At 9.10am the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was up 2.20 points at 1,532.85 from Monday's close of 1,530.65.
The index opened 2.68 points at 1,533.33.
It opened higher on the impetus of several heavyweights in industrial products counters as metal -related commodities traded at a 13 -year high.
On the broader market, investors saw gainers outpacing losers by 152 to 122, while 239 counters were unchanged, 1,699 untraded and 10 suspended.
Total turnover at 182.53 million units worth RM89.72 million.
According to a note from Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd, the building materials segment has already seen trading activity during the recovery season in commodities.
He added that investors may focus on commodity -related sectors such as oil and gas as well as the plantation sector as the prices of crude palm oil and Brent oil are on the rise.
Heavyweights saw Press Metal advance 8 sen at RM6.36, Petronas Chemicals added 5 sen at RM9.10, Maybank gained 4 sen at RM8.30 and Genting Malaysia rose 3 sen at RM2.80.
Active stocks saw Sapura Energy remain 5 sen, Pertama Digital was strong 3.5 sen at 91.5 sen, DneX was up 1 sen at 98 sen while Dataprep was down 2.5 sen at 43.5 sen.
On the index board, FBM ACE advanced 6.94 points at 6,255.22, FBM 70 was strong 10.38 points at 13,559.79, FBM Emas added 13.13 points at 11,031.99, FBMT 100 gained 13.75 points at 10,711.89 and FBM Emas Shariah reached 11.71 points at 11,766.21.
In terms of sector, the Financial Services index scored 26.39 points at 15,853.01, the Products and Services Industry index reached 0.88 points at 205.49 and the Malay Plantation index 3.53 points at 6,608.24.
