Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Technology and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM), which rose 2.56% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) added 1.69% or 0.18 points to end at 10.82 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK) was up 1.54% or 0.34 points to 22.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB), which lost 2.51% or 0.42 points to trade at 16.32 in late trade. Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) declined 2.21% or 0.06 points to end at 2.65 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) shed 1.27% or 0.08 points to 6.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 212 and 34 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.01% or 0.58 to $58.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 0.69 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1206.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.01% to 2.7064, while USD/MYR rose 0.04% to 3.6161.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 95.58.