Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trade & Services, Industrial Products and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC), which rose 1.14% or 0.09 points to trade at 8.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) added 0.96% or 0.07 points to end at 7.34 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) was up 0.94% or 0.03 points to 3.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which fell 2.30% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.12 at the close. Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) declined 2.22% or 0.20 points to end at 8.80 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was down 2.13% or 0.09 points to 4.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 65 to 36 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.00% or 0.47 to $47.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $54.95 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1182.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.27% to 2.7077, while USD/MYR fell 0.24% to 3.6985.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.86.