Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Technology and Consumer Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which rose 2.56% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. Meanwhile, UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) added 1.69% or 0.18 points to end at 10.82 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) was up 1.54% or 0.34 points to 22.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB), which fell 2.51% or 0.42 points to trade at 16.32 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 2.21% or 0.06 points to end at 2.65 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) was down 1.27% or 0.08 points to 6.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 268 to 212 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.01% or 0.58 to $58.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 0.69 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1206.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.01% to 2.7064, while USD/MYR rose 0.04% to 3.6161.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 95.58.