<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-style: italics;">This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on June 13, 2019</span></p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><strong>SMTrack Bhd (-ve)</strong><br />
Trading of shares in SMTrack Bhd (fundamental: 1.2/3, valuation: 0/3) triggered our momentum algorithm for the sixth time this year and the second time this month. The last time that the counter triggered the algorithm was on Tuesday.</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The counter closed 5.56% or one sen higher at 19 sen yesterday — with a market capitalisation of RM26.8 million.</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>There were some 16.58 million shares traded yesterday, as compared with the counter’s 200-day average volume of 1.83 million shares.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On April 13, the group announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with Dexma Express Sdn Bhd to explore potential investment opportunities in courier Citilinks’ Malaysia’s operation.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SMTrack will purchase 60% of Dexma for RM2.8 million — with the latter renaming itself as Citilink Aviation Malaysia Sdn Bhd.</p></div>


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Trading of shares in SMTrack Bhd (fundamental: 1.2/3, valuation: 0/3) triggered our momentum algorithm for the sixth time this year and the second time this month. The last time that the counter triggered the algorithm was on Tuesday.

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Malaysia’s biggest port operator Westports Holdings Bhd said on Thursday its net profit rose 11% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter, thanks to higher container revenue.

Westports' 1Q net profit rises 11% as container revenue climbs

Food ingredients supplier Agricore CS Holdings Bhd said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with M&A Securities to underwrite its initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market.

Agricore CS signs underwriting agreement for ACE Market IPO

Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s undersea tunnel graft trial on Thursday did not proceed as scheduled because star witness Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli is down with vertigo.

Guan Eng's undersea tunnel trial deferred for the day, no warrant of arrest on Zarul Ahmad

Feytech Holdings Bhd looks to raise some RM201.6 million from its initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia through the issuance of 252.94 million new shares, with about 43% via offer for sale by existing shareholders, at 80 sen per share.

Feytech Holdings aims to raise over RM201 mil from Main Market IPO at 80 sen apiece 

US software giant Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would invest US$2.2 billion (RM10.5 billion) over the next four years in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Malaysia.

Microsoft to invest US$2.2b in Malaysia over next four years on cloud, AI

Smart Asia Chemical Bhd, an industrial paint and coating manufacturer, on Thursday has begun taking orders from investors for its ACE Market initial public offering (IPO) that would raise up to RM37.4 million.

Smart Asia Chemical starts taking orders for ACE Market IPO to raise RM37.4 mil

Malaysia's air passenger traffic saw a significant increase year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q2024), rising 16.1% to 22.6 million passengers, nearing pre-pandemic levels, according to the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom).

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Matrix Concepts has unveiled the second phase of Resort Villa in Bandar Sri Sendayan, Seremban.

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New York police officers arrested almost 300 people as they broke up escalating pro-Palestinian protests at two colleges amid an outpouring of anger over the Israel-Hamas war.

New York police arrests over 300 protesters in crackdown on college campuses

Oil and gas exploration and production outfit Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd is looking to leverage the economic boom in the Tok Bali area (in Kelantan) by using it as one of its operating hubs.

Hibiscus Petroleum looking to leverage local resources, infrastructure in Tok Bali

<p>Apex Securities Bhd has recommended investors to “subscribe” to ACE Market-bound Farm Price Holdings Bhd at an initial public offering (IPO) price of 24 sen and a fair value of 42 sen by pegging financial year 2025 (FY2025) forecast core earnings per share of 3.2 sen to price-earnings (PE) of 13 times (75% potential upside from IPO price).</p>


Apex Securities advises investors to subscribe to ACE Market-bound Farm Price with fair value of 42 sen

<p>US software giant Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would invest US$2.2 billion (RM10.5 billion) over the next four years in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Malaysia.</p>


<p>US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) left its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, and indicated that while its next move will likely be a rate cut, continued progress on inflation is not assured.</p>


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<p>Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting victims: Summer interns.</p>

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Duopharma Biotech surges over 9% after RM578m contract news

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Luno launches two new digital assets

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Overall manufacturing conditions in Malaysia ease to lesser extent, says S&P Global

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Stocks, dollar decline after Fed holds rates steady

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Bond markets face struggle to surf 'Treasury tsunami'

<p>Smart Asia Chemical Bhd, an industrial paint and coating manufacturer, on Thursday has begun taking orders from investors for its ACE Market initial public offering (IPO) that would raise up to RM37.4 million.&nbsp;</p>


<p>DBS Group Holdings Ltd’s chief executive officer Piyush Gupta expects another year of record profit after Singapore’s biggest lender delivered better-than-expected results thanks to strong lending and wealth fees.</p>


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Google’s payments to Apple reached US$20b in 2022, antitrust court documents show

<p>Feytech Holdings Bhd looks to raise some RM201.6 million from its initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia through the issuance of 252.94 million new shares, with about 43% via offer for sale by existing shareholders, at 80 sen per share.</p>


<p>ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of luxury business aircraft maker Dassault Aviation, inaugurated its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Subang Airport on Thursday.</p>


Dassault Aviation's MRO unit ExecuJet expands in Malaysia with new facility at Subang Airport

<p>Apple's plan to add generative artificial intelligence (AI) to its iPhones and revive sagging sales in the crucial Chinese market will be in focus on Thursday, when the tech giant is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue decline in more than a year.</p>


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Fed leaves rates unchanged, flags 'lack of further progress' on inflation

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<p>New York police officers arrested almost 300 people as they broke up escalating pro-Palestinian protests at two colleges amid an outpouring of anger over the Israel-Hamas war.</p>
