US equites started the week with gain, propelled by semiconductor. NYSE and Nasdaq will end early Tuesday 1pm ET (Malaysia Wednesday 2am) for Christmas Eve and close on Christmas.
DJ (+0.16%), S&P (+0.73%) and Nasdaq (+0.95), thanks to rally led by Broadcom (+5.5%).
Malaysia market
Local Macro
USDMYR encountered some resistance at 4.50 level and closed overnight at 4.49 (-0.0150). Not many activities in local bond market, whereby MGS 10-y yield settled unchanged at 3.88%.
KLCI Performance
The volatility of KLCI was kind low, ahead of year end. The index closed slightly higher at 1,596 (+4.79).
Malaysia equity flow (MYR million)
Same old story. Foreigners continue selling local stocks. Foreign flow dominated the market, around 50%, while local institution and local retail contributed 35% and 15% respectively.
Sectoral performance (%)
Stocks on focus:
$WINSTAR (0336.MY)$took the center of the stage, skyrocketing from its IPO price of 0.350 on 19 Dec to close yesterday at 0.605. WINSTAR is a a manufacturing company of fabricated aluminum products, profile and ladders, as well as trades and distributes building materials. Market cap was at MYR 175 million as of yesterday closing. The estimated P/E was about 17.
Bloomberg source: WINSTAR graph and volume
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