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.
Maintain Buy call with lower Target Price (TP) of RM0.90 (+29%) Eversendai Corp Strong job win momentum to continue Following strong job wins in 2015, the momentum would continue in 2016 especially from Middle East and Malaysia. Variation order claim is expected to pick up in 2016, providing upside to our earnings forecasts. The pick up in job flows from key global events in the Middle East would re-rate the stock. Post earnings forecasts adjustments, we maintain BUY on Eversendai with a lower MYR0.90 TP (-10%) based on 12x 2017 PER. Potential job wins from ME and Malaysia Eversendai’s 2015 record high job wins of MYR1.73b was mainly from Middle East (64% of total) and 65% consisted of structural steel works. In 2016, Eversendai would continue tendering actively in Middle East and Malaysia but would tender selectively in India. The major events including World Expo 2020 in Dubai and World Cup 2022 in Qatar would continue to drive construction jobs in the M...