Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Mining and Trade & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. Meanwhile, unchanged or points to end at and was unchanged or points to in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. unchanged or points to end at and was or points to .
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 326 to 246 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.16% or 0.54 to $45.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.15% or 0.56 to hit $48.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.29% or 15.20 to trade at $1160.90 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.21% to 3.0701, while USD/MYR fell 0.15% to 4.3080.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 97.47.