KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index closed lower on Thursday amid profit-taking in big-cap stocks, as investors shifted their focus to smaller-cap counters against the backdrop of weaker regional market performance. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 7.26 points or 0.43 per cent to 1,669.57 from Wednesday’s close of 1,676.83. The FBM KLCI opened 2.61 points lower at 1,674.22 and moved between 1,666.34 and 1,674.44 throughout the day. On the broader market, gainers led losers by 579 to 489, while 565 counters were unchanged, 1,016 untraded, and 12 suspended. Turnover was slightly higher at 2.79 billion units worth RM2.84 billion from Wednesday’s 2.73 billion units worth RM2.76 billion.
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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