Quick update on the earnings of the Top 30 listed companies on Bursa:
The companies with year end in December still have to report two quarterly earnings results, companies with year end in January have completed their 2016 results already and have started reporting their 2017 earnings.
At the moment it looks like that the earnings will come in around RM 53 Billion, lower than the 2012 results, about 12% lower than the 2014 results.
Counted in USD (for foreign investors), the results will be worse.
http://cgmalaysia.blogspot.my/2016/09/poor-earnings-growth-for-bursa-listed.html