Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Market Roundup | 28 August 2015


FBMKLCI   1612.74    +11.04pts (+0.69%)     Volume 2.120b   Value RM 2.321b

 

1) The KLCI extended its gain for a 4th consecutive day inline with global markets following stronger revised 2nd quarter US GDP and higher oil prices which surged 10.3% overnight. Regional bourses were mostly positive led by SHCOMP +4.90%, NIKKEI +3.03%, ASX +0.58% as the PBOC intervened in supporting both the Yuan and blue-chip equities whilst HSI -1.04% bucked the trend on profit taking activities late in the session. CONSTRUCTION +1.08% index gained the most grounds led by GAMUDA +1.88%, IJM +0.8%, MUHIBBAH +4.49%. Market breadth was positive with gainers beating losers by 463 : 381. Futures closed at 1612pts (parity).

 

2) Heavyweights: CIMB +2.46% RM5.00, MAYBANK +1.27% RM8.76, SKPETRO +6.83% RM1.72, GENTING +2.39% RM6.85, PCHEM +1.68% RM6.07, PETGAS +1.72% RM21.32, AMBANK +3.07% RM4.70, GENM +1.80% RM3.96.

 

3) DBT: DESTINI 200mil @ RM0.58 (24.75% PUC @ 1.69% discount), BARAKAH 10.0mil @ RM0.85 (2.94% discount), PINEPAC 7.3mil @ RM0.12 (4.87% PUC @ 42.86% discount), GTRONIC 2.3mil @ RM5.70

 

4) Situational:-

TM -0.15% RM 6.49 / TIMECOM +1.52% RM6.02 - Telekom Malaysia Bhd has signed a construction and maintenance agreement with Time DotCom Bhd's unit, TT dotcom Sdn Bhd, to develop and construct a new submarine cable system, Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia. TM said the agreement was to establish the rules which governed the implementation and management of SKR1M. Upon the signing of the agreement, TM and TTdC are now ready to move to the next step of the SKR1M cable system project. The duration of the agreement is 20 years or will expire upon the retirement of SKR1M, whichever is earlier.

 

EDGENTA +3.9% RM3.13 - UEM Edgenta Bhd and Resource Data Management Asia Sdn Bhd have formed a joint-venture company, Edgenta Energy Services Sdn Bhd, to offer comprehensive energy management solutions. UEM Edgenta is an asset solutions player and Resource Data Management Asia, a unit of Resource Data Management, is a global controls and monitoring company. In a joint statement, UEM Edgenta's Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, said the JVC provided an opportunity for UEM Edgenta to scale up its energy management business and leverage on RDM's technical expertise and experience in this industry.

 

5) MUHIBBAH : FY06/15 Rev-10% RM773.5m Net+3% RM42.5m EPS 9.52s

        Results trails, making up 44% of cons RM97m

 

The marginally lower revenue revenue & PBT were in line with the overall global economic environment. As at end August, total outstanding secured OB stands at RM2.1b. The group's operations in Cambodia has substantially completed its expansion program to cater for growth in Siem Reap International Airport and Phnom Penh International Airport. Both the crane & airport divisions are beneficiary of the USD appreciation as most of their revenues are in USD. For 2015, the group has commenced work on 2 projects in RAPID for a total contract value of RM275m. The construction division has also further secured works for Northport and Westport. Ahead, the group could be among the prequalifiers of MRT 2 elevated civil works for which tenders will begin in 4Q15 and it has spare capacity to undertake new highway jobs such as the subcontract works for the West Coast Expressway (WCE) - Accumulate for more positive newsflow in 2H15.

 

6) Market : Technically, we reckon that the FBMKLCI could continue on its reversal play route towards the 1627 points level in the near-term. However, all eyes will be on developments on the political rallies over the weekend to provide direction for next week.