Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trade & Services, Construction and Consumer Products sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI lost 0.60% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which rose 0.48% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Public Bank Bhd (KL:PUBM) added 0.32% or 0.06 points to end at 18.74 and AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) was up 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC), which fell 2.78% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.65 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 2.64% or 0.07 points to end at 2.58 and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) was down 1.94% or 0.06 points to 3.04.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 428 to 138 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.26% or 0.73 to $58.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.60% or 1.00 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.10 to trade at $1180.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.27% to 2.7698, while USD/MYR fell 0.38% to 3.7440.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.23.