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Friday, August 3, 2012

Sentiment Index - Malaysia Stock Market


Constructed and written by Smartbiz


Most Asian markets tumbled Friday, joining a global chorus disappointed with the lack of action from the European Central Bank.

FBMKLCI stayed in negative territory, in line with the weaker regional markets but, managed to close at 1,635.04 gained 1.59 points. Loser beat Gainer by 402 to 333. Total volume was 0.95 million shares.

Compare with yesterday, overall sentiment was better with some buying interest emerged before closing. The Oscillator ended at -112.13; lost 46.31 when compares with its opening point. The Average recorded a loss of 154.81.

MSCD: After today’s market, %K fell deeper and %D is just a few steps to cross over %A. The Histogram printed another longer bar in the negative zone - the bottom-rounding process was halted.

Data are appended as below:

DATE A_OSC %K %D %A HGM
27/7/2012 53.30 91.30 63.79 71.92 22.09
30/7/2012 152.85 53.75 47.74 63.75 18.87
31/7/2012 87.92 31.96 37.69 58.23 13.95
1/8/2012 101.83 42.70 42.44 59.82 11.21
2/8/2012 242.03 73.36 57.23 66.44 12.20
3/8/2012 154.81 85.89 64.46 69.66 14.04
LAST+- 87.21 12.53 7.23 3.21 1.85

Conclusion:
Based on charts, market sentiment continues to subside. Participation has become lesser as volume is shrinking. Market needs more last minute support to prevent %D to slip below %A.

Note: Explanation on Intra-Day MSO and MSCD are archived under "Labels" at the sidebar.

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