Investing.com – Malaysia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Technology and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE), which rose 3.08% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.68 at the close. IHH Healthcare Bhd (KL:IHHH) added 1.92% or 0.11 points to end at 5.83 and PPB Group Bhd (KL:PEPT) was up 1.25% or 0.20 points to 16.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB), which lost 1.44% or 0.09 points to trade at 6.15 in late trade. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (KL:TLMM) declined 1.35% or 0.10 points to end at 7.30 and British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (KL:BATO) shed 1.04% or 0.72 points to 68.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 43 and 2 ended unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.27 to $56.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.66% or 0.41 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.70 to trade at $1205.00 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.55% to 2.7195, while USD/MYR fell 0.53% to 3.6545.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 98.73.