KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened higher for the third consecutive day on Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept interest rates unchanged at 3.75% to 4.00%.

At 9.10am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.71 points, or 0.29%, to 1,618.58 from Wednesday’s close of 1,613.87.

The benchmark index opened 0.57 of a point higher at 1,614.44.

Across the broader market, gainers outpaced losers 198 to 104, while 291 counters were unchanged, 2,284 untraded, and 161 suspended.