Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Plantation and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.34% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which rose 1.35% or 0.11 points to trade at 8.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) added 1.25% or 0.08 points to end at 6.47 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) was up 0.61% or 0.05 points to 8.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 4.11% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.00 at the close. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 3.38% or 0.76 points to end at 21.74 and Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) was down 3.13% or 0.50 points to 15.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 390 to 171 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.62% or 0.36 to $58.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $63.09 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.40% or 4.70 to trade at $1172.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.03% to 2.7711, while USD/MYR rose 0.27% to 3.7712.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.23.