Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trade & Services, Construction and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.60% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which rose 0.48% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.22 at the close. Public Bank Bhd (KL:PUBM) added 0.32% or 0.06 points to end at 18.74 and AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) was up 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC), which lost 2.78% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.65 in late trade. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 2.64% or 0.07 points to end at 2.58 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) shed 1.94% or 0.06 points to 3.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 428 to 138 and 48 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.26% or 0.73 to $58.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.60% or 1.00 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.10 to trade at $1180.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.27% to 2.7698, while USD/MYR fell 0.38% to 3.7440.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.22.