Article: Ann Joo downgraded to `hold' by AmResearch


New Straits Times
09-20-2008
Ann Joo downgraded to `hold' by AmResearch
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Business Times
Type: Market

AMRESEARCH Sdn Bhd has downgraded shares of Ann Joo Resources Bhd, a steel maker, due to falling steel prices and rising political risk.

The research house now rates the stock a "hold" with a target price of RM2.38. Ann Joo closed at RM2.58 yesterday.
"There are looming uncertainties surrounding the price of steel post-Beijing Olympics," analyst Mak Hoy Ken said in a report.

Domestic consumption of steel would also be affected by the lack of new projects, following Budget 2009 and further delays in the roll-out of big jobs under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

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