Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Plantation sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:FGVH), which rose 4.49% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.63 at the close. Meanwhile, AMMB Holdings Bhd (KL:AMMB) added 2.93% or 0.16 points to end at 5.63 and Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCGB) was up 2.82% or 0.17 points to 6.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genting Malaysia Bhd (KL:GENM), which fell 0.47% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.20 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) declined 0.18% or 0.01 points to end at 5.53 and Maxis Bhd (KL:MXSC) was down 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 352 to 210 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.93% or 0.49 to $53.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.61 to hit $59.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.25% or 2.90 to trade at $1162.10 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.10% to 2.8070, while USD/MYR rose 0.06% to 3.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 95.95.