Monday, September 20, 2010

CPO rallies, but investors cautious on equities

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI managed to stay in positive territory by midday on Monday, Sept 20 but slipped below the 1,470 level as some mild profit taking emerged, in line with some regional markets.

Uncertainty about global economic recovery, fuelled by weak U.S. consumer sentiment data on Friday and a public holiday in Japan also kept many investors sidelined at the regional markets, according to Reuters.

However, there was some interest in commodities, including palm oil which propped up the 30-stock FBM KLCI. The FBM KLCI rose 1.89 points or 0.13% to 1,468.68, aided by gains including at Sime Darby, CIMB, Genting and Tenaga. Losers led gainers by 366 to 267, while 249 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 465.13 million shares valued at RM588.55 million.

Hang Seng Index -0.06% 21,957.69 Shanghai Composite Index -0.04% 2,597.54 Kospi Index -0.27% 1,822.40 Singapore's Straits Times Index -0.07% 3,078.56 Taiwan's Taiex +0.41% 8,191.93 Crude palm oil for the third month delivery jumped RM84 per tonne to RM2,711; crude oil added 27 cents per barrel to US$73.93 while gold gained US$7 per ounce to US$1,281.30.

Among the major gainers this morning, Sime Darby rose 14 sen to RM8.29, Genting up 10 sen to RM10.10 while CIMB, Tenaga and UMW added seven sen each to RM8.34, RM9.08 and RM6.57, respectively.

Other gainers were Dutch Lady that rose 68 sen to RM16.04, HELP up 24 sen to RM4.78, Kulim up 23 sen to RM8.45, Sunrise up 20 sen to RM2.26, Bintulu Port 19 sen to RM6.99 while IJM and United Malacca rose 12 sen each to RM5.12 and RM11.58.

Nestle fell 72 sen to RM41.72; BAT lost 60 sen to RM47, Panasonic down 38 sen to RM20.10, PPB fell 34 sen to RM17.56, DiGi down 30 sen to RM24.40, F&N down 20 sen to RM14.70 and Hong Leong Financial Group down 15 sen to RM9.12.

Glovemakers were also among the decliners, with losses at Top Glove, Supermax, Adventa, Kossan, Hartalega and Rubberex.
KNM was the most actively traded counter with 40.2 million shares done. The stock added half a sen to 44.5 sen. Other actives included Tejari, Sanichi, Asia EP, Dataprep and Gamuda.


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