Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Products, Plantation and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR), which rose 4.76% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.08 at the close. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) added 3.61% or 0.22 points to end at 6.32 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) was up 1.96% or 0.03 points to 1.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENA), which lost 2.14% or 0.28 points to trade at 12.78 in late trade. KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC) declined 0.71% or 0.05 points to end at 6.95 and MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) shed 0.49% or 0.04 points to 8.16.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 249 and 41 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.61% or 0.38 to $61.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.79 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1175.50 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.14% to 2.7969, while USD/MYR rose 0.24% to 3.7540.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.31.