Banking heavyweights lifts Bursa

The FBM KLCI (+0.04%) rose for the fourth straight session, anchored by gains in selected banking heavyweights. The lower liners staged a pullback, only the Financial Services (+0.4%) and Healthcare (+0.1%) sectors outperformed the mostly negative sectorial peers.

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Market Outlook: Banking heavyweights

“Given that concerns over the rising risk of recession has dissipated following the better-than-expected US economic data, we expect the positive sentiment to permeates to stocks across Bursa Malaysia.

“Overtime, we gather that the key index managed to defend the 1,600 pts, signaling buying support amongst key index heavyweights is still largely prevalent. The lower liners, however, has turned wobbly, impacted by the mixed bag of corporate earnings performance. For now, all eyes will focus onto the release of Malaysia 2Q24 GDP data which is widely anticipated after earlier advanced reading recorded 5.8% yoy growth – the quickest pace since 4Q22.

“We expect the technology sector to gain ground, mirroring the large strides of Nasdaq overnight. The telco sector may shine after four mobile network operators (MNOs) have submitted tender to participate in the second 5G network,” says Apex.

FBM KLCI Technical Review & Outlook

The FBM KLCI formed a hammer candle to stay above SMA50 and middle Bollinger Band yesterday. Indicators remained turned positive as the MACD Line climbed above the Signal Line, while the RSI hovered above 50. The immediate resistance is located at 1,630. Support is envisaged around 1,530.

Global Market Review

Wall Street advanced as concern over sluggish economic growth dwindled following the stellar retail sales data which rose 1.0% mom in July 2024 – the strongest pace since January 2023. European stock markets stayed buoyant with banks and technology shares leading the gains, while Asia stock markets closed mostly upbeat.