Sygnus Credit leaps into TOP10.
Sygnus Credit Investments is back in the main market TOP 10 and now sits close to the top, replacing Grace Kennedy that rose to $67 on Friday in a week when the main market closed at another record high.
strong>Sygnus jumped in, based on a switch to earnings for the new fiscal year starting in July. Junior Market Fontana and Elite Diagnostic are now in the upper half of the Junior Market TOP 10, both are now supported by 2020 earnings that are higher than for the year just ended.
Everything Fresh and Main Event eased out of the Junior Market listing. Earnings of Wisynco Group, a former TOP 10 listing, have also been switched to 2020 fiscal year earnings, but with the price having risen strongly this year, potential gains will not be sufficient to put it in the list any time soon.
Junior Market stocks continue to struggle to get investors’ attention but the market is consolidating with investors targeting a select group and is poised for a takeoff very soon with the market highly undervalued, currently.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are, Iron Rock with projected gains of 243 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers 233 percent and Elite Diagnostic with possible gains of 225 percent.
Radio Jamaica heads the main market with 170 percent potential gains followed by Sygnus Credit Investments with expected gains of 167 percent and Sterling Investments in third spot with the potential to gain 163 percent by March next year.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 15.2 and the Junior Market at 11.2. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 6.7 and the main market PE 8.9. These levels, point to a big upside for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 40 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 41 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. 
Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.
The market closed with average of 1,073,507 units valued at an average of $3,922,962 for each security traded. In contrast to 2,339,509 units for an average of $6,607,757 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 and previously, 1,635,033 units valued at $20,425,473. In contrast, May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
Portland JSX ended trading of 73,099 stock units with a gain of $1.05 to close at $8.55, Pulse Investments rose 29 cents trading 1,000 units in closing at $2.79, Sagicor Group rose $1.05 to end at a record close of $57.05, with 197,070 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 99 cents to settle at $9.99, with 81,613 stock units trading, Scotia Group gained 50 cents to settle at $57.50, trading 344,363 shares, Seprod declined $2.49 to end trading of 17,650 shares at $47.50, Supreme Ventures added $1 and closed at $28, with an exchange of 175,517 units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 45 cents to close at $15, with 219,970 units trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended the first half of the year with a rise of 7 percent for the overall market by the close on Friday that compares favourably with a 2.5 percent decline at the same time last year.
One Caribbean Media share fell 1 cent and ended at $10.10, with 40,956 units, Sagicor Financial closed 6 cents and ended at $9.95, with 12,586 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 1 cent and settled at $28.51, with 48,343 units.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped for the third consecutive day on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 1,797.60 points to 504,742.96 and the JSE Index declining 1,633.55 points to 459,667.80.
Pulse Investments lost 22 cents trading 183,378 units in closing at $2.50, Salada Foods gained $2.70 to end at $34, trading 2,870 shares, Sagicor Group rose 30 cents to close at $56, with 44,987 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to settle at $9, with 2,200 stock units trading, Scotia Group lost $1 to settle at $57, trading 189,636 shares, Seprod rose 49 cents and ended trading 155,183 shares at $49.99. Stanley Motta rose 48 cents in exchanging 4,150 shares at $5 and Supreme Ventures fell $1 and closed at $27, with an exchange of 145,418 units.
AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 14,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined by 16 cents to settle at $4.79, Caribbean Cream closed trading 28,640 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers traded 27,541 units at $4.80. Derrimon Trading ended market activity in exchanging 18,202 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 3 cents, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 4,409 units and gained 25 cents to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 18,067 shares at $3.99. Everything Fresh exchanged 188,461 units at $1.40, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 94,422 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 80 cents, Fontana closed trading of 239,209 units with a rise of 7 cents to end at $4.62. FosRich Group close with an exchange of 12,066 units at $4.70, General Accident traded 105,404 units to end at $4.10, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to end at $1.15, in trading 277,027 units, iCreate ended market activity exchanging 12,930 shares to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma traded of 8,634,384 units at $3.03, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.55, in swapping 66,702 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents trading 36,649 units to close at $4.18. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading of 177,109 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.75, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50 with 9,450 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors dipped 9 cents in trading of 28,853 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial traded 156,112 units to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 938,182 shares at $4.20, Medical Disposables traded 7,786 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading fell 45 cents in trading 5,861 units at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents and exchanged 93,187 shares at $9.60 and tTech decline 5 cents in trading of 1,100 units at $5.30.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 16 securities against 14 on Wednesday, with 7 advancing, 1 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Sagicor Financial finished trading with a gain of 1 cent to close at $10.01, after exchanging 2,796 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 2 cents to close at $28.52, trading 10,000 units.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 2,933.01 points to 506,540.56 and the JSE Index declining by 2,665.34 points to 461,301.35. 
Scotia Group lost 25 cents to settle at $58, trading 37,186 shares, Seprod jumped $2 and ended trading 54,717 shares at $49.50. Stanley Motta lost 48 cents in exchanging 18,569 shares at $4.52, Sterling Investments finished trading at $3.80, with 15,542 stock units. Supreme Ventures lost 40 cents and closed at $28, with an exchange of 112,416 units Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.75 finished trading 213,973 units at a record $15.50, and Victoria Mutual Investments shed 31 cents and ended at $4.69, trading 246,728 shares.
Indies Pharma declined 9 cents in trading of 142,783 units at $3.03, Iron Rock ended trading of 67,246 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $3.62, Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents in exchanging 1,055,936 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express declined $1 to end at $11.50 with 2,167 stock units changing hand, Lasco Distributors climbed 24 cents and exchanged 214,358 shares at $3.39, Lasco Financial closed the trading of 1,181,077 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents in trading of 85,400 units at $4.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6, swapping of 1,928, shares, Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents trading of 5,000 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 32 cents, trading 50,000 units at $9.58 and tTech declined 11 cents trading 18,203 units in closing at $5.35.
