Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Products and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.76% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which rose 5.38% or 0.47 points to trade at 9.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) added 4.86% or 0.28 points to end at 6.04 and Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM) was up 2.77% or 0.12 points to 4.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which fell 1.56% or 0.07 points to trade at 4.42 at the close. British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (KL:BATO) declined 1.16% or 0.78 points to end at 66.60 and Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) was down 0.95% or 0.09 points to 9.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 67 to 37.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $57.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.60 to trade at $1197.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.13% to 2.6906, while USD/MYR unchanged 0.00% to 3.6328.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 98.46.