Investors seem to accept that shares of Junior Market companies offered to the public will be oversubscribed and would go on to hit the circuit breaker of the first day of trading and take a few trading days before liquidity starts to emerge and deliver significant gains. The latest listing on the market that was oversubscribed was not greeted with the euphoria usually associated with IPOs and struggled on debut, with heavy trading in the stock.
Since 2019, the Junior Market added 13 new listings, with Image Plus Consultants being the last with its listing on Friday. Trading was unusually heavy on the first day with an exchange of 12.4 million units, accounting for 61.3 percent of the day’s trade with the price moving 10 percent to $2.20 from a listed price of $2. Image Plus although significant for a first trade is not the largest volume for an opening day.
The biggest volume on debut belongs to Future Energy that rose 32.5 percent after trading 19.68 million shares and never got a second leg in April when it listed and remained around the closing price for all of month. JFP rose 31 percent on the first day with 10.19 shares trading. Tropical Battery rose 29 percent on the first day with 5.76 million shares traded, with all of the others trading less than 356,000 units, with the lowest being a mere 100 shares for Limners and Bards, with a first day price gain of 30 percent.
The worst performing stock since 2019 is iCreate with a rise of 8 percent on the first day. All other stocks gained between 30 percent and 32.5 percent on the first trading day.
Heavy IPO first day trading bad for stock
January 23, 2023 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: Initial Public Offers, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Emerging markets, FESCO, Future Energy, iCreate, Image Plus Consultants, IPOs, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JFP Limited, junior market, Limners and Bards, Tropical Battery
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