KLSE Malaysia Opening Market Update

MALAYSIA share prices opened higher on Tuesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 1.24 points to 1812.74.

Volume was 47.87 million lots worth RM21.24 million.

Gainers outnumbered losers 98 to 64.

Platinum Market Update

Platinum for April delivery PLJ5, +0.50%  rose $6.20, or 0.5%, to $1,227.80 an ounce, while palladium for March delivery PAH5, +0.61% added $2.95 to $784.25 an ounce. High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, -0.60%  fell one cent, or 0.5%, to $2.57 a pound.

Silver Market Update

March silver SIH5, +1.80%  added 8 cents, or 0.5%, to $16.77 an ounce.

Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for March RBH5, +0.11%  -- the benchmark gasoline contract--rose 129 points to $1.5720 a gallon, while March diesel traded at $1.8394, 3 points higher.

Gold rebounds after last week’s retreat

Gold prices bounced back on Monday after investors last week showed an increasing appetite for riskier assets.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.47%  rose $5.40, or 0.4%, to $1,240 an ounce. Prices hit the lowest settlement since Jan. 14 in the prior session and lost 3.5% for the week.

Oil price volatile after weak China trade data, rig-count drop

Crude-oil futures were volatile in Asian trade Monday after last week’s gains as investors weighed a further drop in rig counts in the U.S. and weak Chinese trade data.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in March CLH5, +0.39%  traded at $51.99 a barrel, up $0.30 in the Globex electronic session. March Brent crude LCOH5, -0.28%  on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $0.10 to $57.90 a barrel.