Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Trade & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.86% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which rose 0.58% or 0.12 points to trade at 20.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MBBM) added 0.32% or 0.03 points to end at 9.32 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) was down 0.13% or 0.02 points to 15.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which fell 4.35% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.60 at the close. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) declined 3.25% or 0.10 points to end at 2.98 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) was down 2.93% or 0.17 points to 5.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 370 to 195 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.13% or 0.08 to $60.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.63% or 0.40 to hit $63.89 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.60 to trade at $1174.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.31% to 2.7973, while USD/MYR fell 0.35% to 3.7565.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.67.