was up 1.34% or 0.04 points to 3.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS), which fell 1.29% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.53 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 1.15% or 0.03 points to end at 2.59 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) was down 0.80% or 0.05 points to 6.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 302 to 246 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.29% or 0.02 to 1.53.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.43% or 0.87 to $59.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.23% or 0.80 to hit $64.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1179.90 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.18% to 2.7850, while USD/MYR rose 0.55% to 3.7581.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 95.51.