KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): theedgemarkets.com highlighted six stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon close today. One stock displayed positive momentum, while five showed negative momentum.

The stock with positive momentum was:

SLP Resources Bhd — up 2.5 sen at 98 sen

Stocks with negative momentum were:

CI Holdings Bhd — up eight sen at RM2.33

Cocoaland Holdings Bhd — up six sen at RM2.07

Kimlun Corporation Bhd — up three sen at 96 sen

Transocean Holdings Bhd — up 35 sen at RM1.53

UCrest Bhd — up 6.5 sen at 36 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.