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2 April 2010
MARKET DATELINE

Market Technical Reading

Low Volume The Main Dampener To Short-term Trading
Sentiment...
Chart 1: KLCI Daily Chart 2: KLCI Intraday

Local Market Leads:

♦ Lifted by a rally across the regional markets amid signs of strengthening economic recovery in major Asian
countries, the local market staged an early rally on Thursday.

♦ China’s manufacturing activity rose more than expected to 57 in Mar from 55.8 in Feb. Meanwhile, the Bank of
Japan’s quarterly tankan survey of business sentiment showed confidence among the nation’s biggest
manufacturers improved significantly to -14 in Mar, against -25 in Dec.

♦ These lifted the negative impact from the overnight US markets’ retreat amid an unexpected drop in US private
sector employment.

♦ Back home, the FBM KLCI ended up 9.27 pts or 0.70% to 1,329.84, led by strong gains in MISC (+33sen), CIMB
(+32sen) and IOICorp (+5sen).

♦ However, turnover dropped further to 807m shares, from 961m shares on Wednesday. Market breadth turned
positive with 423 counters up against 316 counters down.

Technical Interpretations:

♦ From an intraday low of 1,319.76 (-0.81-pt), the FBM KLCI staged a strong run-up on the back of strong buying
momentum in the early session, before traded rangebound for the rest of the day.

♦ By chalking up a huge bullish candle following a successful penetration of Tuesday’s high at 1,323.83, the index
indicates a potential retest of Mar’s high of 1,334.34 soon.

♦ If the index manages to overtake 1,334.34, the momentum will accelerate, hence lifting the daily trading volume
and lead the FBM KLCI further to our medium-term target at 1,390.

♦ For now, strong support is near the 10-day SMA of 1,312 and the important resistance-turned-support level at
1,300.
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Daily Trading Strategy:

♦ Thanks to the favourable regional sentiment, the FBM KLCI has removed Tuesday’s high of 1,323.83, this lead
the index closer to rechallenging Mar’s high of 1,334.34.

♦ Breaking 1,334.34 will mark another breakout pattern on the chart and jotting a fresh new high since Mar 2008.
It will also mean the index is well underway to retest our medium-term target of 1,390.

♦ But the main concern on the technical platform now is the pathetic volume participation that has just fallen to
below the 1.0bn shares mark for the second day yesterday.

♦ As we reiterated earlier, poor volume will dampen short-term trading sentiment, hence increasing the selling
pressure that could cap near-term upswing on the index.

♦ Daily turnover should rise back to 1.0 – 1.2bn shares to maintain the market’s activeness, in our view.

♦ Otherwise, profit-taking activities will increase, leading the index to retreat towards the strong support near the
10-day SMA of 1,312 and the 1,300 psychological level.

Table 2 : Major Indices & Commodities

Table 1 : Daily Statistics Change Change
Scoreboard 26 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Mar 1 Apr Local Key Indices Closing
(Pts) (%)
Gainers 517 472 279 275 423 FBM KLCI 1,329.84 9.27 0.7
Losers 238 308 486 441 316 FBM 100 8,753.36 54.66 0.6
Unchanged 261 239 225 274 295 FBM ACE 4,243.71 34.73 0.8
Untraded 330 327 357 362 319
Major Overseas
Market Cap Indices
Turnover Dow Jones 10,927.07 70.44 0.6
(mln shares) 1,251 1,139 1,047 961 807 Nasdaq 2,402.58 4.62 0.2
Value (RM S&P 500 1,178.10 8.67 0.7
mln) 1,706 1,499 1,331 1,540 1,349 FTSE 5,744.89 65.25 1.1
Hang Seng 21,537.00 297.65 1.4
Currency Jakarta Composite 2,830.00 52.70 1.9
MYR vs US Nikkei 225 11,244.40 154.46 1.4
Dollar 3.3050 3.2700 3.2670 3.2600 3.2560 Seoul Composite 1,719.17 26.32 1.6
Shanghai Composite 3,147.42 38.31 1.2
Source: RHBInvest & Bloomberg SET 801.32 13.34 1.7
FT Straits Times 2,943.02 55.56 1.9
Taiwan Weighted 8,013.09 93.03 1.2
India Sensex 17,692.62 164.85 0.9
Major Commodities
NYMEX Crude Oil
(US$/barrel) 84.87 1.11 1.3
MDEX CPO – Third
Month (RM/metric ton) 2,543.00 -8.00 -0.3
US Interest Rate Current Last Updated
Overnight Fed Fund 16 Mar
0-0.25% Unch
Rate 2010
Next FOMC meeting 27-28 Apr 2010

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Chart 3: FKLI Daily Chart 4: FKLI Intraday

Technical Interpretations:

♦ Taking cues from the bullish sentiment in Asian regional markets amid renewed optimism on global economic
recovery, the local futures index regained its bullish momentum, closing at its highest level since Feb 2008.

♦ The FKLI for Apr contract surged 11.50 pts or 0.87% to 1,338.00, after forming a huge technical gap at 1,320.50
- 1,327.50 on the chart. The FKLI Mar contract settled at 1,317 upon expiry on Wednesday.

♦ Technically, the bullish candle and the mild improvement on the short-term momentum indicators suggest a likely
reversal on the recent selling momentum.

♦ More importantly, the futures index ended marginally above Mar’s high of 1,337 yesterday, marking a potential
chart breakout if it sustains at above the high today.

♦ As such, the FKLI has a strong chance to expand yesterday’s rally towards the next medium-term target at 1,390
amid stronger follow-through buying momentum in the near term.

♦ Prior to that, it is expected to fill up a huge technical gap from 1,314 to 1,348 formed since Feb 2008.

♦ For the support, we expect the 10-day SMA near 1,315 and the 1,300 psychological level to provide strong buffer
to any short-term selling pressure.

Daily Trading Strategy:

♦ Yesterday’s strong closing suggests a likely resumption of the buying momentum.

♦ Therefore, traders should prepare to go “long” again upon confirmation of the removal of 1,337 today, i.e. the
registering of another positive candle on the chart.

♦ The trading range for the FKLI is likely to be between 1,333 and 1,348 today.

Table 3: FKLI Closings

FKLI (Month)
Contracts Open High Low Close Chg (Pts) Settle Volume Open Interest
Apr 10 1328.50 1338.50 1327.50 1338.00 11.50 1338.00 6547 18826
May 10 1327.50 1338.00 1327.00 1338.00 - 1338.00 393 0
Jun 10 1326.00 1336.00 1324.00 1336.00 11.00 1336.50 301 455
Sep 10 1323.00 1336.00 1321.00 1336.00 14.00 1336.50 74 157

Source: Bursa Malaysia

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Chart 5: US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Daily Chart 6: US Nasdaq Composite Daily

US Market Leads:

♦ Buoyed by the upbeat readings on manufacturing and weekly jobless claims data, the Wall Street started the
second quarter on a bullish tone by kicking off a strong comeback on Thursday.

♦ The Institute for Supply Management (ISM)’s manufacturing activity index expanded for an eighth month in a row
by rising to 59.6 in Mar, in line with strong manufacturing data in overseas, such as China. Also, the weekly
jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 439,000 last week.

♦ This encouraged investors to scoop up stocks, even as ahead of the crucial Mar non-farm employment reports on
Friday and that the US markets and most of the European markets will be closed on Friday for Good Friday
holiday.

♦ Backed by strong US economic data that pointed to a sustainable economic recovery, the US light sweet crude oil
futures for May delivery advanced US$1.11 or 1.3% to US$84.87/barrel, its highest closing since Oct 2008.

Technical Interpretations:

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

♦ Instead of extending its profit-taking activities, the US DJIA staged a surprise rebound by gaining 70.44 pts or
0.65% to 10,927.07 on Thursday.

♦ By bouncing from the 10,850 technical level with a bullish candle, this indicates a good chance of renewing a
fresh upswing leg soon.

♦ And a further clearance of yesterday’s intraday high of 10,956.39 will help it to trigger a new rally towards the
next upside target at 11,250. Solid support is now seen at 10,850, added with the 21-day SMA of 10,727.

Nasdaq Composite (Nasdaq)

♦ After fluctuating between a wide range of 2,383.77 low and 2,423.43 high, the Nasdaq Composite Index settled
at 2,402.58 with a 4.62 pts or 0.19% gain.

♦ Chart wise, the formation of a “star-like” candle points to a possible weakness ahead.

♦ But with the mild uptick in both the short-term momentum indicators, we believe it is likely to extend the current
rangebound consolidation at between the 21-day SMA of 2,376 and Mar’s high of 2,432.25.

♦ And for it to kick off a new rally towards 2,470, it has to take out Mar’s high of 2,432.25.

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Daily Technical Watch:
Chart 7: Tanjong Daily Chart 8: Tanjong Intraday

Tanjong Public Limited Company (2267)

The target for the “triangle breakout” pattern points to RM19.50…

♦ After hitting its lowest level since Oct 2003 at RM9.00 in Oct 2008, the share price of Tanjong turned around and
launched an impressive uptrend.

♦ By end-Jul 2009, the stock received another boost when it finally removed the key barrier of RM14.30.

♦ The uptrend continued until it reached the RM18.00 resistance level in early Jan 2010.

♦ Thereafter, the stock began its consolidation phase, congesting at below the RM18.00 hurdle to form an
“Ascending Triangle” pattern on the chart.

♦ After a nearly three months of consolidation, it finally broke out of the triangle with a huge bullish candle
yesterday, indicating a bullish rally ahead.

♦ The stock jumped 46sen at the close to RM18.40, following a test of a fresh all-time high at RM18.56.

♦ Backed by the breakout point support of RM18.00, the “triangle breakout” pattern is pointing at a one-to-one
target at RM19.50.

♦ If the buying interest increases today due to the triangle breakout momentum, the stock could accelerate towards
the RM19.50 region, before meeting its first line of profit-taking momentum, in our view.

Technical Readings:

♦ 10-day SMA: RM17.954

♦ 40-day SMA: RM17.739

♦ Support: IS = RM18.00 S1 = RM16.70 S2 = RM15.40

♦ Resistance: IR = RM19.50

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Technical Recommendation:
Trading Buy = Short-term positive opportunity spotted. It is an aggressive trading recommendation with a book to sellers’ price for short-term technical upside.
Bargain Buy = Short-term positive but technical signals have yet to trigger a rally. Traders can park and queue for their desired entry level within a small range.
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Sell on Strength = Short-term momentum still positive, Traders are advice to lock in profit base on current strength.
Take Profit = Short-term target achieved. Traders are advice to exit before the technical readings turn bearish.
Avoid = Risky situation in the short-term and high volatility expected on the share price. Traders’ best strategy is staying away until it stabilises.

Technical Time Frame:

Immediate-term = short time frame within a contra period.
Short-term = moderate time frame within two to three contra periods. For tracking purposes, we refer to 10 trading days.
Medium-term = medium time frame usually refers to two to three weeks period. For tracking purposes, we refer to 20 trading days.

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