KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's stock benchmark continued its recovery on Tuesday after four days of gains as investors moved past disappointing US inflation data to focus on the coming corporate earnings period.
The FBM KLCI entered the lunch break 5.02 points higher than the reference price at 1,564.61, while the broader market registered 533 gainers to 407 decliners and 432 stocks unchanged.
The morning share turnover was 2.35 billion shares valued at RM1.36bil.
IHH Healthcare led gains after surging 12 sen to RM6.27 following analyst reports that affirmed the prospects of Malaysia's healthcare sector.
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