Investors plunked down $6 billion in more than twenty-one thousand five applications, to buy the 5 billion shares recently offered by Sagicor Select Funds in an initial Public Offer, information reaching IC Insider.com confirmed.
The heavy subscription by retail investors strained the resources of Sagicor Investments in coming with the allocation within six business days specified by the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
In a release on the delay in the allocation, the broker for the issue advised that Sagicor Financial Select Fund are unable to submit the details and basis of allotment pursuant to its IPO that closed its subscription list on Tuesday, July 16th within the prescribed time. “The reason for the abovementioned delay is the unexpectedly high volume of applications received in the IPO which we estimate, as at the date of this letter, to be approximately twenty thousand.”
The broker advised that they continue to process applications and expects to be in a position to submit the details and basis of allotment by July 30, with refunds to applicants to be done by August 2.
At the same time investors in Limners and Bards share issue that closed on the same day of opening, last week had their account at the JCSD credited on Thursday, with the shares allocated to them.
Archives for July 2019
AJI at record close of 561,755 – Thursday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Thursday, the 35th record close for the year, as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 7,402.24 points to close at 561,755.34.
The JSE Index jumped 6,726.38 points to close at 511,476.82 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.43 points in closing at 135.37.
Market activity, resulted in 38 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 18 securities advancing, 11 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 36 securities trading on Wednesday. Trading ended with 25,023,082 units valued at $337,036,565 compared to 22,775,778 units valued at $1,289,797,014 changing hands on Wednesday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 18.64 million shares for 75 percent of total main market volume, Scotia Group followed with 2 million units for 8 percent of total volume and Wisynco Group with 642,312 shares for 2.6 percent of the day’s volume. NCB Financial traded at a record of $228.99 during the day with 634,727 units changing hands to close $220.
The market closed with an average of 695,086 units at $9,362,127 for each security traded, in contrast to 690,175 units for an average of $39,084,758 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,135,212 shares valued at $14,514,099 changing hands, compared to 1,160,203 shares valued at $14,821,170 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 one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained $6.40 to end at $82.40 trading 17,858 stock units trading, Berger Paints declined 76 cents in trading of 2,274 units at $ 17.95, Eppley closed trading of 7,231 units and gained 50 cents to end at $17, Jamaica Producers fell 50 cents in trading of 5,743 units at $28. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 259,481 shares to close at $35.01, after falling $4.49, Kingston Properties ended trading with 13,100 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $5.75, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 50 cents in exchanging 8,932 shares to close at $12.50. 
Portland JSX climbed 40 cents in exchanging 3,940 shares at $8, at $ 8, Proven Investments jumped $3.90 to $40, in trading 1,000 shares, Salada Foods climbed $5 to settle at $38 with 1,437 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Fund closed trading of 33,134 units and gained 38 cents to end at $11. Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 59,223 units and gained 50 cents to end at record high of $16.50, Seprod lost 50 cents in trading 19,570 units to close at $49, Scotia Group declined 25 cents in trading of 2,028,890 units at $55.50 and Wisynco Group gained $2 to end at record closing high of $28, trading 642,312 shares after it traded at a record high of $29.88..
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 5,610 units valued $10,826 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 5,200 units at $2. followed by JMMB Group 6% preference share exchanged 410 units at $1.04.
The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 187.01 points.
Big push higher for Junior Market
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index surged 85.66 points to end at 3,318.09 on Thursday, the highest close for the year, and the highest point since the latter part of October last year.
Since the close of trading last week Thursday, the Junior Market gained 234.26 and is now 2.2 percent up, for the year. The PE ratio is just 11 times 2019 estimated earnings well off from the more than 15 for the main market.
By the close of trading, Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ high of $13.50 and so did Elite Diagnostic that closed trading at $6 and Stationery and Office Supplies trading at a record $12.
The market closed with 34 securities changing hands, compared to 27 on Wednesday, resulting in the prices of 21 rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Wednesday’s levels with an exchange of 2,463,608 units valued at $13,106,397, compared to 2,728,440 units valued at $14,270,901, on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 72,459 units for an average of $385,482 in contrast to 101,053 units for an average of $528,552 on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 for each security traded, compared to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 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 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial close with a loss of $1.45 at $46.50, in trading 1,150 shares, AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.30, trading 55,604 stock units, Blue Power climbed $13.50 to settle at a record $13.50 with 26,020 shares changing hands, CAC2000 climbed 10 cents and exchanged 770 shares at $15.10. Caribbean Cream fell 5 cents in trading of 29,765 units at $5, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1 to settle at $14, with 63,144 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 95 cents and exchanged 5,000 shares at $10.95, Caribbean Producers gained 1 to end at $4.80, trading 73,759 shares, Derrimon Trading climbed 9 cents and exchanged 15,700 shares at $2.65. Express Catering closed trading of 48,368 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.35, Everything Fresh ended trading with 87,428 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $1.50, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 117,172 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at a record closing high of $6, Fosrich Group climbed 6 cents, exchanging 69,189 shares at $4.75. Fontana lost 65 cents in trading of 655,120 units at $8.20, 
General Accident dipped 6 cents in trading of 239,128 units at $4.29. GWest Corporation staged a big recovery since falling to a low a recent low of 70 cents to end trading at $1.55 after rising 30 cents in exchanging 6,300 units. Honey Bun closed trading of 15,307 units and gained 10 cents to end at $6.15. iCreate closed trading of 133,826 units after rising 3 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma closed 3 cents higher at $3.06, trading 111,287 stock units. Jamaican Teas climbed 64 cents, in exchanging 52,365 shares at $4.93, after the company posted increased profits for the nine months to June, with earnings of 32 cents per share versus 20 cents in 2018. Jetcon Corporation climbed 25 cents and exchanged 2,500 shares at $1.85, Key Insurance decline 20 cents trading 13,580 units at $3.70, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents in trading of 98,192 units at $3, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to land at $4.59, trading 134,995 shares. Medical Disposables declined 31 cents to $6.69, in exchanging 15,000 shares, Main Event closed 50 cents higher at $8, with 25,422 stock units trading. Paramount Trading lost 9 cents in trading 43,306 shares to close at 1.78 cents, Ironrock Insurance ended trading with 40,924 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $3.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $2 to end at a record close of $12 with 4,200 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading picks up on TTSE – Thursday
Trading activity rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with 1,052,606 shares trading for $6,701,584, compared to 167,098 shares traded for $1,432,757, on Wednesday.
Market activity ended with 12 securities changing hands against 17 on Wednesday, at the close, 4 advanced, 1 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.32 points to close at 1,382.58. The All T&T Index added 0.69 points to end at 1,778.61 while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 133.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended at 3 stocks with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 1 cent and completed trading of 10,080 units, at $40.01, Massy Holdings closed with a gain of 3 cents and settled at $55.08, with 35 units crossing the exchange. Sagicor Financial gained 9 cents and concluded trading of 296,335 stock units at $10.10 and Scotiabank rose 24 cents to settle at $59.75, with 330 units changing hands.
Losses| West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 2 cents at $110.25, with investors exchanging 6,606 shares.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15.79, with investors exchanging 500 shares, Clico Investments traded 100 units in closing at $24.20, First Caribbean International Bank exchanged 900 shares and ended at $8.34, while Grace Kennedy settled at $3.30, in swapping of 705,000 shares. JMMB Group completed trading of 30,200 shares, at $2.50, Prestige Holdings ended at $9, in trading 1,249 units and Republic Financial settled at $121.01, with 1,271 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Bulls push Junior Market over 3,300
Bulls let out their fury on bears in the Junior Market pushing the market index up 87.62 points at 10:15 am to reach 3,320.05, the highest level since October last year.
Amongst the stocks contributing to the big surge were Blue Power that rose to $11.95, Cargo Handlers $10.95, Elite Diagnostic at a record high of $5.99, Fontana traded as high as $8.99, Jamaican Teas $4.56, with third quarter results, more than tripling that of 2018 to $118 million versus $44 million and General Accident at $4.50.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 10.675.81 points to a record of 565,028.91, the JSE Index advanced 9,701.20 points to a record high of 514,451.64 and the JSE Financial Index rose 2.53 points a record of 137.90. Wisynco traded at a new record high of $28, subsequently NCB Financial traded at an all-time high of $229.99.
JSE profit jumps 36%
Profit climbed 36 percent in the June quarter, to $122 million from $90 million in 2018 at Jamaica Stock Exchange, from a 36 percent rise in revenues to $429 million, from $316 million in 2018.
For the six months to June, profit after tax climbed a robust 28 percent to $245 million from a 31 percent rise in revenues to $874 million compared to $666 million in 2018.
Administrative other expenses rose 37 percent to $262 million in the quarter and increased 32 percent in the six months period to $524 million. Staff cost rose 23 percent to $105 million for the quarter and 24 percent for the half-year, to $212 million. Advertising and promotion expenses were 192 percent higher in the quarter to hit $26 million and more than doubled in the half-year to $63 million from $31 million in 2018.
Earnings per share came out at 17 cents for the quarter and 35 cents for the six months and should end the year around $1.
The growth in 2019 is consistent with that from 2014. With the continued increase in the number of listings on the exchange and increasing trading activities, the immediate future looks promising for increased revenues and profit.
Gross cash flow brought in $400 million and after paying dividends of $175 million ended up with cash and equivalent of $151 million and investments of $413 million. Shareholders’ equity stood at $1.2 billion up from $1 billion at the end of June last year. Net current assets ended the period at $404 million.
The stock traded at $40 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a PE ratio of 40 times 2019 estimated earnings.
New record for JSE main market – Wednesday
New record high for the JSE main market.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Wednesday, the 34th record close for the year as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 3,629.06 points to close at 554,353.10.
The JSE Index advanced 3,297.87 points to close at record 504,750.44 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.43 points in closing at 135.37.
Market activity, resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 18 securities advancing, 12 declining and 6 trading firm, compared to 39 securities trading on Tuesday. Trading ended with 22,775,778 units valued at $1,289,797,014 compared to 38,095,627 units valued at $143,483,167 changing hands on Tuesday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 10.8 million shares for 47.5 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial followed with 4.75 million units for 21 percent of total volume and Caribbean Cement with 2.54 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with an average of 690,175 units valued for $39,084,758 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,088,446 units for an average of $4,099,519 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,160,203 shares valued at $14,821,170 changing hands, compared to 1,186,012 shares valued at $13,418,896 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 ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $2 to settle at $76 with 38,560 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy jumped $2 in trading 17,007 units to close at $72, Jamaica Broilers closed trading of 1,761 units and gained 45 cents, to end at $33.95, Jamaica Producers climbed 50 cents to end at $28.50 with 10,081 stock units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 50 cents in trading 199,350 shares to close at $39.50, 
Kingston Wharves exchanged 5,961 shares but fell $1.50 to close at $68.50, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 28,839 shares, after declining 60 cents to close at $8, NCB Financial gained $4 to end at a record close of $220, while trading 4,752,835 shares. PanJam Investment jumped $5 in trading of 4,357 units to close at $100. Salada Foods dived $4 to end at $33, trading a mere 501 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1.69, to end at trading 37,347 shares $57.69, Sagicor XFund traded 1,436,659 shares but lost 38 cents in closing at $10.62, Seprod gained 95 cents to end at $49.50 with 32,107 stock units trading. Scotia Group lost 50 cents in trading of 49,279 units at $55.75 and Wisynco Group climbed $1.50 to settle at a record close of $26 with 334,450 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 254,884 units valued $29,670.84 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments rose 2 cents in trading 20,384 shares, to close at 26 US cents. Sterling Investments fell 0.02 cent to close at 0.035 US cents with 3,000 stock units trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 231,500 units changing hands at 11 US cents after rising one cent. The JSE USD Equities Index added 0.68 points to close at 187.01.
Bull run now on for Junior Market
Junior Market turns bullish
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index climbed 42.55 points to close at 3,232.43 on Wednesday and sits just 0.4 percent below the opening level for the year and just slightly lower than the close on January 23.
The Junior Market lagged the main market in performance this year but is severely undervalued and is now poised to rise sharply with technical indicators pointing to a big rally around the corner.
Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $11.50 while Elite Diagnostic closed trading at a 52 weeks’ high at $5.50 but Main Event that traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $8 dropped back by the close.
The market closed with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 31 on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 16 rising, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Tuesday’s levels with an exchange of 2,728,440 units valued at $14,270,901, compared to 6,303,420 units valued at $17,549,511, on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 101,053 units for an average of $528,552 in contrast to 203,336 units for an average of $566,113 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 for each security traded, compared to 94,283 units with a value of $324,317 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 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended market activity exchanging 56,259 shares to close at $2.25 after falling 5 cents, CAC 2000 ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $15, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 9,576 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $12.05. Derrimon Trading exchanged 1,000 shares, after rising 37 cents to end at $2.56, Express Catering ended trading with 33,460 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $6.30, Everything Fresh closed trading of 180,726 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.45. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 37,273 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at an all-time high of $5.50, Fosrich Group lost 3 cents in trading 428,299 shares to close at $4.69, Fontana traded 1,010,686 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8.85. General Accident closed 20 cents higher at $4.35, with 5,478 stock units trading, GWest Corporation closed trading of 100,071 units and gained 25 cents to end at $1.25. 
Honey Bun climbed $1.05 to settle at $6.05 with 600 shares changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 107,252 shares, after rising 4 cents to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma closed trading of 206,367 units with a gain of 1 cent to end at $3.03, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.29 with 60,944 stock units changing hands. Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 17,468 units at $10.90, Key Insurance gained $1.05 to end at $3.90, trading 800 shares, Lasco Distributors dipped 5 cents in trading of 71,140 units at $3.10, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents in trading of 29,954 units at $4.58. Main Event closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 13,923 stock units trading, Paramount Trading climbed 8 cents in exchanging 186,147 shares at $1.87, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 100 units and gained 30 cents to end at $10 and tTech lost 15 cents in trading of 28,000 units at $5.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
4 TTSE stocks rose 5 fell – Wednesday
Trading activity slipped on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with 167,098 shares traded for $1,432,757, compared to 173,024 shares traded for $3,033,612, on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with 17 securities changing hands against 17 on Tuesday, at the close, 4 advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged. One stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index shed 3.31 points to close at 1,382.26. The All T&T Index dropped 7.66 points to end at 1,777.92 while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.16 points to close at 133.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended at 4 stocks with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Grace Kennedy concluded trading 5 cents and concluded at $3.30, after exchanging 3,200 shares, JMMB Group increased by 1 cent and settled at $2.50, with investors exchanging 113,700 shares. Point Lisas closed with a gain of 13 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.75 after exchanging 5,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco gained 2 cents and ended at $110.27 after exchanging 3,317 shares.
Losses| Angostura Holdings fell 21 cents and ended at $15.79, after exchanging 3,960 shares, National Enterprises closed with a loss of 30 cents at $6.20, with 500 units, Republic Financial gained 19 cents to close at $121.01, with 692 units crossing the exchange. 
Scotiabank shed 48 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.51 in swapping 700 shares and Trinidad Cement dropped 3 cents trading 13,691 shares at $2.45.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded just 40 shares at $14, Clico Investments concluded at $24.20, with investors exchanging 19,735 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $36, with 100 stock units changing hands, First Citizens Bank settled at $40, with 368 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings concluded at $55.05 with 245 units crossing the exchange, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.10, with investors exchanging 1,025 shares, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 779 units at $10.01 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 46 units to close at $28.25.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
33rd record close for JSE main market – Tuesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index closed on Tuesday above 550,000 points for the first time and gained 32 percent for 2019, in recording the 33rd record close for the year.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 5,830.56 points to close at 550,724.04, the JSE Index advanced 5,298.45 points to close at record 501,452.57 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.21 points in closing at 133.94.
Market activity, resulted in 39 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 16 securities advancing, 11 declining and 12 trading firm, compared to 38 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 38,095,627 units valued at over $143,483,167 compared to 54,623,895 units priced at $307,245,305 changing hands on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 33.9 million shares for 89 percent of total main market volume, Radio Jamaica followed with 983,084 units for 2.6 percent of total volume and Victoria Mutual Investments with 742,405 shares for 2 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 1,088,446 units valued at an average of $4,099,519 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,560,683 units for an average of $8,778,437 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,186,012 shares valued at $13,418,896 changing hands, compared to 1,192,045 shares valued at $14,027,438 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 ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $2.50 to settle at $74 with 65,997 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy dropped $2.50 in trading 11,490 units to close at $70, Jamaica Broilers closed trading of 33,803 units and gained 50 cents to end at $33.50, JMMB Group gained $3 to end at $54 with 116,750 stock units trading. Jamaica Producers climbed $1.35 to end at $28 with 8,971 stock units trading, Kingston Properties lost 25 cents in trading 21,929 shares to close at $5.50, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 19,800 shares, after rising 44 cents to end at $8.60, NCB Financial gained $2 to end at $216, trading 117,842 shares. PanJam Investment dropped $4 in trading of 88,191 units to close at $95. 
Salada Foods gained $1 to end at $37, trading a mere 100 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1.50, to end at trading 505,581 shares $56, Seprod gained $1.55 to end at $48.55 with 10,673 stock units trading. Scotia Group lost 70 cents in trading of 13,881 units at $ 56.25, Sterling Investments closed 38 cents higher at $3.58, with 70,700 stock units trading, Sygnus Credit Investments jumped $1.40 to end at $15.90 trading 47,602 shares and Wisynco Group climbed $1.49 to settle at a record close of $24.50 with 203,282 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 267,836 units valued at $56,931 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville trading 1,463 units at 25 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 208,782 shares, to close at 24.02 US cents. Sterling Investments fell 0.003 cent to close at 0.037 US cents with 16,091 stock units trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 41,500 units changing hands at 10 US cents after falling half a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 3.71 points to close at 186.33.
