Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantation, Mining and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 2.58% or 0.56 points to trade at 22.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hong Leong Bank Bhd (KL:HLBB) added 1.94% or 0.26 points to end at 13.68 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 1.93% or 0.08 points to 4.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC), which fell 1.85% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) declined 0.99% or 0.06 points to end at 5.99 and DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) was down 0.90% or 0.05 points to 5.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 284 to 260 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $56.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.20 to hit $62.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 5.90 to trade at $1163.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.33% to 2.7934, while USD/MYR rose 0.31% to 3.7786.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.44.