Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Consumer Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 1.45% or 0.10 points to trade at 7.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 1.21% or 0.06 points to end at 5.00 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 0.20% or 0.04 points to 20.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which fell 0.17% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.78 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.20% or 0.01 points to end at 4.99 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 0.25% or 0.01 points to 3.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 368 to 188 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.50% or 0.21 to $42.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.40% or 4.50 to trade at $1121.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.46% to 2.9228, while USD/MYR rose 0.51% to 4.1055.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.96.