KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended marginally lower on Monday amid selling activity as the market lacked fresh catalysts to spur investors’ buying interest, an analyst said. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 1.60 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 1,670.02, from Friday’s close of 1,671.62. The benchmark index, which opened 0.93 of-a-point higher at 1,672.55, moved between 1,668.61 and 1,674.11 throughout the trading session. Market breadth was negative as losers surpassed gainers 748 to 388, while 517 counters were unchanged, 1,271 untraded and 91 suspended. Turnover slipped to 3.11 billion units worth RM2.40 billion from 4.07 billion units valued at RM2.69 billion on Friday.
2015 sales fell slightly
In 2015, the global semiconductor sales totalled US$335.2
billion, a 0.2% drop from the previous year.
Despite the strong start to the
year, sales faltered and slowdown towards the second half as the industry faced
issues with softening demand and a stronger dollar.
Here is a breakdown by product groups for some of the
largest segments by sale:
- Logic (US$90.8 billion)
- Memory (US$77.2 billion)
- Micro-ICs (US$61.3 billion)
Sensors and actuators, NAND flash memory and analog recorded
increases of 3.7%, 2.2% and 1.9% on a y-o-y basis.
The December month shown a decreased in sales by 5.2% y-o-y
and 4.4% decline on a m-o-m basis. The m-o-m decline was attributed to seasonal
cyclicality with December typically being a weaker quarter, according to TA Securities
report.
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) is expecting
a sales growth of 1.4% y-o-y in 2016 although TA Securities is of the view that
the first half of 2016 will be challenging before recovering towards 2H2016.
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