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Big drop in JSE indices on Friday

July 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Jamaica Producers traded on Friday with the new issued shares resulting from a 5 for 1 bonus.

Trading in Jamaica Producers Group shares now reflects the bonus issue of five new shares thus reducing the last traded price from $49 to $8.17 on Friday. The stock traded 11,600 units but lost 26 cents to end at $7.91 on another day of moderate trading, with just 2,859,884 units valued at $33,458,307 changing hands, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 508,544 valued at $2,291,057, of all trades.
A total of 37 securities traded, 10 more than on Thursday, with the prices of 15 stocks rising, 10 declining, including 7 stocks rising and 3 declining from the junior market as the market continues to consolidate while waiting for news to break out.

The JSE Market Index dropped 1,772.60 points to end at 159,096.91. The all Jamaica Composite Index dived 1,982.38 points to close at 176,760.30 and the JSE combined index sank 1,923.60 points, to end at 168,152.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Cable & Wireless fell by 5 cents while trading 250,000 shares to close at $1.10, Caribbean Cement traded 30,716 shares and rose 87 cents to close at $23, Carreras gained $1.20 in trading 8,286 shares to close at $66, Ciboney traded 113,500 shares at 21 cents. 1834 Investments traded 100,000 shares after rising 12 cents to close at $1.14, Grace Kennedy closed at $120 with 3,722 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers ended with 248,621 units changing hands to close at $15, Kingston Wharves traded 33,259 units to close at $16, National Commercial Bank ended with 118,898 units changing hands at $42. Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 475,746 shares to close at $24, Portland JSX gained $1 and ended with 50,950 shares changing hands at a new closing high of $14.

Radio Jamaica traded at $1.60 after 48,727 shares changed hands, with a 10 cents gain, but the stock was offered at $1.58 at the close. Sagicor Group ended with 39,904 shares changing hands, the price fell 45 cents to end at $23.05. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 454,950 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $10.12, Scotia Group fell 38 cents with 41,975 shares trading, to close at $30.02, Scotia Investments dropped $1 and ended with 2,000 shares trading, to close at $25, while Supreme Ventures accounted for 54,005 units to end at $4.50. JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 200,000 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.05 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 61,809 units to close with a loss of 1 cent at $2.09.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, junior market, Kingston Wharves, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Portland JSX, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Junior index hit again – Friday

July 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Distributors recovered some lost ground on Friday.

The junior market closed trading on Friday with more securities participating and more stocks rising than declining than on Thursday, but the market index still shed points at the end. The volume of stocks trading was just above the 472,148 shares valued at $2,592,609 on Thursday with the market closing with 508,544 valued at $2,291,057.
A total 14 securities traded compared to only 6 on Thursday, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 3 declining on Friday. The market index ended with a loss of 27.23 points, an improvement over the fall of 100.65 points on Thursday to close at 2,005.68. Lasco Distributors and Caribbean Producers that inflicted most of damage to the junior market index over the past three days enjoyed some recovery on Friday, JM - Sum 8-7-16

but that was insufficient to recover losses for the overall market.
At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 15 cents at $12.50 with 238 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers ended with 2,145 shares changing hands, at $46, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 99,000 shares changing hands at $5, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in trading 18,000 shares to close at $2.10. Caribbean Producers traded 17,100 units with a rise of 9 cents to $3.09, JM Trde Sht 8-7-16

Derrimon Trading gained 5 cents to $3 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Honey Bun traded 7,860 shares at $5.51, Jamaican Teas ended with 21,902 shares trading at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 2,855 units at $2.65. Lasco Distributors traded 124,864 units and rose 49 cents to end at $5.82, Lasco Financial ended with 177,758 shares changing hands, at $3.22, after falling 13 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.03 with 11,690 shares trading, tTech lost 40 cents in adding 831 units to the trading volume, to close at $4 and Eppley 9.5% preference share rose 11 cents to close at $6.11.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Eppley, Honey Bun, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, junior market, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

Rising stocks dominate TTSE – Friday

July 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Massy Holdings jumped TT$2.77 to close at TT$58 on Friday.

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market improved on Friday, with 15 securities traded compared to only 8 on Thursday while advancing stocks beat out declining ones more than 2 to one. The market ended with 675,680 shares valued at $$7,120,936 changing hands. At the close with 8 stocks gained, 3 declined and 4 remaining unchanged. Two stocks traded at 52 weeks’ lows and one traded at a 52 weeks’ high.
The Composite Index rose 3.94 points or to close at 1,142.32, the All T&T Index gained 4.83 points to close at 1,796.39 and the Cross Listed Index is up 0.41 at 65 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 52,643 shares valued at $1,197,628 changing hands to end at $22.75, for a 5 cents gain, First Citizens gained 50 cents in trading 15,528 shares valued at $540,411, to close at $35, Massy Holdings jumped $2.77 to close at $58 with 11,460 units valued at $650,127 changing hands. National Commercial Bank traded 52,800 units and rose 6 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.66, National Enterprises gained 45 cents to close with 3,367 shares changing hands at $11.20, Republic Financial Holdings ended with 24,087 shares with a value of $2,581,229 to close at $107.30 with a rise of 15 cents. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 7,397 shares changing hands at $22.51 after gaining 1 cent and Scotiabank contributed 1,500 shares to close with a rise of 7 cents at $53.07.

Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 478 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $24.49 after shedding 1 cent, Guardian Holdings traded 1,380 shares and declined 4 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $12.70 and Trinidad Cement trade 500,000 units valued at $1,675,000 to close with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35
Firm Trades| JMMB Group closed with 3,060 shares changing hands, to end at 60 cents, One Caribbean Media closed at $21 with 310 shares changing hands. Prestige Holdings with 1,000 units changing hands ended at $10.90 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 670 shares changing hands, to end at $7.25.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments Fund, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Firstcaribbean International Bank, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, Trinidad Cement, TTSE

Portland JSX jumps to $14

July 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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Investors pushed Portland JSX to a new high of $14, for an increase of 27 percent, since it was listed on Wednesday. The stock has so far traded 30,000 shares and put on $1 in the morning session. Lasco Distributors with 124,864 shares changing hands and Caribbean Producers, made some recovery from two day of declines.
JSE intra 08-07-16r Elsewhere, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 469,095 shares at $24.20 and Lasco Financial traded 128,515 shares at $3.35.
The session, generally, had low volumes trading after 85 minutes of the market’s opening, resulting in 22 securities changing hands and accounting for a volume of 1,078,489 shares, of which 11 stocks gained and 3 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 49,022 units, compared to an average of 17,210 units on Thursday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 881.09 points to 179,623.77, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index rose 787.85 points to 161,657.36 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index rose by 472.92 point to close at 170,549.07 points andthe junior market index slipped 25.14 points to 2,007.78.
By 11:15 am, the main market shed 1,785.12 points as measured by the all Jamaica Composite Index , the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index chopped 1,596.21 points and the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index 1,738.49 while the junior market remained unchanged.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, junior market, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Portland JSX, Trading Activity

JSE majors surge on Thursday

July 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Supreme Ventures traded the most shares on Thursday with 4.6m units

Trading on the Jamaica stock market on Thursday remained modest, with just 5,903,834 units valued at $35,112,994 changing hands in all market segments but the all Jamaica Composite Index surged 1,199.46 points, recovering all of Wednesday’s decline but is still off from the close on Friday last.
The junior market accounted for 472,148 shares valued at $2,592,609, of all trades while Supreme Ventures accounted for 4,611,492 units as the price slipped 1 cent to end at $4.50.
A total of only 27 securities traded, 6 less than on Wednesday, with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 13 declining, including 4 stocks rising and 5 declining from the junior market. Notwithstanding the market movements for the past week, the market continues to consolidate while waiting for news to break out.
The JSE Market Index jumped 1,072.53 points to end at 160,869.51. The all Jamaica Composite Index surged 1,199.46 points to close at 178,742.68 and the JSE combined index eased 37.74 points, to end at 170,076.15.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Cable & Wireless fell by 2 cents while trading 127,068 shares to close at $1.15, Carreras traded 5,205 shares but fell 20 cents to $64.80, Ciboney traded 31,500 shares at 21 cents. 1834 Investments traded 86,414 shares after rising by 2 cents to close at $1.02, Grace Kennedy dropped $3 and closed at $120 with 9,392 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers ended with 6,808 units changing hands to close at $15, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 1,000 shares and gained 33 cents to close at $21.33,

Mayberry Investments traded 200,612 units and fell 1 cent to close at $3.50, National Commercial Bank ended with 17,708 units changing hands at $42. Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 4,096 shares to close at $24, Portland JSX gained 45 cents and ended with 69,949 shares changing hands at a new closing high of $13, after it traded as high as $13.50. Radio Jamaica traded at $1.50 after 15,717 shares changed hands with a 5 cents gain, Sagicor Group ended with 12,780 shares changing hands, the price rose 45 cents to end at $23.50. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 22,800 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $10.10, Scotia Group fell 10 cents with 189,000 shares trading to close at $30.40 and Scotia Investments ended with 15,700 shares trading to close at $26.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Cable & Wireless, Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, junior market, Mayberry Investments, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Portland JSX, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

LascoD shot juniors – Thursday

July 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The junior market closed trading sharply down on Thursday, with the market index diving 100.65 points, to close at 2,032.92. A $1.57 fall in the price of the Lasco Distributors inflicted most of damage to the junior market index on Thursday, with a fall by 4.7 percent, the stock fell from $7.40 at the start of trading on Wednesday, down to $5.30 in the morning session, for a 28 percent decline.
Caribbean Producers that sunk sharply on Wednesday as investors reacted negatively to the news that profit in the final quarter of the fiscal year to June will be hit by added cost. The stock did not trade but closed with the bid at $3.20 compared to the last sale price of $3, Lasco Distributors was one of the stocks that closed with the bid being higher than the last traded price, but with a small volume.
A total of only 6 active securities with only 472,148 shares valued at $2,592,609 changed hands on Thursday. At the close, 2 stocks advanced and 3 declined
At the end of trading 8 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, Consolidated Bakeries gained 15 cents in trading 16,389 shares to close at $2.15, the stock was offered at $2.10 at the close, Key Insurance traded 1,837 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $2.60. Lasco Distributors traded 412,422 units to end at $5.33, as investors continued to respond negatively to news that Pfizer is countering Lasco huge claim of more than US$300 million with their estimate of less than US$1 million. Pfizer had previously challenged Lasco over their right to sell tablets for hypertension and lost, resulting in the need to quantify damages by the courts. Lasco Financial ended with 5,200 shares changing hands at $3.35, after falling 7 cents, Lasco Manufacturing gained 3 cents to close at $5.03 with 8,300 shares trading and Medical Disposables added 28,000 units and remained unchanged at $3.45.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Jamaican stocks, junior market, Key Insurance, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Pfizer, Trading Activity

TTSE slips with modest trading – Thursday

July 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market ended on Thursday after Wednesday’s holiday, with two indices falling. Trading was characterized with modest volumes as only 8 securities traded accounting for only 374,975 shares valued at just $1,493,875 changing hands. The market closed with 1 stock rising, 5 declining and 2 remaining unchanged as two stocks traded at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index fell 1.34 points or to close at 1,138.38, the All T&T Index fell by 2.67 points to close at 1,791.56 and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged at 64.59 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 35,670 shares valued at $802,5757,210 changing hands at $22.5, after gaining 14 cents.
Losses| First Citizens fell 1 cent in trading 4,465 shares, to close at $34.50, Guardian Holdings traded 360 shares and declined 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $12.74, One Caribbean Media lost 24 cents to close at $21 with 100 shares changing hands. Republic Financial Holdings ended with 115 shares to close at $107.15 with a loss of 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low and Scotiabank contributed 5,900 shares with a value of $313,096 to close with a loss of 73 cents at $53.
Firm Trades| National Flour ended with 4,780 shares changing hands to close at $2.30 and JMMB Group closed with 323,585 shares changing hands, to end at 60 cents.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Angostura Holdings, Ansa Merchant Bank, Clico Investments Fund, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Firstcaribbean International Bank, Guardian Holdings, Guardian Media, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour Mills, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, Trinidad Cement, TTSE$

LasD chops over 85 points off juniors

July 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Investors chopped the price of Lasco Distributors by $1.01 to $5.99 and pulled down the junior market index by a large 4 percent or 85 points in early Thursday morning trading. After 80 minutes of trading the price plummeted to $5.30 pulling the index even lower. The drop also pulled down the combined market index by more than 1,100 points.
Investors continue to react negatively to the news that Pfizer’s estimate for damages due to Lasco is US$518,000 well off the US$300 million the local company is claiming. Lasco Distributors traded 396,700 shares as the price dropped $1.70 overall. The next big trade was Supreme Ventures with 4,600,497 units at $4.50. Some demand have built up for Portland JSX with 59,949 shares trading at $12.60 and with bids at $13.
The session had low volumes trading overall after 80 minutes of the market’s opening resulting in 18 securities changing hands, accounting for a volume of 5,311,849 shares 5 stocks gained and 5 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 295,103 units compared to an average of 17,210 units on Thursday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 379.30 points to 177,163.92, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 339.17 points to 159,457.81, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index declined by 1,190.21 to close at 168,783.34 points andthe junior market index slipped 99.03 points to 2,034.54.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, junior market, Lasco Distributors, Portland JSX, Trading Activity

JSE takes another hit- Wednesday

July 6, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The latest IPO, Portland JSX was listed at the start of trading after a successful public offering that saw the offer being oversubscribed. The stock opened with a bid to buy 30,000 shares for $1 more than the IPO price of $11 at $12 and later traded 8,500 units to end at $12.55 after it started trading at $12.05. The gain hardly did much to the market overall as the day closed with all major indices down.
Trading on the Jamaica stock market on Wednesday remained modest, with just 2,706,984 units valued at $46,242,560 changing hands in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 777,300 shares valued at $4,030,252, of all trades. All market indices lost ground as stocks declining were slightly ahead the ones rising.
A total of 33 securities traded 6 less than on Tuesday, with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 13 declining, including 4 stocks rising and 5 declining from the junior market. Notwithstanding the decline over the past few days, the market continues in a consolidating mode, with the indices rising and falling from day to day, with no new information to cause a break out.
The JSE Market Index dropped 912.73 points to end at 159,796.98. The all Jamaica Composite Index plunged 1,020.75 points to close at 177,543.22 and the JSE combined index dived 1,430.24 points, to end at 170,113.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Berger Paints traded 36,539 shares unchanged at $4.50, Cable & Wireless recovered 7 cents while trading 32,000 shares to close at $1.17, Caribbean Cement dropped $3 to close at $22 with 33,722 shares trading, Carreras traded 167,915 shares but fell 40 cents to $65, Ciboney traded 28,000 shares at 21 cents. Grace Kennedy gained $2.50 and closed at $123 with 20,869 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers ended with 7,567 units changing hands to close at $15, Jamaica Producers traded 4,431 units to end at $49, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 22,596 shares but fell $3 to close at $21, JMMB Group traded 39,505 units and rose 1 cent to end at $9.73. Kingston Wharves traded 4,160 units and gained 99 cents to close at $16 as supply dries up on the stock, National Commercial Bank ended with 46,492 units changing hands at $42. Pan Jamaican Investment Trust lost $1.48 in trading 23,152 shares to close at $24, Sagicor Group ended with 6,055 shares changing hands at $23.05. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 906,595 shares to close at $10.12, Scotia Group fell 50 cents with 360,016 shares trading to close at $30.50, Sterling Investments ended with 14,000 shares trading to close with a fall of $1.49 at $11.50. Supreme Ventures lost 49 cents and ended at $4.51 while trading 7,200 units and Proven Investments traded 156,000 units to close at 16.49 US cents, up from 16 US cents.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, junior market, Kingston Wharves, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

LascoD & Carib Producers hit juniors – Wednesday

July 6, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The junior market closed trading sharply down on Wednesday with the market index falling 56.88 points, to close at 2,133.57. A 90 cents falls in the price of the Caribbean Producers inflicted much damage to the market index which fell by 2.6 percent, Lasco Distributors also chipped in with a 40 cents fall. Both stocks were the subject of new information that is negative for their stock prices.
A total of 11 active securities with only 777,300 shares valued at $4,030,252, changing hands. At the close, 4 stocks advanced and 5 declined
At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging fell 71 cents in trading 5,854 shares at $12.41, CAC 2000 lost 6 cents with 22,385 shares changing hands, to end at $6.56, Caribbean Cream traded 5,260 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $5.10. Investors continued to react negatively to the release by Caribbean Producers on Monday, about a write down of inventory and other charges, by marking the stock down again by 90 cents, in trading 264,600 shares to close at $3. At the close the only meaningful bid visible is at $1.50 to buy 999,000 units, offers include 30,000 at $3.80 and at $4 a total of 135,000 units. Consolidated Bakeries gained 15 cents in trading 2,800 shares to close at $2.15, the stock was offered at $2.10 at the close. C2W Music traded 5,589 shares to end at 28 cents, Honey Bun rose 1 cent to close at $5.51, with 21,460 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $3.25. Lasco Distributors dropped 40 cents while trading 342,459 units to end at $7, as investors responded negatively to news that Pfizer is countering Lasco’s huge claim of more than US$300 million, with their estimate of less than US$1 million. Pfizer had previously challenged Lasco over their right to sell tablets for hypertension and lost, resulting in the need to quantify damages by the courts. Lasco Financial ended with 64,000 shares changing hands at $3.42, after gaining 22 cents and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 37,893 shares trading.