Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Prop&Reits - Stapled Sec (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.97% or 0.14 points to trade at 7.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) added 1.83% or 0.17 points to end at 9.44 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) was up 1.35% or 0.08 points to 5.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which fell 3.13% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.33 at the close. YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) declined 1.19% or 0.02 points to end at 1.66 and Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) was down 1.10% or 0.03 points to 2.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 67 to 35 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in KLCC Prop&Reits - Stapled Sec (KL:KLCC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.97% or 0.14 to 7.24.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.90% or 0.52 to $57.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.65% or 0.41 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1203.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.57% to 2.7124, while USD/MYR fell 0.40% to 3.6230.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.06.