Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Plantation sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Genting Bhd (KL:GENT), which rose 2.66% or 0.21 points to trade at 8.09 at the close. Meanwhile, AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) added 2.24% or 0.12 points to end at 5.47 and RHB Capital Bhd (KL:RHBC) was up 1.95% or 0.14 points to 7.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:BATO), which fell 1.08% or 0.68 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (KL:ASTR) declined 0.99% or 0.03 points to end at 2.99 and Public Bank Bhd (KL:PUBM) was down 0.96% or 0.18 points to 18.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 355 to 210 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.40% or 0.72 to $52.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.60 to hit $57.65 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1161.70 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.21% to 2.8044, while USD/MYR fell 0.09% to 3.7905.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 96.74.