KUALA LUMPUR: Hwang DBS Vickers Research (HDBSVR) said even when Wall Street soared on Monday night, stocks on Bursa Malaysia lost steam on Tuesday, Aug 3, suggesting that profit-taking mood could be setting in.

The research house said on Wednesday, Aug 4 that with key U.S. equity indices slipping between 0.4% and 0.5% at the closing bell last night ? hurt by weak data on home sales, factory orders and consumer spending ? it said share prices on Bursa Malaysia will probably come under pressures ahead.

?Technically, the first support level for the benchmark FBM KLCI ? which has climbed 64.3-point or 5.0% over the last one month ? is set at 1,340,? it said.

?Meanwhile, we may see individual share price actions today in: (a) Genting Malaysia, after winning a bid to redevelop a racetrack cum casino project in New York, U.S.; and (b) Alam Maritim, which has secured a long-term charter contract worth RM30 million,? it said.