Thursday, 4 August 2016

Retail buying supporting broad market, DRB-Hicom in focus


KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips figured out how to recover some portion of their misfortunes early Thursday while the more extensive business sector was firmer with retail purchasing interest found in lower liners including DRB-Hicom as conclusion was supported by a bounce back in raw petroleum costs.

At 9.43am, the KLCI was up 4.65 focuses or 0.28% to 1,653.15. Turnover was 380.22 million shares esteemed at RM153.16mil. There were 214 gainers, 140 washouts and 255 counters unaltered.

Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) Research said the overnight bounce back in Dow and oil costs may give an impermanent lift to KLCI on Thursday however any bounce back is liable to be short-live in the midst of inner and outside instabilities.

"We emphasize our transient view that KLCI is liable to float in reach bound solidification inside the 1,639 and 1,675 band, given the absence of crisp re-rating impetuses, continuous August reporting season and low oil costs," it said.

On Wednesday, remote assets were net merchants at –RM56.76mil while nearby retailers were net purchasers at RM54.53mil and neighborhood foundations at RM2.23mil

Reuters reported speculators are relying on the Bank of England to slice loan fees to a record low 0.25% later on Thursday to bolster an economy that has drooped following the Brexit vote.

Asian shares solidified on Thursday after a bounce back in oil costs from four-month lows lifted Wall Street offers.

MSCI's broadest file of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3% in early exchange, drove by additions in asset offers, recovering some of its 1.5% misfortunes on Wednesday. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.6 percent from Wednesday's three-week lows.

Brent unrefined prospects rose 1% on Thursday to US$43.55 per barrel, augmenting its recuperation from Monday's four-month low of US$41.41 while US rough fates increased 1.2% to US$41.33 per barrel.

At Bursa Malaysia, BAT was the top gainer, up 30 sen to RM49.80 while Heineken added 24 sen to RM18.20 and F&N 10 sen higher at RM26.20. Profit stock Panasonic Malaysia added 14 sen to RM38.30 with 200 shares done.

Mesiniaga surged 19 sen to RM1.04, HL Industries added 13 sen to RM9.13 and Globetronics nine sen higher at RM2.84.

RHB Bank recovered part of the late misfortunes to add 10 sen to RM4.90.

DRB-Hicom rose six sen to RM1.08. Its call warrants, DRB-Hicom C19 and C20 rose two sen each to 13 sen and 12 sen while C20 was up 0.5 sen to 4.5 sen.

FGV fell seven sen to RM1.90 on benefit accepting while its call warrants C15 fell two sen to 19 sen in dynamic exchange.

Summit Healthcare was the top failure, down 19 sen to RM3.75, Petronas Dagangan lost 10 sen to RM23.24 and Bursa five sen to RM8.90.


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