KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): theedgemarkets.com highlighted three stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon market close today. The list showed two stocks with positive momentum and one with negative momentum.

The stocks with positive momentum are:

Instacom Group Bhd — up one sen at 21.5 sen

XOX Bhd — up 0.5 sen at 13 sen

The stock with negative momentum is :

Petra Energy Bhd — up seven sen at RM1.24

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.

(Note: The Edge Research's fundamental score reflects a company’s profitability and balance sheet strength, calculated based on historical numbers. The valuation score determines if a stock is attractively valued or not, also based on historical numbers. A score of 3 suggests strong fundamentals and attractive valuations.)