Junior Market hits new record high

August 5, 2019 by

New record high for the JSE main market.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in trading on Monday with the market closing at a new record high, with the index rising 31.64 to close at 3,569 with a 10 percent gain for the year.
Junior Market ended trading with 32 securities changing hands, down from 35 on Friday, as prices of 14 securities rose, 12 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.90, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.40, General Accident closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.40, Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.97 but Jamaican Teas traded at an intra-day record of $7.50 but pulled back after.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,633,068 units valued at $25,345,257 compared to 6,412,413 units valued at $28,100,938 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 176,033 units for an average of $792,039 in contrast to 183,212 units for $802,884 on Friday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 179,783 valued at $797,704. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| Blue Power lost 1.80 cents in trading 128,748 shares to close at  $10.70, Caribbean Flavours declined $1.06 in trading of 43,842 units to close at $16.10, Caribbean Cream climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $4.50, Cargo Handlers ended trading 978 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $11. Consolidated Bakeries shed 10 cents in trading of 55,878 units at $2.20, Dolphin Cove closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 3,122 stock units trading, Derrimon Trading shed 20 cents in trading of 331,272 units to close at $2.60, Express Catering shed 20 cents in trading 139,420 units at $6.50. Everything Fresh climbed 24 cents and exchanged 166,102 shares at $1.59. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 29,406 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.40, Fosrich Group closed trading with 32,427 units and gained 3 cents to end at $4.93. General Accident closed trading of 100,100 units and gained 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.40, iCreate closed 10 cents higher at 80 cents, with 72,719 stock units trading, Indies Pharma dipped 9 cents in trading of 439,404 units at $3.21, Iron Rock Insurance shed 5 cents in trading of 23,919 units at $4. Infrequently traded ISP Finance dropped $2.15 in trading of 26,659 units at $11.50, Jamaican Teas lost 26 cents in trading of 220,533 units at $7, Jetcon Corporation climbed 3 cents in exchanging 61,340 shares at $1.96. Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 2,638,421 shares to end at a record close of $3.90. Lasco Distributors lost 25 cents trading 135,609 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial closed trading of 129,841 units and gained 47 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5.97, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents in exchanging 125,484 shares at $4.40, Medical Disposables ended trading 100 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 6,210 shares to close at $7.84 after falling 11 cents, Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading of 15,000 units to close at $2.20, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 386 units and gained 39 cents to end at $12.59.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Market watch remains on Junior Market

August 4, 2019 by

Focus on the entire Junior Market was the advised investors got last week, as the market remained severely undervalued with technical indicators pointing to a breakout.
The advice remains for the second week as investors switch their focus decidedly on the market that lagged the main market for most of 2019 to date. The market reversed the near 10 percent loss in the first half of the year and moved solidly into the black with a rise of 9 percent to the end of last week. Technical indicators suggest a huge rise in the market as it moves to close the valuation gap with the main market.
In the process, the market rose 152.80 points during the week and ended at a record close of 3,537.21 after breaking the old mark of 3,436.54 points set in September last year.

Jamaica Broilers has just two offers for sale at the close on Friday.

The main market also contributed its fair share of excitement with a new record close and a number of stocks hitting new highs. A number of main market stocks could be coming to a short-term peak as is evident in the pullback of NCB Financial and Caribbean Cement during the past week with the latest quarterly results not lending much fuel to the stock prices.
It will be interesting to see how investors react to announced terms of the rights issue for Barita Investments with the offer of 11 for every 100 units at $45 each.
Jamaica Broilers has just 2 offers to sell, suggesting that the price has a far way to go. Some buying came for Radio Jamaica in the past week but with the price closing at $1.35 on Friday. It is worth noting that supply is drying up with only four offers totaling 115,000 shares posted at the close on Friday.
Sygnus Credit Investments is coming into its own with a limited supply of the stock for sale, the price closed at a record high at the close of the past week and may move higher this week. Jamaica Stock Exchange stock could fall some more with the stock facing increased selling and reduced buying.
Some selling came into the market for Blue Power but buying interest remains at the close on Friday with buying interest around the $12 but with some selling just above. Caribbean Flavours has a limited supply of stocks for sale and is worth watching. Elite Diagnostic with rising demand and virtually no supplies could bounce again this week following last weeks’ rise. General Accident moved away from the $4.50 level to close at $4.95 on Friday against declining supplies for sale with just two offers posted on Friday. Jamaican Teas hit new records during the week with investors trying to buy at $8.40, a level over the 30 percent limitation set by the market. The stock last traded at $7.26. Lasco Financial price bounced above $5 last week. The stock remains undervalued and should see increased buying interest, with the release of June quarter results, due out shortly. Lasco Manufacturing released first-quarter numbers at the close of the week with net profit rising 19 percent to $282 million, enough to move the price higher. Lasco Distributors should release quarterly results this week and could move prices of the stocks higher. Limners and Bards climbed to a record high of $3.99 but closed at $3.75 on Friday. Buying interest remains strong but some investors are taking profits, it will be interesting to see which has the upper hand, this week. Medical Disposables looks poised to move higher with the first-quarter numbers, set to play an important role in further gains. Investors await the second-quarter results for Stationery and Office Supplies to determine if higher prices are on the cards anytime soon, but the supply of the stock remains low with only 43,000 units offered for sale at the close on Friday.

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Junior Market blast pass 3,500 to record

August 2, 2019 by

New record high for the JSE Junior Market.

Investors pushed most prices higher on the Junior Market in trading on Friday with the vast majority of companies contributing to market activity as the market index rocketed to cross the 3,500 mark for the first time.
The Junior Market Index jumped 74.67 points to close at a record 3,537.21 on a day when 35 securities changed hands, up from 32 on Wednesday, as prices of 21 securities rose, 9 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.75, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.22, Jamaican Teas ended at a record close of $7.26, but Caribbean Cream closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.25.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 6,412,413 units valued at $28,100,938 compared to 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 183,212 units for an average of $802,884 in contrast to 479,173 units for an average of $2,057,215 on Wednesday. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes|Access Financial gained $1.45 to end at $47.95, trading 500 shares, AMG Packaging rose 3 cents to end at $2.30 with 19,256 stock units trading, Blue Power shed 50 cents to settle at $12.50 with 125,315 shares changing hands. CAC 2000 gained 10 cents to end at $16 with 30,300 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream dived $1.06 to settle at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $4.25 with 9,376 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1.06 to settle at $17.16 with 50,301 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers gained 97 to end at $10.97, trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers ended at $4.80, trading 28,075 shares, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents to end at $2.30 trading 50,536 stock units Derrimon Trading gained 20 cents to end at $2.80, in exchanging 466,558 shares. Dolphin Cove fell 5 cents to end at $12 with 100 stock units trading. Express Catering climbed 20 cents to settle at $6.70 with 69,027 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 4 cents to end at $1.35 with 165,730 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rose 52 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.22, trading 158,926 shares. Fosrich Group added 20 cents to settle at $4.90 with 12,025 shares changing hands, Fontana dropped 15 cents to settle at $8.60 with 311,145 shares changing hands, General Accident climbed 35 cents to $4.90 trading 102,460 shares, GWest Corporation traded 15,899 shares at $1.54. Honey Bun fell 35 cents to end at $5, with 434,837 shares changing hands, iCreate exchanged 68,780 shares to close at 70 cents, Indies Pharma gained 20 cents to end at $3.30 trading 58,782 stock units, Jamaican Teas gained $1.61 to end at a record close of $7.26 trading 39,035 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation climbed 23 cents to settle at $1.93 with 103,043 shares trading, Knutsford Express shed 50 cents to end at $12 with an exchange of 2,643 stock units, Key Insurance dropped 65 cents to settle at $3.25 with 200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards gained 60 cents to end at record close of $3.75 with 3,292,680 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors added 7 cents to end at $3.40, trading 48,900 stock units. Lasco Financial rose 35 cents to $5.50, in trading 83,035 shares, Lasco Manufacturing inched 5 cents higher to settle at $4.25 with 306,360 shares changing hands, Main Event climbed 95 cents to end at $7.95, trading 50,790 shares, Medical Disposables gained 50 cents to end at $8 with 18,200 stock units trading. Paramount Trading fell 2 cents to $2.38, trading 102,000 shares, Iron Rock Insurance rose 5 cents to settle at $4.05 with 23,679 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 45 cents to end at $12.20, in trading 17,920 shares and tTech closed at $6, trading 145,900 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Record run continues for Junior Market

July 31, 2019 by

Investors’ attention is now focused on the Junior Market with their buying interest lifted it 16 percent, from this year’s low and pushed the market to a second day close, at a record high of 3,462.54 after rising 21.62 points.
At the close, The Lab climbed to $3.50 but ended at a record close of $3.15, Jamaican Teas ended at a record close of $5.65 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed at a record high of $12.65.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, down from 36 on Tuesday, as prices of 16 securities advanced, 8 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
 Market activities resulted in an exchange of 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 compared to 6,233,349 units for $30,586,927 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 479,173 units for an average of $2,057,215 in contrast to 450,840 units for an average of $1,736,594 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded, compared to 119,198 units with a value of $473,306 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers. Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging lost 8 cents in trading 89,430 shares to close at $2.27, Blue Power declined $1.20 in trading of 57,206 units to close at $13, Caribbean Cream exchanged 161 stock units and rose 29 cents higher to $5.29, Caribbean Flavours climbed 4 cents exchanging 1,778 shares at $16.10. Cargo Handlers lost 95 cents in trading of 200 units at $10, Caribbean Producers closed 1 cent higher at $4.80, with 52,587 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 52,587 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 42,456 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $2.20. Dolphin Cove ended trading with 1,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $12.05, Express Catering climbed 25 cents and exchanged 242,715 shares to close at $6.50. Everything Fresh ended trading of 44,175 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.31, Elite Diagnostic closed 5 cents higher at $5.70, with 252,600 stock units trading. Fosrich Group dipped 26 cents in trading of 32,841 units to end at $4.70, Fontana closed trading of 335,330 units and gained 25 cents to end at $8.75, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.54 with 38,657 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 69,350 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 49,450 units and gained 65 cents to end at record closing high of $5.65, Knutsford Express climbed $1.52 to settle at $12.50 with 340,610 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 5,684,628 shares to end at a record closing high of $3.15. Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents trading 513,676 shares to end at $3.33, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,941,822 units and climbed 55 cents to end at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 50,166 units to close at $4.20. Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4, in swapping 59,344 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.25 to end at a record high of $12.65, in trading 1,154 stock units and tTech ended trading of 10,410 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $6.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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3 days listing triples the Lab’s value

July 30, 2019 by

Investors in the advertising agents, Limners and Bards (the Lab) saw their investment tripling, with just three days of listing on the Junior Market, helping to push the market index to a record closing high.
The Lab that went to the market at an IPO price of $1, climbed to $3 at the close of trading on Tuesday since listing on Friday.
The stock is one of 36 securities changing hands on Tuesday, just outpacing the 34 that traded on Monday, as prices of 20 securities advanced, 10 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
 At the close, the Junior Market Index surged 56.51 points to close at record closing high of 3,440.92, surpassing the 3,436.31 points reached on September 20 last year and is now up 6 percent for the year, after falling as high as 9.6 percent
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 compared to 6,233,349 units for $30,586,927 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 450,840 units for an average of $1,736,594 in contrast to 183,334 units for an average of $899,616 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 119,198 units with a value of $473,306 for each security traded, compared to 100,126 units with a value of $397,886 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging climbed 25 cents in exchanging 211,701 shares at $2.35, Blue Power closed with a loss of 20 cents at $14.20, in swapping of 97,552 shares, CAC2000 closed 95 cents higher at $15.90, with 300 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream climbed 7 cents and exchanged 10,200 shares at $5, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 1 cent at 16.06 with 222 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed 9 cents higher at $2.09, with 82,817 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove lost 5 cents in trading of 23,890 units to close at $12. Derrimon Trading declined 10 cents in trading of 29,570 units to end at $2.60, Express Catering declined 5 cents in trading of 126,784 units at $6.25, Everything Fresh shed 10 cents in trading of 68,688 units at $1.20, Elite Diagnostic closed trading of 47,406 units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.65. Fosrich Group ended trading with 68,472 shares, after rising 26 cents to end at $4.96, Fontana ended trading with 1,382,871 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $8.50. General Accident traded 77,987 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.55, GWest Corporation gained 1 to end at $1.55, trading 4,000 shares, Honey Bun climbed 5 cents in exchanging 27,032 shares at $5.35, Indies Pharma closed 14 cents higher at $3.20, with 112,635 stock units trading. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 941,400 units and gained 25 cents to end at $5, Jetcon Corporation fell 25 cents in trading of 33,752 units at $1.70, Knutsford Express lost 2 cents in trading of 12,000 units at $10.98, Lasco Financial ended trading with 1,427,673 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.60. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,549 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $4.35, Limners and Bards closed 85 cents higher at $3, with 9,233,651 stock units trading, Medical Disposables ended trading of 11,800 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7.50, Main Event lost 35 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $7. Paramount Trading closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.40, Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 7,046 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.10. Stationery and Office Supplies declined 80 cents to settle at $11.40 after trading 5,000 shares, Sweet River ended trading with 4,000 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $2.75, tTech ended trading of 19,690 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $5.90.

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The Lab doubles price in two days

July 29, 2019 by

Kimala Bennett, Managing Director of The Lab.

Advertising agents, Limners and Bards, the most recent listing on the Junior Market, more than doubled the $1 IPO price since listing on Friday, after rising 80 cents on Monday to close at $2.10.
The stock is one a day when 34 securities changed hands, down from 30 on Friday, as prices of 11 securities advanced, 12 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
 At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 41.05 points to close at 3,384.41 and is now up 4 percent for the year.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 6,233,349 units valued at $30,586,927, compared to 4,017,691 units amounting to $20,933,388 on Friday.
By the close of trading, Blue Power ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $14.40 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.20 but Jamaican Teas that traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.99 failed to hold this price at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 183,334 units for an average of $899,616 in contrast to 133,923 units for an average of $697,780 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 100,126 units with a value of $397,886 for each security traded, compared to 95,347 units with a value of $356,070 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes|AMG Packaging exchanged 47,666 shares to close at $2.10 after falling 14 cents, Blue Power ended trading with 61,676 shares, after rising 90 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14.40, Blue Power closed 90 cents higher at $14.40, with 61,676 stock units trading. CAC2000 declined 15 cents in trading of 41,845 units to close at $14.95, Caribbean Cream close with a loss of 7 cents at $4.93, ion the swapping of 31,728 shares, Caribbean Flavours gained $2.07 to end at $16.07 with 1,512 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.79 trading 19,752 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 148,767 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2, Derrimon Trading closed 5 cents higher at $2.70, with 34,264 stock units trading. Express Catering climbed 5 cents, exchanging 122,992 shares at $6.30, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 66,571 shares, after rising 8 cents to close at $5.40, Fontana lost 10 cents in trading of 845,254 units to close at $8.40, Gwest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.54 with 203,184 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun lost 75 cents in trading of 31,241 units to end at $5.30, Indies Pharma closed 4 cents higher at $3.06, with 35,000 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas dipped 25 cents in trading of 2,059,280 units to end at $4.75, after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.99 earlier. Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.95, with 58,152 stock units trading, Limners and Bards traded 69,589 units and gained 85 cents to end at a record of $2.15 after trading at an intraday high of $2.40, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.59 with 1,564,185 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing close with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, in swapping 100,663 shares, Main Event lost 64 cents in trading of 12,141 units at $7.35. Paramount Trading closed 30 cents higher at $2.30, with 500 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.20 to end at a record close of $12.20, trading 2,268 shares and tTech declined 30 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $5.20.

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Market watch spotlight on Junior Market

July 29, 2019 by

The focus this week is the entire Junior Market that remains severely undervalued, notwithstanding that it made up much-lost grounds in the past week. The Lab is the first stock to watch from this sector.
NCB Financial third-quarter results were far from inspiring with operating profit being lower in the quarter than for the prior year’s results, at the close on Friday there was good selling on offer that seems likely to keep a lid on the price for a while.  NCB reported Operating profit of $6.46 billion in the June 2019 quarter, down from $8.14 billion in 2018. A $700 million net gain in associated company results eased the difference somewhat.
Barita Investments is back at the record high of $83 it closed at the close on Friday, up from $72 at the end of the previous week. Importantly, supply has mostly dried up except for a block of 1 million units offered by Barita at $98 per share. Shareholders passed the resolution at last week’s extraordinary general meeting for a rights issue that will see 106 million shares or around one for every 15 shares of shares owned offered to shareholders, at an expected price in the $40 region.

Barita eyeing acquisition.

Results for Caribbean Cement are out by but reports indicate that the company reported increased sales for the June quarter but lower profit than in 2018, due mainly to $485 million incurred as foreign currency losses. The company reported 43 cents per share versus 79 cents in the similar quarter in 2018. For the half-year, Carib Cement reported earnings of $1,79 compared to $1.18 in 2018. The company looks like earning $5 per share for the full year with increased second-half sales. Do not look for the price of the stock to move up any time soon, with these results
Jamaica Broilers and Jamaica Producers may not break out just now but there is very limited selling and good news could push them higher at any time. Investors who thought that the sky was the limit for Wigton Windfarm may be having second thoughts with the company posting their full-year results, with earnings excluding foreign exchange gains or losses working out at 5 cents per share going forward. The stock seems poised to remain under $1 for a long time. More selling came for Radio Jamaica in the past week but with first-quarter results due mid-August, the stage could be set for a break beyond the $1.40 price level.
Sygnus Credit Investments is coming into its own with a limited supply of the stock for sale, the price closed at a record high at the close of the past week and may and could move higher this week. investors should continue to watch it. Wisynco Group traded close to $30 in the past week pushing the PE up considerably. It could settle just below the $30 range for a while.

Drax Hall branch of Elite.

The Junior Market finally found its footing in moving solidly higher during the past week to within less than 100 points from the previous record high in 2018. With the entire market severely undervalued, just about all stocks are to be watched. Some are more attractive than others and should enjoy a greater focus.
Blue Power closed on Friday with strong buying interest that suggests higher price ahead arising from a proposed split-up of the company into two separate ones. Caribbean Flavours has a limited supply of stocks for sale and is worth watching. Fontana pulled out of the fall to $7.41, in the previous week as demand pushed the price over $8. The branch in Kingston could influence investors to add the stock to their portfolio. Elite Diagnostic with rising demand and slowing supplies could bounce, having traded at $5. The company’s new Drax Hall branch in St Ann is set to open in August and will add to revenues and profit at a later stage. Elite has more than 387,000 units on offer at $5 and that could constrain upward price movement for some time. Jamaican Teas reported nine months results of 32 cents per share compared with 20 cents last year. Investors reacted positively to the results pushing the stock up to $5, but supply on sale is limited and could encourage more price movement this week. Lasco Financial price bounces around $4.50. The stock is undervalued and should see increased buying interest, with release of June quarter results, due out shortly. In 2018, first-quarter results were released on the 17 of July. Lasco Manufacturing released first-quarter numbers on the 31 of July last year and Lasco Distributors released theirs on the 19. The results could move the price of the stocks higher. Limners and Bards climbed 30 cents to settle at a record high of $1.30 with just 100 shares changing hands on the first day of trading, the stock closed with the bid at $1.65 and looks poised to hit $2, the stock was on offer at $2.95 at the close on Friday. Medical Disposables looks poised to move higher and first-quarter numbers will play an important role in further gains and Stationery and Office Supplies hit a record of $12 during the past week and should move higher with little supply offered for sale.

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The lab up 30% first day on Junior Market

July 26, 2019 by

Limners and Bards started trading on the Junior Market but only 100 shares officially traded, as the price hit the 30 percent limitation at the first trade and no other investor was willing to sell at that price.
The stock closed at an all-time high of $1.30 but with the bid at $1.65 on a day when 30 securities changed hands, down from 34 on Thursday, as prices of 16 securities advanced, 10 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
The Junior Market Index climbed 25.27 points to close at 3,343.36 on Friday, and in so doing moved strongly into the black for 2019 with gains of 3 percent for the year.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 4,017,691 units amounting to $20,933,388, compared to 2,463,608 units valued at $13,106,397 on Thursday.
By the close of trading, Blue Power traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.30 but closed at $13.50 and Elite Diagnostic that traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.25 but failed to hold this price at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 133,923 units for $697,780 for each security trading, in contrast to 72,459 units for an average of $385,482 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 95,347 units with a value of $356,070 for each security traded, compared to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging declined 6 cents in trading of 6,670 units to close at $2.24, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 71,706 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $1.90, Express Catering declined by 10 cents to settle at $6.25 in exchanging 8,100 shares, Everything Fresh dipped 20 cents in trading of 111,225 units at $1.30. Elite Diagnostic declined 68 cents in trading of 352,923 units to end at $5.32, Fosrich Group lost 5 cents in trading of 38,336 units at $4.70, Fontana  ended trading with 695,683 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $8.50, General Accident gained 21 cents to end at $4.50 in trading of 137,985 units. Honey Bun lost 10 cents in trading 6,500 shares to close at $6.05, iCreate ended market activity in exchanging 7,050 shares to close at 70 cents after falling 3 cents, Indies Pharma lost 4 cents in trading 242,376 shares to close at 3.02 cents, Iron Rock Insurance ended trading with 1,500 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $3.90. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 1,141,127 units and gained 7 cents to end at $5, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 8,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.90, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $11, with 2,973 stock units trading, Key Insurance closed trading of 953 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.90. KLE Group closed 1 cent higher at $1.73, with 1,155 stock units trading, Limners and Bards climbed 30 cents to settle at a record high of $1.30 with just 100 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 54,500 stock units trading, Lasco Financial gained 1 to end at $4.60, trading 546,846 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,900 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.25, Medical Disposables climbed 31 cents in exchanging 22,800 shares at $7, Main Event ended with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.99 with 7,062 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed trading of 35,551 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 1 cent to close at $11 with 5,885 stock units changing hands and tTech climbed 40 cents and exchanged 127 shares at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Big push higher for Junior Market

July 25, 2019 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index surged 85.66 points to end at 3,318.09 on Thursday, the highest close for the year, and the highest point since the latter part of October last year.
Since the close of trading last week Thursday, the Junior Market gained 234.26 and is now 2.2 percent up, for the year. The PE ratio is just 11 times 2019 estimated earnings well off from the more than 15 for the main market.
By the close of trading, Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ high of $13.50 and so did Elite Diagnostic that closed trading at $6 and Stationery and Office Supplies trading at a record $12.
The market closed with 34 securities changing hands, compared to 27 on Wednesday, resulting in the prices of 21 rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Wednesday’s levels with an exchange of 2,463,608 units valued at $13,106,397, compared to 2,728,440 units valued at $14,270,901, on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 72,459 units for an average of $385,482 in contrast to 101,053 units for an average of $528,552 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 for each security traded, compared to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial close with a loss of $1.45 at $46.50, in trading 1,150 shares, AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.30, trading 55,604 stock units, Blue Power climbed $13.50 to settle at a record $13.50 with 26,020 shares changing hands, CAC2000 climbed 10 cents and exchanged 770 shares at $15.10. Caribbean Cream fell 5 cents in trading of 29,765 units at $5, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1 to settle at $14, with 63,144 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 95 cents and exchanged 5,000 shares at $10.95, Caribbean Producers gained 1 to end at $4.80, trading 73,759 shares, Derrimon Trading climbed 9 cents and exchanged 15,700 shares at $2.65. Express Catering closed trading of 48,368 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.35, Everything Fresh ended trading with 87,428 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $1.50, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 117,172 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at a record closing high of $6, Fosrich Group climbed 6 cents, exchanging 69,189 shares at $4.75. Fontana lost 65 cents in trading of 655,120 units at $8.20, General Accident dipped 6 cents in trading of 239,128 units at $4.29. GWest Corporation staged a big recovery since falling to a low a recent low of 70 cents to end trading at $1.55 after rising 30 cents in exchanging 6,300 units. Honey Bun closed trading of 15,307 units and gained 10 cents to end at $6.15. iCreate closed trading of 133,826 units after rising 3 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma closed 3 cents higher at $3.06, trading 111,287 stock units. Jamaican Teas climbed 64 cents, in exchanging 52,365 shares at $4.93, after the company posted increased profits for the nine months to June, with earnings of 32 cents per share versus 20 cents in 2018. Jetcon Corporation climbed 25 cents and exchanged 2,500 shares at $1.85, Key Insurance decline 20 cents trading 13,580 units at $3.70, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents in trading of 98,192 units at $3, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to land at $4.59, trading 134,995 shares. Medical Disposables declined 31 cents to $6.69, in exchanging 15,000 shares, Main Event closed 50 cents higher at $8, with 25,422 stock units trading. Paramount Trading lost 9 cents in trading 43,306 shares to close at 1.78 cents, Ironrock Insurance ended trading with 40,924 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $3.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $2 to end at a record close of $12 with 4,200 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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More gains for Junior Market – Monday

July 22, 2019 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 24.98 points to  3,151.19 on Monday as rising stocks edged out declining ones.
The market closed on Monday with 28 securities changing hands, compared to 31 on Friday, resulting in the prices of 11 rising, 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged with two companies ended at 52 weeks’ high and two at 52 weeks’ low.
At the close of market activities, an exchange of 2,560,330 units priced at $11,043,949 compared to 2,453,740 units valued at $12,590,576 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 91,440 units for an average of $394,427 in contrast to 79,153 units for an average of $406,148 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,090 units with a value of $308,369 for each security traded, compared to 86,814 units with a value of $302,918 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $3.3 to end at 46.50 with 1,400 stock units trading, AMG Packaging traded 157,887 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $2.43, Blue Power jumped $1.49 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $7.99 with 11,000 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream ended trading with 25,000 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.05, Caribbean Producers climbed 5 cents in exchanging 1,000 shares at $4.79, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 72,198 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.80. Dolphin Cove lost 15 cents in trading 1,047 shares to close at $11.85, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.56, in swapping of 117,800 shares. Express Catering declined by 40 cents in trading of 106,107 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.81, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 20,130 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at a record high of $5.15, Fosrich Group declined 23 cents in trading 125,471 units to settle at $4.68. Fontana dipped 10 cents trading 675,620 shares to close at 7.31 cents, General Accident closed 28 cents higher at $4.38, with 3,505 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended trading with 96,535 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $1, Honey Bun lost $1.05 cents in trading of 15,660 units at $5. iCreate Limited declined by 10 cents to settle at record low of 60 cents, in trading of 118,800 units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.43 with 7,762 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 354,542 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 243,393 shares after rising 8 cents, to end at $4.28. Main Event lost 15 cents in trading of 13,570 units to close at $6.55 and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.79 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.

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