KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, despite Wall Street's subdued overnight performance.
At 9.04am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) improved 3.44 points to 1,517.87 from Wednesday's close of 1,514.43.
The index opened 0.35 points higher at 1,514.78.
Overall market breadth was positive, with gainers outpacing losers 258 to 96, while 231 counters were unchanged, 1,914 were untraded and 22 others suspended.
Total volume stood at 288.04 million shares worth RM207.09 million. - Bernama