Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Products, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 3.09% or 0.66 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) added 2.84% or 0.17 points to end at 6.16 and Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) was up 1.87% or 0.11 points to 6.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which fell 2.09% or 0.09 points to trade at 4.21 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) declined 1.79% or 1.16 points to end at 63.74 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was down 1.54% or 0.24 points to 15.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 254 to 214 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.30% or 0.18 to $60.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.30 to trade at $1214.90 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.13% to 2.7107, while USD/MYR fell 0.28% to 3.5766.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 93.30.