Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Products and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.76% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which rose 5.38% or 0.47 points to trade at 9.20 at the close. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) added 4.86% or 0.28 points to end at 6.04 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was up 2.77% or 0.12 points to 4.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which lost 1.56% or 0.07 points to trade at 4.42 in late trade. British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (KL:BATO) declined 1.16% or 0.78 points to end at 66.60 and Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) shed 0.95% or 0.09 points to 9.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 37 on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $57.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.60 to trade at $1197.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.13% to 2.6906, while USD/MYR unchanged 0.00% to 3.6328.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 98.46.