Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Prop&Reits - Stapled Sec (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.97% or 0.14 points to trade at 7.24 at the close. Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) added 1.83% or 0.17 points to end at 9.44 and IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) was up 1.35% or 0.08 points to 5.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which lost 3.13% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.33 in late trade. YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) declined 1.19% or 0.02 points to end at 1.66 and Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) shed 1.10% or 0.03 points to 2.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 35 and 2 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.90% or 0.52 to $57.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.65% or 0.41 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1203.20 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.57% to 2.7124, while USD/MYR fell 0.40% to 3.6230.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.06.