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.
Versatile
Creative Bhd (-ve)
SHARES
in Versatile Creative Bhd (fundamental: 0/3, valuation: 0.55/3), which
triggered our momentum algorithm yesterday, slipped one sen or 0.76% to RM1.31
after 2.61 million shares were done; in contrast, its 200-day average volume
was only 445,508.5 shares.
In
May, the loss-making company secured a contract to build a halal vaccine plant
along with a pharmaceutical plant and research centre in Bandar Enstek
Industrial Park, Negeri Sembilan, for US$69.3 million.
The
contract was awarded by Oriental Mace Sdn Bhd, which is part of Oriental Mace
Group that is led by Professor Dr Wong Kong Yew as chief executive officer.
On
Aug 29, it was revealed that Wong had inked an agreement with Versatile
executive chairman Datuk Lee Kwee Hiang to buy the latter’s 18.33% stake in
Versatile at RM17.21 million or 80 sen per share.
Versatile
is trading at 3.72 times its net book value. No dividends were paid out for the
financial year ended March 31, 2016.
Source: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/stock-momentum-versatile-creative-0
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