Top Glove's shares fall 1.4% on weak Q4 results

Kuala Lumpur

SHARES of Top Glove Corp, the world's largest maker of rubber gloves by volume, tumbled 1.4 per cent on Tuesday after the company reported weaker fourth-quarter results largely due to higher natural gas prices.

In a filing to the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange on Tuesday, Top Glove reported fourth-quarter earnings of RM45.9 million (S$17.9 million), 5.2 per cent lower than in the corresponding period last year.

For its full year to end-August 2014, the glove maker's net profit declined 8.3…