KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's benchmark stock index maintained a lead in morning trade as the rescue of Switzerland's Credit Suisse from default helped to lift bank stocks from recent lows.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI was up 6.19 points to 1,408 with financial counters leading the rebound.
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