KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): theedgemarkets.com highlighted 6 stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon market close today. Two showed a positive momentum. Four showed a negative momentum.

The stocks with positive momentum were:

Bumi Armada Bhd – up 0.5 sen to 20 sen

Scomi Energy Services Bhd – up one sen to 8.5 sen

The stocks with negative momentum were:

Komarkcorp Bhd – down 0.5 sen to 27 sen

Rexit Bhd – up nine sen to 69.5 sen

SIG Gases Bhd – up five sen to 97 sen

Straits Inter Logistics Berhad – unchanged at 27.5 sen

The list of stocks with momentum is generated using a proprietary mathematical algorithm highlighting stocks with a build-up in trading volume and price. The algorithm differentiates between stocks that exhibit positive (+ve) momentum and negative (-ve) momentum.

This list is not a buy or sell recommendation. It merely tells you which stocks are seeing higher than normal volume and price movements.

The share price may move up or down from this point. But the “+ve” (suggesting a rising price trend on volume) and “-ve” (suggesting a falling price trend on volume) indicators should give readers a better idea of what the market is buying and when to sell. Note also that momentum generally only persists for a short period of time.

However, each stock has an accompanying fundamental score and valuation score to help readers evaluate the attractiveness of the stocks, if they want to ride the momentum.