Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd (KL:HLCB), which rose 4.06% or 0.62 points to trade at 15.90 at the close. British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO) added 2.09% or 1.34 points to end at 65.34 and YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTLS) was up 1.91% or 0.03 points to 1.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM), which lost 2.70% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.40 in late trade. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) declined 1.66% or 0.05 points to end at 2.97 and UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) shed 0.78% or 0.08 points to 10.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 259 and 55 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.61% or 0.33 to $52.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.66% or 0.39 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1153.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.21% to 2.7896, while USD/MYR fell 0.10% to 3.8016.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.77.