(MENAFN- FxPro) Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Plantation, Industrials and Technology 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 Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL:KLKK), which rose 4.29% or 0.92 points to trade at 22.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) added 3.35% or 0.28 points to end at 8.63 and DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) was up 2.66% or 0.15 points to 5.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bumiputra € Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB), which fell 2.56% or 0.14 points to trade at 5.32 at the close. UMW Holdings Bhd (KL:UMWS) declined 1.32% or 0.14 points to end at 10.44 and Sapurakencana Petroleum Bhd (KL:SKPE) was down 1.09% or 0.03 points to 2.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 315 to 255 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.66% or 1.01 to $60.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.68% or 1.10 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.54% or 6.40 to trade at $1188.00 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.42% to 2.7366, while USD/MYR rose 0.31% to 3.6870.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.26.
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