Consumer sector downgraded to ‘underweight’


The anticipated higher coffee and CPO prices, amongst other commodities, are expected to put margin pressure on food producers, it said.

PETALING JAYA: The consumer sector has been reduced to “underweight” from “neutral” by HLIB Research, on expectations of higher commodity prices and tepid consumer spending in 2020.

The research house, however, is positive on brewers, given the government’s continued enforcement on illicit alcohol.

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