KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21): theedgemarkets.com highlighted eight stocks at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon close today. One stock displayed positive momentum while seven showed negative momentum.

The stock with positive momentum was:

Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd – up 2.5 sen at 85.5 sen

Stocks with negative momentum were:

AbleGroup Bhd — down two sen at 15.5 sen

Boustead Plantations Bhd — up 4 sen at 59 sen

Diversified Gateway Solutions Bhd — up 0.5 sen at 18 sen

Macpie Bhd — unchanged at 51.5 sen

Nationwide Express Holdings Bhd — down 0.5 sen at 14.5 sen

Scope Industries Bhd — up 0.5 sen at 24.5 sen

TH Plantations Bhd — up 3.5 sen at 54 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.