Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Plantation, Mining and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.49% to hit a new 3-month high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 2.84% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB) added 1.68% or 0.28 points to end at 16.96 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) was up 1.61% or 0.36 points to 22.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which fell 0.55% or 0.04 points to trade at 7.27 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.47% or 0.03 points to end at 6.30 and Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) was down 0.14% or 0.01 points to 7.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 70 to 32 and 1 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.94% or 0.94 to $47.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.69% or 0.95 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.50% or 5.90 to trade at $1179.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 1.04% to 2.7273, while USD/MYR fell 0.20% to 3.7055.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 98.89.