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NCB closes at a new high on TTSE

August 18, 2017 by IC Insider.com

NCBFG trades at new high in Trinidad on Friday of TT$4.50.

NCB Financial Holdings closed at new high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday and have almost closed the gaping gap in trading prices between Jamaica and Trinidad. At the close 11 securities traded compared to 13 on Thursday.
Trading activity increased over Thursday’s levels by more than 100 percent in dollars and volume. With trading dominated by Angostura Holdings with 42 percent of the trades followed by Clico Investment and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with 27 percent and 23 percent respectively.
The market closed with 4 stocks having advanced, 1 declined and 6 were unchanged as 419,313 shares traded at a value of $$7,180,253 compared to Thursday’s trades of 210,213 valued at $3,263,460.
The Composite Index advanced 5.60 points to 1,228.32, the All T&T Index gained 0.60 points to 1,792.35 and the Cross Listed Index added 1.45 points to 89.13 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers suggesting some softness in the market ahead of Monday’s opening.
Gains| Stocks closing with the prices rising based on the last sale and volumes changing hands were Clico Investment with a 1 cent gain to $21 with 93,269 shares valued at $1,949,712, First Caribbean International rising 3 cents to close at $8.05 with 20,117 shares, NCB Financial Group advanced 21 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 with 10,000 shares, as investors pushed the price to be more or less in line with the price it closed at in Kingston of J$90.95 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 20 cents higher to $23.45 with 70,233 shares valued at $1,647,548.
Losses| Prestige Holdings lost 1 cent, to last traded at $10.64 with 8,876 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Stocks trading with the last price remaining unchanged and the volumes changing hands are, Angostura Holdings ending at $15.01 with 200,000 shares valued at $3,002,000, Ansa Merchant Bank trading at $40 with 1,056 shares, First Citizens exchanging 1,800 shares at $31.67. Massy Holdings closed at $48.95 with 379 units, National Enterprises remained at $10.48 with 13,161 shares and Scotiabank closed with 422 units trading at $58.02.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Ansa Merchant Bank, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International, First Citizens, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, Prestige Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

JSE in big drop as NCB slips $2.90 – Thursday

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial Group closed $2.90 lower on Thursday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market dropped sharply at the close on Thursday with sizable declines in some big capitalization stocks. Advancing stocks dominated trading, with a 2 to 1 ratio but a drop of $2.90 in NCB shares hit the indices with a big drop.
Market indices ended with the All Jamaica Composite Index dropping 2,855.71 points to 272,949.82, the JSE Market Index shed 2,601.88 points to close at 248,688.20 and the JSE US dollar market index slipped 7.10 points to 179.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main the indication is for several stocks to rise in market activity on Friday, with the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showing a strong 11 to 2 reading.
At the close of trading, 24 securities changed hands in the main market with none trading in the US dollar market, leading to 13 stocks advancing and 7 declining. The main market ended with 11,248,931 units valued at $225,049,422 changing hands compared to 2,503,106 units valued at $111,950,847 at the close on Tuesday.
The main market ended trading with an average of 468,705 units valued at $9,377,059 for each security traded compared to an average of 100,124 units valued at $4,478,034. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 180,487 units with an average value of $3,861,556 compared with an average of 151,666 units with an average value of $3,310,005 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for July ended at 160,668 units with an average value of $2,691,438.
In the main activity, Barita Investments gained 30 cents to end at $12 with 163,100 shares, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 45 cents at $14 with 26,471 shares, Cable & Wireless fell 14 cents to $1.20 with 109,773 shares, Caribbean Cement shed 51 cents and closed at $26.50 with 14,000 shares, Carreras closed at $108 with 273,696 shares, Grace Kennedy exchanged 240,254 shares and closed at $39. Jamaica Broilers dropped $1.50 to $16 with 1,134,504 shares, Jamaica Producers rose 40 cents to $15 with 30,820 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange inched 4 cents higher to $6.49 with 2,000 shares, JMMB Group lost 45 cents, to $21 with 1,160,685 shares, Kingston Wharves closed at $29.52 with 1,908 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $4 with 6,771 shares, NCB Financial Group dropped $2.90 to $87.10 with 778,034 shares, 1834 Investments closed 9 cents higher at $1.34 with 4,630 shares, PanJam Investment jumped $2 to $33 with 4,350 shares, Portland JSX ended 5 cents higher at $9.30 with 799,300 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 5 cents higher to $1.35 with 46,110 shares, Sagicor Group climbed 99 cents to $31.99 with 93,301 shares, Sagicor Real Estate X Fund rose 1 cent higher to $12.06 with 2,500,000 shares, Scotia Group rose 40 cents to $44 with 4,955 shares, Sterling Investments ended with a loss of 70 cents in closing at $13.30, with 241,935 shares, Supreme Ventures closed 5 cents higher at $8.05 with 3,609,023 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share added 2 cents to close at $1.17 with 311 shares and Proven preference share rose 2 cents to $5 with 3,000 shares.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Cable and Wireless, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Scotia Investments, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

89% of trades to 2 Lasco companies

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Manufacturing & Lasco Distributors, combined, traded 89% shares on Thursday.

Two Lasco companies dominated trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the volume traded. Lasco Distributors accounted for 4.9 million units and the manufacturing sister company 7.35 million units.
Trading closed with 20 securities changing hands, 5 advanced, 5 declined and 7 traded firm with 13,753,371 units valued at $73,391,001 compared to 28,446,953 shares valued at $130,472,160 on Wednesday when Jamaican Teas traded over 25 million shares. The Junior Market Index rose 10.72 points to close at 3,123.26.
Trading ended with an average of 687,669 units for an average of $3,669,550 in contrast to 1,293,043 units for an average of $5,930,553 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 344,257 units valued at $1,813,259 compared to 309,916 units valued at $1,627,630 previously. In contrast, July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking stronger for Friday’s activity as 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
The volume of stocks changing hands on Thursday and the last traded prices are: Access Financial with 27,855 shares at $46.20, AMG Packaging with 3,100 shares at $3.50, Blue Power losing $1.50 in trading 550 shares at $40, CAC 2000 closing at $7.50 with 1,659 shares, Cargo Handlers closed at $11 with 550 shares, Consolidated Bakeries lost 11 cents and ended at $2.15 with 2,000 shares, Dolphin Cove closed at $17.50 with 100 shares, Express Catering closed at $5.20 with 78,372 shares, General Accident closed at $2.60 with 89,694 stock units, Jamaican Teas ended at $4.50 with 793,230 units, Jetcon Corporation closed at $5.41 with 168,148 shares, KLE Group closed at $2.10 with 168,011 shares, Knutsford Express closed at $15 with 2,000 shares, Lasco Distributors exchanged 4,911,909 shares at $6.70, Lasco Financial closed at $3.80 with 6,898 shares after falling 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $4.38 with 7,352,203 shares, Medical Disposables climbed 30 cents to $5.30 with 165 shares, Paramount Trading rose 9 cents to $2.94 with 10,000 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 122,333 units with the price rising 40 cents to $4.80 and tTech closed at $7 with 14,584 shares.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Blue Power, CAC 2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Express Catering, General Accident, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery & Office Supplies, tTech

Forex inflows drop to US$33M – Thursday

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

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Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market on Thursday resulted much lower inflows of US$32.94 million in contrast to US$43.52 million on Wednesday and outflows of US$32.74 million compared to US$32.38 million of all currencies previously.
Approximately, 25 percent of the intake is surrendered by dictate to Bank of Jamaica and would amount to $8 million based on Thursdays trading.
In USA dollar trading, inflows ended at US$27.59 million versus US$38.58 million on Wednesday with outflows of US$26.19 million compared to US$27 million.
The value of the Jamaican dollar fell in value against the US dollar, with the selling rate ending at J$128.51 from J$128.49 previously. Dealers bought the US currency at an average of J$127.15, versus J$127.32 on Wednesday.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar rose to J$101.69 from J$101.54 at the close on Wednesday while the British Pound was less costly, with J$164.96 buying the British currency versus J$165.40 and the euro, receded in value against the Jamaican dollar, with it taking J$149.92 to buy the European common currency, versus J$151.97 previously.

Filed Under: FX Market Tagged With: Bank Of Jamaica, BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Daily trading activity, Emerging market, euro, euro v J$, FX trading, jamaican dollar, US Dollar

TTSE closed with mixed indices move

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday traded 13 securities compared to 14 on Wednesday with the prices of 2 advancing, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index gained 0.16 points to 1,222.72, the All T&T Index lost 0.58 points to 1,791.75 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.12 points to 87.68 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close, 210,213 shares traded at a value of $3,263,460 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 388,836 units valued at $2,901,484.
Gains| Stocks closing with the prices rising and volumes changing hands are Sagicor Financial climbing 30 cents to $8.50 with 24,507 shares and Praetorian Property Mutual closing 3 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.05, with 1,000 shares.
Losses| Stocks declining based on the last traded prices and volumes changing hands are Clico Investment with a loss of 1 cent, closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.99 with 1,050 shares, First Caribbean International with a loss of 3 cents, to $8.02 with 5,107 shares, Republic Financial Holdings with a loss of 1 cent, closed at $101.90 with 1,340 shares. Scotiabank with a loss of 1 cent, to end at $58.02 with 24,775 shares valued at $1,437,558 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with a loss of 15 cents to $23.25 with 4,270 shares.
Firm Trades| Stocks trading unchanged at the last traded prices and volumes changing hands are Ansa McAL closed at $66 with 3,721 shares, First Citizens closing at $31.67, with 3,273 shares, Guardian Holdings with 5,000 shares at $16.50,. JMMB Group closing at $1.20 with 59,660 shares, Massy Holdings closing with 280 units at $48.95 while National Enterprises closed at $10.48 with 76,230 shares valued at $798,890.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International, First Citizens, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, Praetorian Property Mutual, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

Is trading IPO issues a good idea?

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

The question of the week comes from one of IC Insider.com’s readers. “ I’m trying to understand more about investing and would like to know about buying stocks at the IPO price, selling when they go up and then buying when the prices settles lower? Does it make sense to do so?
The answer to the question is yes and no. it can be done but understanding where the stock may top out initially, is going to be the key. You have to determine the price to sell at and then identify when to get back in, as well as where the price may go after reentry. Those targets are not always easy to assess. A good example is Main Event, it went to $5 early after listing and then pulled back a bit and went over $8 and pulled back to $4.85 last Week. Express Catering went over $5 initially and pulled back to $3.80, traded recently at $5.60 and pulling back again. Trading fees can cost up to 5% to get in and out that needs to be factored into the equation of potential trades as well.
Knowing the PE and how the stock compares to others in the market, will help a great deal to determine the likely top for a stock. The use of PE ratio and comparing them with other stocks gives a good indication which stock has a better valuation, but it may not tell when that difference will be eliminated. Currently, just below 20 times current earnings, seems to be a good exit point as the target for IPOs and say 20% or so below could be a good reentry point.
Picking tops and bottoms in markets is not always easy, unless historical records are used in the assessments. This technique is better known as technical analysis where markets or products, in this case stocks, establish set price patterns over time, often trading within what’s called a channel. Channels allow investors to better pick tops and bottoms, while the items is trading within the channel.

Filed Under: Investment Tips Tagged With: Express Catering, Main Event, PE ratio

Inflation eases in July

August 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com

Inflation in Jamaica eased a bit in July to 0.6 percent compared to June 0.07 percent, according to data released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin).
“For the second consecutive month the division Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages recorded the highest movement of 1.2 per cent. This was primarily due to an upward movement in the class ‘Vegetable and Starchy Foods up by 3.8 per cent,” Statin stated and the Transport division rose 0.3 percent. Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels decreased by 0.3 percent a result of lower electricity rates.
Inflation for the calendar July come out at 2.7 percent, while the movement over the last twelve months runs at 4.5 percent, slightly more than the 4.4 percent at June.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Inflation in Jamaica, Statin, Statistical Institute of Jamaica

Forex inflows falls to US$43.5M – Wednesday

August 16, 2017 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market on Wednesday resulted inflows of US$43.52 million in contrast to US$53.68 million on Tuesday and outflows of US$32.38 million compared to US$37.34 million of all currencies previously.
Approximately, 25 percent of the intake is to be surrendered by dictate to Bank of Jamaica and would amount to $11 million, which is line with the net inflows of $11 million.
In USA dollar trading, inflows ended at US$38.58 million versus US$47.98 million on Tuesday with outflows of US$27.58 million compared to US$33.04 million.
The value of the Jamaican dollar fell in value against the US dollar, with the selling rate ending at J$128.49 from J$128.23 previously. Dealers bought the US currency at an average of J$127.32, versus J$127.22 on Tuesday.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar slipped to J$101.54 from J$101.82 at the close on Tuesday while the British Pound was slightly less costly at the close, with J$165.40 buying the British currency versus J$165.60 and the euro, gained in value against the Jamaican dollar, with it taking J$151.97 to buy the European common currency, versus J$151.80 previously.

Filed Under: FX Market Tagged With: Bank Of Jamaica, BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Daily trading activity, Emerging market, euro, euro v J$, FX trading, jamaican dollar, US Dollar

JSE drops Wednesday

August 16, 2017 by IC Insider.com

JMMB Group traded at a 52 weeks’ closing high od $21.45.

In main market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the market indices closed down as declining stocks dominated trading, with a 3 to 1 ratio as investors did some profit taking after the big run up in the market over the last three weeks.
Market indices ended with the All Jamaica Composite Index dropping 1,411.72 points to 275,805.53, the JSE Market Index declined 1,286.24 points to 251,290.08 and the JSE US dollar market index slipped 7.10 points to 179.05.
At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands in the main market with 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 4 stocks advancing and 12 declining. The main market ended with 2,503,106 units valued at $111,950,847 changing hands compared to 3,703,287 units valued at $102,098,446 at the close on Tuesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 79,970 units valued at US$19,539 bringing the total of all trades to J$114,451,831.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 100,124 units valued at $4,478,034 for each security traded compared to an average of 123,443 units valued at $3,403,282. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 151,666 units with an average value of $3,310,005 compared with an average of 157,392 units with an average value of $3,180,224 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for July ended at 160,668 units with an average value of $2,691,438.
At the close of market activity, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 30 cents, at $11.70 with 5,098 shares, Berger Paints dropped $2.50, to $14.45 with 36,209 shares, Cable and Wireless added 14 cents to $1.34 with 660,009 shares, Carreras fell $1 to $108 with 828,843 shares, Grace Kennedy declined $2, to $39 with 163,035 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.50 with 20,112 shares, Jamaica Producers lost 40 cents, and closed at $14.60 with 10,150 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.45 with 9,064 shares, JMMB Group closed 45 cents higher, at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $21.45 with 58,262 shares. Kingston Wharves closed 2 cents higher, at $29.52 with 22,173 shares, Mayberry Investments lost 40 cents, to $4.40 with 48,328 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $90 with 45,127 shares, 1834 Investments shed 5 cents, to $1.25 with 10,130 shares, PanJam Investment traded 5 cents higher, to $31 with 18,915 shares, Portland JSX ended with a loss of 5 cents, at $9.25 with 10,900 shares. Pulse Investments closed at $1.95 with 25,403 shares, Radio Jamaica declined by 10 cents, to $1.30 with 68,038 shares, Sagicor Group lost 52 cents, to end at $31 with 25,826 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $12.05 with 24,000 shares, Salada Foods closed at $9.50 with 1,158 shares, Scotia Group dropped $2.30 to $43.60 with 112,709 shares, Scotia Investments with a loss of 9 cents, closed at $35.01 with 3,900 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $8 with 32,900 shares. Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 24 US cents with 78,570 units, JMMB Group US 6% preference share closed at US$1.10 with 1,400 units, JMMB 7.5% preference share closed at $1.99 with 12,437 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference closed at $1.15 with 250,000 units.

Junior market drops again

August 16, 2017 by IC Insider.com

Jamaican Teas CEO, John Mahfood. The company traded 25m shares. on Wednesday.

Trading on the Junior Market of Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped on Wednesday with Jamaican Teas traded over 25 million shares as one large shareholder reorganized a portion of their holding. A total of 22 securities traded, 9 advanced 5 declined and 8 traded firm.
The Junior Market Index declined by 44.92 points to close at 3,112.54. Trading closed with 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers. The Market closed with 28,446,953 shares valued at $130,472,160 trading, compared with 2,187,410 shares valued at $12,791,307 on the previous day.
At the close of the market, the volume of stocks changing hands on Wednesday and the last prices they traded at are: Access Financial with 3,630 shares at $46.20, AMG Packaging closing with 4,624 shares at $3.50, CAC 2000 ended 35 cents higher to $7.40 with 46,692 shares, Cargo Handlers gained 30 cents to close at $11 with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cream closed 80 cents higher at $6.70 with 1,877 shares, Consolidated Bakeries lost 24 cents, to close at $2.26 with 221,280 shares, after the company posted a loss in the June quarter on Lower revenues than in 2016. Derrimon Trading fell 90 cents, to $7 with 800 shares, Dolphin Cove closed at $17.50 with 5,534 shares, Express Catering with a loss of 1 cents, closed at $5.20 with 311,836 shares, General Accident with a loss of 7 cents, closed at $2.60 with 615,796 shares, Honey Bun closed at $5 with 4,500 shares, Jamaican Teas moved 25 cents higher to $4.95 with 25,101,325 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbed 20 cents higher to $5.50 with 43,070 shares, KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $2.10 with 738,400 shares, Knutsford Express closed at $15 with 5,538 shares, Lasco Distributors rose 15 cents while closing at $6.70 with 576,888 shares, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents, and closed at $3.85 with 20,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.33 with 71,292 shares, Main Event gained 5 cents to $5 with 3,732 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $2.85 with 64,224 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 604,415 units with the price falling 59 cents to $4.40, and tTech rose 20 cents to $7 with 500 shares.