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Junior Market jumps on higher volume

June 25, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market stock market trading.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with more stocks falling with than rising as volume traded rose from Monday’s level.
At the close of trading 29 securities changed hands, similar to Monday and ending with the prices of 9 rising, 12 falling and 8 remaining unchanged.
The market Index jumped 57 points to close at 3,147.61 as 1,838,031 units valued $6,450,946 changed hands, compared to 1,283,687 units valued at $4,603,678 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 63,380 units for an average of $222,446 in contrast to 44,265 units for an average of $158,748 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 158,863 for an average of $666,815, previously, 164,896 for an average of $694,891. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed trading of 43,200 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2, Blue Power ended trading with 1,000 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $4.75, Cargo Handlers rise $1.30 in trading 200 shares at $10.50, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,662 units at $5.27. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 58,622 units and gained 14 cents to end at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries lost 23 cents trading 77,148 units to close at $1.77. Derrimon Trading at $2.59 with 57,558 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove traded 5,100 shares to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 141 shares and declined by 3 cents to settle at $3.97, Everything Fresh exchanged 100,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering declined by 40 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 37,840 units. FosRich Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, in the swapping of 6,208 shares, Fontana closed 11 cents higher at $4.51, with 171,655 stock units changing hands after the price hit an intraday all-time high of $4.96, GWest Corporation closed with 102,148 units changing hands at $1.02. General Accident lost 3 cents in trading of 17,684 units at $4.07. Honey Bun closed at $6.50 after hitting a new all-time high of $7.33 in trading 34,500 shares after dropping 50 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at to close at 79 cents with 201,050 stock units changing hand, Indies Pharma traded 79,119 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents in trading of 35,443 units to close at $4.35. Jetcon Corporation lost 2 cents in trading of 23,100 units at $1.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 14,883 shares at $12.50, Lasco Distributors shed 24 cents in trading of 339,755 units at 52 weeks’ low of $3.15, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents in trading of 166,950 units to close at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing hit a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 but lost altitude by the close to finish trading 112,917 shares at $4.30, Main Event settled at $6.90 after 126,857 shares were traded, Medical Disposables climbed 30 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7. Paramount Trading closed 42 cents higher at $2.45, with 5,800 stock units trading and Stationery and Office closed trading of 500 units and gained 30 cents to end at $9.90. In the junior market preference segment, CAC2000 preference share closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1, after swapping of 12,991 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Record run halted for JSE majors

June 25, 2019 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial hits new high of $208 on Tuesday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange record breaking run, stalled out at the close of trading on Tuesday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index diving 2,940.46 points to 509,473.57 and the JSE Index dropping 2,672.11 points to 463,966.69.
At the end market activity on the main and US dollar markets, the prices of 19 securities advanced, 10 declined and 9 traded firm, as a total of 38 securities traded, compared to 34 on Monday.
Eppley ordinary share traded at a new high of $20, the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $28.50, after it traded as high as $30.10, Victoria Mutual Investments closed at a new high of $5 and Sygnus Credit Investments USD shares closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 12 US cents. NCB Financial Group hit an intraday record high of $208 but pulled back by the close to $190 and Sagicor Group traded at an intraday high of $55.90 but closed at $52.
Market activity ended with 76,708,401 units valued $390,249,935, in contrast to 43,150,805 units at $221,184,702 changing hands, on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 73 million units or 95 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial Group with just 1.38 million shares changing hands, equating to 19 percent of total trades, followed by Supreme Ventures with 360,750 stock units for 0.5 percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 1,273,639 units for an average of $3,415,383 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,348,463 units valued at an average of $6,912,022 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,615,561 shares, with a value of $22,192,801, compared to 1,593,766 shares, with a value of $23,947,275 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement gained $1.99 in trading 17,953 units at $79.99, Eppley ended trading with 950 shares and jumped $1.20 to close at a record $20, Grace Kennedy jumped $2.50 to $63 while trading 12,636 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded 16,410 units and rose $1.25 to $33, Jamaica Producers jumped $2.99 and closed at $29.99, trading 47,519 shares Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1 to end at a record high of $28.50, with 110,488 shares trading. JMMB Group rose 75 cents in trading 134,362 shares to end at $38.75, Kingston Wharves declined by 75 cents to settle at $67.30, with 10,401 units, NCB Financial Group dived $12 to close at record $190, with an exchange of 1,377,021 stock units. PanJam Investment gained 90 cents to finish at $96.90, trading 45,117 shares, Portland JSX lost 50 cents and ended trading 9,000 stock units at $8, Sagicor Group added 97cents to finish at $52 with 128,496 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 40 cents to close at $9.60 while trading 13,006 units. Salada Foods rose 30 cents to $31.30, with an exchange of 2,081 shares, Seprod rose 45 cents and ended trading 30,776 shares at $47.50, Sterling Investments gained 30 cents to finish trading 1,180 shares at $3.90 and Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 30 cents to a record $5, with 17,400 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 619,380 units valued at US$137,706 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville trading 1,031 shares at 25 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 530,329 shares to close at 24 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD shares closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 12 US cents after rising 1.5 cents and trading 88,020 shares. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.22 points to close at 184.56.

Filed Under: Feature Stories Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

Gains for TTSE but just 2 stocks rose

June 25, 2019 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial jumps to record close of $10 on TTSE on Tuesday.

The Composite Index jumped 21.78 points to 1,399.08 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday, but the All T&T Index gained just 1.85 points to 1,801.11 and the Cross Listed Index rose 5.77 points or 5.8 percent to 134.84.
At close of the market, 2 stocks rose, 7 declined and 10 remained unchanged as market activity ended with 19 securities trading versus 17 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 314,621 shares valued $10,360,630 changing hands, compared to 275,194 shares valued $3,638,165 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stock with a higher bid than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks ending with gains| Guardian Holdings increased 25 cents and settled at $18.50, with 36,126 units changing hands and NCB Financial Group rose 85 cents and ended at record $10, with 1,000 stock units trading.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 5 cents and completed trading at $24.30, with investors exchanging 6,240 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 6 cents and settled at $8.31, with 4,985 units trading. Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent to end at $55, after swapping 1,250 shares, National Flour shed 1 cent to $1.69, with an exchange of 18,405 units. One Caribbean Media dropped 3 cents and completed trading exchanging 90 shares at $10.17, Scotiabank declined 10 cents and settled at $62.40, with 1,866 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 20 cents to close at $28.55, with 17,552 units crossing the exchange.
Stocks closing firm| Ansa Mcal completed trading of 137,296 stock units at $55.18, Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15, with 40 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens closed at $39.80, with an exchange of 7,167 units, JMMB Group ended at $2.03, trading 37,000 units. National Enterprises settled at $6.66, with 885 stock units trading, Republic Financial Holdings exchanging 1,345 shares, to end at $121, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $10, with 35,799 stock units changing hands. Trinidad Cement ended at $2.50, with investors exchanging 500 shares, Unilever Caribbean closed at $25, after exchanging 5,566 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $110.25, in the swapping of 1,509 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

8th record close for JSE main market – Monday

June 24, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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NCB Financial jumps to a record $202 on Monday, spiking the JSE to a new record close.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed to the 8th record close for June, on Monday, with financial stocks paying the way and the 24^th time for the year to date, as investors’ bullish view of the market continues to play out.
The market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surging 5,381.54 points to a record close of 512,414.03 and the JSE Index climbing 4,890.41 points to a new closing high of 466,638.80.
At the end market activity on the main and US dollar markets, the prices of 11 securities advanced, 15 declined and 8 traded firm, as a total of 34 securities traded, compared to 41 on Friday.
Eppley ordinary share traded at a new high of $18.80, the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $27.50, as trading levels surged sharply in June with more than $12 billion trading in the main market alone for the month to date, suggesting strong increase profit in the company’s second quarter and NCB Financial Group closed at a record $202.
Market activity ended with 43,150,805 units at $221,184,702, in contrast to 69,103,355 units at $2,988,675,102 changing hands, on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 40 million units or 93 percent of total main market volume, Victoria Mutual Investments with just 794,000 shares changing hands, equating to 19 percent of total trades, followed by NCB Financial Group with 591,773 stock units for 1.4 percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 1,348,463 units valued at an average of $6,912,022 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,094,041 units for an average of $90,565,912 for each security traded on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,579,873 shares, with a value of $22,920,669, compared to 1,593,766 shares, with a value of $23,947,275 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none closing with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments fell 30 cents to close at $44.20, with 12,605 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement lost $1 in trading 15,341 units at $78, Eppley ended trading with 6,240 shares and jumped $2.60 to close at a record $18.80, Grace Kennedy fell $4.50 to $60.50 while trading 34,803 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded 1,400 units and fell 25 cents to $31.75, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $2.49 to end at a record high of $27.50, with 52,475 shares trading. JMMB Group lost $1 trading 42,409 shares to end at $38, Mayberry Investments traded 12,580 shares and lost 50 cents at $8.50, NCB Financial Group jumped $3.01 to close at record $202, with an exchange of 591,773 stock units. PanJam Investment gained $1 and finished at $96, trading 12,691 shares, Sagicor Group shed 96 cents to finish at $51.03 with 535,084 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 25 cents to close at $10 while trading 1,908 units. Scotia Group fell $1.48 to $58.02, with an exchange of 244,090 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 29 cents to close at $13.80 with an exchange of 35,420 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 60 cents to $4.70, with 794,000 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 147,085 units valued at US$37,954 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 144,361 shares to close at 24 US cents and JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 4 cents and ended trading of 2,724 units at US$1.04. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 4.19 points to close at 184.78.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

Junior Market starts week down

June 24, 2019 by IC Insider.com

GWest shares traded at a new low on monday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with more stocks closing with unchanged prices than those rising or falling as volume traded dropped from Friday’s level.
At the close of trading 29 securities changed hands, versus 26 on Friday with the prices of 9 rising, 12 falling and 8 remaining unchanged.
The market Index fell 21.23 points to close at 3,090.61 as 1,283,687 units valued at $4,603,678 changed hands, compared to 4,781,877 units valued at $19,202,368 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 44,265 units for an average of $158,748 in contrast to 183,918 units for an average of $738,553 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 164,896 for an average of $694,891, previously, 173,031 for an average of $731,049. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Finance closed with 1,150 shares trading at $43.50, AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 29,683 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined 5 cents trading of 6,818 units at $4.45, CAC2000 closed trading of 500 shares at $14, Cargo Handlers traded 1,000 shares, to end at $9.20. Caribbean Cream dipped 13 cents in trading of 19,730 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers climbed 1 cent and exchanged 8,628 shares at $4.76, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 2.59 with 3,510 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove finished trading 100 shares after rising $1.10 to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 67,800 shares, to end at $4, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents trading 114,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering climbed 13 cents in exchanging 14,736 shares at $7.15. Fontana lost 15 cents in trading 152,895 units at $4.40, FosRich Group closed trading with 20,675 units to end at $5, General Accident fell 5 cents in exchanging 117,860 units at $4.10, GWest Corporation fell 13 cents with 109,218 units changing hands at an all-time low of $1.02, Honey Bun exchanged 10,000 shares at $7. iCreate exchanged 100,200 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at 80 cents, Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 13 cents at $3.07, with an exchange of 173,410 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to conclude trading of 9,540 shares at $4.70. Jetcon Corporation shed 3 cents in trading of 4,795 units at $1.87, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 207 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express fell $1.50 in concluding trading of 74,906 at $12.50, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 74,906 units at $3.39. Lasco Financial declined 15 cents to settle at $4.65 and trading 42,255 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 10 cents in closing trading at $4.30 with an exchange of 126,983 shares, Main Event settled $1 higher at $6.90 after 25,856 shares were traded. Medical Disposables lost 30 cents in trading of 1,500 units at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 39,420 shares changing hands at $9.60.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Sedate TTSE trading on Monday

June 24, 2019 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial hits new high on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on monday.

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed with mix performance in market indices on Monday as 4 stocks rose and 7 declined.
Seven stocks remained unchanged as market activity ended with 17 securities trading versus 16 securities trading on Friday leading to 275,194 shares valued $3,638,165 changing hands, compared to 158,996 shares valued $3,056,868 on Friday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 2.99 points on Monday to 1,377.30. The All T&T Index declined 3.40 points to 1,799.26, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.30 points to close at 129.07.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stock with a higher bid than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| First Citizens closed with an increase of 5 cents at $39.80, with 447 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings finished trading 30,323 stock units with a rise of 1 cent to end at $55.01. NCB Financial Group rose 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.15, in swapping 55,053 shares and Sagicor Financial concluded trading 8,400 shares in gaining 20 cents to close at $10.
Stocks closing with losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund dropped 30 cents and ended at $15, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 5 cents and settled at $18.25, after exchanging 10,213 units, JMMB Group ended trading 136,550 shares after falling 2 cents in ending at $2.03. Republic Financial Holdings shares fell 12 cents and ended at $121 with investors exchanging 474 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 25 cents at $28.75, with 3,500 stock units trading, Unilever Caribbean closed 30 cents lower in trading 266 units at $25 and West Indian Tobacco shed 2 cents to settle at $110.25, with 3,606 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments completed trading at $24.35, in swapping 9,865 shares, CinemaOne traded 100 shares at $9.95, National Flour closed at $1.70, with 4,306 stock units trading, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.20, with 500 stock units trading, Point Lisas settled at $3.62, after exchanging 10,000 shares and Scotiabank settled at $62.50, after exchanging 591 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Calypso Macro Index Fund, Cinemaone, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

Wigton Windfarm heading for 90c

June 24, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Wigton Windfarm is slowly moving higher and seems poised to hit 90 cents this week but the real big news is that last week’s performance was a whopper, with a number of last weeks’ Watch List scoring big.
On Friday alone, NCB Financial Group gained a whopping $18.99 to close at $198.99 and Scotia Group gained $4, to close at $59.50. For the week, NCB gained $25 and Scotia $7.25. Sagicor Group came in for some of the increased buying interest, with the planned takeover of the majority of shares in Advantage General Insurance from the NCB Group with the price jumping $3.99 in the week.
Sagicor ETF Fund is now officially seeking fresh capital, some of the big financial stocks could get a further lift as the fund is based on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Financial Market Index.
The gains for the IC Watch list do not end there, on a week that saw the main market All Jamaica Index rocket up 26,698.47 points and the Junior Market falling 16.6 points.

National Commercial Bank pays very low savings rates

Wisynco Group is trading around a PE of 20, based on estimated June 2019 year-end figures. The stock has come in for some selling last week and may trade under $20 for a while. It has the potential to go much higher with more than $1.50 earnings per share expected for the new-year, starting in July.
Barita Investments continues to enjoy strong buying interest as the price firms up around the $45 level and could yet move higher in coming days or weeks. Investors should note that Barita is set to benefit from the upsurge in stock prices since the end of the last quarter, directly as they own listed shares, from increased fee income as a broker with rising trading volumes and from increased fees at the equity linked Unit Trust with increased asset value. As indicated last week, Eppley seems to have demand that should push the price higher during the week as the company is getting set to launch the IPO for the Eppley Property Fund. The stock hit new highs during the week and is worth watching this week. Sygnus Credit Investments did not do much but demand was good for the stock during the past week. Sygnus is a component of the JSE Financial Index, will be one that the Sagicor Fund would mostly add to their holdings. Supplies of Grace Kennedy and Jamaica Producers stocks are very low, but buyers are not aggressive currently.
In the Junior Market, CAC 2000 should be heading for gains with the April quarter profit showing marked improvement over the previous quarter. Elite Diagnostic traded at $4 during the past week and continues to find buying interest around this price.

The new Waterloo Road branch under construction.

Lasco Financial dropped to $4.80 last week, and has just over 1 million units on offer at the last sale price of $4.80 and should move back up once this block is taken out. Lasco Manufacturing has the potential to move higher in the coming weeks. Fontana supply is falling with just a few offers posted at the close on Friday. Honey Bun, Main Event Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading all have potential to rise in the coming weeks. Demand for Stationery and Office is not aggressive currently, but the supply is very short, suggesting it is only a matter of time before the price moves much higher.

Filed Under: Stock Market, Stocks to watch Tagged With: Barita Investments, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Financial Market Index, Jamaica Stock Exchange, junior market, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Scotia Group, Stationery and Office, Sygnus Credit Investments, Wisynco Group

Several changes to IC TOP 10

June 23, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Scotai Dropped out of TOP 10 with a big prioce surge.

The main market indices jumped 5.6 percent this past week as big gains in NCB Financial Group, Sagicor Group and Scotia Group pushed the market strongly on Thursday and Friday to close at new record high.
Junior Market stocks on the other hand continued to struggle to get investors’ attention, slipping a few points from the previous week’s close. The market is consolidating and is poised for a takeoff very soon with the market highly undervalued currently.
The market movement for the week resulted in five changes to the top 10 lists. The main market lost Caribbean Cement, Sagicor Group and Scotia Group that enjoyed price gains. Entering the main market TOP 10 list are Carreras, Jamaica Broilers and Pulse Investments. The Junior Market bid good-bye to CAC200 and Jamaican Teas and welcomed back Lasco Financial and Everything Fresh.
Price changes this past week, did little change to projected gains for most of the leading stocks compared the prior week. The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are, Iron Rock with projected gains of 243 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers 237 percent and AMG Packaging with possible gains of 202 percent.
Sterling Investments with 178 percent leads main market stocks followed Radio Jamaica with potential gains of 173 percent and Victoria Mutual Investments in third spot with the potential to gain 144 percent by March next year.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE remaining at 15.2 but the Junior Market inched higher to 11.2. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 7.4 and the main market PE 9.1. 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 34 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 40 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.

Filed Under: Buy Rated Tagged With: Berger Paints, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, General Accident, Grace Kennedy, Jamaican Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, junior market, Lasco Financial, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Scotia Group, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Stocks to Watch, TOP 10 stocks, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments

NCB Financial jumps $19 to record close – Friday

June 21, 2019 by IC Insider.com

NCB shareholders enjoying boom time with the stock trading at $200 on Friday to be up 33% in 2019.

NCB Financial Group closed trading at a record $198.99 for a stunning gain of $18.99 as 12.8 million shares traded. Scotia Group also joined in the euphoria by rising $4 to close at $59.60.
The big gains in the two leading financial market stocks sent the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index up a stunning 13,935.32 points to a record closing high of 507,044.4 within minutes of the close, while the JSE Index jumped 12,663.55 points to a new high of 461,759.26 during Friday’s trading session.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 13,923.36 points to a record close of 507,032.49 and the JSE Index jumped 12,652.68 points to a new closing high of 461,748.39.
At the end market activity on the main market the prices of 11 securities advanced, 9 declined and 13 traded firm, as a total of 41 securities traded, compared to 35 on Thursday. No trades took place in the US dollar market.
Eppley ordinary share traded at a new high of $16.50 but closed lower at the end of the day at a new closing high of $16.20 and the Jamaica Stock Exchange shares ended at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $25.01.
Market activity ended with 69,103,355 units at $2,988,675,102, in contrast to 100,042,177 units with a value of $2,008,625,701 changing hands, on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 42.68 million units or 62 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial Group with just over 13 million shares changing hands, equating to 19 percent of total trades, followed by JMMB Group with 10 million stock units for 15 percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 2,094,041 units valued at an average of $90,565,912 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,565,184 units valued at $51,503,223 for each security traded on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,593,766 shares, with a value of $23,947,275, compared to 1,560,748 shares, with a value of $19,229,647 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents in trading 75,874 units at $79, Grace Kennedy rose $1 to $65 while trading 4,943 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 14,164 units and gained $1 to end at $32, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 80 cents to end at a record high of $25.01, with 11,962 shares trading. JMMB Group rose $1.50 trading 10,146,390 shares to end at $39, NCB Financial Group jumped by a huge $18.99 to close at $198.99, with an exchange of 12,978,156 stock units. The big price move followed the announcement that the group sold their shares in Advantage General Insurance for almost US$51 million. PanJam Investment lost $1 and finished at $95, trading 96,263 shares, Sagicor Group gained 99 cents to finish at $51.99 with 536,546 shares crossing the exchange, Scotia Group rose jumped $4 to $59.50, with an exchange of 114,279 shares. Sterling Investments declined 30 cents and finished at $3.60, with the trading of 5,482 units.

Most Junior Market stocks traded firm

June 21, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market is caught up in a triagle formation that is constraining a break out for the time being.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with more stocks closing with unchanged prices than those rising or falling as volume traded dropped from Thursday’s level.
At the close of trading 26 securities changed hands, down from 34 on Thursday with the prices of 7 rising, 5 falling and 14 remaining unchanged. The market is caught up in a trianglular formation that is constraining a break out for the time being. The chart shows that a break out to the upside is not far off.
The market Index fell 18.14 points to close at 3,111.84 as 4,781,877 units valued at $19,202,368 changed hands, compared to 8,504,010 units valued at $31,076,711 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 183,918 units for an average of $738,553 in contrast to 250,118 units for an average of $914,021 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 173,031 for an average of $731,049, previously, 195,632 at $730,567. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging fell 1 cent to $1.99 with 57,720 stock units changing hands, Blue Power traded 22,699 shares at $4.50, Caribbean Flavours exchanged 27,000 shares at $14.30, Cargo Handlers traded 1,000 shares, to end at $9.20. Caribbean Producers exchanged 89,956 units at $4.75, Derrimon Trading closed at $2.60 in trading 5,500 shares, Dolphin Cove closed with a loss of $1.10 at $10.65, in swapping 114,500, shares, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 27,000 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4. Everything Fresh exchanged 208,000 units to close at $1.47, Express Catering closed 2 cents higher at $7.02, with 13,823 stock units changing hands, Fontana rose 15 cents to close at $4.55, with 211,107 stock units trading, FosRich Group closed trading with 144,278 units and gained 15 cents to end at $5. General Accident exchanged 34,633 shares at $4.15. GWest Corporation traded 38,980 shares to end at $1.15, iCreate fell 9 cents in trading 577,519 units to close at 71 cents, Jamaican Teas finished trading 16,033 shares with a rise of 20 to $4.55, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, in swapping 533 shares. Key Insurance ended trading with 7,000 shares, after rising 25 cents to $3.60, Knutsford Express exchanged 13,588 shares at $11, Lasco Distributors closed 9 cents higher at $3.69, with 185,348 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial declined 60 cents to $4.80 in trading of 1,098,116 units and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,801,604 shares, and rose 10 cents to end at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 45,260 units at $7, SSL Venture Capital ended market activity with 25,000 shares trading at $1.61 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 3,408 shares changing hands at $9.60.