Put warrants quietly made its debut in Bursa Malaysia towards the end of last year. As the market was on an uptrend over the last few months, few people pay attention to put warrants which are supposed to go up when the underlying share decline. However, after the stock market suffered significant decline over the last few days, investors naturally try to look for ways to make money with bear instruments like put warrants.
KNM Group Berhad, a very actively traded stock on Bursa Malaysia, saw its share price plunged recently when the company announced the proposed acquisition by its managing director and his partners failed. They have earlier proposed to takeover the business and undertaking of the company for 90 sen per share.
Investors who bought into KNM-HA, a put warrant on KNM Group share issued by OSK Investment Bank, in anticipation of the failed bid have not benefited from the share price decline at all. KNM-HA is not traded on most days even though there are bid and ask prices provided by the market maker. Since the warrants issuance last November, there was only six days when the warrant has been traded. The following table is the dates and prices where KNM-HA has been traded:
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