Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Financials and Trade & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 0.15% or 0.01 points to trade at 6.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 0.21% or 0.01 points to end at 4.72 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.18% or 0.04 points to 21.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which fell 2.64% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.90 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 1.97% or 0.11 points to end at 5.48 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was down 1.27% or 0.05 points to 3.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 317 to 197 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.95% or 0.44 to $46.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.10% or 0.54 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1126.00 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.39% to 3.0537, while USD/MYR rose 0.80% to 4.3440.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.52.