KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): theedgemarkets.com highlighted six stocks at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon close today. One stock displayed positive momentum while the rest indicated negative momentum.

The stock with positive momentum was:

Acme Holdings Bhd — up 2.5 sen to 34 sen

The stocks with negative momentum were:

DPI Holdings Bhd — up two sen to 27 sen

Samchem Holdings Bhd — up eight sen to RM1.07

Pelangi Publishing Group Bhd -— unchanged at 33.5 sen

Prolexus Bhd — up 25 sen to RM1.50

Sinmah Capital Bhd — up 6.5 sen to 34 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.