Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Plantation and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which rose 4.01% or 0.35 points to trade at 9.07 at the close. Meanwhile, IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) added 3.37% or 0.14 points to end at 4.30 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) was up 2.39% or 0.14 points to 5.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR), which fell 4.77% or 1.00 points to trade at 19.98 at the close. Petronas Gas Bhd (KL:PGAS) declined 1.26% or 0.28 points to end at 21.92 and DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) was down 1.16% or 0.07 points to 5.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 239 to 238 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.11% or 0.68 to $61.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.79% or 0.53 to hit $67.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1192.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.18% to 2.7020, while USD/MYR fell 0.08% to 3.5986.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.48.