<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): RHB Retail Research said Tomypak Holdings Bhd may rise higher after it breached above the 60 sen threshold.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a trading stocks note today, the research house said yesterday’s candle can be viewed as a continuation of the bulls extending the rebound from Dec 20’s “Hammer” pattern.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“A bullish bias may emerge above the 60 sen level, with an exit set below the 52.5 sen threshold.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Towards the upside, the immediate resistance is at 65.5 sen. This is followed by the 70 sen level,” it said.</p></div>

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): RHB Retail Research said Tomypak Holdings Bhd may rise higher after it breached above the 60 sen threshold.

In a trading stocks note today, the research house said yesterday’s candle can be viewed as a continuation of the bulls extending the rebound from Dec 20’s “...

Tomypak may rise higher, says RHB Retail Research 

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