Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Plantation sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 4.49% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.63 at the close. AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) added 2.93% or 0.16 points to end at 5.63 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) was up 2.82% or 0.17 points to 6.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which lost 0.47% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.20 in late trade. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.18% or 0.01 points to end at 5.53 and Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC) shed 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 210 and 41 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.90% or 0.47 to $53.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.61 to hit $59.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.25% or 2.90 to trade at $1162.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.10% to 2.8070, while USD/MYR rose 0.06% to 3.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 95.95.