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New high for JSE with more to come

April 3, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The JSE main market closed at a new high on Tuesday with indicators pointing to more gains ahead as the market moves gradually upwards.

Jamaica Stock Exchange main market stocks continued on their upward climb as bullish sentiments exert upward pressure and steering the market higher, landed it at new closing high on Tuesday with more gains to come.
The main market closed with moderate trading of 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721, flowing from 27 securities changing hands, with 9 rising, 10 falling and 7 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,341.98 points to end at a record closing high of 324,609.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,222.70 points to a new closing record high of 295,755.80.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 1,317 shares trading, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $1.20, with 143,146 units, Carreras finished 10 cents higher at $10.70, with 102,432 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1 higher at $36, with 112,607 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 1,496 stock units in rising $1 to end at $49. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, in exchanging 198,187 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 88 cents at $15.12, with 6,207 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 25 cents higher at $6.95, with 6,248 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $25.60, as 5,739 shares changed hands. Kingston Properties finished 15 cents higher at $6.40, with 5,000 stock units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 88 cents higher at $6.42, with 36,780 shares, NCB Financial Group fell by $1.51 to $97.49, with 21,004 shares trading, 1834 Investments rose 1 cent to $1.20, with 37,871 shares. 138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 8,500 shares, changing hands. Palace Amusement rose $100 and closed at $1,100, with 100 stock units trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 35 cents at $42.65, with 1,351 units, Radio Jamaica settled 8 cents higher at $1.09, with 102,002 shares, Sagicor Group lost 35 cents to end at $36.15, with 75,366 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.49, with 300 shares. Scotia Group finished at $53.99, with 1,985 shares changing hands, Seprod closed at $33, with 30,103 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, after 83,750 stock units were exchanged, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 44 cents at $4.05, with 474,525 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 34 cents at $10.50, with 1,520,527 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.99, with 1,193 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 11,396 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Record close for JSE majors on Tuesday.”

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Properties, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

Record close for JSE majors on Tuesday

April 3, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The main market Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a second consecutive day of gains on Tuesday, with the market indices ending at new record closing highs.
At the end of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,341.98 points to end at a record closing high of 324,609.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,222.70 points to finish at a record closing high of 295,755.80.
Trading resulted in, flowing from the exchanging of 29 securities, with 10 rising, 10 falling and 9 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, including a rise of $1 in the price of Caribbean Cement to $35, Grace Kennedy gained of $1 to $49, Mayberry Investments rose 88 cents to $6.42,

Palace share price climbed $100 to $1,100

Palace Amusement added $100 to $1,100 and NCB Financial lost $1.51 to end at $97.49.
Main market activity ended with 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721 changing hands compared to 11,248,457 units valued at over $130,109,783 on Thursday. Wisynco Group with 1,520,527 units that accounted or 50.87 percent of the overall market volume and Victoria Mutual Investments closed trading with 474,525 units and 15.87 percent of traded volume were the two dominant trades.
Trading resulted in an average of 110,716 shares valued at $1,293,508, for each security traded, compared to 387,878 shares valued at $4,486,544 on Thursday. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with 144,650 units valued at US$30,130. JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,500 units with rise of a fraction of a cent, to close at US$1 after rising by 5 US cents and Proven Investments closed trading with 143,150 units at 20 US cents. The market index closed unchanged at 161.45 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – New high for JSE with more to come

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, NCB Financial, Proven Investments, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

$50B surplus hikes Jamaican government spend

April 2, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Minister of Finance Audley Shaw managed to create a huge fiscal surplus before planned increased spending in March.

Government of Jamaica would end up with a huge surplus for the 2017/18 fiscal year with revenues to February running well ahead of forecast and expenditure sharply lower than budgeted, but even with increased spending planned for March, the surplus could still be large.
Figures released by the Ministry of Finance to February showing a large surplus, the fiscal year was set to achieve a huge surplus around the $50 billion. The likelihood of this huge surplus resulted in government trying to spend as much as possible in March, to reduce the excess that has built up. One item that the government earmarked for payment to reduce the surplus funds to February, is the payment of the increase in civil servants’ salaries. Up to February, there was a shortfall of $6 billion in salary payments, which seems to represent mostly back payment for the fiscal year. Payment in March, would cut the under spending showing at the end of February to a $9 billion. The under spending includes interest cost being lower than planned that accounts for $5 billion of the under spent amounts.
In order to reduce the surplus sharply the revised estimates increased spending at $564 billion for the fiscal year, $42 billion more than the original forecast and would require spending of nearly $80 billion in March, if that were to be achieved, even with the back pay for civil servants being done in March that would be a big challenge with underspending to February with just 1 month that was left in the fiscal year, unless they were to clear up arrears of debt they have in the system.
Figures released by the Ministry of Finance, show that the operations to February, resulted in an overall surplus of almost $3 billion well above the projection of a deficit of $23 billion. The vast improvement arose from an $11 billion increase in revenues over budget, to reach $476 billion and less spending of $15 billion, with the latter benefiting from the late payment of increased salaries for the civil service. Revenues would have been far better but for tax refunds on interest that saw a reduction in inflows of more than $5 billion.
The original projection was for revenues for the fiscal year to be $535 billion and expenditure of $537 billion with spending of $37 billion and revenues of $70 billion in March and that would have put the fiscal numbers into a balanced position, with the planned for a fiscal deficit in February.

Filed Under: Economy, Feature Stories Tagged With: GOJ fiscal operations, Ministry of Finance

JSE in big Holy Thursday recovery

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

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Caribbean Cement dropped $4.54 on Thursday.

The main market Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 2,405.36 points to 323,267.35 on Thursday while the JSE Index climbed 2,191.55 points to 294,533.10, as advancing stocks out did declining ones on the last trading day for April.
Trading closed with 32 securities changing hands, up from 27 on Wednesday, leading to 16 advancing, 10 declining and 6 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets. Securities closing with sizable price changes include, including a drop of $4.94 in Caribbean Cement to $35, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1.45 to $48, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to an all-time high of $21, Jamaica Producers added $1.05 to end at $16, Kingston Wharves gained $2 at in trading at $40, PanJam Investment recovered from the sharp fall of $10.10 on Wednesday, jumping $11 to $43 and a surge of $3.14 in Scotia Group pushed the closing price to $53.99.

Jamaica Broilers closed at a record high on Thursday.

Main market activity ended with 11,248,457 units valued at over $130,109,783 compared to 5,013,846 units valued at $96,400,279 changing hands on Wednesday. Ciboney Group traded 3,892,538 units for 34.61 percent of the day’s volume followed by Wisynco Group with 1,877,516 units or 16.69 percent of the overall market volume, Kingston Wharves with 1,224,813 units or 10.89 percent of stocks traded, Carreras traded 847,800 units and Victoria Mutual Investments closed trading with 731,119 shares changing hands.
Trading resulted in an average of 387,878 shares valued at $4,486,544, for each security traded, compared to 192,840 shares valued at $3,707,703 on Wednesday. For the month to date, an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 traded, compared to 639,063 units with an average value at $20,361,477 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 213,336 units, valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 51,494 units valued at over US$26,317. Productive Business Solution traded 43,029 units with rise of a fraction of a cent, to close at 58 US cents Proven Investments closed trading with 7,170 units at 20 US cents and Margaritaville (Turks) ended with 1,295 units trading and fell 5 US cents to 20 US cents. The market index closed with a fall of 6.32 points to 161.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Sharp price changes continue on JSE main market – Thursday.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Margaritaville, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, Scotia Group, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

Big price changes continue for JSE majors – Thursday

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Jamaica Stock Exchange main market activity, closed on Thursday with more sharp price movements, including a drop of $4.94 in Caribbean Cement, a $11 jump in the price of PanJam Investment and a surge of $3.14 in Scotia Group share price.
The main market closed with 11,248,457 units valued at $130,109,783 flowing from 27 securities changing hands, with 15 securities rising, 9 falling and 3 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 2,405.36 points to 323,267.35 and the JSE Index jumped 2,191.55 points to 294,533.10.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 14,730 shares trading, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 14 cents higher at $1.30, with 563,032 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 30 cents at $10.60, with 847,800 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $4.94 at $35, with 264,524 shares, Ciboney Group fell 2 cents to 12 cents, with 3,892,538 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1.45 at $48, with 42,306 stock units, Jamaica Broilers gained $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $21, in trading 13,100 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.05 higher at $16, with 14,110 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.70, with 8,000 shares. JMMB Group rose 50 cents to $26, with 327,174 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a gain of $2 to $40, with 1,224,813 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 86 cents at $5.54, in the exchange of 376,631 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 29 cents to $99, with 112,718 shares changing hands. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.19, with 57,662 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $1,000, trading 642 stock units, PanJam Investment jumped $11 to close at $43, with 68,720 units, Pulse Investments finished 4 cents higher at $1.79, with 6,000 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.01, trading 298,672 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $36.50, with 132,221 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 4 cents to end at $15.49, with 79,088 shares. Scotia Group jumped $3.14 to close at $53.99, with 14,505 shares trading, Seprod closed with a loss of 50 cents at $33, in the trading of 5,384 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.90, with 238,420 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 38 cents higher at $4.49, with 731,119 units changing hands, Wisynco Group settled 34 cents higher at $10.84, with 1,877,516 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 4 cents higher at $1.99, with 6,300 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 15,440 shares, Proven Investments jumped 74 cents to close at $5.89, with 14,939 units, changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE in big Holy Thursday recovery.”

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

US$ sell off pushes rates down – Thursday

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the foreign exchange on Thursday continued with heavy selling off US dollars by dealers and pushing the selling rate for the US dollar below $126.
The market closed with inflows of all currencies, ending at US$46.04 million, versus US$66.33 million on Wednesday, but dealers sold US$61.22 million in contrast to US$60.51 million, previously.
The rate to buy the US dollar fell against the Jamaican dollar by 9 cents while the buying rate by dealer dropped a sizable 54 cents and signaling low buying interest.
In US dollar trading, dealers sold US$57.26 million at a rate of J$125.99 at the close, compared to US$56.68 million at a rate of J$126.08 on Wednesday. Purchases of the US currency by dealers, amounted to US$40.66 million at an average of just over $124.65, compared to US$61.86 million at an average of $125.19 on Wednesday.
For the shortened week, dealers bought US$216 million in all currencies, down from US$231 million in all currencies bought in the previous week including US$20 million auctioned by the central bank. Dealers sold US$237.6 million, compared to the selling of US$229.3 million previously.
Actual US dollar purchases by dealers amounted to US$190.8 million down from US$210 million in the prior week and they sold US$214.92 million compared to US$214.95 million.
At mid-day on Thursday dealers purchased US$12.69 million at an average rate of J$125.04 and sold US$12.37 million at an average of J$125.76. At mid-day on Wednesday dealers purchased US$18.4 million at an average rate of J$125.63 and sold US$16.6 million at an average of J$125.96.
The selling rate on Thursday, for the Canadian dollar slipped to J$97.20 from J$98.20 at the close on Wednesday, the selling rate for the British Pound increased to J$178.11 from J$177.21 previously and the euro rose against the Jamaican dollar to J$159.18 to buy the European common currency, versus the prior selling rate of J$156.64.

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

Jamaican Economy grew 0.5% in 2017

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

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Preliminary estimate by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) puts growth in the Jamaican economy at 0.5 percent for 2017, after it grew by 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter compared to the similar 2016 quarter, data just released by Statin shows.
The result will be subject to revision when additional data is obtained. Growth in the final quarter, Statin stated “resulted from improved performances in both the Services Industries up by 1.1 percent and the Goods Producing Industries 1.2 percent.”
“All industries within the Services Industries recorded gains: Electricity & Water Supply, 0.4 percent, Hotels & Restaurants 5.8 percent, Transport, Storage & Communication 0.7 percent, Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities 0.8 percent, Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repairs; Installation of Machinery & Equipment 0.5 percent,

Growth in tourism was strong in 2017

Finance & Insurance Services 0.8 percent, Producers of Government Services 0.2 percent and Other Services 1.4 percent.”
The main contributors to growth in the Goods Producing Industries were Mining & Quarrying 14.7 percent, Manufacturing 0.3 percent and Construction 0.7 percent. The Mining & Quarrying industry benefitted from higher production levels at the alumina plants. The Manufacturing industry’s performance was attributed to increased output from both the Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Other Manufacturing sub-industries, due largely to the increase in beverages, bakery products and grain mill products.
However, Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing declined by 1.1 per cent. The performance of the Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing industry was impacted by heavy rainfall, the Statin report stated.

Filed Under: Economy, Feature Stories Tagged With: Jamaica GDP performance, Statin, Statistical Institute of Jamaica

More gains for Junior Market – Thursday

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market made further gain at the on Thursday with an advanced by 29.83 points to close at 2,958.51 as advancing stocks outnumbered decliners nearly 3 to 1.
At the close of market activities, 25 securities changing hands, the prices of 8 securities advanced, 8 declined and 6 remained unchanged, compared 22 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an exchange of 1,499,141 units valued at $6,471,380, compared with 5,856,105 units valued at $19,587,652.
Market activity ended with an average of 59,966 units for an average of $258,855 compared to an average of 266,187 units for an average of $890.348 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 149,999 units at $623,819, compared to an average of 155,001 units at $638,574, on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 22 cents higher at $2.17, with 42,644 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers rose by 43 cents to $10, with 3,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $6, with 19,400 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5, with 66,461 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 2 cents at $2, with 15,000 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of $1.98 at $7.51, with 1,185 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of 10 cents at $17.10, with 4,250 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $3.25, with 165,877 units, Eppley ended trading at $9.50, with 2,000 shares. Express Catering traded at an all-time intraday high of $6 but ended with a loss of 18 cents at $5.30, with 241,743 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.60, with 92,684 shares, General Accident closed 25 cents higher at $3.10, with 16,244 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $3.20, with 100,620 units. Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.65, with 1,950 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 15,200 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 3 cents higher at $4.78, with 336 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 8 cents at $4.15, with 45,119 units. Key Insurance finished trading 80 cents higher at $4.65, with 7,805 shares, KLE Group closed 20 cents higher at $2.50, with 51,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $14.48, with 13,403 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 1 cent higher at $4.05, with 205,200 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 2 cents at $4.90, with 29,199 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 12 cents higher at $4.12, with 130,600 shares, Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to end at $3.10, with 245 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 227,976 units 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, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostics, Emerging markets, Eppley, Express Catering, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

First Caribbean to list on NYSE

March 29, 2018 by IC Insider.com

FirstCaribbean International Bank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday.

First Caribbean International Bank traded at a new high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, after the bank announced that they filed application with the Securities Commission for listing of the shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
The bank with branches sprawled all over the economically troubled Caribbean basin reported improved profit results in the quarter ending January with profit rising by 13.2 percent from US$33.77 million to US$38.24 including minority interest, as loans grew modestly over the one year period, from US$6.14 billion to US$6.34 billion.
Market activity ended with 9 securities changing hands compared to 14 securities on Wednesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 3 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in 264,376 shares valued at $2,045,015 changing hands, compared to 156,799 shares valued at $1,663,812 on Wednesday.
At close, the Composite Index gained 1.10 points on Thursday to 1,263.93, the All T&T Index gained 0.40 points to 1,698.91, while the Cross Listed Index rose shed 0.25 points to close at 111.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Thursday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank rose 15 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high $9.50, after exchanging 123,125 shares. National Enterprises closed with a gain of 4 cents and completed trading at $9.79, with a mere 30 units, Scotiabank gained 9 cents and settled at $62.65, after exchanging 262 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading with a gain of 25 cents to $27.75, after exchanging 22,627 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $1.75, with 113,925 stock units changing hands and National Flour fell 2 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.68, after exchanging 1,920 shares as profit for 2017, fell from $35 million to $29 million with earnings per share of 24 cents.
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings ended at $47.40, with 619 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.75, with an exchange of 1,254 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.60, with 614 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, National Flour Mills, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

Junior Market in recovery mode – Wednesday

March 28, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market Index recovered most of the decline it suffered on Tuesday as it advanced by 23.72 points to close at 2,928.68 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, 22 securities changing hands, the prices of 8 securities advanced, 8 declined and 6 remained unchanged, compared 18 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an exchange of 5,856,105 units valued at $19,587,652, compared with 7,383,582 units valued at $28,485,859 from 24 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with an average of 266,187 units for an average of $890.348 compared to an average of 307,649 units for an average of $1,186,911 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 155,001 units at $638,574, compared to an average of 149,286 units at $625,633, on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 25 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.95, with 226,097 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 83 cents at $9.57, with 3,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 1 cent higher at $6, with 31,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 23 cents higher at $4.90, with 100,195 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.02, with 2,011 shares. Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of 70 cents at $17.20, with 100 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 3 cents at $3.22, with 187,108 units, Express Catering traded 38 cents higher at $5.48, with 135,800 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.50, with 24,500 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 34 cents at $2.85, with 500,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 40 cents higher at $3.10, with 3,916,380 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 25 cents higher at $4.65, with 4,200 shares, ISP Finance climbed $1.50, to settle at $15, with 2,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading 30 cents higher at $4.75, with 19,248 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 2 cents at $4.23, with 10,000 units, Knutsford Express ended $1.48 higher at $14.48, with 176 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.04, with 10,747 stock units. Lasco Financial finished at $4.92, with 93,418 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 25 cents at $4, with 878 shares, Main Event ended trading at $5.90, with 542,115 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 9,634 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 37,498 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.