Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Products, Industrials and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB), which rose 2.76% or 0.17 points to trade at 6.33 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) added 1.85% or 1.18 points to end at 64.92 and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA) was up 1.15% or 0.16 points to 14.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which lost 3.26% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.90 in late trade. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) declined 0.67% or 0.04 points to end at 5.96 and Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) shed 0.59% or 0.04 points to 6.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 237 and 33 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.50% or 0.30 to $59.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.60 to trade at $1216.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.29% to 2.6903, while USD/MYR rose 0.08% to 3.5636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 93.84.