KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s main index finished lower today as selling by foreign funds persisted, amid the better performance in most regional markets. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 8.84 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 1,582.76 compared with last Friday’s close of 1,591.60. The benchmark index opened 0.88 of-a-point higher at 1,592.48, marking its intraday high, and subsequently slid to a low of 1,580.94 during mid-afternoon session. In the broader market, losers thumped gainers 715 to 313, while 465 counters were unchanged, 815 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover shrank to 2.98 billion units worth RM1.95 billion from 3.27 billion units worth RM2.40 billion last 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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