Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. Meanwhile, unchanged or points to end at and was unchanged or points to in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. unchanged or points to end at and was or points to .
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 288 to 269 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.17% or 0.56 to $47.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.49% or 0.75 to hit $49.71 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.00 to trade at $1173.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.93% to 3.0492, while USD/MYR rose 0.88% to 4.2180.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.78.