Friday, August 10, 2012

Market Roundup | 9 August 2012

FBM30 1642.52       +6.60points (+0.40%)    Volume 884.6mil     Value 1,347.8mil      

1) KLCI closed above 1640pts ending at day's high as regionals were positive on hopes China central bank would ease policies further after China's inflation fell while factory output growth dropped to a 3 years low. Index were led by financials+0.47%, Genting+1.7%, GENM+3% as volume traded fell below 1bn. Market breadth remained negative with decliners edging gainers 379:332. Futures closed 1639.5pts (3 points discount). 

2) Heavyweights: MAYBANK+0.9% RM8.95, GENTING+1.7% RM9.02, CIMB+0.77% RM7.91, GENM+3.05% RM3.38, YTL+2.19% RM1.87, BAT+2.42% RM61.76, TENAGA-0.43% RM6.94, DIGI-0.43% RM4.67

3) DBT: SUNWAY 10mil @ RM1.48, DELLOYD 9.2mil @ RM3.20 (9.2% PUC, 9.1% discount), BJLAND 8.3mil @ RM0.81

4) Situationals:
SMARTAG+5.77% RM0.275: Share price was firmer after announcing Royal Malaysian Customs will use Smartag Secured Trade system nationwide starting 1st Sept 2012. The 2 years contract will commence from 1st September 2012 to 31st August 2014 at 26 customs checkpoints and 6 bonded warehouses.

MBFHLDG+4.6% RM1.14: Rose to a high of RM1.18 after announcing plans to reward its shareholders with a special dividend of up to 20sen per shares using proceeds from the proposed disposal of its credit card operations to AMMB.


5) UNISEM
1H JUNE 2012  Tover -10% RM539.5m   Net (RM21.45m)  EPS (3.1sen)        Cons(f) RM47.9m

The 1H group revenue decreased 10%, with a 9%, 34% and 8% decline in the revenue of the Asia, Europe and USA segments respectively. The Group recorded a net loss of RM21.448 million as compared to a net profit of
RM17.339 million in the corresponding six months period. All segments recorded losses for the six months period under review. principally attributable to lower average selling prices arising from a change in product mix.

The corresponding quarterly decline in profit of the Group was principally attributable to reduced sales revenue, foreign exchange losses and higher depreciation charges. The corresponding half-yearly decline in profit of the Group was principally attributable to reduced sales revenue, the one-time retrenchment costs of RM5.7 million arising from a efficiency/redundancy exercise at PT Unisem, higher depreciation charges and lower foreign exchange gains. In view of the challenging landscape, initiatives taken by the Group to right size headcount and tweak package portfolio will continue and likely to incur some costs associated with the implementation of this new business model in the next few quarters.
-ve prefer Globetronics in this segment of the tech sector as they have managed to evolve with the times and are set to post record profits this year.

6) Market - Outlook remains unchanged with focus on current 2Q reporting season.