Archives for January 2016

Juniors’ big drop on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $14 on Thursday.

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $14 on Thursday.

The junior market closed on Thursday with 15 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 3 declined but the market index dived 96.98 points to end at 2,147.70 as falls by Caribbean Producers, Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing during the day, had a telling drag on the market index. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 2,952,252 units changed hands, valued at $17,175,945. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. Trading could end with a strong gain at the close on Friday with a total of 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging jumped by $1.10 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14 with 36,761 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 15,040 shares changing hands to close at $4.80. Caribbean Flavours traded 4,000 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 140,190 units but fell 50 cents to close at $5, Consolidated Bakeries traded 194,406 shares at $1.30, General Accident rose 2 cents while trading 138,984 shares to close at $2.07. ICI -JM 28-01-16Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70 with 3,000 units trading with a gain of 20 cents. KLE closed with 11,700 units changing hands at $2.50, to record a 30 cents rise, Lasco Distributors closed with 1,602,277 units trading and ended with a fall of 60 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 98,302 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 651,154 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables fell 27 cents and closed at $3.23 with 30,716 shares trading, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents to end with 5,014 shares changing hands at $11.50 and tTech closes at $4.70 with 18,908 shares trading.

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NCB increases profit & dividend

January 28, 2016 by

NCB hqtrNational Commercial Bank (NCB) enjoyed a 12 percent increase in profits for the quarter to December last year, of $2.4 billion up from $2.1 billion in 2014 for earnings per share of 97 cents.
Profit before taxation came in at $3 billion compared with $2.9 billion in 2014. The improved numbers came from growth in revenues net of interest cost, fee and commission expenses of $12.68 billion, up from $11.96 billion in 2014. Net interest income rose $530 million and insurance premium increased $5000 million but foreign exchange trading contributed $300 million less than in 2014.
Provision for credit losses declined to $424 million from $587 million while asset tax swelled other operating expenses by an estimated $700 million based on 2014 figures, to $3.87 billion for the quarter compared with the September 2015 quarter of $3 billion.
NCB’s assets grew from $500 billion at the end of 2014 to $538 billion with loans accounting for $172 billion, an increase of 9 percent from $157 billion in 2014.
In December 2015, NCB entered into an agreement to purchase a 29.99 percent stake in Trinidad’s Guardian Holdings.
NCB con spngThe banking group seems on target to record profit around $5.80 per share for the full year on existing business operations.The stock last traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at $40 for a PE of 6.9 times earnings based on the profit estimate and with some room for increased value.
Based on the results the dividend was raised from 45 cents per share paid last year to 50 cents per share to be paid on February 26 with the record date of February 15.

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Juniors down 5% as JSE retreats

January 28, 2016 by

The Jamaica Stock market retreated in the morning session on Thursday but the junior market fell sharply by more than 5 percent as Lasco Manufacturing was pulled back $1.10 to $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 1,035,826 while dropping 60 cents to $7.20 which would have pulled down the index by a sizable amount while Caribbean Producers that traded 140,190 units slipped by 50 cents to $5.
JSE intra 28-01-16The juniors are not the only one to suffer a fall as the major fell close to 900 points and the combined market by more than 2,200 points. After 90 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 1,393.59 points to 178,641.56, the JSE Market Index dropped 1,247.00 points to 160,784.07, the JSE combined index dived 2,205.87 points to 170,851.08 and the junior market index fell 114.04 points to 2,130.64. In trading, 33 securities were active and accounted for 3,272,579 units changed hands with 14 stocks rising and 8 falling.
Scotia Group traded 7,160 units with the price falling by $1 to $31, Proven Investments ordinary shares climbed back from 20 us cents to 22.98 US cents in trading 645,989 units and Jamaica Broilers traded at with 153,671 shares but dropped $2.05 to end at $13.50. Mayberry Investments have put up 20 million Radio Jamaica shares for sale at $5 each.

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Ground lost on TTSE – Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by
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Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks' high on Wednesday

Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued to reflect a negative tone with moderate trading with 13 securities being active on Wednesday. The market closed with 2 stocks gaining, 4 declining with the prices of 7 remaining unchanged while 2 securities closed at 52 weeks’ low and 1 at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 954,766 shares changed hands valued at $19,909,947.
The Composite Index slipped 0.06 points to 1,162.44, the All T&T Index lost 0.25 points to 1,933.39 and the Cross Listed Index remained rose 0.02 to close at 51.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator remains with a high degree of negativity with only 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks or 22.5 percent of listings with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy traded 170,732 units valued at $703,415, to close with a rise of 2 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.12 and Guardian Holdings had 8,857 units changing hands and gained 2 cents to close at $14.17
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 416,690 shares valued at $9,378,525 but lost 9 cents to close at $22.51, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to end with 25 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.89. National Flour lost 3 cents to close at $2.35 with 25,000 shares trading at $2.35 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL contributed 1,828 shares but lost 11 cents, in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $19.99.
TTSE 27-01-16u Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 197 units at $25, First Citizens had 528 shares to end at $35, JMMB Group contributed 72,361 shares at 55 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 43,315 shares changing hands to end at $2.28, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 as 18,250 shares valued at $2,044,000 changed hands. Sagicor Financial ended with 93,983 shares with a value of $610,890 changing hands at $6.50 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 100,000 shares valued at $6,782,000 changing hands at $67.82.

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Jamaican$ loses value all round – Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by

FX_USPound2 Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market ended on Wednesday with dealers buying the equivalent of US$33,911,551 and selling US$32,180,833, compared with US$27,137,018 purchased and US$31,241,564 sold on Tuesday.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$30,531,051 compared to US$24,325,109 on Tuesday with the buying rate for the US dollar rising 12 cents to $120.57. A total of US$28,521,777 was sold versus US$28,696,289 on Tuesday as the selling rate climbed by 10 cents to $121.31. FX sum 27-01-16The Canadian dollar buying rate jumped $2.58 to end at $84.76 with dealers buying C$1,794,316 and selling C$3,612,350, at an average rate that rose $1.25 to $87.99. The rate for buying the British Pound rose $1.29 to $170.38 for the purchase of £1,419,888, while £557,702 was sold, with the rate gaining 61 cents to $172.12. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a gain of 31 cents at J$131.50, from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$128.71 for a rise of 22 cents from Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$112,633 being bought, while US$247,666 was sold.
FX HL-27-01-16Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at are, a fall of $1.91 in the lowest selling rate for the US dollar that ended at $99.03. The highest selling rise of the Canadian dollar rose $2.14 to $90, the lowest selling rate fell $1.55 and ended at $79 and Highest selling rate for the British Pound fell $1.17 to $176.99 and the lowest selling rate jumped by $7.20 to $165.20.

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Juniors inched up on Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by
Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks' high on Wednesday

Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday

The junior market closed on Wednesday with 16 securities trading, 6 of which advanced, 4 declined. The market index gained 14.58 points to end at 2,244.68 and a total of 2 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 at an intraday high.
The volume of 920,944 units changed hands, valued at $5,787,289. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 7 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services gained 30 cents to close at $16.80 with 200 units changing hands, AMG Packaging fell by 10 cents to close at $2.90 with 1,434 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 7,267 shares at $11, Caribbean Cream ended with 17,800 shares changing hands with a rise of 15 cents, to close at $4.80. Caribbean Flavours traded 42,656 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 55,096 units to close at $5.50, Dolphin Cove closed with a rise of 25 cents to close at $16 with 14,200 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 25 cents while trading 84,631 shares to close at $2.05.ICI -JM 27-01-16 Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.50 with 3,400 units trading with a gain of 30 cents. Knutsford Express closed with 84,617 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.20, to record a 20 cents rise, Lasco Distributors closed with 92,771 units trading and ended at $7.80, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 67,025 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 285,652 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables rose 35 cents and closed at $3.50 with 57,034 shares trading, Paramount Trading lost 5 cents to end with 15,000 shares changing hands at $11.45 and tTech declined 28 cents to close at $4.70 with 92,161 shares trading.

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JSE enjoys big jump on Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by

Caribbean Cement shares closed at a new high of $28

Caribbean Cement shares closed at a new high of $28


Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with moderate gains in the indices on Wednesday with trading volumes being light. Market activities close with 42 securities changing hands in all market segments of which 16 securities in the combined markets gained and 12 declined.
Five stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and one traded at intraday highs as 4,514,100 units valued at $80,222,876 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 920,944 units changed hands, valued at $5,787,289.
The JSE Market Index jumped sharply by 2,558.24 points to 162,031.07 the all Jamaica Composite Index closed with a big gain of 2,858.97 points to end at 180,035.15 and the JSE combined index rose 2,543.90 points to close at 173,056.95.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 20 cents to end at $3.40 as 87,946 units traded, ICI -JSE Sum-27-01-16Cable and Wireless ended with 448,890 units changing hands to close with a gain of 3 cents at $1.60, Caribbean Cement jumped $3 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $28, with 29,517 shares changing hands. Carreras traded 22,915 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $62, Ciboney traded 323,200 units at 27 cents, Gleaner traded 17,690 units with a loss of 2 cents at $2.58, Grace Kennedy dropped $2.69 and closed at $80.80, with 109,886 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers jumped by $1.55 and closed at 52 weeks’ high of $15.55 with 120,624 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $19.70 while trading 16,300 shares, JMMB Group traded 155,743 units to end at $11. Kingston Properties traded 79,853 shares but lost 24 cents to end at $6.80, Kingston Wharves traded 5,112 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $11.14, Margaritaville Turks traded 73,000 shares at 11.05 US cents. National Commercial Bank traded with a fall of 75 cents to close at $41, with 59,120 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investment shed $4 with 100,100 units changing hands to close at $94, ICI -JSE fn qts 27-01-16rRadio Jamaica gained 80 cents to end at $5 while trading 21,945 shares. Sagicor Group closed at $23 with 7,704 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 52,946 shares at $11.60, Scotia Group had 179,497 shares changing hands to close with a gain of $1.50 at $32, Scotia Investments had 200,000 shares changing hands to close with a decline of $3.49 at $26.50. Seprod rose 50 cents to close at $20.50 with 109,692 units changing hands. Supreme Ventures closed at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $6.55 to record a gain of 6 cents with 64,920 units changing hands, the stock traded at an all-time high of $6.90 during the day, Proven Investments ordinary share lost 2 US cents in trading 1,244,550 units at 20 US cents and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 137,308 units at $2.25.

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Pulse pushes back capital increase

January 27, 2016 by

puls 01-15Pulse’s directors put before the annual general meeting held on Tuesday at the company’s Villa Ronai complex a resolution to increase the capital of the company but agreed to withdraw it after a number of shareholders suggested that it should be postponed.
The resolution was incorporated into the agenda after the annual reports were printed and was asking shareholders to vote to increase the authorised capital from 336,835,181 shares to 450 million shares without par value. Shareholders argued that the request was being presented without any explanation for the increase. In addition, based on the points put forth by the directors that the expectation is to raise funds to help finance the property expansion with the building of townhouses, shareholders were of the view that thye needed to be presented with a plan for the development and its funding. Such plans shareholders felt should include some debt financing that could include preference shares or bonds issued to the public.
Pulse released interim results to December showing profits of $131.9 million for the six months up by 33 percent from the $99 million reported in 2014. For the December quarter profit amounted to 51.6 million or 26 percent higher than the $41 million in 2014.
Operating revenues rose 25 percent to $65 million from $63 million for the quarter and percent for the half year to $151 million from $132 million in 2014.
The net profit results include fair value appreciation on investment property of $25.4 million for the latest quarter versus $20.7 million in 2014 and $51.8 million for the six months to December 2015 and $42.3 million in 2014.
Earnings per share for the quarter came in at 19 cents and 49 cents for the six months and should reach $1 per share for the full year.

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Market activity picked up on Tuesday

January 26, 2016 by

JSE-stks1Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with moderate gains in the indices on Tuesday with trading volumes being light. Market activities picked up from the 33 securities that traded on Monday to close with 43 changing hands in all market segments of which 22 securities in the combined markets gained and 14 declined.
Eight stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and one traded at intraday highs as 4,319,632 units valued at $43,703,774 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,200,794 units changed hands, valued at $5,249,310.
The JSE Market Index advanced by 147.39 points to 159,472.83 the all Jamaica Composite Index closed with a gain of 164.72 points to end at 177,176.18 and the JSE combined index rose 175.31 points to close at 170,513.05.
ICI -JSE Sum-26-01-16 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints gained 29 cents to end at $3.60 as 103,176 units traded, Cable and Wireless ended with 268,670 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.57, Caribbean Cement rose $1 to close at $25, with 54,507 shares changing hands. Carreras traded 86,825 shares at $62.50, Gleaner traded 10,560 units with a loss of 7 cents at $2.60, Grace Kennedy jumped $1.49 and closed at $83.49, with 13,200 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers rose by 49 cents and closed at 52 weeks’ high of $14 with 561,626 shares changing hands. Jamaica Producers lost $2 to end at $29 with 15,812 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 3 cents to close at $19.70 while trading 199,677 shares, JMMB Group traded 112,847 units to end with a rise of 28 cents at $11. Kingston Properties traded 79,853 shares but lost 24 cents to end at $6.80, Kingston Wharves traded 11,310 units to close with a fall of 1 cent at $11.14, Margaritaville Turks traded 27,000 shares at 11.05 US cents with a rise of 0.05 cents. Mayberry Investments traded 201,632 shares and fell 35 cents to close at $4.50. ICI -JSE fn qts 26-01-16National Commercial Bank traded with a rise of $1.75 to close at $41.75, with 45,227 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investment gained $2 with 10,830 units changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $98, Pulse Investments gained 10 cents to end at $2.60 while trading 19,848 shares. Sagicor Group fell by 5 cents to close at $23 with 189,997 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 74,254 shares but the price rose 1 cent to $11.60, Scotia Group had 460,994 shares changing hands to close with a loss of $1.50 at $30.50, Seprod had 10,000 units changing hands at $20, for a rise of $1. Supreme Ventures closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.49 to record a gain of $1.49 with 223,971 units changing hands, the stock traded at an all-time high of $6.90 during the day. Proven Investments ordinary share traded 184,364 units at 22 US cents, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 152,692 units at $2.25 after rising 15 cents and Proven Investments preference share traded 77,800 units at $5.

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3 new lows on TTSE – Tuesday

January 26, 2016 by
Scotiabank closed at a 52 weeks' low on TTSE on Friday

Scotiabank closed at a 52 weeks’ low on TTSE on Friday

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued to reflect a negative tone with moderate trading with 16 securities being active on Tuesday. The market closed with 2 stocks gaining, 4 declining with the prices of 10 remaining unchanged while 3 securities closed at 52 weeks’ low. A total of 442,470 shares changed hands valued at $11,853,292.
The Composite Index slipped 2.06 points to 1,162.50, the All T&T Index lost 4.11 points to 1,933.64 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged to close at 51.61.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator remains with a high degree of negativity with only 2 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 stocks or 25 percent of listings with offers that were lower.
Gains| Guardian Holdings had 7,643 units changing hands and gained 4 cents to close at $14.15 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 80,000 shares valued at $5,425,600 changing hands with a gain of 2 cents at $67.82.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 42,892 shares valued at $969,213 but lost 13 cents to close at $22.60, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents to end with 50 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.90. Scotiabank traded 2,000 shares but fell 69 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $61 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL contributed 66,011 shares with a value of $1,326,933 but lost 69 cents, in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.10.
Firm Trades| ANSA McAL contributed 10,005 shares at $66.25 for a value of $662,831,TTSE 26-01-16 Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 122 units at $25, First Citizens had 17,714 shares valued at $619,990 trading to end at $35, Grace Kennedy traded 7,500 units, to close at $4.10. National Commercial Bank traded 133,554 shares changing hands for a value of $304,710 to end at $2.28, One Caribbean Media added 55,895 shares valued at $1,229,690 to close at $22, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 as 8,970 shares valued at $1,004,640 changed hands. Sagicor Financial ended with 500 shares changing hands at $6.50, Scotia Investments ended with 9,419 units changing hands at $1.58 and West Indian Tobacco traded 195 units to close at $126.30.

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