After 17 minutes of trading, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose 1.83 points to 1,595.27 after opening 0.8 of a point higher at 1,594.24.
The regional market sentiments today would likely be mixed, with some Asian bourses recovering some ground from recent losses, an analyst said.
HwangDBS Vickers Research Sdn Bhd said against a jittery external backdrop, share prices on the bourse would likely remain under pressure today, with the benchmark FBM KLCI could struggle to overcome the 1,600 psychological barrier.
"Ahead of an extended weekend break, Wall Street saw mixed closings last night.
"Key US equity indices ended between -0.1% and +0.4% amid prevailing concerns that the worst of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis might not be over yet," it said in a statement today.
The Finance Index rose 21.88 points to 14,320.52, the Plantation Index gained 10.83 points to 8,773.23 and the Industrial Index added 3.04 points to 2,872.12.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Index added 13.87 points to 10,940.11, the Malaysia Mid 70 Index advanced 13.44 points to 12,030.19 and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Ace Index added 6.01 points to 4,509.85.
Gainers outpaced losers 121 to 53 while 136 counters remained unchanged, 1,219 untraded and 26 others were suspended.
A total of 95.38 million shares worth RM37.13 million were traded.
Among active stocks, Naim Indah earned two sen to 50.5 sen, Metronic Global and Systech added half a sen each to 18 sen and 12.5 sen, respectively, while Tiger Synergy was flat at 12.5 sen.
For heavyweights, Maybank improved one sen to RM8.83, CIMB added five sen to RM7.71, but Sime Darby and Petronas Chemicals lost half a sen each to RM9.83 and RM6.70, respectively.
The price of gold as at 9.30 am stood at RM155.17 per gramme, up 16 sen from yesterday. — Bernama
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