Thursday, October 29, 2015

Market Roundup | 27 October 2015


FBMKLCI 
1696.95pts   -9.84pts (-0.58%)    Volume
1.893b   Value RM 1.878b

 

1) The KLCI broke below the 1700 psychological support level following the weaker US market overnight which slipped as investors turned cautious ahead of the Fed Reserve policy meeting. Region bourses were mostly lower as the STI -0.99% led in losses, NIKKEI -0.90% & HSCEI -0.31% fell, SHCOMP  +0.14%and HSI +0.11% remained flat as investors await for the 5 days Chinese Plenum to conclude. TECH -0.97% index lost the most ground today weighed by heavyweights INARI -2.47%, GTRONIC -1.92% ahead of important big tech results tonight in the US. Market breadth was negative as losers thumped gainers by 588 : 269. Futures closed at 1701pts (4pts premium).

 

2) Heavyweights : DIGI- 4.15% RM5.30, PBBANK -1.07% RM18.40, IOICORP -2.46% RM4.35, AXIATA -0.79% RM6.27, IHH -0.92% RM6.43, CIMB -0.61% RM4.87, GENM -1.12% RM4.38, BAT +1.74% RM64.20

 

3) DBT : APFT 19mil @ RM0.205 (4.45% PUC), BERTAM 10mil @ RM0.60 (4.835 PUC), BPURI 2mil @ RM0.465.

 

4) Situational:-

BPURI 0.00% RM 0.47 - Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has received the letter of intent from PR1MA Corp Malaysia (PR1MA) for a housing project in Johor Bahru valued at RM230.0m. It said the contract was to build 994 units of PR1MA homes comprising of apartments and 20 shops on the 18.2 acres freehold land Bina Puri expected the project to contribute positively to the net assets and earnings of Bina Puri Group for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2016.

 

MPAY +1.78% RM0.285 - Managepay Systems has signed a partnership agreement with Adv Fusionex Sdn Bhd (Fusionex) to explore the potential of a jointly developed payment gateway integrated with a big data analytics platform. Managepay said the partnership would see the provision of data analytics, big data tools and platform support by Fusionex for ManagePay and its clients, with ManagePay providing emoney and e-wallet capabilities for clients of Fusionex.

 

5) Globetronics

9mths 9/2015   Tover RM266.4m        Net +13% RM55.6m               EPS 19.75sen

                                    3% below cons(f) RM77.2m

 

The company continued to record flattish top line despite slower sales in its LED division as sensor products continued to gain prominence in the groups overall product mix. The latest being the imaging sensor which will begin significant production in the 4Q should help the group achieve and likely exceed consensus full year numbers. The company YTD also recorded a translation gain of RM4.62m as it is naturally long USD and benefits from RM continued weakness. Cash balance now stands at RM195.8m which will be partly utilized  to payout its second interim single tier ordinary dividend of 10%/shr and a single tier special dividend of 10%/shr, totaling RM28.16 million in respect of the financial year ending 31December 2015 has been approved and will be paid on 4 November 2015.

Going forward, fortunes of the company will be more reliant on the sensor division which is projected to account for 60% of earnings in 2016 as more applications for these sensors are built in to personal electronic devices. Accumulate on weakness.

 

6) Market – Fitch concerns over the country’s outlook has refocused attention on Msia’s credit ratings, however given the continued easy global monetary stance in reaction to weak global growth we still expect the market to close the year higher from these levels.