KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher, buoyed by Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent, alongside positive cues from Wall Street. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 19.30 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 1,635.86 from Wednesday’s close of 1,616.56. The benchmark index opened 6.72 points higher at 1,623.28, and fluctuated between an intraday high of 1,642.44 and a low of 1,622.62 during the trading session. However, market breadth was negative, with losers outnumbering gainers 723 to 497, while 466 counters were unchanged, 1,075 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover rose to 3.74 billion units valued at RM3.61 billion compared with yesterday’s 2.81 billion units valued at RM2.57 billion.
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, 2...