Wednesday 18 January 2012

Market Commentary

The FBM KLCI index lost 1.98 points or 0.13% on Wednesday. The Finance Index fell 0.01% to 13432.71 points, the Properties Index dropped 0.06% to 1006.1 points and the Plantation Index rose 0.40% to 8486.03 points. The market traded within a range of 5.85 points between an intra-day high of 1519.23 and a low of 1513.38 during the session.

Actively traded stocks include DBE, DBE-WA, BIMB-CB, BIMB-CC, COMPUGT, MBSB-CA, WIJAYA-WA, TM, XDL and AXIATA. Trading volume increased to 1490.47 mil shares worth RM1599.87 mil as compared to Tuesday’s 1444.00 mil shares worth RM1787.92 mil.

Leading Movers were PETCHEM (+13 sen to RM6.64), PBBANK (+6 sen to RM13.24), YTL (+3 sen to RM1.50), DIGI (+2 sen to RM3.87) and IOICORP (+2 sen to RM5.35). Lagging Movers were TENAGA (-13 sen to RM6.10), AXIATA (-6 sen to RM4.87), CIMB (-5 sen to RM7.11), AMMB (-6 sen to RM5.78) and TM (-5 sen to RM4.75). Market breadth was positive with 368 gainers as compared to 364 losers. -- JF Apex Securities Bhd



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