Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Plantation, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 1.81% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.74 at the close. Meanwhile, IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) added 1.35% or 0.08 points to end at 6.00 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 0.79% or 0.12 points to 15.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which fell 1.98% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.41 at the close. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 1.81% or 0.40 points to end at 21.72 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was down 1.67% or 0.07 points to 4.13.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 290 to 205 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.67% or 0.07 to 4.13.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.67% or 0.40 to $58.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $65.82 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.20 to trade at $1184.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.14% to 2.6962, while USD/MYR rose 0.37% to 3.5997.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.21.