Phillip Capital Research sees Critical Holdings as well-positioned in growth industries like semiconductor, data centre, telecom and solar. The firm's ability to handle large-scale projects and strong balance sheet could fuel business growth through potential mergers and acquisitions.

KLCI had a brief retracement back towards the 1454 points region with an overall mixed market sentiment as we still had over 420 counters closing red for the day.
Daily trading volume settled around the 2.96 billion range, which is just average. Main stocks that showed strong buying momentum would be the likes of SCIB, MINETEC, CHB, IWCITY, EDEN, MERSEC, MINOX, YEWLEE WA, and YTLPOWR. All of which were able to sustain their rallies throughout the day on the...