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.
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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