Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Trade & Services, Industrial Products and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 2.08%.
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 7.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 2.16% or 0.10 points to end at 4.72 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 2.55% or 0.52 points to 20.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 5.52% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.12 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 5.05% or 0.25 points to end at 5.20 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 0.51% or 0.02 points to 3.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 359 to 246 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.80% or 1.07 to $39.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.65% or 1.13 to hit $43.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.51% or 5.90 to trade at $1147.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.42% to 3.0015, while USD/MYR fell 1.28% to 4.1965.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 93.69.