At 9am the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was up 5.27 points at 1,554.39 from Friday's close of 1,549.12.
The index opened 4.03 points strong at 1,553.15.
The bourse managed to turn back last week’s losses to open higher on new buying support on heavyweights, in line with positive sentiment in regional markets.
On the broader market, investors saw gainers at 263 outpacing losers at 245, while 864 counters were unchanged, 935 untraded and 22 suspended.
Total turnover at 1.06 billion units worth RM311.63 million.
Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd's note noted that investors' focus was on Malaysia's inflation rate and the minutes report of the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week.
In addition, they expect the recovery -themed sector to be a concern despite inflation concerns and the energy and technology sectors will also be in the spotlight.
Heavyweights Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and IHH Healthcare Bhd added 3 sen at RM8.99 and RM6.56, Public Bank Bhd rose 2 sen at RM4.54 while Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd declined 2 sen at RM9.97 and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) declined 1 sen to RM9.23.
Active stocks saw Sapura Energy Bhd advance 2 sen at 9 sen, MQ Technology Bhd gained 0.5 sen at 6 sen and Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd fell 1.5 sen at 12 sen while KNM Group Bhd lost 0.5 sen at 19.5 sen.
On the index board, FBM ACE reached 2.35 points at 5,345.44, FBM Emas Shariah index rose 45.66 points at 11,574.93, FBM Emas index advanced 39.65 points at 11,111.02, FBMT 100 index collected 39.99 points at 10,775.06 and FBM 70 strengthened 65.31 points at 13,240.53.
In terms of sector, the Products and Services Industry index rose 0.78 points at 200.15 while the Financial Services index drove 54.15 points at 16,615.85 while the Plantation index declined 9.95 points at 8,247.85.
