Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Plantation and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI declined 0.34%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which fell 1.84% or 0.40 points to trade at 21.34 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 1.63% or 0.04 points to end at 2.42 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was down 1.45% or 0.22 points to 15.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 302 to 274 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.14% or 0.09 to $60.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1183.90 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.