Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Property and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR), which rose 1.01% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.99 at the close. Meanwhile, RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC) added 0.69% or 0.05 points to end at 7.27 and Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) was up 0.56% or 0.03 points to 5.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which fell 3.45% or 0.27 points to trade at 7.55 at the close. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) declined 2.44% or 0.54 points to end at 21.58 and Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH) was down 2.40% or 0.04 points to 1.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 467 to 130 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.62% or 0.29 to $47.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.08% or 0.58 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.50 to trade at $1095.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.01% to 2.7903, while USD/MYR fell 0.21% to 3.8110.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.79.