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KUALA LUMPUR: Corporates making headlines on Wednesday include Westports, MyEG, HeiTech Padu, Apex Healthcare, GDEX, Globetronics, Jentayu, Comfort Gloves, Serba Dinamik, Alpha IVF and Kossan, according to TA Securities Research.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Tuesday:

（吉隆坡16日讯）高产柅品工业（Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd）建议在截至2023年12月31日财年（2023财年）派发每股2仙终期股息。

Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has proposed a final dividend of two sen per share for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023). The final dividend will be paid on July 18, with June 20 as the ex-date and June 21 as the entitlement date, the glove maker said in a bourse filing on Tuesday.

（吉隆坡16日讯）马股走势今天急速恶化，投资者对中东局势等外部不利因素的忧虑情绪一览无遗，上半天就有超过1100只个股下...

Notable filings For the week of March 18 to 22, notable changes in the shareholding of companies publicly traded on Bursa Malaysia included that at stationery distributor Pelikan International Corp Bhd. Merit Plus Ventures Ltd, a unit of Ikhlas Capital Singa...

The glove sector remains pressured by a challenging operating environment that is plagued by overcapacity.

美国华尔街隔夜闭市时处于涨跌互现状态，道琼指数下滑0.6%，标普500下跌0.2%，而纳斯达克指数微微上扬0.11%。受到美国不明朗的走势，整体区域股市也处于横摆，中国上证综指出现套利现象，下滑0.08%。然而其中部分强势的市场包括香港HSI在复活节之后上涨2.36%和台湾TAIEX指数上扬1.21...

A more balanced demand-supply market for the glove sector is likely to see an improvement in profitability of glove manufacturers.

 （吉隆坡2日讯）经过两年时间消耗高库存，橡胶手套客户逐渐重新补货，分析员认为，当市场供需更加平衡，手套平均售价将回升，意味着大马手套商最糟糕的时期已经过去，隧道尽头的曙光就在眼前。辉立资本研究分析员首次给予大马橡胶手套行业“增持”评级，主要是预计手套市场的供需将在今年进一步恢复正常。“过去两年，全球手套库存高企，疫情后需求下降，销售疲软且平均售价（ASP）下跌，手套市场严重受影响。同时新的手套商涌现，尤其是有成本优势的中国手套商，进一步扰乱了市场。”分析员在报告里指出，前两年...

（吉隆坡2日讯）辉立资本对马来西亚橡胶手套行业展开研究，并给予“增持”评级，称手套市场的供需动态预计将在2024年进一步复苏。

Phillip Capital has initiated coverage on the Malaysian rubber glove sector with an “overweight” rating and said the supply-demand dynamics for the glove market are expected to further recover in 2024.

（吉隆坡27日讯）团结政府上台超过一年，银河国际证券为我国的政策改革打出“A-”的高分，并认为这是推动我国股市过去半年表现良好的关键因素！该投行在最新报告中点出，我国政府去年下半年起推出的一系列政策，是备受鼓舞的；而同一时间，富时隆综合指数也已经从谷底反弹，更在今年首个季度上涨了超过6%之多。“我们...

KUALA LUMPUR: Sales volume of gloves by Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd is expected to remain stagnant going into the first half of 2024 (1H24) and its utilisation rate may not see significant improvement. Public Investment Bank Bhd (PublicInvest) stated in a ...

（吉隆坡20日讯）持有参考准证的正规领域外劳入境截止日期为今年5月31日，林将源指出，政府尚未公布新的决定，然而顶级手套（TOPGLOV,7113,主板医疗保健组）在未来几个月仍会招收工人以应付产能增加。林伟才补充，希望政府制定明确的政策，这样业界就可以做好准备。“目前在大马做生意的成本越来越高，唯有政策明确，才能让商家的竞争力加强。”此外，林将源提到，中国手套制造商被列入美国药物食品管理局的进口警报案例增多。1月以来，每10起案件中有9起是来自中国的手套制造商。手套股走高顶级手套次季...

（吉隆坡20日讯）尽管国家银行看好我国经济今年可增长4至5%，但马股在银行股面临卖压下走低，并失守1540点水平，连续第二天走低。富时综指今日开高走低，以1545.06点开市，高于昨日闭市1544.96，随后银行股面临卖压，导致马股震荡下行，最低跌至1535.77点，闭市时仍下跌9.17点，收报1535.79点。其他主要指数普遍起落参半，富时全股指数跌33.59点，报11484.96点，创业板指数则起21.92点，报4773.01点。全日共有38亿1503万1250股交投，价值26亿559...

KUALA LUMPUR: Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has a below average environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring due to the lack of medium to long term strategy for ESG.Maybank Investment Bank (MaybankIB) in its report said Kossan however has been ...

（吉隆坡12日讯）CTOS数码（CTOS，5301，主板科技股）今天成为马股的主要焦点之一，主因是该公司被高庭裁定无权为...

PETALING JAYA: While many are still bearish on the glove sector, AmInvestment Bank Research (AmResearch) has an “overweight” call, and is of the view that there is an opportunity for investors to bottom fish for stocks like Hartalega Holdings Bhd and Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd.