Our analyst is reviewing his forecast and TP for
the stock. Our plantation analyst believes that CPO price,
currently at RM2224/MT, may firm in December. His current
forecast is an average of RM2300/MT in 2009. However,
technically, we caution that CPO stocks have in the first
place, ignored the correction in CPO price since May this
year. CPO price reached a peak of nearly RM2900/MT in May
and has been in a correction trend since while CPO stocks
ignored this and continued to trend higher. Thus, from a
technical perspective, we do not feel excited about CPO
plays, especially the purer CPO plays, even if CPO price is to
firm a little. (refer to Weekly Comments dated 2 November)