Investing.com – Malaysia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Industrial Products and Trade & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which rose 1.41% or 0.06 points to trade at 4.32 at the close. Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) added 1.21% or 0.20 points to end at 16.74 and Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) was up 0.84% or 0.05 points to 6.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS), which lost 5.88% or 1.38 points to trade at 22.10 in late trade. PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) declined 2.86% or 0.46 points to end at 15.60 and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA) shed 2.24% or 0.32 points to 13.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 224 and 42 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.04% or 0.62 to $59.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.13% or 0.75 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.59% or 7.20 to trade at $1220.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.09% to 2.6962, while USD/MYR rose 0.11% to 3.5888.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 95.05.