KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed almost flat on Tuesday as buying interest rotated away from index heavyweights towards smaller-cap construction stocks, with sentiment affected by geopolitical uncertainty, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 0.39 of a point to 1,714.40 from Monday’s close of 1,714.79. The benchmark index opened 1.65 points lower at 1,713.14 and moved between 1,710.44 and 1,714.50 throughout the trading session. The broader market was almost evenly balanced, with decliners leading gainers 548 to 546, while 598 counters were unchanged, 1,107 were untraded and 25 were suspended. Turnover expanded to 4.13 billion units valued at RM3.14 billion from 3.60 billion units valued at RM2.45 billion on Monday.
Retain HOLD with a target price (TP) of RM7.35 MISC Bhd (April 18, RM7.33) Maintain hold with a fair value of RM7.35: Further to our update last Friday, management has claimed that the upstream report on Chevron’s award of another floating, storage and offloading vessel (FSO) to MISC Bhd is incorrect as the project’s details are still at a preliminary stage and far from completion. Recall that the report had indicated that the FSO could be used for the Ubon field in the Gulf of Thailand. The Ubon project has been downsized in the past year as Chevron and its joint-venture partners sought to improve the project’s economic viability. The revised version of the development plan includes a downsized processing platform and an FSO for associated liquids. Back in August last year, MISC secured its maiden project in Thailand with a US$230 million charter from Chevron to lease and operate an FSO for the Benchamas 2 project, at Block B8/32 in the Pattini bas...