<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): RHB Retail Research said Southern Acids Bhd may trend higher after it breached above the RM4.60 threshold.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In a trading stocks note today, the research house said the stock has posted a long white candle and recorded a new 52-week high, thereby enhancing the bullish sentiment.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>“A bullish bias may emerge above the RM4.60 level, with an exit set below the RM4.20 threshold.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>“Towards the upside, the immediate resistance level is anticipated at the RM5.38 level. This is followed by the RM6.00 level,” it said.</div>

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): RHB Retail Research said Southern Acids Bhd may trend higher after it breached above the RM4.60 threshold.

In a trading stocks note today, the research house said the stock has posted a long white candle and recorded a new 52-week high, thereby enhancing the bull...

Southern Acids may trend higher, says RHB Retail Research

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RHB Retail Research said Marine &amp; General Bhd is set for an uptrend reversal after undergoing a bullish breakout above the 28 sen resistance on Wednesday, on strong trading volume.

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Bursa Malaysia opened slightly lower on Thursday but moved up thereafter. &nbsp;