Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Consumer Products and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.59% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 1.28% or 0.06 points to end at 4.63 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was down 1.09% or 0.24 points to 21.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which fell 1.86% or 0.11 points to trade at 5.79 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.18% or 0.01 points to end at 5.48 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 0.52% or 0.02 points to 3.88.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 286 to 237 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.04% or 0.47 to $45.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.17% or 0.57 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.00 to trade at $1137.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.30% to 3.0966, while USD/MYR rose 0.57% to 4.4255.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.32.