Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Industrial Products sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.19% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which rose 2.50% or 0.48 points to trade at 19.68 at the close. Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) added 1.69% or 0.11 points to end at 6.60 and Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) was up 1.56% or 0.04 points to 2.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which lost 2.66% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.96 in late trade. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) declined 2.43% or 0.14 points to end at 5.61 and Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS) shed 2.35% or 0.52 points to 21.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 274 to 208 and 35 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.71% or 0.42 to $59.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.71% or 0.47 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.81% or 9.70 to trade at $1195.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.11% to 2.6918, while USD/MYR rose 0.28% to 3.6262.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 97.10.