Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Market Roundup | 18 May 2015

 
FBMKLCI   1823.50   +11.58pts (+0.64%)      Volume 2.201b   Value RM1.777b
 
1) The KLCI closed at its day high, aided by late closing on PGas despite the flattish US market over the weekend as investors weigh mixed economic data and corporate earnings. In the regional market, bourses were mostly negative as  ASX -1.33% led in losses today, HSI -0.83% & SHCOMP -0.58% slid amid weaker housing data while the NIKKEI gained +0.80% despite weaker order data. In the local scene, TECHNOLOGY  +0.79% index gained the most grounds today as we see interest amongst INARI +3.54%, GTRONIC +1.82%, UNISEM +1.18%. Market breadth was positive with gainers beating losers by 459 : 348. Futures closed at 1824 (parity).
 
2) Heavyweights : PETGAS +7.11% RM23.48, TENAGA +2.58% RM14.30, PPB +3.74% RM16.06, GENTING +1.12% RM9.00, MAYBANK +0.42% RM9.36, KLK +1.08% RM22.30, PBBANK +0.20% RM19.24, SIME -0.55% RM8.99
 
3) DBT: BERTAM 35.5mil @ RM0.84 (17.17% PUC @ 21.7% premium), GTRONIC 7mil @ RM0.5.90 (2.48% PUC @ 4% discount), UNISEM 3mil @ RM2.54
 
4) Situational:-
AAX-OR - Airasia Rights Options shares (convertible @ RM0.22 + incl 0.5 free warrants) debut today as it opened at its high of RM0.11 before closing 12.5% lower at RM0.07 sens a share. Volume was healthy with over 102 million traded with a vwap of RM0.0823.
 
5) CMSB
1@ Mar 2015 Tover +31.5% RM491m    Net +47.5% RM57.4m  EPS5.5sen
            10% below cons(f) RM254.7m
 
The main contributors towards the strong PBT earnings for 1Q15 were the Construction Materials & Trading, Cement and Construction & Road Maintenance Divisions. The Construction Materials & Trading Division recorded a PBT of RM30.32 million in 1Q15, +145% yoy. . The Cement Division reported a PBT of RM29.37 million for 1Q15, exceeding 1Q15's PBT by 44%. The Construction & Road Maintenance Division posted a PBT of RM26.22 million which included the share of profit of joint ventures in 1Q15, representing an increase of 47% over 1Q14's profit of RM17.86 million. The higher PBT was on the back of more works undertaken and longer road length maintained.
 
Remains one of the best proxy plays in Sarawak especially with increased infra spending before expected State Elections. Accumulate on weakness.
 
6) Market - 11MP highlights this week and 1Q reporting season over the next two weeks could help sway market out of current range bound trading btw 1800-1830pts levels.