LNG shipping leads MISC to be Malaysia’s top stock

Bullish outlook: An MISC LNG carrier. MISC expects to win as much as 30% of the deals it pitches for in 2020,

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian energy shipper MISC Bhd will bid for US$6bil of contracts next year, as surging demand for transportation of liquefied natural gas helped it beat all other stocks in the country’s benchmark index.

MISC expects to win as much as 30% of the deals it pitches for in 2020, president and group chief executive officer Yee Yang Chien said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur.