Eye on stock

THE major shareholders of Pesona Metro Holdings Bhd, Wie Hock Beng and Wie Hock Kiong, have increased their stake in the company to 60.83%, after purchasing an additional 8.56 million shares in an off-market transaction at a price of 93 sen on Thursday. The brothers presently hold a combined 59.49% or 309.78 million shares in the company.

Pesona was one of the most actively-traded counters yesterday, closing 7.5 sen higher to 88.5 sen on volume of 50.31 million shares.