Article: Subur Tiasa price up thanks to share buy-back

SUBUR Tiasa Holdings Bhd was traded higher on the Malaysia Securities Exchange Bhd last week, helped by the purchase of almost 86 per cent of its own stock.

The company bought 1.72 million of the 2 million Subur Tiasa shares traded last week at between RM2.87 and RM3.08. It spent about RM5.14 million to buy the shares.

The stock rose 3 sen week-on-week to close at RM2.92 on Friday.

Elsewhere, other companies who bought back their own shares fared badly, led by Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd which fell 5 sen to RM1.96. Bintai had bought 203,900 of its own shares at between RM1.93 and RM1.98.

The company paid about RM400,000 to buy the shares, which represent about 36 per cent of the total 565,100 ...

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