Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantation, Mining and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC), which lost 1.85% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.37 in late trade. AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) declined 0.99% or 0.06 points to end at 5.99 and DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) shed 0.90% or 0.05 points to 5.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 260 and 54 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $56.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $62.21 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 5.80 to trade at $1163.50 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.