VM Investments & Wisynco dominate again

January 10, 2018 by

VM Investments volume falls, still number 2.

Investors’ appetite for the recently listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group fell on Wednesday in trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange with the prices declining by the close, but the stocks still dominated trading with the highest volume in the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index climbed 693.01 points to 287,128.27 in spite of a negative advance decline ratio.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 5 advanced, 18 declined, 4 traded firm. A total of 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 traded on Wednesday.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended 7 cents higher at $8.66, with 4,351 stock units, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 20 cents at $17.80, with 415 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.35, with 247,619 units, Carreras finished at $11.30, with 139,489 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 1 cent at $34, with 13,524 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 50 cents at $43, with 20,083 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 5,148 shares, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 10 cents at $16.60, with 3,030 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 161,816 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 19,159 units, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 99 cents at $33, with 21,185 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7.20, with 31,959 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 17 cents at $99.63, with 90,780 units. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 13 cents at $1.28, with 800 shares, Student Living concluded trading with a loss of 8 cents at $6, with 1,000 units. PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 50 cents at $41, with 73,255 stock units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $10.75, with 2,000 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $2, with 53,218 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.08, with 42,122 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 51 cents higher at $36, with 81,110 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading $1.31 higher at $51.41, with 55,140 shares, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $29.95, with 3,590 units. Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 1 cent at $11.99, with 48,975 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $3.91, with 704,278 stock units, Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 20 cents at $10, with 2,440,080 units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 10 cents higher at $14.60, with 10,628 shares. In the main market preference segment, 138 Student Living variable rate shares finished at $5.68, with 100 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday.”

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20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday

January 10, 2018 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advancing by 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index advanced by 693.01 points to close at 287,128.27 as 5 advanced, 18 declined and 4 traded firm.
Market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 compared to 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 from 25 securities on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with 158,328 units for an average of $1,921,037 in contrast to 376,513 units for an average of $3,325,216 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 326,759 units valued at $9,212,851 and previously 351,208 units valued at $10,451,084. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Activity in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing with a loss of 2 cents at 55 cents with 1,500 shares traded and Proven Investments ordinary share, exchanging 2,530 units with a fall of 1 cent to close at 22 US cents, the total value of trading amounted to US$1,387. The JSE US Equities Index closed down 5.30 points at 169.74.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Wisynco closed trading with 2.44 million shares with the price ending $10, having retreated from a high of $13.80 shortly after trading. Caribbean Cement dropped $1 to $34, Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to $33, Scotia Group gained $1.31 to $51.41. Victoria Mutual Investments that was one of the leading volume trader for a number of days still remained in the number 2 spot with 704,000 shares, down from well over 1 million units per day. The price of the two new listed companies have eased as demand abates and selling continues.

For more details of market activities see – VM Investments & Wisynco dominate again .

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VM Invest & Wisynco still dominant – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group that listed in late December on Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 7 million of the 9.4 million units traded on Tuesday up from 5.1 traded on Monday out of 7.4 million units.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 5 declined, 9 traded firm and Mayberry Investments trading at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 traded on Tuesday.
At the close of trading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index fell 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended at $8.59, with 600 stock units, Berger Paints closed 20 cents higher at $18, with 51,279 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.31, with 285,660 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 13 cents at $11.30, with 39,486 shares, Caribbean Cement closed $1.38 higher at $35, with 14,545 shares trading. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $43.50, with 42,979 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 18,482 shares, Jamaica Producers closed 20 cents higher at $16.70, with 9,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 27,000 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading 65 cents higher at $25, with 294,549 units, Kingston Wharves settled 99 cents higher at $33.99, with 3,344 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 61 cents higher at $7.40, with 40,003 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 80 cents higher at $99.80, with 48,329 units. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to $41.50, with 13,715 stock units, Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 14,722 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 27,986 shares traded, Sagicor Group ended trading 84 cents higher at $35.49, with 59,960 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2.90 at $50.10, with 40,490 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 157 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 127,053 units, VM Investments  finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.98, with 2,053,519 shares. Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.20, with 4,981,783 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 19,661 stock units.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80, with 35,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.16, with 1,163,512 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday.”

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Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Wisynco traded 4.99m shares on Tuesday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday ended with a slight dip in the market indices even as advancing stocks beat declining ones just over a 2 to 1 ratio. Volume traded increased 27 percent but with 59 percent less value.
At the close, a $2.90 fall in the price of Scotia Group shares weighted down the indices, as the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index eased 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, 11 advanced, 5 declined and 9 traded firm with 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 compared to 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 on from 27 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 376,513 units for an average of $3,325,216 in contrast to 264,842 units for an average of $7,218,726 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 351,208 units valued at $10,451,084 and previously 417,253 units valued at $14,616,592.  December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments ordinary share exchanging 7,200 units with a rise of 1 cent to close at 23 US cents with a value of US$1,652. The JSE US Equities Index closed at 175.04, down 0.14 points.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco continue to dominate trading with 2 million shares and 4.99 million shares respectively. Caribbean Cement jumped $1.38 to $35, Kingston Wharves rose 99 cents to $33.99, Mayberry Investments climbed 61 cents to $7.40 for a 52 weeks’ high, PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to close at $41.50, Scotia Group dropped $2.90 to $50.10.

For more details of market activities see – VM Investments & Wisynco still dominant – Tuesday.

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NCB locked up Guardian from 2016

January 9, 2018 by

NCB Financial Group locked up the majority ownership in Guardian Holdings from as far back as May 2016, when they acquired 29.99 percent of the group’s shares, the maximum they could acquire without triggering a take bid clause that would require them to make an offer for all of the issued shares.
Funding the full offer, would have been a problem at the time and NCBFG would need Bank of Jamaica approval to do so which might not have been granted at that time. According to the offer document from the NCB Group to acquire up to 62 percent of the shares, “in May 2016 NCBFG acquired the entities which held the offeror’s shares from affiliates of Arthur Lok Jack, Imitaz Ahamad and International Finance Corporation. Pursuant to such transaction, Arthur Lok Jack, Imitaz Ahamad and their respective holding companies agreed that they would tender their respective shares in GHL to NCBFG upon NCBFG making a tender offer to all Guardian shareholders.”
Shares held by the two sellers are close to 22 percent of the issued shares of the Guardian Group which will be enough for NCB group to hold the majority of at least 32 percent. The price of US$2.35 is below the price the stock trades in Trinidad at, as such is not expected that many shareholders other than those mentioned above and a few other will be tendering shares.

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JSE major indices drop sharply – Monday

January 8, 2018 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 1,847.64 points to 314,455.19 and the JSE Index falling by 1,683.41 points to 286,504.23 as 10 stocks advanced, 12 declined and 5 traded firm.
Market activity ended with 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 trading from 28 securities changing hands, compared to 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 264,842 units for an average of $7,218,726 in contrast to 320,742 units for an average of $3,107,136 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 417,253 units valued at $14,616,592 and previously 457,513 units valued at $12,985,543. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share exchanging 700 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at US$1.17 with a value of US$819. The JSE US Equities Index closed unchanged at 175.18.
The major movers at the close of the market are, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 1,500,810 shares trading ahead of an announcement by the end of the week that they have acquired the majority of shares in Guardian Holdings. Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 2.4 million shares with the price ending $4 and recently listed Wisynco, traded 2.7 million shares closing at $10.39. Caribbean Cement jumped $1.62 to $33.62, Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to $33, Mayberry Investments climbed 69 cents to $6.79, PanJam Investment lost $2 to close at $40, Scotia Group gained $1 to $53 and Seprod fell $1 to end at $30.

For more details of market activities see – New listings dominate trading – Monday.

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New listings dominate trading – Monday

January 8, 2018 by

VM Investments continues with high volume trades.

Newly listed, Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 5.1 million of the 7.4 million units trading on Monday.
Market activity ended with 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 trading from 28 securities changing hands, compared to 8,660,030 units.
At the close of trading on Monday the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,847.64 points to 314,455.19 and the JSE Index fell 1,683.41 points to 286,504.23.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading with a rise of 64 cents to $8.59, with just 100 units trading, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 20 cents at $17.80, with 10,610 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 93,684 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading $1.62 higher at $33.62, with 1,735 stock units. Carreras traded 3 cents higher at $11.43, with 67,864 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 45 cents at $43, with 17,243 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 22,947 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.50, with 2,808 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 13,387 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 65 cents at $24.35, with 54,386 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 99 cents at $33, with 5,278 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 69 cents higher at $6.79, with 36,270 shares. NCB Financial Group closed 10 cents higher at $99, with 1,500,810 shares, 1834 Investments ended 13 cents higher at $1.41, with 900 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $2 at $40, with 190,150 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 9 cents at $2.10, with 56,090 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 100 stock units. Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 10 cents at $34.65, with 29,983 units, Sagicor Real Estate finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $14.50, with 2,012 shares, Salada Foods closed at $11, with 34,000 shares, Scotia Group gained $1 to end at $53, with 12,970 stock units. Seprod concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $30, with 10,900 units, Supreme Ventures settled at $12, with 125,715 shares, VM Investments ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4, with 2,401,456 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 41 cents at $10.39, with 2,722,139 units as investors continue to pocket gains from the IPO price.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 100 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 1,838 units and rose 20 cents to close at $2 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 100 units to close at $1.16.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major indices drop sharply – Monday.”

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Main market retreats moderately

January 5, 2018 by

In trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 585.03 points to 316,302.83 and the JSE Index fell 533.03 points to close at 288,187.64 with 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded firm.
Amongst stocks that declined are the two newly listed companies that fell with multi-million shares exchanged in each case.
Trading on the Main Market ended with 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 compared to 19,253,045 units valued at $1,098,475,593 from 24 securities changing hands on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 320,742 units for an average of $3,107,136 in contrast to 802,210 units for an average of $45,769,816 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 457,513 units valued at $12,985,543 and previously 504,258 with a value of $16,361,708. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business exchanging 1,759 units with a loss of 0.5 cent to close at 57 cents with a value of US$9,436. The JSE US Equities Index closed unchanged at 175.18.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Jamaica Broilers with 1,219,377 shares trading at $18 at the close, Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 3.6 million shares with the price ending $4.07 and recent listed Wisynco traded 2.7 million shares closing at $10.80. Caribbean Cement dropped $3.50 to $32, Kingston Wharves jumped $2.98 to $33.99, PanJam Investment rose $1.50 to $42, Portland JSX jumped $1.05 higher at $11, Salada Foods ended with a loss of $2 at $11 and Scotia Group gained $1 to $52.

For more details of market activities see – New listings retreat on Friday.

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New listings retreat on Friday

January 5, 2018 by

Newly listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group are two of 6 main market stocks to pull back on Friday with 2.96 million and 1.85 million units traded respectively.
All four stocks that listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, in December have retreated from their peak, FosRich fell 48 percent, GWest 33 percent, Wisynco Group 28 percent and VM Investments down 10 percent.
At the close of trading on Friday the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index shed 585.03 points to end at 316,302.83 and the JSE Index fell 533.03 points to close at 288,187.64. Trading ended with 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded with prices unchanged.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished at $18, with 13,043 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 8 cents higher at $1.39, with 510 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $3.50 at $32, with 16,735 stock units, Carreras traded 9 cents higher at $11.40, with 180,461 units. Ciboney Group finished trading at 37 cents, with 55,200 shares, Grace Kennedy closed 45 cents higher at $43.45, with 10,493 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 1,219,377 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.50, with 51,177 units. JMMB Group settled at $25, with 71,228 shares, Kingston Wharves traded 12,597 units and rose $2.98 to $33.99, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 159,384 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 60 cents at $98.90, with 61,628 shares. 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.28, with 40,063 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading $1.50 higher at $42, with 7,850 units, Portland JSX jumped $1.05 to close at $11, with 164,468 shares, Pulse Investments settled 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 68,456 shares trading, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.05, with 100,000 stock units. Sagicor Group traded 10 cents higher at $34.75, with 46,157 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 2,640 shares, Salada Foods closed with a loss of $2 at $11, with 30,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $1 higher at $52, with 2,832 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished at $13, with 3,202 shares, Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $12, with 48,904 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 33 cents at $4.07, with 3,594,152 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 70 cents at $10.80, with 2,698,773 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 100 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 600 units to close at $1.15.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market retreat moderately.”

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NCB in big trade on Jamaican stock market

January 4, 2018 by

NCB Financial traded more than 10m shares.

NCB Financial accounted for more than half of the shares on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 10 million units leading to 19,253,045 units valued at $1,098,475,593 passed through the market, compared to 9,357,015 units valued at $91,768,857 on Wednesday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 70.24 points to close at 316,887.86 and the JSE Index declined by 64.00 points to close at 288,720.67.
Market activity ended with 24 securities changing hands, up from 29 on Wednesday as 10 advanced, 11 declined and 4 traded firm.
Trading ended with an average of 802,210 units for an average of $45,769,816 in contrast to 322,656 units for an average of $3,164,443 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 504,258 with a value of $16,361,708. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments exchanging 511,100 units with a rise of 1 cent to close at 22 cents with a value of US$117,453. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.14 points to end at 175.18.
The major movers at the close of the market other than NCB Financial are, Radio Jamaica with 1.3 million shares trading at $1.05 at the close, Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 2.96 million shares with the price closing $4.40 and recent listed Wisynco Group, traded 1.85 million shares closing at $11.50. Caribbean Cement jumped $4.03 to $35.50, JMMB Group dropped $2 to $25, Mayberry Investments added $1 to close at $6, PanJam Investment fell $3 to $40.50.

For more details of market activities see – JSE main market consolidating.

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