Monday, July 8, 2013

Market Roundup | 5 July 2013


FBMKLCI   1772.27pts  +0.93pts  (+0.05%)   Volume  1.628b   Value RM1.959b
 
1) KLCI rose to a high of 1778.96 (+7.62pts) in early trade as global equities rallied on the back of European policy makers pledged to keep borrowing costs low for longer period. Index could not sustain its gains as key heavyweights saw profit takings with market closing at day's low. Lower liners and penny stocks saw active trading and hefty gains led by SCOMIES+25%, PUNCAK+16%, ENGTEX+14% and YLI+45%. Market breadth was positive with gainers thumping losers 544 : 215. Futures closed 1775 (3pts premium).

 
2) Heavyweights : PETGAS+1.24% RM21.16, MAXIS+0.88% RM6.85, UEMS+3% RM3.08, MAYBANK-1.14% RM10.38, GENM-1.78% RM3.87, SIME-0.42% RM9.46, BAT-1.2% RM58.68, CIMB-0.24% RM8.27
 
3) DBT : MASTEEL 10mil @ RM0.99 ( 4.59% PUC @ 5.7%% discount), FARLIM 2.2mil @ RM0.31 (1.5% PUC @ 8.8% discount)
 
4) Situational:-
 
TA+2.17% RM 0.705 : TA enterprise bhd's managing director and CEO Datin Alicia Tiah clarified to the media that the company is not selling its stockbroking subsidiary TA securities Holding Bhd. Over the past month, there had been speculations that TA was talking to Kenanga to sell the business to the latter.
 
5) CBIP : Co announced that AVP Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd), a 51% owned subsidiary of CBIP, has received the Letter of Award dated 20 June 2013 from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Malaysia to supply, deliver, install, test and commission 100 units of 4x2 Prime Mover vehicle attached with water tank trailer with a capacity of 20,000 liters complete with main pump, engine and fire fighting equipment to the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia. Contract is worth RM136.8m. +ve, this is the 2nd win announced this week, after the RM40.5m sterilization palm oil mill in Sabah. LOA is expected to contribute positively to the earnings for FYs 2013-15. CBIP is expected to receive RM350m-RM450m worth of construction contracts in FY13F versus about RM280mil in FY12. We like group for its undemanding valuations and proven track record in the mill construction industry. Dividend yield is decent at c4.5% for FY14F supported by free cash flows of c6.6 sen/share -  Accumulate.
 
6) Market: Barring an exceptional out-of-range US jobs data tonight, Bursa's two-tiered trading is likely to persist with the lower liners continuing their rotational play while the KLCI index stocks trade sideways to a positive bias.