Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.98% or 0.07 points to trade at 7.04 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 0.21% or 0.01 points to end at 4.72 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.09% or 0.02 points to 21.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which added 0.17% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.87 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 0.97% or 0.05 points to end at 5.18 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) shed 0.77% or 0.03 points to 3.86.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 349 to 180 and 43 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.13% or 0.98 to $45.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.84% or 0.88 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.00 to trade at $1120.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.34% to 3.0492, while USD/MYR fell 0.01% to 4.3375.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.09.