Daily Market Report (2 April 2020)
  • Investors sentiments again were severely tested yesterday as Wall Street saw another wave of selling.
  • The DJI Average declined by almost 1,000 points on concerns over the US economic health as Covid-19 cases in the US has broken the 200,000 mark.
  • With this, we reckon regional markets may experience some selling pressure today.
  • Locally, following the FBM KLCI decline yesterday breaking the 1,330 support level effortlessly, we envisage the next support at 1,300 to be under threat.
Daily Market Report (1 April 2020)
  • The way Wall Street penned out yesterday hopping between positive and negative territory, displayed the uncertainty amongst investors.
  • At the close, the DJI Average succumbed to the sellers as it closed 400 plus points lower.
  • Sentiments were also affected by the surge of Covid-19 cases in the US which is closing in to 190,000.
  • Reflecting the weaker close on Wall Street, we reckon regional markets to be rather mixed today.
  • As for the local bourse, we expect some pressure on the FBM KLCI today with 1,330 being the immediate support level.
Daily Market Report (31 March 2020)
  • The tug of war between buyers and sellers continues as Wall Street ended the session stronger yesterday.
  • Though we foresee regional markets to follow suit backed by some relief buying, volatility is seen to remain high.
  • Locally, we expect to see the market to be firmer and expect the FBM KLCI to trend within a tight range of between 1,320/1,340.
  • Meanwhile, Spain has overtaken China to No.3 in position with its Covid-19 cases closing to 90,000 rendering the western world as the new epicentre of the pandemic.
Daily Market Report (30 March 2020)
  • Donald Trump finally admitted that Covid-19 is more serious than he first thought as he is extending the US closure from April 12 to April 30 citing US deaths could even touch 100,000.
  • This could have adverse impact on the financial markets and could see sellers overwhelm activities again.
  • We anticipate heighten volatility and envisage the FBM KLCI to be under a bit of selling pressure re-testing the 1,320 support level.
Daily Market Report (27 March 2020)
  • Despite a higher than expected unemployment rate and the surge in Covid-19 cases in the US, Wall Street gave us another solid performance predominantly due to the stimulus package yesterday.
  • Nonetheless, we prefer to remain cautious as we reckon such uptrend is not sustainable.
  • Regionally we anticipate a volatile regional performance today as traders may heighten their selling ahead of the weekend.
  • On the local front, we envisage the FBM KLCI to be under a bit of selling pressure and may test the 1,320 support level.