Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Plantation and Industrial Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 4.24% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.72 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 2.20% or 0.12 points to end at 5.58 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) was up 1.33% or 0.02 points to 1.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which lost 1.17% or 0.05 points to trade at 4.21 in late trade. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) declined 1.03% or 0.07 points to end at 6.72 and KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC) shed 1.00% or 0.07 points to 6.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 345 to 224 and 47 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $60.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.60 to trade at $1182.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.41% to 2.7818, while USD/MYR fell 0.44% to 3.7435.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.27.