Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Plantation and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 4.17% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.75 at the close. Meanwhile, MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) added 3.30% or 0.26 points to end at 8.15 and Hong Leong Bank Bhd (KL:HLBB) was up 2.38% or 0.32 points to 13.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC), which fell 3.00% or 0.22 points to trade at 7.11 at the close. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 2.83% or 0.07 points to end at 2.40 and KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC) was down 2.11% or 0.15 points to 6.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 341 to 211 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.14% or 0.69 to $60.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.22% or 0.79 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1200.60 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.70% to 2.7944, while USD/MYR rose 0.97% to 3.7380.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 94.52.