Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Plantation, Mining and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.49% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 2.84% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) added 1.68% or 0.28 points to end at 16.96 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) was up 1.61% or 0.36 points to 22.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which lost 0.55% or 0.04 points to trade at 7.27 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.47% or 0.03 points to end at 6.30 and Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) shed 0.14% or 0.01 points to 7.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 32 and 1 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.94% or 0.94 to $47.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.69% or 0.95 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.50% or 5.90 to trade at $1179.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 1.04% to 2.7273, while USD/MYR fell 0.20% to 3.7055.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 98.89.