<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡27日讯）西港控股（Westports Holdings Bhd）截至今年6月杪第二季净利上涨20%至1亿9476万令吉，一年前为1亿6229万令吉，得益于燃料成本降低。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>集装箱收入增加，将季度营业额从5亿1098万令吉，推高至5亿4264万令吉。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>每股盈利从4.76仙，增至5.71仙。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>西港控股宣布，派发每股8.19仙首次中期股息，将于8月22日支付。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>西港控股表示，现财年首半年净利大涨20.48%至3亿7850万令吉，一年前报3亿1415万令吉，营业额则从10亿3000万令吉，上升至10亿6000万令吉。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>展望未来，西港控股指出，亚洲内部提供了基准增长，但由于不利的通胀、利率和消费者信心可能对发达经济体的经济势头产生不利影响，因此需要谨慎调整。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“与上一年相比，公司今年的集装箱吞吐量可能会出现个位数增长。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>休市时，该股起0.58%或2仙，至3.47令吉，共66万5200股转手。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>English version</em>：<a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/676278">Westports 2Q net profit up 20% to RM194.8 mil, declares 8.19 sen dividend</a></p></div>


（吉隆坡27日讯）西港控股（Westports Holdings Bhd）截至今年6月杪第二季净利上涨20%至1亿9476万令吉，一年前为1亿6229万令吉，得益于燃料成本降低。

次季净利涨20%至1.9亿 西港控股派息8.19仙

International benchmark Brent crude will average US$65 (RM293.22) a barrel this year as new oil production from non-Opec countries outstrips the growth in global crude consumption, according to Bank of America Corp (BofA).

Oil averaging US$65 in 2025 to keep Opec+ under pressure, BofA says

Walt Disney Co and streaming provider FuboTV Inc agreed to combine their online live TV businesses, creating the second-biggest digital pay-TV provider.

As part of the transaction, Disney will fold its Hulu+ Live TV business into Fubo, creating a new venture that will be 70%-owned by Disney and the rest by Fubo, Disney said in a statement on Monday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report.

Disney agrees to merge Hulu+ Live into Fubo, settles Venu suit

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have been speaking through representatives, and he believes the two leaders will get along.

Trump says he and China's Xi have been talking through aides

US President-elect Donald Trump denied a Washington Post report that his aides are considering narrowing his tariff plan so that it would only apply to limited specific critical imports.

Trump says his tariff policy won’t be pared back

Justin Trudeau will announce his resignation as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party on Monday morning, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) reported, triggering a contest to replace him as prime minister.

Canada’s Trudeau to quit as Liberal Leader, says CBC 

US President Joe Biden is indefinitely blocking offshore oil and gas development in more than 625 million acres (252.93 million hectares) of US coastal waters, warning that drilling there is simply “not worth the risks” and “unnecessary” to meet the nation’s energy needs.

Biden bars offshore oil drilling in US Atlantic and Pacific

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants all ministries to focus on enhancing capabilities in the fields of tourism, investment and economy, with the involvement of all states through the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 (VM2026) campaign.

PM tells all ministries to improve capabilities in fields of tourism, investment, economy

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Shares of glove manufacturers rallied on Monday in active trade amid reports of new virus infections in China, though authorities have downplayed the infections as seasonal winter peak.

Glove stocks rally amid reports of new virus infections in China, MIDF shrugs off potential demand spike

EVENING 5: Five things you need to know today

EVENING 5: Najib’s addendum appeal allowed, case heads to High Court

<p>A three-member Court of Appeal bench on Monday ruled to allow former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal, to have the merits of his challenge over the existence of an addendum, purportedly issued by the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong for him to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest, to be heard at the High Court.</p>


Najib's addendum appeal allowed via majority decision, case reverted to High Court

<p>Cafe chain operator Oriental Kopi Holdings Bhd set its initial public offering (IPO) price at 44 sen apiece in a share sale that would raise RM183.96 million ahead of its listing on the ACE Market.</p>


ACE Market-bound Oriental Kopi to raise RM184 mil, sets IPO price at 44 sen

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Shares of NationGate Holdings Bhd (KL:NATGATE) hit a fresh high on Monday, after gaining 23 sen or 9.1% at RM2.75, becoming the fifth biggest gainer on Bursa Malaysia.</p>


NationGate hits new record high on first mover advantage, deliveries of AI GPU servers

<p>Oriental Kopi Holdings Bhd, a cafe chain operator en route to the ACE Market, said it is not spared from rising cost pressure and plans to raise prices to mitigate the impact.</p>


Oriental Kopi to raise menu prices amid rising raw material costs

<p>Senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing the government and other respondents in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal over a purported addendum, told the Court of Appeal on Monday that the addendum was never discussed or brought up during the Federal Territory Pardons Board’s 61st meeting on Jan 29 last year.</p>


AGC claims no due diligence on Najib’s part to produce additional evidence on purported addendum, maintains February release as main order

<p>Demand for Malaysia’s palm oil could rise if Indonesia goes through with its plan to raise export levy to support the higher biodiesel mandate, TA Securities said on Monday.</p>

<p>Raising the export levy to 10% would add US$26.49 per tonne, making Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) even more expensive than Malaysia’s product, the research house said. The price of Indonesia’s palm oil is already at a premium of US$146.30 per tonne above that of Malaysia, it noted.</p>


Demand for Malaysian palm oil could rise if Indonesia raises exports levy — TA Securities

<p>PUTRAJAYA (Jan 6): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chairman Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who is former treasury secretary general, will bring in two former 1MDB board members as third parties in a US$6.59 billion suit filed by the strategic development company against him and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy. This follows the Federal Court’s ruling to dismiss their application for leave to reverse an earlier Court of Appeal’s (COA) decision that had allowed Irwan to bring in the two former board members as third parties.</p>


Two ex-directors to be included as third parties in US$6.59b 1MDB suit after apex court denies them leave to appeal

<p>Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad&nbsp;Zahid&nbsp;Hamidi has appealed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to grant a full pardon to the jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.</p>


Zahid pleads with King for full pardon of Najib following court's decision allowing addendum appeal

<p>CBH Engineering Holdings Bhd (KL:CBHB) saw its initial public offering (IPO) of 94.05 million shares — available to the public at 28 sen apiece — oversubscribed by 34.21 times.</p>


CBH Engineering’s IPO shares for public oversubscribed by 34 times

<p>PIE Industrial Bhd (KL:PIE) is seen as a major beneficiary of global supply chain shifts and technological trends, according to Maybank Investment Bank.</p>

<p>The house noted that as an EMS provider, PIE is poised to benefit from new sources of earnings growth.</p>


Maybank initiates a 'buy' on PIE on trade diversion, data centre boom

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): U Mobile has signed an agreement with the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), in which&nbsp;the telco will play a critical role in supporting the group in its digital transformation drive.&nbsp;</p>


U Mobile, Felda ink agreement to support digital transformation

<p>A former hedge fund manager whose firm made billions during the global financial crisis is ready to pounce on volatility again, as he sees threats to market stability at a level not seen since 2008.</p>


Trader who made billions in 2008 returns to bet on market swings

<p>Gateway Development Alliance (GDA), the consortium proposing to privatise Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) (KL:AIRPORT), has extended the closing time and date for the acceptance of its takeover offer to 5pm on Jan 17, 2025, from 5pm on Jan 8, 2025, previously.&nbsp;</p>


Khazanah-EPF consortium gives MAHB shareholders seven more working days to accept takeover bid

<p>theedgemalaysia.com highlighted 14 stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon close on Monday. 13 stocks showed negative momentum, while only one stock showed positive momentum.</p>


Stocks with momentum on Jan 6, 2025: Kumpulan Fima, Eurospan, Velocity Capital, Inta Bina, Radiant Globaltech, Ramssol, Evergreen Max Cash, Minox, Carlsberg, Lien Hoe, Southern Steel, Aeon Co, Xin Synergy and Wong Engineering

<p>（吉隆坡6日讯）华阳（Oriental Kopi Holdings Bhd）将在创业板上市，首次公开募股（IPO）发售价定为每股44仙，预计可筹集1亿8396万令吉。</p>


华阳创业板上市 IPO发售价44仙筹1.84亿

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Construction outfit Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd (KL:KERJAYA) has bagged a RM256.4 million contract from Eastern &amp; Oriental Express Sdn Bhd (E&amp;OE) to undertake construction works in Elmina West, Shah Alam, Selangor.</p>


Kerjaya Prospek wins first job in 2025 — RM256m contract in Shah Alam for E&O’s unit

<p>Despite being 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB)&nbsp;then chairman of the board of advisors (BOA), its sole shareholder&nbsp;and the then prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that he never hired or fired anyone at the company.</p>


1MDB-Tanore: Najib says merely 'formalised' board appointments, management had autonomy

<p>SINGAPORE (Jan 6): Singapore-headquartered data-centre company Digital Edge said on Monday that it had raised over US$1.6 billion (RM7.21 billion) in new capital via a combination of equity and debt financing, to fund its next phase of growth.</p>


Singaporean data-centre firm Digital Edge raises over US$1.6b

<p>Offshore oil and gas services provider T7 Global Bhd (KL:T7GLOBAL) announced on Monday it has bagged a contract to undertake maintenance, construction and modification (MCM) services for an undisclosed value.</p>


T7 Global secures maintenance, construction and modification services contract  

<p>The Prisons Department never received any directive from the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya Pardons Board to allow Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.</p>
