Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Trade & Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 2.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 0.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 7.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 4.07% or 0.20 points to end at 5.11 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.09% or 0.02 points to 21.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 2.44% or 0.15 points to trade at 6.29 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 5.27% or 0.29 points to end at 5.79 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 1.48% or 0.06 points to 4.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 429 to 135 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.63% or 0.77 to $46.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.67% or 0.83 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1117.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.51% to 3.0318, while USD/MYR rose 0.69% to 4.2435.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.31.