Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Market Roundup | 28 July 2015

FBMKLCI   1699.70  -10.06pts (-0.59%)      Volume 2.141b   Value RM 2.251b
 
1) The KLCI broke below the 1700pts psychology following the cabinet reshuffle which weighed on market sentiments today. Regions were mostly lower inline with the weaker Western market overnight as SHCOMP -1.68%, STI -0.83%, NIKKEI -0.10%; HSI however  erased earlier losses to close +0.62% following yesterday's steep losses. CONSTRUCTION  -1.38% index lost the most grounds amongst the sectors dragged by IJM -1.59%, GAMUDA -1.50%, WCT -2.17%, SENDAI -2.56%. Market breadth was largely negative with gainers towering over losers by 726 : 197. Futures closed at 1691pts (8pts discount).
 
2) Heavyweights : MAYBANK -0.873% RM9.08, MISC -3.45% RM7.55, PBBANK -0.63% RM18.78, DIGI -1.47% RM5.35, KLK -2.44% RM21.58, AXIATA -0.94% RM6.30, MAXIS -1.52% RM6.48, WPRTS -5.00% RM3.80.
 
3) DBT:  SUNSURIA 12mil @ RM1.10 (1.63% PUC @ 18.9% premium), SKPRES 10mil @ RM1.50, TAKASO 7.7mil @ RM0.5799 (3.76% PUC @ 10.4% premium).
 
4) Situational:-
SUNCON 0.00% RM1.20 - Shares in Malaysia's Sunway Construction Group rose as much as 10% on their market debut before closing  just off best at its IPO price with over 158mil traded in the market. The IPO was priced at the top of an indicative range, with investors betting the firm is poised to win business as the government invests heavily to upgrade the country's transport infrastructure
 
5) GTRONIC
1H June  Tover +2.1% RM177.7m    Net +16% RM36.5m     EPS 12.5sen
        In line with cons (f) RM77.4m
 
For the period under review, the Group recorded a revenue and net profit of RM177.7 million and RM35.1 million as compared to RM174 million and RM31.4 million respectively in the corresponding period last year (2% and 12% increase respectively). 
The higher net profit achieved was mainly due to higher volume loadings from some of the Group's customers, better economy of scale coupled with productivity improvement/cost control programme carried out in the Group.
Expect 2H numbers to improve significantly with vol loading of the new imaging sensor which will be the primary driver for its growth in 2016 with sensor products prominence set to hit 60% of group revenue in 2016. Hold
 
6) Market - Today's political turn of event is likely to send investors further back into a defensive stance. Cautious range bound trading to prevail as market digest the latest situation.