Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Products, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 3.09% or 0.66 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) added 2.84% or 0.17 points to end at 6.16 and Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) was up 1.87% or 0.11 points to 6.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB), which lost 2.09% or 0.09 points to trade at 4.21 in late trade. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) declined 1.79% or 1.16 points to end at 63.74 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) shed 1.54% or 0.24 points to 15.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 214 and 50 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $60.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1214.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.13% to 2.7107, while USD/MYR fell 0.28% to 3.5766.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 93.31.