KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): theedgemarkets.com highlighted six stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon market close today. It showed two with positive momentum and four with negative momentum.

Stock with positive momentum were:

Heng Huat Resources Group Bhd — up half a sen at 16.5 sen

Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd — unchanged at 29 sen

Stocks with negative momentum were:

K-Star Sports Ltd — down 0.5 sen at 10.5 sen

Master-Pack Group Bhd — up eight sen at RM1.33

Rohas Tecnic Bhd — down one sen at 55.5 sen

Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd — down four sen at RM4.36

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.