PETALING JAYA: Despite some early signs of recovery following the cutting of steel capacity in China and declining key steelmaking input prices, it is still too early for a positive earnings outlook for the building materials sector, says Hong Leong Investment Bank.
It noted this was because it remained to be seen if the Chinese authority would succeed in cutting down the country’s steel industry and higher energy costs.
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