Barita jumps TOP 10 with more than 200% gain since September 2016
Investors pushed the price of Barita Investments to $9.40 during the week and drove newly listed Stationery and Office Supplies to $5.10 after it was listed on Thursday moving both out of the top flight of stocks. In addition, four others changed places with new listings.
Barita entered the list when we started the TOP 5 back in September last year, at $3.11 and has gained more than 200 percent since then while SOS is up 154 percent from its IPO price. Both stocks have more room for growth.
tTech reported lower profit in the second quarter to June with lower revenues resulting in a lower earnings forecast for 2017 and dropped out of the top list. CAC 2000 having slipped out of the listing the prior week returned this past week and was joined by Dolphin Cove to replace the two that exited the listing.
Main market stock, Berger Paints fell during the week from $19 to trade at $16 and moved back into the listing. Moving in are Grace Kennedy, Mayberry Investments and PanJam Investment. Stocks graduating from the top flight are Seprod as the price rose during the week to $33.33 from $30, 
Sagicor Group moving from $31.50 to $34.35 and Salada Foods that closed at $9.50, up from $9.
The average PE ratio for the Junior Market Top stocks is at 7.6 and the PE for the main market TOP 10, ends the week at 7.2. The average PE for the overall main market trades at 13.2 and 12.9 for Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 41 percent to the average of the market for Junior Market Top stocks and 46 percent for the main market.
Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 659,944 units valued at US$158,387 bringing the total of all trades to J$257,552,096.
Jamaica Broilers lost 10 cents exchanging 1,057,803 shares at $18, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.10 trading 7,050 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.48 with 29,355 shares changing hands, JMMB Group gained 51 cents to close at $20.50, with 13,100 shares. Mayberry Investments lost 14 cents to close at $4.49, with 9,996 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher to $91, after exchanging 156,542 shares, PanJam Investment shed $1 to $30 trading 29,077 shares, Proven Investments exchanged 600,000 shares at $25.02, Pulse Investments lost 13 cents to close at $1.86 trading 6,000 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 10 cents in exchanging 28,000 shares to close at $1.60. Sagicor Group traded 5,012,508 shares at $34.35, Scotia Group closed $1.90 higher to $45.90 with 75,721 shares, Supreme Ventures exchanged 3,500 shares at $8. Proven Investments US ordinary shares, traded 659,944 units at 24 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share gained 1 cent, closing at $1.11, with 482,581 units.
Main market stocks of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at record levels at the close on Thursday with the market indices climbing over 2,300 points but with advancing stocks being edged out by declining ones. 
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 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
NCB Financial Group held firm at $90, after exchanging 27,309 shares, 1834 Investments traded 50,000 shares at $1.40, PanJam Investment closed $2 lower to $31 trading 614,451 shares, Portland JSX gained 30 cents to $9.30, with an exchange of 3,350 shares, Proven Investments added 1 cent, closing at $25.02, with trades of 80,000 shares, Pulse Investments gained 1 cent to close at $1.99 trading 20,000 shares and Radio Jamaica closed at $1.50 exchanging 2,438 shares. Sagicor Group closed at $34.35, with gains of 35 cents trading 28,700 shares, Salada Foods gained 39 cents, closing at $9.50 with 128 units, Scotia Group ended at $44 with 23,318 shares, Seprod closed at $32.55, losing 85 cents with 7,443 shares changing hands. Proven Investments US ordinary share traded 631,286 units at 24 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $1.99 with 2,934 units traded and Proven 8.25% preference share exchanged 6,920 units at $4.99.
Main market stocks suffered a reversal of fortunes on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the main indices slipping over 2,000 points in spite of a $5 jump for Carreras and $2 for Sagicor Group. Trading closed moderately with 1,809,394 units valued at $47,308,355 changing hands.
The average volume and value for the month to date ended at $119,995 units with an average value of $1,860,774 compared with an average of 132,596 units with an average value of $1,871,080 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.
Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange indices up sharply to hit new record highs at the close on Tuessday. During the morning session, the All Jamaica Composite Index hit a new all-time high of 279,335.69, after surging a huge 6,471.87 points at 11:50 AM. 
At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands in the main market with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 11 stocks advancing and 6 declining. The main market ended with 37,879 units valued at $30,837,797 changing hands compared to 2,489,517 units valued at $21,640,002 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 404,258 units valued at US$99,647 bringing the total of all trades to J$83,856,037.
NCB Financial Group traded $4.99 lower to $90, after exchanging 36,483 shares, PanJam Investment closed at $33 trading 47,000 shares, Proven Investments exchanged 139,570 shares at $25.01, Pulse Investments gained 45 cents to close at $1.95, with 76,936 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.50, with gains of 9 cents exchanging 11,097 shares. Sagicor Group closed at $32 trading 31,475 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 13 cents to close at $12.05, with 13,605 shares, Scotia Group closed at $44 with trades of 160,588 shares, Scotia Investments lost 12 cents , closing at $35 in exchanging 3,742 shares, Seprod closed at $32.55, with gains of $1.55 and 928 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures gained 15 cents, closing at $8 with 41,913 shares exchanged. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents, with trades of 404,258 units and JMMB 7.5% preference share rose 9 cents and closed at $1.99 with 410 units traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading is indicating a strong move ahead as 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with lower offers.
Jamaica Broilers dropped 50 cents, closing at $18.50 with 172,757 units, Jamaica Producers traded 90 cents higher to $15.90 with 185,577 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.45 trading 12,250 shares, JMMB Group closed 25 cents lower to $20, with 17,637 shares. Kingston Wharves gained 10 cents to close at $27.20 exchanging 612 units. Mayberry Investments gained 39 cents, closing at $5 trading 110,000 shares, NCB Financial Group added $1.99 to record close of $83, after exchanging 263,394 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.41, losing 9 cents with 25,000 shares, PanJam Investment traded $1.45 lower to $33 trading 51,940 shares, Proven Investments added 1 cent to close at $24.72 exchanging 148,499 shares, Pulse Investments gained 26 cents to close at $2.20, with 15,000 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.41 with 115,145 shares. Sagicor Group gained $1.74 to $31.75 trading 75,345 shares, Scotia Group closed at $44.95, losing 95 cents with 420,846 shares, Scotia Investmentsexchanged 2,000 shares at $35.12, after losing 38 cents, Seprod closed at $31, with gains of 95 cents and 500 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 2 cents to close at $7.68 with 110,571 shares. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents, losing 0.02 US cents trading 130,897 units, JMMB Group US 6% preference share exchanged 5,056 units at US$1.12, JMMB 7.5% preference share closed at $1.99, gaining 9 cents, trading 74,187 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share lost 4 cents, closing at $1.11 with 600,000 units exchanged and 138 Student Living variable rate preference share closed at 52 weeks’ high of $5.68, with gains of 68 cents trading 100 units.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $6.65 with trades of 1,100 shares, Berger Paints lost 20 cents, closing at $18.50 exchanging 106,569 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at 96 cents, losing 9 cents trading 16,965 shares, Caribbean Cement closed at $30, with a loss of $1.20 exchanging 18,114 shares, Carreras closed at $110, advancing $17.50, with trades of 96,316 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $40.50, with a loss of $1.25 exchanging 55,923 shares. Jamaica Broilers was down 1 cent to close at $19 trading 652,777 shares, Jamaica Producers traded 92 cents lower to close at $15 with 2,153,273 shares exchanged. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with gains of 6 cents to $6.45 trading 25,297 shares, JMMB Group closed 70 cents lower to $20.25, with trades of 18,890 shares and Kingston Properties exchanged 400 units at $8. Mayberry Investments gained 1 cent to close at $4.61 trading 5,627 shares, NCB Financial Group added 1 cent to close at $81.01, after exchanging 49,807 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.50, with an exchange of 13,795 shares, 138 Student Living lost 1 cent to close at $5, with trades of 46,000 shares, PanJam Investment gained 45 cents, closing at $34.45 trading 100 units, Portland JSX traded 50 cents lower to $9 exchanging 22,000 shares, Pulse Investments lost 51 cents to close at $1.94, with trades of 64,423 shares and Radio Jamaica closed at $1.41 with 31,277 shares exchanged. Sagicor Group fell $3.49 to $30.01 trading 18,656 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund lost 10 cents, closing at $11.92 trading 28,372 shares, Salada Foods closed at $8.61, with a loss of 72 cents and 60,000 shares changing owners, 
Scotia Group closed at $44.95, losing 3 cents with trades of 87,322 shares, Scotia Investments exchanged 3,000 shares at $35.50, Seprod closed at $30.05, with a gain of 4 cents and 95,000 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures lost 10 cents to close at $7.70 with 25,235 shares exchanged. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 26 US cents, gaining 0.04 US cents trading 18,500 units.
The main market ended with 24,165,397 units valued at $225,427,641 changing hands compared to 2,406,199 units valued at $41,645,948 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 323,789 units valued at US$75,331 bringing the total of all trades to J$235,070,022.
Mayberry Investments lost 2 cents to close at $4.60 trading 3,333 shares, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher to a record close of $81, after exchanging 324,498 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $5.01, gaining 1 cent with 15,003,952 units having traded, PanJam Investment closed at $34 trading 111,124 shares, Pulse Investments gained 14 cents to close at $2.45, with an exchange of 7,425 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 4 cents, closing at $1.41 with 1,500 shares exchanged. Sagicor Group jumped $2.50 to $33.50, with 321,349 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded $1.22 higher to $12.02, closing trading with 6,527,000 shares, Salada Foods gained 33 cents to close at $9.33, with 20,000 shares changing owners, Scotia Group closed at $44.98, gaining 18 cents with trades of 35,300 shares, Seprod closed at $30.01, with a gain of 1 cent exchanging just 100 units, Supreme Ventures lost 19 cents to close at $7.80 with 805,910 shares exchanged. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 22 US cents, losing 2 US cents in trading 323,789 units, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share closed at $1.17, with a loss of 2 cents exchanging 500 units and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share lost 9 cents to close at $1.90 trading 20,000 units.
Caribbean Flavours and CAC 2000 that fell out of the top listing at the end of the prior week return this week with the exit of Express Catering , Lasco Financial that rose to $3.80 and Caribbean Cream that returned to $7.
At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 Junior Market stocks now trade at an average discount of 42 percent to the Junior Market average, while those in the main market are trading at a 44 percent discount, to the average of the market, leaving stocks with room for growth in the months ahead.
The main market ended trading with an average of 96,248 units valued at 1,665,838 for each security traded compared to an average of 166,949 units valued at $2,146,344. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 118,357 units with an average value of $2,356,369 compared with an average of 119,521 units with an average value of $2,389,059 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for June ended at 218,951 units with an average value of $3,871,959.
Kingston Wharves closed 99 cents lower to $29.01, with 1,786 units switching owners. Mayberry Investments added 1 cent to close at $4.62 trading 51,333 shares, NCB Financial Group traded $3 higher to a record close of $80, after exchanging 120,834 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $5, gaining 45 cents, trading 948 units, PanJam Investment climbed $1, closing at $34 in trading 31,062 shares, Portland JSX lost 50 cents, closing at $9.50 while exchanging 81,517 shares, Pulse Investments traded 18 cents lower to $2.31, with an exchange of 404,166 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 15 cents to close at $1.45 with 17,772 shares exchanged. Sagicor Group lost 50 cents, with 13,171 shares traded, to close at $31, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 30 cents, closing at $10.80 and trading 202,621 shares, Scotia Group closed at $44.80, after losing 19 cents with 103,886 shares traded, Supreme Ventures gained 31 cents to close at $7.99 with 126,504 shares exchanged. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents trading 9,113 units, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share closed at a record $1.60, with gains of 5 cents exchanging 248 units, JPS 7% preference share traded 1,326 units at 45 cents and JMMB 7.5% preference share gained 14 cents to close at $1.99 trading 1,500 units.