KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): theedgemarkets.com highlighted six stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon market close today. Three stocks displayed positive momentum while three showed negative momentum.

Stocks with positive momentum were:

Berjaya Corp Bhd – up 1.5 sen at 36.5 sen

Diversified Gateway Solutions Bhd – down 1 sen at 8.5 sen

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd – up 4 sen at 84.5 sen

Stocks with negative momentum were:

Leader Steel Holdings Bhd – up 3.5 sen at 69 sen

PMB Technology Bhd – down 20 sen at RM4.84

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd – down 27 sen at RM4.93

The list of stocks with momentum is generated using a proprietary mathematical algorithm highlighting stocks with a build-up in trading volume and price. The algorithm differentiates between stocks that exhibit positive (+ve) momentum and negative (-ve) momentum.

This list is not a buy or sell recommendation. It merely tells you which stocks are seeing higher than normal volume and price movements.

The share price may move up or down from this point. But the “+ve” (suggesting a rising price trend on volume) and “-ve” (suggesting a falling price trend on volume) indicators should give readers a better idea of what the market is buying and when to sell. Note also that momentum generally only persists for a short period of time.

However, each stock has an accompanying fundamental score and valuation score to help readers evaluate the attractiveness of the stocks, if they want to ride the momentum.