Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrial Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which fell 0.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 0.82% or 0.04 points to end at 4.94 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.40% or 0.08 points to 20.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 1.05% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.79 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 1.42% or 0.07 points to end at 5.00 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 0.25% or 0.01 points to 3.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 299 to 280 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) rose to 52-week lows; gaining 0.25% or 0.01 to 3.94.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.51% or 0.21 to $42.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $48.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1119.30 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.17% to 2.9048, while USD/MYR fell 0.38% to 4.0805.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.83.