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On Tuesday, the KLCI was
badly hit by the sellings of blue chips. As indicated by A, the KLCI had its
intraday low reaching 1601.31 points, but fortunately it started to rebound in
afternoon trading, recovering much of its earlier losses. At the close, the KLCI
was at 1614.24 points, downed 6.8 points or 0.42%. Support for the KLCI remains
at 1600 while the immediate resistance is at 1625 and the 14, 21, 31 EMA dynamic
resistance.
As indicated by B, total
market volume remains below the 40-day Volume Moving Average, and this suggests
that the overall market participation is still quiet. Generally, the lower
volume implies that investors are being cautious, but the market is usually
unlikely to pick up its strength without sufficient market participation.
As circled at C, the
Stochastic remains below 30%, in the short-term bearish territory. This suggests
that the short-term movement of the KLCI is still weak.
In conclusion, the KLCI
short-term is still weak, but fortunately, with the rebound above 1600, the is
temporary avoiding further deterioration of its currently cautious outlook.
Nevertheless, with the KLCI below the 14, 21, 31 EMA, the immediate technical
outlook is at cautious.
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