Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Plantation and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 1.17% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.73 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) added 0.56% or 0.34 points to end at 60.80 and UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) was up 0.39% or 0.04 points to 10.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which lost 1.84% or 0.40 points to trade at 21.34 in late trade. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 1.63% or 0.04 points to end at 2.42 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) shed 1.45% or 0.22 points to 15.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 274 and 33 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.14% or 0.09 to $60.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1183.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.12% to 2.7952, while USD/MYR rose 0.25% to 3.7380.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 95.10.