Investing.com – Malaysia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Plantation and Trade & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Kuala Lumpur, the FTSE Malaysia KLCI gained 2.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Malaysia KLCI were KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KL:KLCC), which rose 0.57% or 0.04 points to trade at 7.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumiputra - Commerce Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) added 2.51% or 0.12 points to end at 4.90 and Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETR) was up 1.12% or 0.24 points to 21.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axiata Group Bhd (KL:AXIA), which rose 2.71% or 0.16 points to trade at 6.06 at the close. DiGi.Com Bhd (KL:DSOM) added 4.89% or 0.26 points to end at 5.58 and IOI Corporation Bhd (KL:IOIB) was up 0.50% or 0.02 points to 4.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by 305 to 238 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $44.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.50 to trade at $1107.80 a troy ounce.
SGD/MYR was up 0.63% to 3.0646, while USD/MYR rose 0.16% to 4.3095.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.33.