Stocks to watch: Kenmark, Puncak Niaga, AirAsia, Mudajaya

Written by Joseph Chin
Tuesday, 08 June 2010 21:20


KUALA LUMPUR: Stocks on Bursa Malaysia which could see trading interest on Wednesday, June 9 following recent corporate developments include Kenmark Industrial, Puncak Niaga Holdings, AIRASIA BHD [] and Mudajaya Group.

Kenmark resumes trading on Wednesday after it clarified with Bursa Malaysia over the administrative expenses of RM141.6 million and the provision for doubtful debts.

The company made general provision at 100% for the RM69.81 million in doubtful debts exceeding 12 months while RM12.21 million was for unrealised foreign excghange loss and the remaining amounts for impairment on fixed assets.

Meanwhile, Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd is reassessing the Selangor state's water industry risk in light of the continued high level of uncertainty associated with the restructuring of the sector.

The ratings agency placed the ratings of all its Selangor water sector-related issuances on MARCWatch Negative. The ratings affected the debt notes of Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor, Puncak Niaga and Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor.

AirAsia X is eyeing a listing in the second half of 2011 as part of AirAsia group's restructuring plan to separate the long-haul carrier from its short-haul carrier counterpart.

The move is part of AirAsia group's corporate and organisational restructuring to provide investors with a clearer and more focused business model.

KANNALTEC BHD []'s subsidiary Obnet Sdn Bhd has filed a suit against the Selangor state government as is seeking to recover RM681.73 million in losses arising from the termination of the subscription of the broadband infrastructure project, dubbed SelNet.

Mudajaya Group is eyeing one of four ultra mega power plants (UMPP), with a capacity of 4000MW each, expected to be built in Chhattisgarh, India. It plans to enter into a joint venture to to bid for one or two of the power projects.

The group has an outstanding order book of RM5.2 billion, with most of it expected to last until mid-2012. The group plans to add another RM1 billion to its order book by year-end.