Ng: ‘We expect companies in the plantation and export sectors to do well in their fourth quarter.’
Higher commodity prices, construction job flows to support growth
PETALING JAYA: Plantation companies are projected to show strong profit growth in the last quarter of 2016, on the back of the higher price of crude palm oil (CPO), although the sector’s rebound may not be enough to make up for what analysts see as another year of disappointing earnings for corporate Malaysia.
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