Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Products, Trade & Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.24% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 1.45% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) added 0.96% or 0.03 points to end at 3.15 and Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MBBM) was up 0.89% or 0.08 points to 9.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which fell 3.98% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.99 at the close. RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC) declined 2.73% or 0.21 points to end at 7.49 and Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) was down 1.88% or 0.16 points to 8.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 289 to 252 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.58 to $59.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.95% or 0.62 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1187.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.73% to 2.7314, while USD/MYR rose 1.04% to 3.6926.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 97.47.