Cable & Wireless closed trading at 50 cents and in the process recorded a gain of 213 percent since the start of the year. The stock has been scare since before the company released their December quarterly results in mid-February showing a reduced loss in the December quarter flowing from lower cost and improving margins. A reading the recent market activity of closing prices, bids and offers suggests that the price should move higher. There was a bid to buy just 14,570 units at 50 cents and the closest offer to sell is at 64 cents for 350,000 units. The next amount on offer was 1,038,266 shares at $3.50, well away from the last selling price, and a final offer at $9.90 to sell 43,000 units. Other orders to buy immediately below the 50 cent bid are 249,000 units at 48 cents and 235,000 units at 47 cents.
In Monday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock market, prices of 11 stocks rose and 7 declined as 31 securities traded resulting in only 3,194,433 shares trading valued at $20,691,078.
Main Market | The two main indices declined marginally with the JSE Market Index falling by 42.87 points to 76,636.22 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved down 65.02 points to close at 84,224.90.
Gains | 8 stocks recorded gains with Berger Paints trading 2,000 shares to close at $1.85 cents up 5 cents; Cable & Wireless 206,913 units as the price gained 5 cents to closed at 50 cents; Carreras 21,900 units at $35 for a 32 cents gain; Desnoes & Geddes, 500 shares as the price gained 50 cents to close at $5; Grace Kennedy closed up by $2.25 with 140,861 shares changing hands to close at $58 as investors responded positively to the 2013 full year results; Jamaica Broilers traded 27,466 shares to close at $4.90, a gain of 10 cents; Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share with 100,500 units at $3.05, a gain of 5 cents and Sagicor Group with 67,300 shares at $9 for a gain of 49 cents after it slipped to $8.50 on Friday.
Firm | Stocks in the main market to close without price change are Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,080 shares closing at $7.40; Caribbean Cement 86,000 units at $4.80; Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference shares with 920,500 units at $2; Jamaica Producers had a mere 671 units trading at $18.26; National Commercial Bank had 15,760 shares trading and closed at $9.49; Radio Jamaica exchanged 30,000 shares to close at $1.35; Supreme Ventures exchanged 50,000 shares at $2.40 and Proven Investments 8% preference shares traded 4,500 units and closed at $5.09.
Declines | Kingston Wharves losing 45 cents to end at $5.55 with 13,500 shares; Scotia Group traded 169,929 units at $20.60 for a 55 cents decline and Scotia Investments had 4,150 units trading at $25.30 at the close for a decline of 60 cents.
Junior Market | The JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 0.65 points to close at 731.06.
Gains | Caribbean Flavours traded 90,854 units to close at $2.50, up 15 cents; Caribbean Producers closed at $2.75 for a 3 cents gain while trading 110,791 units and Lasco Distributors swapped 22,000 shares at $1.35, an increase of 5 cents.
Firm Trades | Stocks trading firm in Monday’s session are Access Financial Services that traded 9,000 to close at $9.10; AMG Packaging with 12,563 shares at $3.55; General Accident with 381,731 units to close at $1.70; Lasco Financial Services 46,201 shares to close at $1.21; Lasco Manufacturing had 377,666 shares changing hands to close at $1.16 and Paramount Trading had 5,000 units trading and closed at $3.20.
Declines | Consolidated Bakeries traded 7,152 units at $1.10, down 5 cents; Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time low of 75 cents for a fall of 5 cents with 12,445 shares trading and Blue Power with 254,500 shares to close at $9.01 for a 9 cents fall.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
