Archives for December 2019

First Rock heads to market for US$18m

First Rock Capital Holdings, the real estate owners and developers in January next year open their public share offering to the Jamaica capital market to raise up to US$18,487,465 in added capital.
The Company issued 166 million class A shares before commencing commercial operations in the first quarter of 2019, following the successful closure of its private placement in March 2019 that raised US$15.5 million.
The Initial Public Offer by First Rock is up to 106,083,332 Shares in two classes with Class A comprising 51,053,333 US$ Class A Ordinary Shares at 12 US cents each and 10.8 US cents for Reserved shares. Additionally, 55,029,999 Class B Ordinary shares are Jamaica dollar-denominated and priced similar to the class A share. The company reserves the right to upsize the offer by an additional 53,041,666 shares in the event of oversubscription.
The general public will be offered Shares of 16,250,000 Class A Ordinary shares, with 14,553,333 units reserved for Key Strategic Partners and 20,250,000 reserved for First Rock Affiliates. Of the 55,029,999 units of the Class B Ordinary shares, 37,916,666 are available for the general public, with 3,613,333 shares are reserved for subscription to Key Strategic Partners and 13,500,000 shares are reserved for subscription by First Rock Affiliates. Application to list on the JSE is dependent upon the Company’s raising at least $200 million or the US dollar equivalent.
The company owns properties in Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica and in the USA.
Opening Date January 13, next year and scheduled to close on January 31.
First Rock reported a loss from operations of US$203,648 before a US$374,301 forex gain to September resulted in a pretax profit of US$170,653.
The forecasted is for the profit of US$2,647,696 in 2020, US$4,653,992 in 2021 and US$6,614,802 in 2022 with income coming from rental and from 2021 includes revenues from the sale of units. The projections have annual inflows from foreign exchange gains and fair value increase in investment properties.  While the fair value gains may well occur as forecasted, there is no certainty that there will be annual forex gains.
The company’s directors are, Dr. David Lowe, Douglas Halsall, York Page Seaton, Kisha Anderson, Norman Reid 8 Davis Avenue, Alton Morgan and Lisandra Rickards. Sagicor Investments are brokers to the issue.

Big jump in JSE Main Market – Thursday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in a surge in the two primary market indices on Thursday as rising stocks edged out decliners following a rise in volume and values of shares changing hands.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,382.42 points to 557,132.41, the JSE Market Index jumped 4,008.03 points to close at 507,066.04 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.15 points higher to 137.40.
The market closed, with 42 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 14 advancing, 13 declining and the prices of 13 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 38 securities accounting for 22,307,168 units amounting to $166,924,750 in contrast to 9,385,975 units valued $145,118,400, on Wednesday, from 38 securities.
Sagicor Select – Manufacturing and Distribution fund dominated trading, with 11.3 million shares and 50.5 percent of volumes traded followed by Sagicor Select – Financial Fund with 4 million units for 18 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 2.3 million shares for 10 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 587,031 units at $4,392,757 for each security traded, in contrast to 246,999 units valued at an average of $3,818,905 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 458,316 units for $9,936,556 and previously, an average of 448,856 units for $10,376,356 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed, with a lower offer. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.2, with the Main Market ending at 18.7 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Barita Investments lost 35 cents to settle at $71.65, with 26,059 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement gained 50 cents to end at $77.50 with a transfer of 142,549 stock units, Carreras gained 39 cents to end at $8.49, in trading 47,830 stock units. Eppley Caribbean Property gained $1.05 to end at $31.05, after exchanging 1,960 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $3.50 to end at $64.50, trading 149,638 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose by $2 to settle at $41, with 657,939 shares changing hands. Jamaica Producers fell $1.50 to end at $24.96 with 21,461 stock units trading, JMMB Group gained 53 cents to settle at $47.03 with 339,830 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves gained 70 cents to settle at $62.50, in trading 515 units. Mayberry Investments added 40 cents to end at $9.60, trading 30,800 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose $2 to end at $14, with 372,169 stock units trading, MPC Caribbean gained $2 to end at $202 with an exchange of 116 stock units, NCB Financial Group advanced by $2.40 to close at $202.40, in swapping 228,153 shares. PanJam Investment lost 99 cents to end at $101, with 21,070 shares crossing the exchange. Sagicor Group dropped $2 to settle at $68 with 219,174 shares changing hands, Scotia Group lost 80 cents to settle at $54.70, in transferring 30,971 shares. Seprod dipped $2 trading 22,600 stock units to close at $48, Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents to end at $25.50, while exchanging 97,424 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments put on $1.13 to close at $25.13, with 47,758 units crossing the market and Wisynco Group fell 39 cents to $24.10, with 128,188 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed, with 247,186 units amounting to $48,362, with the market index adding 3.39 points to close at 229.67. Margaritaville traded 4,600 shares to end at 30 US cents, Proven Investments gained 2 cents with 38,568 shares crossing the exchange to close at 34 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 201,518 stock units after slipping by one cent to close at 14 US cents. JMMB Group 5.5% preference share, traded 2,500 units at US$2.02.

Junior Market slips again

Jamaican Teas traded the most shares on Thursday

Jamaican Teas led Junior Market trading with 6 million units.

The Junior Market index slipped on Thursday with 6.19 points decline to close at 3,337.40, bringing the three days’ fall to 75 points after 8 stocks rose and 18 declined and 7 remained unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.1.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,009,222 units valued at $76,135,643, compared to 18,818,737 units valued at $46,426,781 from 34 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 545,734 units at $2,307,141 for each stock traded, in contrast to 553,492 units, for an average of $1,365,494 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,683 shares at $1,181,788 compared to an average of 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security transferred.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading was seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 18 cents to end at $5.85, Cargo Handlers ended with 5,963 shares changing hands with a loss of 55 cents to $9.50, Caribbean Cream lost 20 cents to close at $4.10 while trading 60,000 stocks. Consolidated Bakeries gained 20 cents with 5,404 units changing hands at $1.80, Derrimon Trading exchanged 11,842 with a loss of 8 cents to close at $2.55. Dolphin Cove dropped $1.60 with 1,100 units changing hands at $9.50, Elite Diagnostic traded 12,600 units and fell 20 cents to end at $5.09, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering added 35 cents in exchanging 129,477 shares to close at $6.50. Fontana traded 295,282 units and climbed 45 cents to end at $6.70, FosRich rose 20 cents to settle at $4.10 in trading 14,878 stock units, GWest Corporation traded 201,899 stock units but lost 17 cents to close at 83 cents. Honey Bun lost 50 cents in exchanging 7,200 units at $8. iCreate slipped 1 cent to end at 68 cents while transferring 259,001 shares; Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents while trading 110,200 units at $2.60, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents with 6,059,319 units changing hands at $6.10 as a director sold and a connected company bought most of the amount that traded, KLE Group traded 5,559 shares after rising 22 cents to $1.75, Knutsford Express exchanged 6,796 with a loss of $1 to end at $10. Lasco Distributors fell by 22 cents with 5,958,632 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 108,782 stock units and lost 9 cents in closing at $4.40. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,575,261 shares and fell 4 cents to close at $5; Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents $1.91 with 1,581,307 crossing the exchange, MailPac added 5 cents to settle at $2.18 while exchanging 847,643 shares. Main Event exchanged 299 units and rose 37 cents to $6.50, Medical Disposables fell 85 cents to $7.15 with 200 shares crossing the market, Paramount Trading exchanged 20,000 shares after falling 44 cents to $1.56 and SSL Venture Capital traded 32,935 shares and fell 9 cents to $1.10.

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

Sharp rise in Jamaican$ value

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NCB purchased US$32m and sold US$73m at J$130.16 on Thursday & drag the US$ down vs the J$.

The Jamaican dollar enjoyed a big rise in value against the US dollar with the rate for buying funds from the market falling to JS$131.72 and selling by dealers closing at an average of $131.52, down from J$133.06 buying and J$134.76 selling.
The sharp improvement in the value of the local currency may not last in the short term, as the drop in the value of the US dollar versus the Jamaican dollar, was due mostly to big trades by National Commercial Bank well below the average for the rest of the market. The market is now in a period of increased supplies and lower demand that is likely to result in further appreciation of the local currency until April unless the central bank intervenes to buy excess flows from the market.
At the end of 2019, the selling rate for the US dollar was J$127.716 but the currency depreciated during the year to a low of J$141.89 to the US dollar on November 7. National Commercial Bank bought US$32,148,142.99 at an average rate of J$129.83 and sold US$73,145,676 at J$130.16 each. The trade by the country’s largest commercial bank accounted for 48 percent of the total of US$67.5 million purchased and 70 percent of the US$104.3 million sold. After NCB, the next biggest trades were by Bank of Nova Scotia, in buying US$10.3 million, at an average of $132.60 and selling $7 million at $133.54.
The largest single purchase is US$25 million at $129 and the largest sale was US$68.35 million at J$130 each.

Falling TTSE stocks edge advancers

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Declining stocks just edged out advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, pushing the market indices moderately up and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading ended with 17 securities changing hands, against 18 on Wednesday, with just four advancing, five declining while eight remained unchanged as 334,319 shares traded for $2,569,200, compared to 917,251 units for $8,126,649 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 1.09 points to close at 1,471.95. The All T&T Index gained 0.15 points to end at 1,838.46, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.28 points to 149.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of seven stocks higher than their last selling prices and just one with a lower offer.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent and settled at 52 weeks’ high of $2.81, in completing trading of 42,120 shares, Massy Holdings added 45 cents and settled at $59.75, with an exchange of 1,185 units. Prestige Holdings increased 10 cents to $8.50, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank rose 15 cents and ended at $60, with 900 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Guardian Media shares fell 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low $7.50, with investors exchanging 2,000 shares, National Flour share fell 1 cent and settled at $1.35, with 83,325 stock units trading, NCB Financial dropped 15 cents and settled at $11.35 after 43,993 stock units changed hands. West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 50 cents and ended at $42, with 1,778 units and Unilever Caribbean closed 40 cents down at $23, in trading 1,000 units.
Firm Trades|Clico Investment Fund completed trading at $27.25, with 3,750 units crossing the exchange, Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.50, after exchanging 2,820 shares, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading of 118,600 units at $8. , First Citizens Bank closed at $44.75, with 4,463 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.98, swapping of 25 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading at $21.50, with 1,120 units crossing the exchange, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $8.50, with investors exchanging 25,100 shares and Point Lisas settled at $3.55, with investors exchanging 1,140 shares.

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

More declines for JSE Main Market – Wednesday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered more declines in the market indices on Wednesday with an almost equal number of rising and declining stocks and a fall in volume and a modest rise in values of stocks crossing the market.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell 403.42 points to close at 552,749.99, the JSE Market Index declined by 366.20 points to close at 503,058 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 1.00 points higher to 136.25.
The market closed, with 40 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 14 advancing, 13 declining and the prices of 13 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 38 securities accounting for 9,385,975 units amounting to $145,118,400 in contrast to 15,225,126 units valued $142,466,453, on Tuesday, from 37 securities.
Sagicor Select Funds – Financial stocks dominated trading, with 2.4 million shares and 26 percent of volumes traded followed by Wigton Windfarm, with 1.4 million units for 15 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments, with 1.37 million shares for 15 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 246,999 units valued at an average of $3,818,905 for each security traded, in contrast to 411,490 units for $3,850,445 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 448,856 units for $10,376,356 and previously, an average of 464,870 units for $10,941,397 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed, with a lower offer. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.1, with the Main Market ending at 18.6 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Barita Investments rose 50 cents to close at $72, with 2,031 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy lost $1 to end at $68, after trading 36,091 stock units, Jamaica Broilers fell $2 to settle at $39, with 107,419 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves gained 80 cents to end at $61.80 trading 7,756 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dropped $1 to end at $12, with 156,568 stock units trading, NCB Financial Group lost $1 to close at $200, in swapping shares, 45,342 shares. PanJam Investment gained $1.99 to end at $101.99, with 24,456 shares crossing the exchange. Portland JSX lost 75 cents to settle at $7, with 18,180 shares changing hands. Proven Investments lost $1 in trading 14,915 to close at a $49, Salada Foods slipped 95 cents to end at $30, trading 198 shares, Scotia Group rose $1.50 to settle at $55.50, in transferring 526,827 shares. Seprod added $1 in trading 26,364 units to close at $50, Sygnus Credit Investments put on $1.10 to close at $24, with 78,111 units crossing the market and Wisynco Group climbed $1.47 to $24.49, with 564,12 5 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed, with 209,219 units valued at US$67,632, with the market index adding 3.60 points to close at 226.28. Proven Investments dipped 2 cents in trading 202,519 shares to close at 32 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments in exchanging 6,700 shares gained a cent to close at 15 US cents.

Junior Market drops again

The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,818,737 units for $46,426,781 compared to 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024 from 29 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 553,492 units for an average of $1,365,494 in contrast to 260,623 units for an average of $679,287 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 compared to an average of 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped $1.50 in trading of 6,630 units at $31, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to end at $2.10 while trading 38,136 shares, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 7 cents to end at $5.67, Consolidated Bakeries fell 11 cents with 34,051 units changing hands at $1.60. Derrimon Trading exchanged 7,700 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $2.63. Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with 976 units changing hands at $11.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 11,622 units and rose 20 cents to end at $5.29, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 15 cents in exchanging 1,020 shares to close at $6.15. Fontana traded 304,106 shares but dropped $1 to end at $6.25, FosRich lost 20 cents to settle at $3.90 in trading 8,804 stock units, Honey Bun rose 70 cents in exchanging 610,750 units at $8.50. iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 69 cents in exchanging 33,957 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 40 cents while trading 56,562 units at $2.70, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to close at $3.10 with 309,984 units changing hands, Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 15,177,863 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 1,851,500 units. Main Event lost 32 cents in exchanging 979 units at $6.13, Medical Disposables climbed 90 cents to $8 with 34,770 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture Capital traded 17,650 stock units and fell 17 cents to end at $1.19. Stationery and Office Supplies added 1 cent to close at $11 with 1,636 shares trading and tTech traded 3,700 and lost 51 cents in closing at $5.50.

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

Falling TTSE stocks crush advancers

Declining stocks crushed advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, ending seven days of unbroken positive movement for the market and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading ended with 18 securities changing hands, against 14 on Tuesday, with just three advancing, seven declining while eight remained unchanged as 917,251 shares were exchanged for $8,126,649, compared to 424,712 units for $5,733,529 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 11.47 points to end at 1,470.86. The All T&T Index shed 13.25 points to 1,838.31, while the Cross Listed Index declined 1.32 points to close at 149.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 25 cents and ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $27.25, with 69,180 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank rose 25 cents and settled at $44.75, with 2,685 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 50 cents trading 24,646 shares to close at $22.50.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading of 100 shares at $50, Grace Kennedy lost 2 cents and settled at $3.98 while swapping of 250 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents to close $21.50, with 64 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed 40 cents down and ended at $59.30, after exchanging 39 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 50 cents and concluded trading of 31,575 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. Scotiabank dropped 15 cents to close at $59.85, with 39 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean declined by 9 cents and completed trading of 500 units at $23.40.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.50, with 28 units crossing the exchange, Endeavour Holdings traded 3,160 shares at $12.50, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8, with 486,000 units, JMMB Group ended at $2.80, with 244,378 units crossing the exchange. National Flour exchanged 240 units at $1.36, NCB Financial closed at $11.50, with 52,035 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial settled at $131, with 319 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $42.50, with 2,013 units crossing the exchange.

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

Limners & Bards revise EPS

Kimala Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of The Lab.

Following IC Insider.com’s report that the earnings per share (EPS) for Limners & Bards were incorrect, the audited accounts of the company are now revised to reflect the EPS the article suggested they should be.
The revised audited reports now state that the calculation of earnings per stock unit is based on the profit after taxation and the weighted average number of stock units in issue during the year. Net profit attributable to shareholders of $94,746,238 in 2019, $62,313,858 in 2018. The weighted average number of ordinary stock units is 803,836,715 in 2019 and 756,552,202 in 2018, resulting in Basic and diluted earnings per stock unit of12 cents in 2019 and 8 cents in 2018.
The original audited financial statements showed the basic and diluted earnings per stock unit at 10 cents for the 2019 fiscal year and 7 cents for 2018 based on the weighted average of ordinary stock units 945,690,252 in each year.
IC Insider’s report on Tuesday stated that “Limners and Bards released full-year results with profit after taxation of $95 million, up by an impressive 52 percent from the $62 million earned in 2018 from healthy gains in revenues, with earnings per share (EPS) works out at 12 cents for 2019 and 8 cents for 2018.”
The company’s operating revenues grew 31 percent to $632 million from $483 million in 2018, with the last quarter growing a stunning 58 percent to $146 million, generating income just below the $152 million generated in the July quarter and profit before tax of $18 million versus $16.5 million in the July quarter. While revenues for the year rose 31 percent, direct cost rose at a slower pace, resulting in the gross profit climbing 39.4 percent over 2018 as gross profit margin rose to 36 percent compared to 33.7 percent in 2018. Administrative cost rose well ahead of revenue growth with a 41 percent increase over 2018, but the full-year increase is below a 70 percent surge in the July quarter while the fourth quarter saw a rise of 39 percent over 2018, is in line with the full-year increase.
In a statement accompanying the nine months results, Chairman, Steven Gooden and Kimala Bennett, Chief Executive Officer stated, “Administration expenses increased by $23.737 million, or 42 percent, which represent 16.63 percent of revenue for the nine months compared to 14.60 percent to the corresponding period ended July 31, 2018. These increases are primarily attributable to staff costs (due to increase work volume), subcontractors (on retainer contracts), depreciation charges and security costs”.
The company reports on three segments comprising Production, Media and Agency. For 2019 Production generated earnings of $226 million and profit of $100 million while Media raked in $292 million but ended with just $40 million in profit and agency the most profitable brought in $114 million and delivered $85 million in net income.
The company ended the year with cash and equivalent of $292 million with shareholders’ equity of $356 million, up from $123 million in 2018. Borrowings stood at $50 million with payables of $83 million and current assets of $387 million.
IC Insider.com forecast earnings per share of 20 cents for 2020 that puts the PE ratio at 15 with the stock closing trading at $3 on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and is a stock to be watched into 2020.

Seasons goodies from Palace

Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.

Palace Amusement announces special offerings for patrons at all of its four cinema locations for this Weekend and on Christmas Eve.
Palace is also offering Half Off Specials at all locations, for early and late shows, on Tuesday, December 24, with the exception of the movie Black Christmas.
Patrons at Sunshine Palace will enjoy late movies at approximately 11 pm this Saturday, December 21, Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26 and Saturday, December 28.
Black Christmas – A fight to the finish|Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.
Black Christmas is an American slasher film directed by Sophia Takal and written by Takal and April Wolfe. The film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, and Cary Elwes.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – The final chapter will open in Digital 3D at all Palace cinemas on Friday.

A seen from Black Christmas.

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is an American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It will be the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens(2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part “Skywalker saga”.  The film’s ensemble cast includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Academy Award® winner Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac Anthony, DanielsNaomi AckieDomhnall Gleeson, Academy Award® nominee Richard E. Grant, Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid and Billy Dee Williams.