Malaysian share prices are likely to be higher next week on strong economic growth of 10.1 per cent for the first quarter as well as expectations of a string of good corporate results, dealers said.
News that Sime Darby Bhd will incur a negative impact of RM964 million for the second-half of its 2010 financial year, however, will continue to be a setback to any uptrend. The conglomerate is the second biggest company in terms of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) weightage and even a slip in its price can affect the bourse.
Besides, external factors like concerns over the credit crisis in the euro zone will also influence the FBM KLCI movement.
This week, FBM KLCI started on a stronger note but the trend did not continue till Friday. On a Friday-to-Friday basis, it rose 6.48 points to 1,339.3 from 1,332.82. The Finance Index gained 153.14 points to 12,111.05, the Industrial Index eased 2.16 points to 2,700.7 while the Plantation rose 45.31 points to 6,425.47. The FBM Emas Index surged 77.01 points to 9,015.74, the FBM100 Index advanced 62.78 points to 8,777.29, FBM70 jumped 143.9 points to 8,870.89 and FBM ACE was up by 74.68 points to 4,014.11.
The weekly turnover increased to 3.842 billion shares worth RM5.712 billion from last week's 3.547 billion shares worth RM7.014 billion.Volume on the Main Market decreased to 2.987 billion shares valued at RM5.505 billion from 3.549 billion units valued at RM6.798 billion. The ACE market volume improved to 415.975 million shares worth RM76.978 million from 312.604 million shares worth RM62.259 million. Call warrants rose to 371.157 million units valued at RM61.021 million from 269.768 million units valued at RM52.616 million.
-- Bernama
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