Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Trade & Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.70% or 0.05 points to trade at 7.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 4.04% or 0.20 points to end at 4.75 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 2.19% or 0.46 points to 21.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which fell 0.17% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.91 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 0.20% or 0.01 points to end at 5.13 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was down 0.26% or 0.01 points to 3.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 333 to 214 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.12 to $46.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1124.00 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.41% to 3.0057, while USD/MYR rose 0.50% to 4.2610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.23.