Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Construction and Trade & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.12% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE), which rose 3.77% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.75 at the close. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) added 2.19% or 0.46 points to end at 21.46 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 1.32% or 0.20 points to 15.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB), which lost 3.02% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.46 in late trade. Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) declined 2.01% or 0.13 points to end at 6.34 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) shed 1.27% or 0.02 points to 1.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 373 to 199 and 40 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.03% or 0.62 to $60.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.89% or 0.58 to hit $65.46 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1186.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.23% to 2.7284, while USD/MYR rose 0.24% to 3.7008.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.19.