Players get cracking on egg subsidy issue


Egg producers are not likely to see an impact, unless consumers reduce egg consumption significantly.

PETALING JAYA: The removal of chicken egg subsidies will have a minimal or neutral impact on the earnings of poultry players, amid stable feed cost.

Listed poultry players, however, should brace for a knee-jerk reaction in their share prices, as investors take time to digest the impact of egg subsidy removal.

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