Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Plantation, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 0.57% or 0.04 points to trade at 7.00 at the close. Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) fell 1.55% or 0.07 points to end at 4.46 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.09% or 0.02 points to 21.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which added 1.58% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.80 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.18% or 0.01 points to end at 5.55 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) gained 4.09% or 0.16 points to 4.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 370 to 174 and 45 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.19% or 0.09 to $45.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.41% or 4.60 to trade at $1122.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.99% to 3.0936, while USD/MYR fell 1.38% to 4.4003.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.20.