Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrial Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 0.82% or 0.04 points to end at 4.94 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.40% or 0.08 points to 20.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which added 1.05% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.79 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 1.42% or 0.07 points to end at 5.00 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) gained 0.25% or 0.01 points to 3.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 280 and 36 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.55% or 0.23 to $42.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1119.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.17% to 2.9048, while USD/MYR fell 0.38% to 4.0805.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.83.