At 9am, Malaysia's benchmark FBM KLCI was up 1.3 points to 1,426.48 as blue chips continued to pace higher despite the Dow Jones' negative performance overnight on growing concerns over liquidity levels in US lenders.
Maybank rose one sen to RM8.75, CIMB added three sen to RM4.98, Tenaga Nasional climbed 11 sen to RM9.20 and CelcomDigi gained 12 sen to RM4.54.