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Junior Market drops again

December 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,818,737 units for $46,426,781 compared to 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024 from 29 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 553,492 units for an average of $1,365,494 in contrast to 260,623 units for an average of $679,287 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 compared to an average of 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped $1.50 in trading of 6,630 units at $31, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to end at $2.10 while trading 38,136 shares, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 7 cents to end at $5.67, Consolidated Bakeries fell 11 cents with 34,051 units changing hands at $1.60. Derrimon Trading exchanged 7,700 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $2.63. Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with 976 units changing hands at $11.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 11,622 units and rose 20 cents to end at $5.29, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 15 cents in exchanging 1,020 shares to close at $6.15. Fontana traded 304,106 shares but dropped $1 to end at $6.25, FosRich lost 20 cents to settle at $3.90 in trading 8,804 stock units, Honey Bun rose 70 cents in exchanging 610,750 units at $8.50. iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 69 cents in exchanging 33,957 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 40 cents while trading 56,562 units at $2.70, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to close at $3.10 with 309,984 units changing hands, Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 15,177,863 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 1,851,500 units. Main Event lost 32 cents in exchanging 979 units at $6.13, Medical Disposables climbed 90 cents to $8 with 34,770 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture Capital traded 17,650 stock units and fell 17 cents to end at $1.19. Stationery and Office Supplies added 1 cent to close at $11 with 1,636 shares trading and tTech traded 3,700 and lost 51 cents in closing at $5.50.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Falling TTSE stocks crush advancers

December 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Declining stocks crushed advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, ending seven days of unbroken positive movement for the market and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading ended with 18 securities changing hands, against 14 on Tuesday, with just three advancing, seven declining while eight remained unchanged as 917,251 shares were exchanged for $8,126,649, compared to 424,712 units for $5,733,529 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 11.47 points to end at 1,470.86. The All T&T Index shed 13.25 points to 1,838.31, while the Cross Listed Index declined 1.32 points to close at 149.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 25 cents and ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $27.25, with 69,180 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank rose 25 cents and settled at $44.75, with 2,685 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 50 cents trading 24,646 shares to close at $22.50.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading of 100 shares at $50, Grace Kennedy lost 2 cents and settled at $3.98 while swapping of 250 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents to close $21.50, with 64 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed 40 cents down and ended at $59.30, after exchanging 39 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 50 cents and concluded trading of 31,575 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. Scotiabank dropped 15 cents to close at $59.85, with 39 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean declined by 9 cents and completed trading of 500 units at $23.40.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.50, with 28 units crossing the exchange, Endeavour Holdings traded 3,160 shares at $12.50, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8, with 486,000 units, JMMB Group ended at $2.80, with 244,378 units crossing the exchange. National Flour exchanged 240 units at $1.36, NCB Financial closed at $11.50, with 52,035 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial settled at $131, with 319 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $42.50, with 2,013 units crossing the exchange.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, Ansa Merchant Bank, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, Endeavour Holdings, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

Limners & Bards revise EPS

December 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Kimala Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of The Lab.

Following IC Insider.com’s report that the earnings per share (EPS) for Limners & Bards were incorrect, the audited accounts of the company are now revised to reflect the EPS the article suggested they should be.
The revised audited reports now state that the calculation of earnings per stock unit is based on the profit after taxation and the weighted average number of stock units in issue during the year. Net profit attributable to shareholders of $94,746,238 in 2019, $62,313,858 in 2018. The weighted average number of ordinary stock units is 803,836,715 in 2019 and 756,552,202 in 2018, resulting in Basic and diluted earnings per stock unit of12 cents in 2019 and 8 cents in 2018.
The original audited financial statements showed the basic and diluted earnings per stock unit at 10 cents for the 2019 fiscal year and 7 cents for 2018 based on the weighted average of ordinary stock units 945,690,252 in each year.
IC Insider’s report on Tuesday stated that “Limners and Bards released full-year results with profit after taxation of $95 million, up by an impressive 52 percent from the $62 million earned in 2018 from healthy gains in revenues, with earnings per share (EPS) works out at 12 cents for 2019 and 8 cents for 2018.”
The company’s operating revenues grew 31 percent to $632 million from $483 million in 2018, with the last quarter growing a stunning 58 percent to $146 million, generating income just below the $152 million generated in the July quarter and profit before tax of $18 million versus $16.5 million in the July quarter. While revenues for the year rose 31 percent, direct cost rose at a slower pace, resulting in the gross profit climbing 39.4 percent over 2018 as gross profit margin rose to 36 percent compared to 33.7 percent in 2018. Administrative cost rose well ahead of revenue growth with a 41 percent increase over 2018, but the full-year increase is below a 70 percent surge in the July quarter while the fourth quarter saw a rise of 39 percent over 2018, is in line with the full-year increase.
In a statement accompanying the nine months results, Chairman, Steven Gooden and Kimala Bennett, Chief Executive Officer stated, “Administration expenses increased by $23.737 million, or 42 percent, which represent 16.63 percent of revenue for the nine months compared to 14.60 percent to the corresponding period ended July 31, 2018. These increases are primarily attributable to staff costs (due to increase work volume), subcontractors (on retainer contracts), depreciation charges and security costs”.
The company reports on three segments comprising Production, Media and Agency. For 2019 Production generated earnings of $226 million and profit of $100 million while Media raked in $292 million but ended with just $40 million in profit and agency the most profitable brought in $114 million and delivered $85 million in net income.
The company ended the year with cash and equivalent of $292 million with shareholders’ equity of $356 million, up from $123 million in 2018. Borrowings stood at $50 million with payables of $83 million and current assets of $387 million.
IC Insider.com forecast earnings per share of 20 cents for 2020 that puts the PE ratio at 15 with the stock closing trading at $3 on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and is a stock to be watched into 2020.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results, Stocks to watch Tagged With: Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, junior market, Kimala Bennett, Limners and Bards, Steven Gooden, The Lab

JSE Main Market falls – Tuesday

December 17, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday led to an almost equal number of securities rising and declining, but with a substantial fall in volume and values of stocks crossing the market and declines in the two Main Market indices.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,431.70 points to close at 553,153.41, the JSE Market Index declined by 1,368.17 points to 503,424.21 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.58 points higher to 137.25.
The market closed with 39 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 14 advancing, 16 declining and the prices of 9 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended with 37 securities accounting for 15,225,126 units valued $142,466,453, in contrast to 23,258,908 units at $2,096,079,296 on Monday, from 39 securities.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 6.5 million shares accounting for 43 percent of volume traded, followed by Sagicor Select Funds – Financial stocks with 4 million units for 26 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments with 690,754 shares for 4.5 percent market share.
The market closed with an average of 411,490 units for $3,850,445 for each security traded, in contrast to 596,382 units, for an average of $53,745,623 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,870 units for $10,941,397 and previously, an average of 469,338 units for $11,590,816 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three closed with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.1, with the Main Market ending at 18.6 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents to settle at $71.50 with 8,320 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement jumped $3 to end at $77, with 43,375 units crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Fund dropped 50 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $30 with 16,538 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy gained $1 to end at $69, trading 5,132 shares, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1 to settle at $41 with 527,466 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers exchanged 15,353 stock units and gained $1.35 to end at $24.85 with. Kingston Wharves lost $1.75 to settle at $61, in exchanging 2,762 units, Mayberry Investments climbed 87 cents to settle at $9.17 with 388 shares changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained $1 to end at $13 with 115,580 stock units trading, NCB Financial Group lost $2 to close at $201, in swapping shares, 95,644 shares, PanJam Investment fell $1.99 to end at $100, with 55,839 shares crossing the exchange. Proven Investments jumped $2.15 in trading 1,326 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $50, Sagicor Group gained $2.01 to end at $70, trading 134,893 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund exchanged 74,773 after declining 51 cents to end at $10. Scotia Group dropped $1.49 to settle at $54, in transferring 45,530 shares, Seprod shed $1.45 in trading 22,564 stock units to close at $49. Supreme Ventures lost 55 cents to close at $25.01, with 119,205 units crossing the market and Wisynco Group fell 48 cents to $23.02, with 553,635 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 223,174 units valued at US$135,657 with the market index adding 5.09 points to close at 222.51. Proven Investments gained 2 cents in trading 280,559 shares to close at 34 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments in exchanging 1,289,640 shares fell by a cent at 14 US cents.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Junior Market dips

December 17, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market index closed on Tuesday with a fall of 31.49 points to 3,380.94 with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in gains of 8 stocks with 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.4.
Investors exchanged 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024, compared to 35,927,004 units valued at $93,505,697 from 29 securities changing hands on Monday
Trading ended with an average of 260,623 units at $679,287 for each stock traded, in contrast to 1,238,862 units for an average of $3,224,334 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 compared to an average of 464,764 shares at $1,086,617 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $1 in trading of 3,016 units at $32.50, AMG Packaging lost 20 cents to end at $1.90 while trading 55,500 shares, Blue Power exchanged 20,785 stock units, after shedding 52 cents to end at $5.60, Cargo Handlers rose 11 cents in trading 1,162 units at $10.05. Caribbean Producers traded 73,984 shares and declined by 10 cents, to close at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries fell 9 cents with 15,000 units changing hands at $1.71, Derrimon Trading exchanged 10,000 shares and rose 8 cents to close at $2.58. Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents with 4,386 units changing hands at $10.90, Elite Diagnostic traded 5,100 units but lost 21 cents to end at $5.09, Everything Fresh added 1 cent to close at $1.06 with 2,600 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 2 cents in exchanging 13,950 shares to close at $6.30. Fontana traded 170,786 shares but lost 15 cents to end at $7.25, FosRich fell 10 cents to settle at $4.10 in trading 121,437 stock units, GWest Corporation exchanged 12,851 shares with a rise of 5 cents to end at $1. Honey Bun rose 31 cents in exchanging 3,647 units at $7.80, iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 70 cents in exchanging 222,318 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas added 1 cent with 12,111 units changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors fell 13 cents with 61,190 shares crossing the exchange at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 22,339 shares and fell 42 cents to close at $4.83, Limners and Bards rose 22 cents to close at $3 with 499,296 units changing hands. Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 3,855,904 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 2,000,618 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 99 cents to $10.99 with 10,638 shares trading.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

TTSE stocks continue the climb

December 17, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The upward rise of Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued apace on Tuesday with the three primary market indices rising with advancing stocks bettering decliners 5 to 2.
Trading ended with 14 securities changing hands, against 18 on Monday, with 5 advancing, 2 declining while 7 remained unchanged as investors exchanged 424,712 units for $5,733,529, compared to 162,777 units for $6,159,062 on Monday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 7.63 points to 1,482.33. The All T&T Index rose 4.12 points to 1,851.56, while the Cross Listed Index added 1.52 points to close at 150.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at two stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal gained $2.50 ended at $55, with 10,957 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4, with investors exchanging 25,000 shares, NCB Financial added 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50, with investors trading 1,700 shares. Scotiabank closed with an increase of 20 cents at $60, with 1,989 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 50 cents in trading 39,849 shares to close at $22.
Losses| First Citizens Bank lost 25 cents and settled at $44.50, with 648 stock units changing hands and One Caribbean Media ended trading 10 cents lower and settled at 52 weeks’ low of $9, in swapping of 16,100 shares and
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund settled at $27, trading of 36,279 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $22, with investors exchanging 4,400 shares, JMMB Group settled at $2.80, with 84,500 stock units changing hands. LJ Williams closed at $1.50 after 50,000 shares changed hands, National Flour traded 100,000 units at $1.36, Republic Financial completed trading of 772 units at $131 and West Indian Tobacco ended the day at $42.50, while transferring 50,234 stock units.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, LJ Williams, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Auditors spoil good Lab results

December 17, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Limners and Bards released full-year results with profit after taxation of $95 million, up by an impressive 52 percent from the $62 million earned in 2018 from healthy gains in revenues.
Earnings per share (EPS) works out at 12 cents for 2019 and 8 cents for 2018. Operating revenues rose 31 percent to $632 million from $483 million in 2018, the last quarter grew at a stunning 58 percent to $146 million, just below the $152 million generated in the July quarter and profit before tax of $18 million versus $16.5 million in the July quarter.
Auditors are required to check records of companies and ensure that they accord with various regulations and the financial statements which they audit and certify are free form errors and misstatements.

Kimala Bennett, Managing Director of The Lab.

The Limners and Bards financials is the latest report to indicate that there is a problem with the industry and that a number of the players are eroding the confidence investors have it the financial reports they certify. To be fair to the company auditors, they are not solely to blame. Management, including the directors, is also responsible for preventing financial with errors going out to the public, as they also have to sign off on the financials.
The computation of earnings per share is an area of problem for some of the smaller audit firms. In the past, there are instances where the calculation is wrong when there are stock splits and new share issues.
According to the Limners and Bards financial statements, the basic and diluted earnings per stock unit is 10 cents for the 2019 fiscal year and 7 cents for 2018 based on the weighted average of ordinary stock units 945,690,252 in each year. That is entirely wrong. What are the facts? The company had 756.55 million shares in issue before the sale of 189,138,050 shares to the public in July this year with the company listing on the stock exchange on July 26. The EPS computation for 2018 is to be based on 756.6 million shares and for 2019, just over 800 million units. The company’s stock closed trading on Monday at $2.78 for a PE of 21 times 2019 earnings before tax and 14 times 2020 earnings of 20 cents per share.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, junior market, Limners and Bards, The Lab

Surge in trading on JSE Main Market

December 16, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by a substantial margin leading the Main Market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange to gains on Monday as the value of stocks trading surged nearly three times Friday’s level.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped by 2,789.02 points to close at 554,585.11, the JSE Market Index climbed 2,373.62 points to close at 505,948.81 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.74 points higher to 136.67.
The market closed with 43 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with the prices of 20 rising, 10 declining and the 12, closing unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended with 39 securities accounting for 23,258,908 units at $2,096,079,296, in contrast to 59,610,460 units for $774,571,962 on Friday, from 37 securities.
NCB Financial dominated trading with 8 million shares and 35 percent of volumes traded followed by Caribbean Cement with 5.3 million units for 23 percent of the day’s trade and with Sagicor Select Funds financial sector with 4.6 million shares for 20 percent market share.
The market closed with an average of 596,382 units for $53,745,623 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,528,704 units valued at an average of $21,515,888 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 469,338 units for $11,590,816 and previously, an average of 457,043 units for $7,086,604 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closed with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19, with the Main Market ending at 18.6 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Barita Investments climbed $1 to settle at $72 with 10,200 shares changing hands, Berger Paints traded 373 shares and gained 60 cents to end at $17.80, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents to end at $74, with 5,257,837 units crossing the exchange. Eppley Caribbean Fund dropped $7.52 to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $30.50 with 32,346 shares changing hands, JMMB Group dived $8 to end at $40, trading 10,185 stock units. Kingston Wharves gained $1.75 to settle at $62.75, in trading 1,326 units, NCB Financial Group gained $1.90 to close at $203, in swapping 8,065,181 shares, 138 Student Living fell 83 cents to end at $4.10, with 750 shares crossing the exchange. Proven Investments traded 32,239 and rose 85 cents to close at $47.85, Pulse Investments fell 39 cents to $4.30, with 5,320 units changing hands, Sagicor Group gained $1.99 to end at $67.99, trading 17,141 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund exchanged 600 after rising 51 cents to end at $10.51. Salada Foods climbed 95 cents to settle at $30.95 with 16 shares changing hands, Scotia Group dropped $2 to settle at $55.50, in transferring 62,328 shares, Seprod shed 20 cents in trading 17,900 stock units to close at $50.45, Stanley Motta gained 60 cents to end at $5.90, trading 81 shares. Supreme Ventures rose 28 cents to close at $25.56 with 14,671 units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.59 to $22.79 while exchanging 10,599 shares and Wisynco Group fell 50 cents to $23.50 with 197,674 shares changing hands. In the preference sector, Productive Business Solution 9.75% traded 100 units and rose $3 to close at $103.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 223,174 units valued at US$135,657 with the market index adding 5.09 points to close at 222.51. Productive Business Solution traded 100 units and rose 6 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of 65 US cents. Proven Investments transferred 206,054 shares to close at 32 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 1 cent in exchanging 12,020 shares at 15 US cents and JMMB Group 5.5% preference share closed trading of 5,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $2.02.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Lumber Depot doubles IPO price

December 16, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Lumber Depot jumped 48 percent on Monday on top of the 32.5 percent rise on Friday and is now up 97 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20, but MailPac stole the show in trading more than 33 million shares.
The market Index advanced 6.03 points to close at 3,412.43 in trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 35,927,004 units at $93,505,697 compared to 42,348,512 units at $92,545,825 from 25 securities changing hands on Friday.
The Market closed with gains in 10 stocks, while the prices of 7 declined and prices of 7 remained unchanged and the average PE at 14.5 with the earnings for Limners and Bards switched to 2020 with 20 cents per share compared to 12 cents for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 1,238,862 units at $3,224,334 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,693,940 units for an average of $3,701,833 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,764 shares at $1,086,617 compared to an average of 384,302 shares at $864,417 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1.50 in trading of 11,500 units at $33.50, Blue Power exchanged 11,280 shares, after shedding 1 cent to end at $6.12, Cargo Handlers rose 44 cents in trading 1,800 units at $9.94. Caribbean Cream traded 604 shares and rose 1 cent, to close at $4.30, lost Consolidated Bakeries dropped 17 cents with 11,100 units changing hands at $1.80, Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with a mere 45 units changing hands at $11.10, Everything Fresh traded 5,670 stock units and fell 15 cents to close at $1.05, Express Catering added 22 cents in exchanging 13,500 shares to close at $6.32. Fontana traded 604,270 shares but lost 39 cents to end at $7.40, FosRich gained 38 cents to settle at $4.20 in trading 44,140 stock units, Honey Bun slipped just 1 cent in exchanging 13,040 shares at $7.49. iCreate added 1 cent to end at 71 cents in exchanging 4,600 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent with 16,080 units changing hands at $5.99, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents with 221,755 shares crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose lost 20 cents to close at $2.78 with 86,530. Lumber Depot surged 77 cents with 1,481,121 shares changing to close at $2.36. Main Event increased by 5 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 6,222 units and SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents with an exchange of 10,000 shares to close at $1.36 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $10 with 6,042 shares trading.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

TTSE stocks set to break 5 years drought

December 16, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Five years of unbroken market decline comes to an end this year, with The All T&T Index poised to recover the losses over the past three years and more with the market index already at a higher level than the end of 2016, by more than 13 points.
Monday was another day of rising market indices on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange as all three indices recorded gains with advancing stocks beating decliners 2 to 1 as the market ended trading with three stock closing at new highs.
Trading ended with 18 securities changing hands, against 12 on Friday, with four advancing, 2 declining while 12 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 6.30 points to end at 1,474.70. The All T&T Index gained 2.59 points to 1,847.44, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.37 points to close at 149.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at three stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Investors traded 162,777 units for $6,159,062, compared to 919,670 units for $8,793,895on Friday.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund jumped $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $27 with 50 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy gained 51 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.95, while trading 5,000 units. Guardian Holdings jumped $1 and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $22, with 1,475 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank advanced 4 cents to settle at $59.80, with 24,075 units passing through the exchange.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 49 cents in trading 5,000 shares to close at $21.50 and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 1 cent at $23.49, with 170 stock units trading.

Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded 40 shares to close at $52.50, Calypso Micro Index Fund exchanged 1.000 shares at $15.75, Endeavour Holdings traded 400 shares at $12.50, First Citizens Bank settled at $44.75, with 648 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group closed at $2.80, after exchanging 57,466 shares, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, with 700 units crossing the exchange. National Flour ended at $1.36, after exchanging 10,000 shares, Point Lisas closed at $3.55, after swapping 1,015 shares, Prestige Holdings settled at $8.40, with an exchange of 6,057 shares. Republic Financial concluded trading of 27,863 stock units at $131.00, West Indian Tobacco closed at $42.50, with investors exchanging 14,318 shares and Trinidad Cement completed trading of 7,500 stock units at $1.95.