Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction, Mining and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.37% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.17% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) added 1.06% or 0.07 points to end at 6.67 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 0.93% or 0.14 points to 15.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which fell 3.00% or 0.24 points to trade at 7.76 at the close. Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH) declined 2.33% or 0.04 points to end at 1.68 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) was down 1.34% or 0.04 points to 2.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 328 to 232 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.51% or 0.30 to $59.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.30 to trade at $1175.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.08% to 2.7992, while USD/MYR rose 0.29% to 3.7676.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.00% at 95.37.