<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Genting Malaysia Bhd shares hit limit down today after the stock fell as much as RM1.36 or 30% to RM3.18. The stock fell today after Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said during Malaysia's Budget 2019 tabling on Friday the country will raise the annual casino licence fee from RM120 million to RM150 million.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Lim also said casino tax will be increased to 35% of gross income. At Bursa Malaysia today, FBM KLCI-linked Genting Malaysia shares were traded at RM3.38 at 9:44am with some 170 million shares crossed.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Genting Malaysia, which was the bourse's top decliner, was also the most-active stock.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Today, CIMB Research analyst Nigel Foo wrote in a note: "Genting Malaysia's casino operations were hit with a 10% hike in casino duties in Budget 2019, the first rate hike in 20 years. Duties are 35% now."</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"This was a negative surprise as we had expected a smaller casino duty rate hike. The rate was previously around 25%. The stock remains a Hold. We cut TP (target price) from RM5.25 to RM4.85," Foo said.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Genting Malaysia Bhd shares hit limit down today after the stock fell as much as RM1.36 or 30% to RM3.18. The stock fell today after Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said during Malaysia's Budget 2019 tabling on Friday the country will raise the annual casino licence fee from R...

Genting Malaysia hits limit down after Guan Eng announced higher casino tax

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<p>theedgemalaysia.com highlighted five stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s noon market break on Monday. One stock showed positive momentum and the remaining four displayed negative momentum. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The stock with positive momentum was:</p>

<ul>
	<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cypark Resources Bhd (KL:CYPARK) — up 5.5 sen or 6.59% to 89 sen</li>
</ul>


Stocks with momentum on Nov 18, 2024: Cypark, TechnoDex, Matrix, Karex and Classita  

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