Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Industrial Products and Plantation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.56% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.16 at the close. IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) added 0.73% or 0.03 points to end at 4.16 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 0.65% or 0.10 points to 15.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which lost 3.05% or 0.66 points to trade at 20.98 in late trade. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 1.80% or 0.05 points to end at 2.73 and Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS) shed 1.77% or 0.40 points to 22.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 347 to 139 and 29 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.37% or 0.81 to $60.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.40% or 0.92 to hit $66.54 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1183.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.31% to 2.7097, while USD/MYR rose 0.10% to 3.6160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 94.39.