Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Products and Industrial Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.81%.
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 357 to 236 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $46.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.50 to trade at $1133.40 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was down 0.19% to 3.0700, while USD/MYR fell 0.10% to 4.2933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.15.