Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Trade & Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. unchanged or points to end at and was unchanged or points to in late trade.
Biggest losers included , which unchanged or points to trade at in late trade. unchanged or points to end at and or points to .
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 373 to 185 and 41 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $46.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.40% or 0.20 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1174.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.27% to 3.0819, while USD/MYR fell 0.17% to 4.2830.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.75.