Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantation, Industrials and Trade & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.80%.
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 7.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 0.67% or 0.03 points to end at 4.49 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.82% or 0.18 points to 22.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which fell 0.34% or 0.02 points to trade at 5.78 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.36% or 0.02 points to end at 5.53 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 8.11% or 0.33 points to 4.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 283 to 230 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.95% or 0.88 to $45.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.45% or 0.70 to hit $49.07 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.10 to trade at $1112.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.05% to 3.0870, while USD/MYR rose 0.46% to 4.4070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 96.47.