Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Industrial Products sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.19% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 2.66% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.96 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) declined 2.43% or 0.14 points to end at 5.61 and Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS) was down 2.35% or 0.52 points to 21.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 274 to 208 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.73% or 0.43 to $59.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.