Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trade & Services, Consumer Products and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which rose 5.40% or 0.42 points to trade at 8.20 at the close. Genting Bhd (KL:GENT) added 0.84% or 0.07 points to end at 8.39 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was up 0.71% or 0.03 points to 4.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC), which lost 8.47% or 0.61 points to trade at 6.59 in late trade. Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) declined 5.99% or 0.41 points to end at 6.44 and UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) shed 5.97% or 0.64 points to 10.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 382 to 165 and 55 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.45% or 0.66 to $45.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.20% or 0.59 to hit $50.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1089.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.14% to 2.7951, while USD/MYR fell 0.23% to 3.8485.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.49.