Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Plantation, Financials and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 3.69% or 0.26 points to trade at 7.30 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) added 3.28% or 2.00 points to end at 63.00 and Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA) was up 1.59% or 0.10 points to 6.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MISC Bhd (KL:MISC), which lost 2.28% or 0.19 points to trade at 8.14 in late trade. Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH) declined 2.04% or 0.04 points to end at 1.92 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) shed 1.84% or 0.28 points to 14.92.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 269 and 50 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.38% or 0.22 to $57.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $62.01 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1175.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.16% to 2.7611, while USD/MYR rose 0.19% to 3.7214.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.51.