The decline was contributed by the mining sector, which fell 3.8 percent, and the extraction of crude petroleum index, which decreased by 6.5 percent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement.
At the same time, the manufacturing sector slipped 2.3 percent, affected by the drop in manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products and manufacture of food products indices.
The electricity and gas supply sector also recorded a decline of 0.1 percent.
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