KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia rebounded to close higher on Wednesday on selective buying of defensive stocks after a volatile trading session. IPPFA Sdn Bhd director of investment strategy and country economist Mohd Sedek Jantan said consumer products and services stocks lifted the key index higher, overcoming lingering geopolitical concerns. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.08 points to 1,715.56 from yesterday’s close of 1,712.48. The benchmark index, which opened 1.91 points higher at 1,714.39, moved between 1,710.79 and 1,720.59 during the day’s trading. In the broader market, gainers outstripped decliners 550 to 476, while 612 counters were unchanged, 1,129 untraded, and 48 suspended. Turnover rose to 2.96 billion units valued at RM2.48 billion from 2.94 billion units valued at RM2.56 billion on Tuesday.
SKB Shutters Corp Bhd (-ve)
Shares in SKB Shutters Corp Bhd (fundamental: 0.75/3, valuation: 0.9/3) triggered our momentum algorithm last Friday for the first time. It saw a total of 4,000 shares traded that day, versus its 200-day average volume of 823.5 shares. The counter closed up 2.5 sen or 3.85% at 67.5 sen.
In April, SKB secured a US$10.8 million contract for the supply of racking solutions and automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for Hund Vuong Corp Ltd, one of the largest seafood processing and
export groups in Vietnam.
The company also indicated it was expecting more business from the racking solutions and ASRS segment, going forward.
For the financial year ended June 30, 2016, the company reported a narrower net loss of RM423,000, compared with RM515,000 in the previous year, after a 9% increase in revenue to RM55.77 million.
SKB is trading at 0.34 times its net asset value. It did not pay dividends for the financial year ended June 30, 2015.
Source: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/stock-momentum-skb-shutters-corp?type=Stock%20with%20Momentum
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