Archives for July 2019

July’s record run for JSE

July 31, 2019 by IC Insider.com

JSE main market had 14 days of record close in July and heading much higher going forward.

Jamaica Stock Exchange’s main market ended July with the 14th record close for the month and the 38^th for 2019 and 38 percent gain for the year to date, to remain the world’s top-performing market for the past 12 months.
The market closed July with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 7,284.40 points to a record close at 575,250.19 points, the JSE Index climbed 6,619.61 points to close at another high of 523,740.10 and the JSE Financial Index advanced by 1.02 points to close at 139.38.
Market activity, resulted in 40 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 21 securities advancing, 11 declining and 8 trading firm, compared to 35 securities trading on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, Barita Investments inched higher to a record close of $95 after it rose to a high of $100, Victoria Mutual Investments ended at a record closing high of $8 and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 52 weeks’ high of $22. Trading ended with 53,548,880 units valued at $758,601,832, compared to 184,796,002 units valued $1,610,513,368 changing hands on Tuesday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 24.8 million units for 46 percent of total volume, JMMB Group 7.5% followed with 10 million shares for 19 percent of the day’s volume and Sagicor Group with 7.9 million shares for 15 percent of total main market volume.
The market closed with average of 1,447,267 units valued at an average of $20,502,752 for each security traded. In contrast to 5,774,875 units for an average of $50,328,543 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,297,718 shares valued at $17,985,644 changing hands, compared to 1,290,587 shares valued at $17,854,655 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling price and just 1 with a lower offer.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement fell $1.99 trading 161,377 units at $78, Eppley traded 7,553 after losing 50 cents to end at $16.40, Grace Kennedy lost $2 in the trading of 153,600 to close at $70, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 1,135,364 and rose $1.25 to close at $34. Jamaica Producers fell 50 cents trading 9,595 units to close at $28.50, JMMB Group gained $2 trading 107,504 shares to end at $53, Kingston Properties traded 141,647 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $6, Mayberry Investments fell 25 cents to close at $8.75 in trading 92,573 shares. Mayberry Jamaica Equities traded 3,752,372 to gain 50 cents and ended at $12.50, NCB Financial lost $2 exchanging 162,275 units to close $213, Proven Investments lost 70 cents trading 5,326 shares in closing at $35.80, Sagicor Group jumped $5 in trading 7,879,535 shares to close at a record high of $63. Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed $1.98 to end at $12.99 while trading 102,792 shares, Scotia Group dipped 25 cents to close at $56 trading 109,341 shares, Seprod jumped $5 trading 13,758 units to close at $60. Sygnus Credit Investments jumped $3.50 trading of 109,800 units to end at a record high of $22, Victoria Mutual Investments traded 2,051,094 and gained 68 cents to end at a record high of $8 and Wisynco Group traded 214,850 but fell 49 cents to close at $27.50.
Productive Business Solution 9.5% preference share traded 83,400 units and gained $1.99 to end at $107.99.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 19,171 units valued US$8,433 changing hands with, JMMB Group 6% preference share settled at $1 with 7,000 stock units trading, Proven Investments closed at 25 US cents with an exchange of 771 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 11,4000 shares at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index shed 0.16 points to close at 187.25.

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, Portland JSX, Productive Business Solution, 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

Record run continues for Junior Market

July 31, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Investors’ attention is now focused on the Junior Market with their buying interest lifted it 16 percent, from this year’s low and pushed the market to a second day close, at a record high of 3,462.54 after rising 21.62 points.
At the close, The Lab climbed to $3.50 but ended at a record close of $3.15, Jamaican Teas ended at a record close of $5.65 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed at a record high of $12.65.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, down from 36 on Tuesday, as prices of 16 securities advanced, 8 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 compared to 6,233,349 units for $30,586,927 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 479,173 units for an average of $2,057,215 in contrast to 450,840 units for an average of $1,736,594 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded, compared to 119,198 units with a value of $473,306 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers. Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging lost 8 cents in trading 89,430 shares to close at $2.27, Blue Power declined $1.20 in trading of 57,206 units to close at $13, Caribbean Cream exchanged 161 stock units and rose 29 cents higher to $5.29, Caribbean Flavours climbed 4 cents exchanging 1,778 shares at $16.10. Cargo Handlers lost 95 cents in trading of 200 units at $10, Caribbean Producers closed 1 cent higher at $4.80, with 52,587 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 52,587 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 42,456 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $2.20. Dolphin Cove ended trading with 1,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $12.05, Express Catering climbed 25 cents and exchanged 242,715 shares to close at $6.50. Everything Fresh ended trading of 44,175 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.31, Elite Diagnostic closed 5 cents higher at $5.70, with 252,600 stock units trading. Fosrich Group dipped 26 cents in trading of 32,841 units to end at $4.70, Fontana closed trading of 335,330 units and gained 25 cents to end at $8.75, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.54 with 38,657 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 69,350 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 49,450 units and gained 65 cents to end at record closing high of $5.65, Knutsford Express climbed $1.52 to settle at $12.50 with 340,610 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 5,684,628 shares to end at a record closing high of $3.15. Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents trading 513,676 shares to end at $3.33, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,941,822 units and climbed 55 cents to end at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 50,166 units to close at $4.20. Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4, in swapping 59,344 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.25 to end at a record high of $12.65, in trading 1,154 stock units and tTech ended trading of 10,410 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $6.

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, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Sedate trading on TTSE – Wednesday

July 31, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange inched higher on Wednesday, with the Composite Index rising 1.51 points to 1,398.73. The All T&T Index added 3.04 points to end at 1,780.04, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 137.72.
Market activity ended with 14 securities changing hands against 17 on Tuesday, of which, 5 advanced, 3 declined and 6 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 173,952 shares at a value of $3,902,423 compared to 298,128 shares changing hands with a value of $4,548,413, on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Republic Financial rose 13 cents to settle at $121.33, in exchanging 50 units, Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 10 cents at $10.10, with 17,077 units trading, Scotiabank climbed 75 cents and settled at $59.75, with investors exchanging 12,215 shares. Unilever Caribbean added 99 cents and settled at $25, with 1,584 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended trading of 522 shares and rose 26 cents to close at $110.25.
Losses| Clico Investments Fund shed 5 cents and settled at $24.05, after exchanging 63,700 shares, First Citizens Bank dropped 5 cents and completed trading of 6,823 shares at $39.95 and Massy Holdings declined 51 cents and settled at $54.49, with investors exchanging 6,675 shares.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.34, with investors exchanging 2,000 shares, Guardian Media settled at $10.75, with 1,752 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group completed trading of 40,484 units at $2.50, National Flour closed at $1.69, with 200 units crossing the exchange. Trinidad Cement completed trading at $2.45, with investors exchanging 100 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 20,770 units in closing at $28.30.

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

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

Carib Cement 2019 profit mixed

July 31, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Caribbean Cement revenues climbed 5.6 percent in the June quarter to $4.68 billion and 4 percent year to June, with $9.13 billion booked.
The company reported lower profit the June quarter than in 2018, due mainly to $485 million incurred as foreign currency losses and ended up with profit after tax at $368 million versus $674 million in 2018. Or the half-year profit after tax grew 48.6 percent to $15 billion. The company reported earnings per share of 43 cents versus 79 cents in the similar quarter in 2018 and $1.76 compared to $1.18 in the 2018 six months period.
Expenses excluding depreciation and finance grew 2.7 percent for the quarter to $2.94 billion and fell 21 percent for the half-year to $5.47 billion. The sharp reduction in cost results from the termination of an equipment lease agreement with the parent company and the purchase of those assets. The acquisition of the assets drove depreciation charge for the quarter to $405 million from $340 million in 2018 and $796 million from $467 million for the six months periods. Finance cost including foreign exchange losses rose to $688 million from $412 million for the quarter and $856 million versus $386 million for the half-year.
The results boosted shareholders’ equity to $7.9 billion from $6.4 billion at the end of December last year as the company wiped out accumulated losses of $994 million at the end of 2018 leaving a surplus of $493 million. Borrowing amounts to $9.8 billion while cash funds amount to $394 million and net current assets stood at negative $759 million.
The stock trades at $80 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market. IC Insider.com projects earnings for the full year to December at $5 per share that would place the PE ratio at 16, just around the markets PE of 17. With the economy doing well and increased construction activities, investors should have their eyes focused on increased future earnings.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock

New record close for JSE – Tuesday

July 30, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Barita’s stock price jumped $10.95 to close at $94.95.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Tuesday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 6,251.80 points to a record close of 567,965.79.
The JSE Index climbed 5,681.25 points to close at another high of 517,120.49 and the JSE Financial Index advanced by 2.08 points to close at 138.36.
Market activity, resulted in 35 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 9 declining and 11 trading firm, compared to 43 securities trading on Monday.
At the close of trading, Barita Investments, Victoria Mutual Investments and Sygnus Credit Investments all closed at 52 weeks’ highs. Trading ended with 184,796,002 units valued $1,610,513,368 compared to 20,389,377 units valued at $139,918,047 changing hands on Monday.
Radio Jamaica led trading with 110.8 million units for 60 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 62.8 million shares for 34 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial Group with 5.8 million shares for 3 percent of total main market volume.
The market closed with average of 5,774,875 units valued at an average of $50,328,543 for each security traded, in contrast to 522,805 units at $3,587,642 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,290,587 shares valued at $17,854,655 changing hands, compared to 1,097,715 shares valued at $16,324,221 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $10.95 to end at record close of $94.95 trading 7,397 stock units trading, Caribbean Cement rose $3.19 trading 107,206 units at $79.99 Jamaica Producers gained $1 trading 9,251 units to close at $29, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 74,749 shares to close at $30 after falling $3. JMMB Group traded 81,953 shares and lost $2 to end at $51, Kingston Wharves ended trading 1,250,637 shares and lost $1 to end at $70, NCB Financial lost $3 exchanging 128,922 units to close $215, Mayberry Investments gained 60 cents to close at $9 in trading 635,380 shares, Sagicor Group rose 90 cents trading 39,006 shares in closing at $58. Scotia Group gained $1.26 to close at $56.25, trading 40,958 shares, Seprod jumped $6.99 trading 11,905 units to close at $48.01. Supreme Ventures gained $1 trading 38,906 shares in ending at $30, Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 50,400 units and gained 50 cents to end at a record high of $18.50 and Victoria Mutual Investments traded 103,973 and gained $1.32 to end at a record high of $7.32.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 752,097 units valued $188,176 changing hands with, JMMB Group 6% preference share settled at $1 with 149 stock units trading, Proven Investments fell 1 cent and settled at 25 US cents with an exchange of 751,687 shares. The JSE USD Equities Index shed 2.85 points to close at 187.41.

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

3 days listing triples the Lab’s value

July 30, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Investors in the advertising agents, Limners and Bards (the Lab) saw their investment tripling, with just three days of listing on the Junior Market, helping to push the market index to a record closing high.
The Lab that went to the market at an IPO price of $1, climbed to $3 at the close of trading on Tuesday since listing on Friday.
The stock is one of 36 securities changing hands on Tuesday, just outpacing the 34 that traded on Monday, as prices of 20 securities advanced, 10 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index surged 56.51 points to close at record closing high of 3,440.92, surpassing the 3,436.31 points reached on September 20 last year and is now up 6 percent for the year, after falling as high as 9.6 percent
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 compared to 6,233,349 units for $30,586,927 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 450,840 units for an average of $1,736,594 in contrast to 183,334 units for an average of $899,616 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 119,198 units with a value of $473,306 for each security traded, compared to 100,126 units with a value of $397,886 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging climbed 25 cents in exchanging 211,701 shares at $2.35, Blue Power closed with a loss of 20 cents at $14.20, in swapping of 97,552 shares, CAC2000 closed 95 cents higher at $15.90, with 300 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream climbed 7 cents and exchanged 10,200 shares at $5, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 1 cent at 16.06 with 222 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed 9 cents higher at $2.09, with 82,817 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove lost 5 cents in trading of 23,890 units to close at $12. Derrimon Trading declined 10 cents in trading of 29,570 units to end at $2.60, Express Catering declined 5 cents in trading of 126,784 units at $6.25, Everything Fresh shed 10 cents in trading of 68,688 units at $1.20, Elite Diagnostic closed trading of 47,406 units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.65. Fosrich Group ended trading with 68,472 shares, after rising 26 cents to end at $4.96, Fontana ended trading with 1,382,871 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $8.50. General Accident traded 77,987 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.55, GWest Corporation gained 1 to end at $1.55, trading 4,000 shares, Honey Bun climbed 5 cents in exchanging 27,032 shares at $5.35, Indies Pharma closed 14 cents higher at $3.20, with 112,635 stock units trading. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 941,400 units and gained 25 cents to end at $5, Jetcon Corporation fell 25 cents in trading of 33,752 units at $1.70, Knutsford Express lost 2 cents in trading of 12,000 units at $10.98, Lasco Financial ended trading with 1,427,673 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.60. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,549 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $4.35, Limners and Bards closed 85 cents higher at $3, with 9,233,651 stock units trading, Medical Disposables ended trading of 11,800 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7.50, Main Event lost 35 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $7. Paramount Trading closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.40, Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 7,046 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.10. Stationery and Office Supplies declined 80 cents to settle at $11.40 after trading 5,000 shares, Sweet River ended trading with 4,000 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $2.75, tTech ended trading of 19,690 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $5.90.

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 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, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Sharp pullback of TTSE – Tuesday

July 30, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange gave back all the gains recorded on Monday when trading closed Tuesday, without a stock rising.
The market closed with a big decline in the Composite Index of 19.16 points to 1,397.22, while the All T&T Index lost 2.76 points to 1,777, while the Cross Listed Index dropped 4.92 points to close at 137.73.
Market activity ended with 17 securities changing hands against 15 on Monday, of which, 4 declined and 13 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 298,128 shares changing hands with a value of $4,548,413 compared to 317,614 shares trading for $3,871,570, on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Losses| Guardian Media dropped 25 cents, ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.75, with 100 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial fell 74 cents and settled at $10.01, with 15,000 stock units changing hands. Scotiabank closed with a loss of 75 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $59 and 1,140 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean closed 97 cents down at $24.01 trading 4,877 stock units.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal completed trading at $55.21, with 26 units, Clico Investments Fund closed at $24.10, with 2,020 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank settled at $40, with a mere 6 shares trading, Grace Kennedy concluded trading at $3.35, with 325 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, with investors exchanging 49,780 shares. JMMB Group settled at $2.50, with an exchange of 16,105 units, Massy Holdings closed at $55, trading 4,503 stock units, National Flour ended at $1.69, with 24,519 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings settled at $9, after exchanging 2,809 shares. Republic Financial closed at $121.20, in trading 8,366 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $10, after exchanging 162,050 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 5,546 units to close at $28.30 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 956 shares for 21 cents lower to $109.99.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

Sagicor Group Q2 profit up 40%

July 30, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Sagicor Group & PanJam hit new closing highs.

Sagicor Group is reporting profit attrib8uutabel to shareholders for the June quarter of $3.69 billion up from $2.70 billion in the first quarter this year and 40 percent higher than the $2.64 billion in the 2018 second quarter.
For the six months to June net profit of $6.39 billion attributable to stockholders rose 21 percent over the similar period in 2018. Earnings per share come out at $1.64 per share for the half-year and 95 cents for the quarter.
According to the report accompanying the results, “the current year-to-date results benefited mainly from overall good new business and portfolio growth which were both better than the prior year. The 2018 numbers included large impairment charges on Government of Barbados and other bonds. There were other factors that influenced the outcome for the period, these include, The fluctuating rate of the Jamaican dollar to the US dollar which reached a decline of 5.5 percent in April compared to the rate at December 2018 and by June bounced back to a 2.9 percent decline. The Group picked-up both realized trading gains and unrealized revaluation gains for higher US dollar positions. Appreciation of the Jamaica Stock Exchange main index which grew by 23 percent during the six months period. The Group picked-up good trading gains and increased bond prices on USA stock markets.”
Sagicor Bank enjoyed an excellent period contributing net profits of $1.04 billion for the current period, versus $772 million recorded in 2018, from revenues of $6.36 billion, 18 percent more than the prior year.
The stock traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday at $58.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Sagicor Bank, Sagicor Group

Record high for junior Market

July 30, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange has gained 58 points to reach a record high of 3,442.41, after just over two hours of trading and is now above the record closing high reached on September 20, 2018, of 3,436.31.
The Lab traded at $3 to record a 200 percent gain since the IPO and the listing on Friday. There are currently 2.6 million units on the bid at $3 as investors bought 2.4 million so far.
Main Market stocks are also up, with the two main indices of the main market posting strong gains. The JSE Main Index rose 4,010.36 to 515,449.60 and the All Jamaican Composite Index added 4,413.11 points to trade at 566,127.10.

Filed Under: Breaking News, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market

AJ index pulls back from record close – Monday

July 29, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index pulled back from Friday’s record close on Monday, with the index dropping 4,083.65 points to close at 561,713.99.
The JSE Index declined by 3,710.97 points to end at 511,439.24 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.97 points to close at 136.28.
Market activity, resulted in 43 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 16 declining and 12 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Friday.
At the close of trading, Barita Investments, Victoria Mutual Investments and Sygnus Credit Investments all closed at 52 weeks’ highs. Trading ended with 20,389,377 units valued at over $139,918,047 compared to 35,718,490 units valued at $1,655,204,831 changing hands on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 16.4 million units for 81 percent of total volume, Radio Jamaica followed with 1 million shares for 5 percent of the day’s volume and JMMB Group with 608,003 shares for 3 percent of total main market volume.
The market closed with an average of 522,805 units valued at an average of $3,587,642 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,020,528 units for an average of $47,291,567 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,097,715 shares valued at $16,324,221 changing hands, compared to 1,129, 518 shares valued at $16,213,671 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained $1 to end at record close of $84 trading 10,616 stock units trading, Berger Paints gained 76 cents after trading 4,435 to end at $18.71, Caribbean Cement lost $2.29 trading 42,274 units at $76.81, Grace Kennedy closed trading of 7,358 units with a gain of $1 to close at $72. Jamaica Broilers rose 75 cents trading 30,946 units to close at $32.75, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 228,445 shares to close at $33 after falling $1.95, Kingston Wharves ended trading of 1,708 shares and gained 99 cents to end at $71. NCB Financial lost $1 in exchanging 134,633 units to close $218, 138 Student Living gained 50 cents to close at $4 in trading 700 shares, Proven Investments lost $3.50 trading in the main market with 9,200 units swapped to close at $36.50, Sagicor Group lost 60 cents trading 9,704 shares in closing at $57.10. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed trading of 2,118 units and lost 30 cents to end at $11.20, Salada Foods traded 1,229 shares after falling by $2 to $36, Seprod lost 39 cents trading 11,905 units to close at $48.01. Supreme Ventures gained $1 trading 133,871 in ending at $29, Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 37,904 units and gained $1,10 to end at a record high of $18 and Victoria Mutual Investments traded 112,760 and gained 90 cents to end at $6.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 48,792 units valued $43,404 changing hands with JMMB Group 5.75% preference share closed at US$2 with 9,342 shares traded, JMMB Group 6% preference share settled with a loss of 4 cents at $1 with an exchange of 19,400 stock units, Productive Business Solution completed trading at 60 US cents after trading 300 shares and Proven Investments rose 2 cents and settled at 26 US cents with an exchange of 19,750 shares. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 6.46 points to close at 190.26.