At 9.15am the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.54 points at 1,503.86 from Wednesday's close at 1,500.32.
The index opened 0.51 points at 1,499.81.
It opened high as a result of a buy -driven rebound on a number of selected heavyweights.
On the broader market, investors saw gainers outnumber losers by 189 to 117, while 198 counters were unchanged, 1,798 untraded and 16 suspended.
Total turnover at 158.55 million units worth RM87.89 million.
A note issued by Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd stated buying interest in local equities is expected to increase with some stocks facing safe -haven activity until the end of the year.
In addition, the firm underlined that investors will choose recovery -themed stocks including finance stocks while there may also be trading interest in the oil and gas sector.
Heavyweights saw Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) fall 2 sen at RM8.20, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd gained 1 sen at RM5.37 and Public Bnak Bhd remained at RM4.10 while Petronas Chemiclas Group Bhd (PetCehm) rose 3 sen at RM8.80 and IHH Healthcare Bhd reached 4 sen at RM6.59.
Active stocks saw Bintai Kinden Crop Bhd add 0.5 sen to 23 sen while Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd Dataprep Holdings Bhd remained at 25.5 sen and 85.5 sen, meanwhile, VisDynamic Holdings Bhd declined 28 sen to RM1.07.
On the index board, the FBM Emas index rose 26.65 points at 10,911.60, the FBMT 100 index added 26.22 points at 10,620.19 and the FBM Emas Shariah index rose 43.98 points at 11,702.36.
The FBM 70 was up 39.60 points at 13,928.89 and the FBM ACE was down 18.07 points at 6,200.09.
The Products and Services Industry Index decreased 0.28 points at 194.69, the Financial Services index reached 14.39 points at 15,352.10 and the Plantation index drove 17.99 points at 6,403.34.
