Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Plantation and Industrial Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 4.24% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.72 at the close. Meanwhile, DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 2.20% or 0.12 points to end at 5.58 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) was up 1.33% or 0.02 points to 1.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which fell 1.17% or 0.05 points to trade at 4.21 at the close. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) declined 1.03% or 0.07 points to end at 6.72 and KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC) was down 1.00% or 0.07 points to 6.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 345 to 224 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.17% or 0.10 to $60.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.70 to trade at $1182.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.41% to 2.7818, while USD/MYR fell 0.44% to 3.7435.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.27.