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TTSE trading picks up – Thursday

August 8, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The number of securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday rose to 13 versus 12 on Wednesday with the volume and value rising.
Trading ended with 354,596 shares at a value of $1,965,655 compared to 171,947 shares valued at $1,334,483, on Wednesday. Market activity ended with the prices of 3 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close of trading, the Composite Index lost 0.18 points to 1,395.85. The All T&T Index added 0.31 points to 1,776.81, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.09 points to close at 137.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with two stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with a gain of 5.00 cents and concluded at $24.15, with 169 units, First Citizens gained 6.00 cents and settled at $39.81, with 1,225 units, Guardian Holdings increased by 5 cents and completed trading 20,400 units at $18.35.
Losses| Republic Financial closed 52 cents and settled at $121.29, with 900 units crossing the exchange, Trinidad Cement declined 10 cents and settled at $2.35, with 52,656 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 88 units and fell 10 cents to close at $27.90.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8.35, with investors exchanging 70,600 shares, JMMB Group completed trading at $2.25, with investors exchanging 200,000 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $54.98, with 34 units crossing the exchange. Sagicor Financial completed trading at $10.11, after exchanging 5,677 shares, Scotiabank settled at $59.73, after swapping of 1,653 shares, West Indian Tobacco concluded trading of 896 shares at $110 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $25.30, with 288 units changing hands.

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

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

Slight set back for JSE

August 7, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange to a break from the record run it has been enjoying, at the close of trading on Wednesday as the market indices slipped modestly.
The market, closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 857.98 points to close at 583,816.53, the JSE Index dropped 779.68 points to close at 531,524.65 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.69 points to close at 143.17.
Market activity resulted in 39 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 17 declining and 6 trading firm, compared to 39 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 11,378,883 units valued at over $167,438,830, compared to 19,470,666 units valued $144,572,102 changing hands on Monday.
Jamaica Broilers closed at 52 weeks’ high of $39.02 after trading at an intraday record of $43.63, Radio Jamaica ended at a 52 weeks’ high of at $1.65, Sagicor Group closed at record high of $75 after hitting an intraday high of $84.05 while Pulse Investments traded at an intraday high of $4.15.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 6.5 million units for 57 percent of total volume, Victoria Mutual Investments followed with 1 million shares for 9 percent of the day’s volume and Radio Jamaica with 648,870 shares for 6 percent of total main market volume.
The market closed with average of 355,590 units valued $5,232,463 for each security traded, in contrast to 556,305 units valued $4,130,631 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 1,135,145 shares with an average value of $5,543,313, compared to 1,496,677 units at $5,687,475 on the previous trading session. July closed with an average of 1,297,718 shares valued at $17,985,644 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 prices and none with a lower offer.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints traded 5,240 shares and lost 50 cents to close at $18.50, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.20 trading 168,404 units to close at $80, Grace Kennedy rose $2 in trading 65,768 units to close at $72, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 75,398 shares and rose $1.22 to close at record high of $39.02. Jamaica Producers declined $1.49 trading 31,928 units to close at $27.01, Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped $3.15 trading 506,514 shares to end at $24.85, JMMB Group rose $2 trading 246,497 shares to close at $53, Kingston Properties rose 60 cents trading 11,300 shares in closing at $6.60. Kingston Wharves jumped $4.16 while trading 695 shares to end at $70, NCB Financial rose $2 in exchanging 206,186 units to close $210, Pulse Investments exchanged 20,500 shares after falling 40 cents to close at $3.10, Sagicor Group jumped $2 in trading 348,243 shares to end at record closing high of $75. Scotia Group dipped $1 to close at $53 trading 206,422 shares and Seprod climbed $3 in trading 32,453 shares at $58.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 193,550 units valued at US$32,924 changing hands. JMMB Group 6% preference share lost 3 cents and settled at 99 cents with 3,789 stock units trading, Proven Investments closed at 25 US cents with an exchange of 140,900 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 1 cent trading 139,761 shares to end at 12 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.93 points to close at 188.30.

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

First drop in 12 days for Junior Market

August 7, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was halted, in trading on Wednesday, with the market index declining 28.31 points to close at 3,540.54 for the first fall in 12 days.
Junior Market ended trading with 35 securities changing hands, down from 32 on Monday, as prices of 13 securities rose, 15 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.94, but traded as high as $4.51, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.50, after trading as high as $7. Jamaican Teas traded at an intra-day record of $8 but closed at a record closing high of $7.95, Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.50 and Lasco Manufacturing ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.16.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 7,903,203 units valued at $35,396,687 compared to 5,633,068 units valued at $25,345,257 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 225,806 units for an average of $1,011,334 in contrast to 176,033 units for an average of $792,039 on Monday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 195,575 valued at 871,008 in contrast to 179,783 shares valued at $797,704 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading| Access Financial dropped $4.75 to end at $43.2, after trading 288 shares, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents to settle at $2.25 with 123,847 shares changing hands, Blue Power shed 70 cents to end at $10 with 35,540 stock units trading, CAC 2000 fell $1 to end at $15 with 470 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents to end at $4.20 with 26,162 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours declined $2.10 trading of 500 units to close at $14, Cargo Handlers ended trading of 8,946 shares after rising $1 to end at $12, Caribbean Producers settled at $4.80 with 184,295 shares changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries added 30 cents trading of 82,874 units to close at $2.50, Dolphin Cove closed at $12.05 trading 2,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading climbed 40 cents in trading of 50,000 units to close at $3. Everything Fresh lost 1 cent in exchanging 56,359 shares at $1.58, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 121,813 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Express Catering shed 15 cents in trading 108,769 units at $6.35, Fontana lost 10 cents to settle at $8.50 with 424,202 shares changing hands. Fosrich Group closed trading with 142,396 units after falling 32 cents to end at $4.61, General Accident closed trading of 109,600 units at $5.40, Honey Bun climbed 40 cents to settle at $5.40 with 124,500 shares changing hands, iCreate closed at 80 cents, with 26,526 stock units trading, Indies Pharma rose 50 cents in trading of 326,867 units at $3.71. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 261,345 units at $4, ISP Finance jumped $2.15 in trading of 500 units at $13.65, Jamaican Teas rose 95 cents in trading 155,984 units at record closing high of $7.95, Jetcon Corporation climbed 4 cents in exchanging 2,287 shares at $2. Knutsford Express settled at $12 with 2,653 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards added 4 cents and exchanged 4,245,953 shares to end at a record close of $3.94. Lasco Distributors rose 31 cents trading 62,793 shares to close at $3.46, Lasco Financial closed trading of 192,840 units and gained 53 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 76 cents in exchanging 880,251 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.16. Medical Disposables ended trading of 32,090 shares, after rising $1.80 to end at $7 after the company reported slightly lower profit in the first quarter, to June. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 7,360 shares to close at $7 after falling 84 cents, Paramount Trading shed 40 cents trading of 2,000 units to close at $1.80, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 2,664 units and shed 59 cents to end at $12 and tTech settle at $6 with 43,529 shares changing hands.

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, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, 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

Drop in TTSE trading on Wednesday

August 7, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

The number of securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday dropped sharply from Tuesday’s levels, leading to the market indices losing more grounds.
Market activity ended with 12 securities changing hands against 21 on Tuesday, of which, 2 advanced, 2 declined and 8 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 171,947 shares at a value of $1,334,483 compared to 564,264 shares at a value of $2,594,783, on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the Composite Index lost 1.79 points to 1,396.03. The All T&T Index shed 1.87 points to 1,776.81, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.23 points to close at 137.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with one stock closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund concluded trading and rose 1 cent to complete trading at $24.10, with 4,696 units crossing the exchange and First Caribbean International Bank added 1 cent and closed at $8.35 with 51,700 units changing hands.
Losses| Guardian Media shares fell 25 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.50, with investors exchanging 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 19 cents and completed trading 606 units at $110.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal concluded market activity at $55.20, after exchanging 1,179 shares, First Citizens Bank ended at $39.75, with 80 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.55, after exchanging 11,349 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.30, with 21,430 stock units trading, JMMB Group completed trading at $2.25, with an exchange of 28,285 stock units. Massy Holdings closed at $54.98, with 151 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial closed at $10.11, with 2,721 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.45, after exchanging 49,450 shares.

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 Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad Cement, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Increased trading of TTSE stocks – Tuesday

August 6, 2019 by IC Insider.com

An unusually high number of securities were active on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday and led to the market indices falling.
Market activity ended with 21 securities changing hands against 10 on Monday, of which, 5 advanced, 5 declined and 11 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 564,264 shares at a value of $2,594,783 compared to 131,685 shares at a value of $2,561,001, on Monday.
At the close of trading, the Composite Index lost 2.24 points to 1,397.82. The All T&T Index shed 0.21 points to 1,778.68, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.59 points to close at 137.66.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 1 stock closing with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| The price of Grace Kennedy increased 5 cents to $3.55, with 13,651 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial rose 48 cents and ended at $121.81, with 5,564 units traded, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and ended at $10.11, with investors exchanging 1,000 shares. West Indian Tobacco closed with an increase of 19 cents with 178 units trading at $110.19 and Unilever Caribbean rose 30cents to end at $25.30, with 435 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Ansa McAl dropped 18 cents and concluded swapping of 1,144 shares at $55.20, Guardian Holdings declined 5 cents and settled at $18.30, with 200 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group closed 25 cents lower and ended at $2.25, with investors exchanging 491,224 shares. Scotiabank dropped 1 cent in trading 1,286 stock units and ended at $59.73 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 30 cents trading 3,088 units to close at $28.30.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 500 shares unchanged at $23.86, Angostura Holdings settled at $15.79, with 1,485 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 100 shares at $14.17, First Citizens Bank ended at $39.75, with 5,036 units traded, Guardian Media closed at $10.75, with 10,613 stock units trading. National Enterprises completed trading with 37 units at $6.20, National Flour settled at $1.69, with an exchange of 4,247 units, NCB Financial completed trading at $10.01, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media settled at $10.10, exchanging 99 units, Prestige Holdings traded 1,463 shares at $9 and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.45, with investors exchanging 17,974 shares.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Angostura Holdings, Ansa Mcal, Ansa Merchant Bank, Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, 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

40th record close for JSE

August 5, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Sagicor Group jumped $8 on Monday to a record close of $73.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to march forward and ended trading on Monday, at the 40th record close for the year to date as prices of some stocks moved sharply.
The market, closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 7,542.15 points to end at a record close of 584,674.51, the JSE Index climbed 6,853.83 points to finish at another closing high of 532,304.33 and the JSE Financial Index advanced by 3.31 points to close at 143.86.
Market activity, resulted in 39 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 13 securities advancing, 17 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Friday. Trading ended with 19,470,666 units valued $144,572,102, compared to 83,800,065 units valued at $247,863,696 changing hands on Friday.
Fours stock close of trading at a 52 weeks’ record high while Supreme Ventures traded at an intraday high of $34.32. Closing at 52 weeks’ highs are Jamaica Broilers at $37.80 after trading up to $40.53, Radio Jamaica at $1.50, Sagicor Group at $73 and Stanley Motta at $5.56.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 13 million units for 67 percent of total volume, Victoria Mutual Investments followed with 2.7 million shares for 14 percent of the day’s volume and Carreras with 575,039 shares for 3 percent of total main market volume.
The market closed with average of 556,305 units valued $4,130,631 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,464,708 units for an average of $7,290,109 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,496,677 units at $5,687,475. July closed with an average of 1,297,718 shares valued at $17,985,644 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling price and just 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments traded 25,430 shares and lost $1.50 to close at $90, Caribbean Cement lost $1.14 trading 78,260 units at $78.80, Grace Kennedy fell $1.99 trading of 26,999 units to close at $70, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 46,586 shares and rose $1.80 to close at $37.80. Jamaica Producers gained $1.50 trading 5,960 units to close at $ 28.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $3 trading 127,271 shares to end at $28, JMMB Group lost $2 trading 53,627 shares to close at $51, Kingston Wharves declined $2.76 while trading 18,738 shares to end at $65.84, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 40 cents to close at $12 in trading 71,575 shares. NCB Financial lost $5 in exchanging 174,222 units to close $208, Palace Amusement added $1 in trading 200 shares at $1,301, Pulse Investments exchanged 158,700 shares after falling 46 cents to close at $3.50, Sagicor Group jumped $8 in trading 33,657 shares to close at a record high of $73. Salada Foods traded 454 shares and gained 95 cents to close at $34, Scotia Group dipped $1.58 to close at $54 trading 377,500 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 50 cents in trading 89,821 shares at $22.50 and Wisynco Group dropped $1.78 in trading 298,304 and to close at $26.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 474,402 units valued $82,012 changing hands as, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share finished at US$2 with 816 shares traded, JMMB Group 6% preference share gained 2 cents and settled at $1.02 with 9,486 stock units trading, Proven Investments shed 1 cent to close at 25 US cents with an exchange of 140,900 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 323,200 shares at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 3.78 points to close at 187.37.

Junior Market hits new record high

August 5, 2019 by IC Insider.com

New record high for the JSE main market.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in trading on Monday with the market closing at a new record high, with the index rising 31.64 to close at 3,569 with a 10 percent gain for the year.
Junior Market ended trading with 32 securities changing hands, down from 35 on Friday, as prices of 14 securities rose, 12 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.90, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.40, General Accident closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.40, Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.97 but Jamaican Teas traded at an intra-day record of $7.50 but pulled back after.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,633,068 units valued at $25,345,257 compared to 6,412,413 units valued at $28,100,938 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 176,033 units for an average of $792,039 in contrast to 183,212 units for $802,884 on Friday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 179,783 valued at $797,704. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| Blue Power lost 1.80 cents in trading 128,748 shares to close at $10.70, Caribbean Flavours declined $1.06 in trading of 43,842 units to close at $16.10, Caribbean Cream climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $4.50, Cargo Handlers ended trading 978 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $11. Consolidated Bakeries shed 10 cents in trading of 55,878 units at $2.20, Dolphin Cove closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 3,122 stock units trading, Derrimon Trading shed 20 cents in trading of 331,272 units to close at $2.60, Express Catering shed 20 cents in trading 139,420 units at $6.50. Everything Fresh climbed 24 cents and exchanged 166,102 shares at $1.59. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 29,406 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.40, Fosrich Group closed trading with 32,427 units and gained 3 cents to end at $4.93. General Accident closed trading of 100,100 units and gained 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.40, iCreate closed 10 cents higher at 80 cents, with 72,719 stock units trading, Indies Pharma dipped 9 cents in trading of 439,404 units at $3.21, Iron Rock Insurance shed 5 cents in trading of 23,919 units at $4. Infrequently traded ISP Finance dropped $2.15 in trading of 26,659 units at $11.50, Jamaican Teas lost 26 cents in trading of 220,533 units at $7, Jetcon Corporation climbed 3 cents in exchanging 61,340 shares at $1.96. Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 2,638,421 shares to end at a record close of $3.90. Lasco Distributors lost 25 cents trading 135,609 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial closed trading of 129,841 units and gained 47 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5.97, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents in exchanging 125,484 shares at $4.40, Medical Disposables ended trading 100 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 6,210 shares to close at $7.84 after falling 11 cents, Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading of 15,000 units to close at $2.20, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 386 units and gained 39 cents to end at $12.59.

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, 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, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Rising TTSE stocks have upper-hand – Monday

August 5, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, ended with lower volume exchanged but with slightly higher value than on Friday as stocks rising out-numbered those declining.
At the close of trading, the Composite Index eased down 0.01 points to 1,400.06. The All T&T Index shed 0.64 points to 1,778.89, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.09 points to close at 138.25.
Market activity ended with 10 securities changing hands against 12 on Friday, of which, 5 advanced, 3 declined and 2 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 131,685 shares at a value of $2,561,001 compared to 334,929 shares at a value of $2,398,327, on Friday.
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 two with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 4 cents and ended at $24.09, after exchanging 7,599 shares, Ansa McAl added 17 cents and completed trading of 25 shares at $55.38, Massy Holdings climbed 49 cents and concluded exchanging 22 shares at $54.98. Sagicor Financial rose 10 cents and ended at $10.10, with investors exchanging 11,031 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 29 cents in trading 2,320 units to close at $28.30.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 20 cents and settled at $39.75, with investors exchanging 5,000 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 15 cents at $18.35, after exchanging 82,340 shares, and Scotiabank Trinidad lost 1 cent and ended at $59.74, with investors exchanging 218 shares.
Firm Trades| NCB Financial Group completed trading with 21,000 units crossing the exchange at $10.01 and Republic Financial concluded trading of 2,130 stock units at $121.33.

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 Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, Massy Holdings, NCB Financial Group, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

Market watch remains on Junior Market

August 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Focus on the entire Junior Market was the advised investors got last week, as the market remained severely undervalued with technical indicators pointing to a breakout.
The advice remains for the second week as investors switch their focus decidedly on the market that lagged the main market for most of 2019 to date. The market reversed the near 10 percent loss in the first half of the year and moved solidly into the black with a rise of 9 percent to the end of last week. Technical indicators suggest a huge rise in the market as it moves to close the valuation gap with the main market.
In the process, the market rose 152.80 points during the week and ended at a record close of 3,537.21 after breaking the old mark of 3,436.54 points set in September last year.

Jamaica Broilers has just two offers for sale at the close on Friday.

The main market also contributed its fair share of excitement with a new record close and a number of stocks hitting new highs. A number of main market stocks could be coming to a short-term peak as is evident in the pullback of NCB Financial and Caribbean Cement during the past week with the latest quarterly results not lending much fuel to the stock prices.
It will be interesting to see how investors react to announced terms of the rights issue for Barita Investments with the offer of 11 for every 100 units at $45 each.
Jamaica Broilers has just 2 offers to sell, suggesting that the price has a far way to go. Some buying came for Radio Jamaica in the past week but with the price closing at $1.35 on Friday. It is worth noting that supply is drying up with only four offers totaling 115,000 shares posted at the close on Friday.
Sygnus Credit Investments is coming into its own with a limited supply of the stock for sale, the price closed at a record high at the close of the past week and may move higher this week. Jamaica Stock Exchange stock could fall some more with the stock facing increased selling and reduced buying.
Some selling came into the market for Blue Power but buying interest remains at the close on Friday with buying interest around the $12 but with some selling just above. Caribbean Flavours has a limited supply of stocks for sale and is worth watching. Elite Diagnostic with rising demand and virtually no supplies could bounce again this week following last weeks’ rise. General Accident moved away from the $4.50 level to close at $4.95 on Friday against declining supplies for sale with just two offers posted on Friday. Jamaican Teas hit new records during the week with investors trying to buy at $8.40, a level over the 30 percent limitation set by the market. The stock last traded at $7.26. Lasco Financial price bounced above $5 last week. The stock remains undervalued and should see increased buying interest, with the release of June quarter results, due out shortly. Lasco Manufacturing released first-quarter numbers at the close of the week with net profit rising 19 percent to $282 million, enough to move the price higher. Lasco Distributors should release quarterly results this week and could move prices of the stocks higher. Limners and Bards climbed to a record high of $3.99 but closed at $3.75 on Friday. Buying interest remains strong but some investors are taking profits, it will be interesting to see which has the upper hand, this week. Medical Disposables looks poised to move higher with the first-quarter numbers, set to play an important role in further gains. Investors await the second-quarter results for Stationery and Office Supplies to determine if higher prices are on the cards anytime soon, but the supply of the stock remains low with only 43,000 units offered for sale at the close on Friday.

Filed Under: Stock Market, Stocks to watch Tagged With: Blue Power, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Flavours, Elite Diagnostic Drax Hall, Emerging markets, Fontana, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, junior market, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Radio Jamaica, Stationery and Office Supplies

Several IC TOP 10 changes

August 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange saw new record highs for the main and Junior Market, with attention moving decisively in favour of the latter that lagged the main market for the greater part of the year.
Prices of Consolidated Bakeries and Caribbean Flavours rose, pushing them out of the Junior Market Top 10. They were replaced, by Caribbean Cream that closed the week, with the price down at $4.25 and Everything Fresh.
In the Main Market TOP 10, Victoria Mutual Investments jumped to a record high of $9, after the company reported 9 cents in earnings per share for the June quarter and 17 cents for the half-year, just below IC Insider.com forecast of 50 cents for the full year. The stock closed at a record high of $8.20 and exited the TOP 10. Pulse Investments climbed to close the week at $3.26 and fell from the top list. Earnings for Sterling Investments were revised downwards to 23 cents per share, resulting in it leaving the TOP 10. New entrants are Grace Kennedy, Proven Investments and Scotia Group.
In the past week, the main market continued its record-breaking run, closing the week at an all-time high on its way to over 800,000 points for the All Jamaica Index as momentum continues to move the market away from long-term resistance at 520,000 points. The Junior Market rose during the week and recovered all of the 2019 losses and surpassing the previous all-time high of 3,436 points in September last year. Technical indicators point to the record be taken out soon and could happen this week with more results due. The market closed over 3,500 points for the first time in the past week.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 233 percent, followed by Iron Rock with projected gains of 196 percent and tTech with possible gains of 167 percent.
Berger Paints heads the main market with potential gains of 122 percent followed by Radio Jamaica with 122 percent and Palace Amusement in third spot and likely to gain 92 percent by March next year.
The main market closed the week with the overall PE at 16.4 and the Junior Market moved up from 11.4 last week to 12.3 as the market shifts from consolidation in the first half of the year to be bullish now. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 8.3 versus 7.6 last week and the main market PE is now 10 4 compared to 9 at the start of last week. These levels, point to big gains for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular as they lag, the values of the main market by a third.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 33 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 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.