KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, companies that may be in focus on Wednesday (Jan 18) include Hua Yang, Malayan Banking Bhd, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), S P Setia, Sime Darby, Ekovest, Toyo Ink, Priceworth International and Silk Holdings. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, it said its total unbilled sales as at Dec 31, 2016 under review stood at RM215.63 million. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) saw some 34.1 million shares, representing 0.33% of its total outstanding shares, disposed of via an off-market trade at RM8.05 apiece. The figure raised is close to the figure of US$63.1 million (RM281.8 million) reported by Dow Jones yesterday. With 20.2 million shares to be placed out to investors, Priceworth is expected to raise some RM2.02 million.

Source: The Edge Markets January 17, 2017 14:52 UTC