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.
Cepatwawasan
Group Bhd (-ve)
SHARES
in Cepatwawasan Group Bhd (fundamental: 0.7/3, valuation: 2/3), which triggered
our momentum algorithm yesterday for the second time this year, closed up two
sen or 2.55% at 80.5 sen.
It
saw 1.28 million shares traded, versus its 200-day average volume of 120,745.
The
oil palm planter’s share price spiked recently, after it announced a 187% jump
in net profit to RM10.4 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016
(3QFY16), from RM3.62 million a year earlier, on higher sales volume and better
crude palm oil and palm kernel prices. Revenue rose 8% year-on-year to RM79.08
million.
Subsequently,
its shares gained 9.5 sen or 14% to close at 78.5 sen on Oct 21, from 69 sen on
Oct 20.
Cepatwawasan
is trading at 0.52 times its net book value.
Source: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/stock-momentum-cepatwawasan-group
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