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Malaysia Hot Stocks-Proton up on earnings jump

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Reuters) - The following stock is on the move on Tuesday.

**PROTON FIRMS ON RESULTS**

Proton, Malaysia's largest car maker, jumped 2.6 percent to 9.85 ringgit ($2.59) after the company said its net profit rose sharply to 289.59 million ringgit for the three months to end-June from 145.89 million previously.

Proton said car sales jumped 20.8 percent in the April-June quarter. It expects domestic car market, spurred by an improving economy, to remain positive for the rest of the financial year. 0124 GMT (1$=3.80 ringgit)