Moderate trading continues on TTSE – Tuesday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 17 securities against 16 on Monday, with 3 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.47 points to end at 1,305.28. The All T&T Index rose 1.36 points to 1,706.07, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.06 points to close at 122.22
Trading ended with 57,077 shares at a value of $1,245,481, compared to 214,799 shares valued at $1,876,330 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments concluded trading 10 cents and concluded at $20.15, with 10,880 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group added 15 cents and completed trading at $8.70, after exchanging 4,700 shares and Scotiabank increased 48 cents and concluded at $63.98, with 2,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks ending with losses| Ansa Mcal traded 711 units and lost 1 cent to close at $55, JMMB Group traded 5,586 shares, with a loss of 2 cents at $1.78, Sagicor Financial fell 39 cents and settled at $8.51, after trading 1,900 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 6 cents to end at $29.06, with 13,121 units changing hands.
Stock Firm Traded|Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 50 cents to close at $14.50 trading 90 shares CinemaOne closed at $10 trading 200 shares, First Citizens completed trading at $34, after exchanging 200 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $47.06, exchanging 3,100 shares, National Flour ended at $1.65, with 3,580 units trading. One Caribbean Media settled at $10.35, after exchanging 575 shares, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.40, with 8,100 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean settled at $22.60, after exchanging 543 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.40, with 1,791 stock units changing hands.

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

Steady JSE main market trading – Monday  

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, resulted in 2,167,152 units valued at $105,404,838 changing hands, compared 2,798,965 units valued $103,358,114 on Friday.
The main and US dollar markets, had 31 securities changing hands, with prices of 10 rising, 11 declining with 10 remaining unchanged, compared to 33 securities trading on Friday. Shares of MPC Caribbean Clean Energy were listed on the main and US dollar markets as well as on the Trinidad Stocks exchnage on Monday. The stock closed without any trades taking place.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator suggest that the market could enjoy strong gains on Monday with the reading showing 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with lower offers.
Market activity led to the All Jamaican Composite Index in shedding 133.35 points to at 414,194.74 and the JSE Index declined 121.37 points to close at 377,378.37.
Grace Kennedy led trading with 671,073 units and 31 percent of the day’s volume, followed by NCB Financial with 287,886 units or 13.3 percent of the volume changing hands and Jamaica Broilers with 200,200 units accounting for 9.2 percent of the day’s volume.
An average of 77,398 units valued at over $3,764,458 changed hands, in contrast to 93,299 shares valued at $3,445,270 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 57,455 units valued at $1,771,613 compared to 55,273 units valued at $1,525,800, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $2.07 and closed at $52.50, trading 42,298 shares, Caribbean Cement declined $1.98 to finish at $38.01, with 42,235 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose 50 cents to close at $23, with 11,243 shares changing hands. JMMB Group rose $1.48 and concluded trading of 60,834 shares at $33.98, Kingston Wharves gained $1.50 to end at $77, with 8,718 units changing hands. NCB Financial Group dropped $4.90 trading 287,886 shares to close at $145, PanJam Investment rose $2 to end at $72, trading 13,855 shares, Proven Investments lost $1 in trading 1,761 shares at $26, Scotia Group traded 5,800 shares after falling 99 cents to close at $54. Seprod gained $1.75 and closed at $32, trading 32,600 shares, Supreme Ventures, fell 50 cents to end at $19, with 159,190 stock units changing hands and Wisynco Group rose 34 cents and settled at $10.40, with 38,621 shares trading.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 64,146 units valued at $11,213 units. JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 1,210 units to close at US$2, Proven Investments that rose 0.09 cent in trading 25,936 units at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 37,000 units at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 3.19 points to close at 163.67.

 

Knustford & Fontana dominate juniors

Knutsford Express stock was the largest trade on the Junior Market on Monday.

Trading on the Junior Market remained elevated again on Monday with an exchange of 10,025,824 units valued at $83,305,040 compared to 16,780,456 units valued at $150,707,233 on Friday.
Trading in shares of Fontana and Knutsford Express accounted for 91 percent of total volume traded. At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands, resulting in the prices of 9 rising, 8 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, compared to 25 securities changing hands on Friday. The Junior Market index rose 13.13 points to close 3,250.34.
The average trade ended at 435,905 units for an average of $3,621,958 in contrast to 671,218 units for an average of $6,028,289 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 810,207 units valued at $3,433,396 and previously 859,400 units valued at $3,408,614. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed $2.02 higher at $52, trading 1,200 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $1.95, with 198,598 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading 68,821 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $5.91, Caribbean Flavours traded 7,248 stock units at $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 5,000 units at $4.96. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $1.71, with 145,680 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended 25 cents higher at $2.75, with an exchange of 92,550 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 2 cents at $2.85, trading 160,558 stock units.  Everything Fresh lost 9 cents to end trading of 22,115 shares at $1.60, Express Catering settled 2 cents higher at $8.02, with 6,066 units changing hands. Fontana traded 2,462,763 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $3.45, FosRich Group ended trading 2,131 shares 30 cents higher at $3.90, General Accident  traded 2,300 shares at $3.45, GWest Corporation finished trading 5,838 shares at $1.81, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,619 stock units. Indies Pharma  rose 5 cents, to end at $3.15, trading 90,084 shares, Jetcon Corporation  settled 40 cents higher at $3.43, trading 1,000 shares, KLE Group  traded 17,617 units for 5 cents higher at $3.  Knutsford Express  finished trading with a loss of $1.25 at $10.75, with 6,679,341 shares changing hands, as NCB Group continues to unwind their holdings in the company. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with an exchange of 2,600 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, with 35,000 shares traded, Medical Disposables settled at $7, with 10,433 shares changing hands and tTech closed with a loss of 30 cents at $5.90, with 262 units trading.

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

 

6 stocks rose 5 fall on TTSE – Monday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 17 securities, similar to trading on Friday and close with 6 advancing, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 2.97 points to end at 1,304.81. The All T&T Index declined 1.50 points to 1,704.71, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.61 points to close at 122.28.
Trading ended with 214,959 shares at a value of $1,876,330, compared to 170,700 shares on Friday valued at $1,561,596.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal gained 1 cent in trading with 758 units at $55.01, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with a rise of 4 cents at $3.10, with 50,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings added 1 cent to end at $47.06, after exchanging 500 shares. National Enterprises increased 1 cent to $8.02, with 40 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media rose 10 cents to end at $10.35, after exchanging 32,287 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 2 cents and completed trading of 2,065 units at $29.12.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 50 cents to close at $14.50 trading 160 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 15 cents and settled at $8.55, after exchanging 1,942 shares, Prestige Holdings ended 10 cents lower at $7.40 trading with 52,337 units. Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 8 cents at $8.90, after exchanging 200 shares and Scotiabank traded with a loss of 49 cents and ended at $63.50, with 1,234 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Agostini’s concluded market activity at $23.40, after exchanging 10 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $16.05, with 142 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments ended at $20.05, with 29,960 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group closed at $1.80, after exchanging 42,326 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $107.26, after exchanging 100 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.40, with 898 stock units changing hands.

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

Case against hanging on to stocks

Many stocks listed are undervalued based on projected earnings but many offer attractive potential gains but the likely gains are inadequate to put them into the TOP 15. So attractive is the market that many below the TOP 15 have potential to gain in excess of 50 percent in 2019.
Not all growth companies will deliver the same level of returns, a feature of markets that investors need to bear in mind to optimize return on investment. Expansion of smaller companies can have a far more telling impact on profit that larger ones. For example, Grace Kennedy would need to acquire a large entity to make a big improvement to its profit than the typical Junior Market company that are vastly smaller but could acquire a business that will make a big impact on profits.
The 80/20 Rule in the market suggest that only around 2 out of the Top 10 stocks repeat in the subsequent year, this is the results from nearly 40 years of tracking the market. The data shows that around 40 percent of the worst performing stocks in a year are likely to enter the TOP 10 in the subsequent year. What the data suggest is that investors need to be careful in identifying top performing stocks and that top performers with above average growth are likely to come from the worst performers of the prior year.  The year 2018 was unusual with three stocks repeating their 2017 top 10 appearance from the Junior Market and four in the main market. The Junior Market had C2W renamed SSL Venture Capital repeating and in the main market 5 repeated including Pulse Investments and Palace Amusement.
Half of the Junior Market TOP 15 list have either acquired new businesses or actively expanded operation in the past year or plan expansion in the coming year and a boost in revenues and profit is expected. The average PE ratio for the Junior Market based on 2019 projected earnings is 12 but the market closed out 2018 at 16.5. This is an indication of how far the market may rise as well as the extent to which the top 15 stocks are undervalued.

CMP flouting law – no AGM for 11 years

For the nine months to December 2007 CMP Industries reported profit of $5.2 million representing an improvement over the results for the similar period in 2006. The company had $23 million in cash and no interest bearing debt.
From all indications, CMP was generating rental income from property owned at Marcus Garvey Drive that been rented successfully since. By now, the company should have piled up a large amount of cash with several years having passed, are those funds been well managed? That is a big question. Shareholders have no way of knowing since the company has not presented any new financial information nor held a general meeting to update them.
The 2007 results are the last that minority shareholders have received, when the company was listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Apparently, Cash Plus owned entity acquired the majority shares but the Trustees in Bankruptcy has taken control over the company but has supplied no updates on the company finances nor called a general meeting of the company. That leaves the company in breach of the companies Act that require annual general meetings to be held annually.
Recent contact with the Trustees in Bankruptcy indicates that they are controlling the company to realise funds to pay off debtors of Cash Plus. If that is true and it can’t really be so unless they sell the shares of the controlling interest, as the company belongs to all shareholders and any cash inflow if distributed has to be done equally to all shareholders as CMP is not indebted to Cash Plus debtors.
CMP Holdings Limited, was incorporated under the laws of St. Lucia, and which owns and controls approximately eighty percent (80%) of the shares in CMP Industries in 2007 sold the shares to Castelo Holdings, was said to have acquired 80 percent interest in CMP.
CMP shares were suspended from trading on the JSE in 2008, pending an offer to minority shareholders that never came. Minority shareholders need to know what is happening to their investment in the company and the Trustees in Bankruptcy cannot continue to flout the law.

JSE trading picks up Friday

Trading picked up further on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, with 2,798,965 units valued $103,358,114 compared 3,487,141 units valued at $63,034,296 changing hands on Thursday.
The main and US dollar markets, had 33 securities changing hands, with prices of 7 rising, 16 declining with 10 remaining unchanged, compared to 32 securities trading on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator suggest that the market could enjoy strong gains on Monday with the reading showing 17 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 closing with a lower offer.
Market activity led to the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,774.48 points to 414,328.09 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,616.75 points to close at 377,499.74.
Scotia Group led trading with 551,291 units and 19.70 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Seprod with 442,081 units or 15.8 percent of the volume changing hands and Grace Kennedy with 367,707 units with units accounting for 13.14 percent of the day’s volume.
An average of 93,299 units valued at over $3,445,270, in contrast to 120,246 shares valued at $2,173,596 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 55,273 units valued at $1,525,800 compared to 50,226 units valued at $1,233,495, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments shed $1.07 and closed at $50.43, with just 510 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers lost $1 and finished trading at $28, with 35,857 units, Jamaica Producers rose $1.50 to close at $22.50, with 1,536 shares changing hands. JMMB Group lost $1.48 and concluded trading of 8,480 shares at $32.50, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.95 to $75.50, with 807 units changing hands. PanJam Investment declined 50 cents to end at $70, trading 39,228 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund  shed 95 cents, while trading 52,515 shares, to close at $10.05,  Salada Foods  traded 11,964 units at $31.51. Scotia Group  traded 551,291 shares after gaining $2.98 to close at $54.99, Seprod gained 25 cents and closed at $30.25, trading 442,081 shares, Stanley Motta traded 12,700 shares, but fell 75 cents to end at $4.25 and Supreme Ventures, gained 50 cents to end at $19.50, with 17,332 stock units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 40,984 units valued at $43,283 units. JMMB Group 6% preference shares traded 24,139 units to close at $1.05, followed by and JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 8,000 units to close at US$2 and Proven Investments that rose 0.1 cent in trading 8,845 units at 21.90 US cents after falling 0.01 cent. The JSE USD Equities Index was unchanged at the close at 166.86.

Fontana & Dolphin Cove dominate juniors

Dolphin Cove dominated trading.

Trading in Fontana shares was again dominant in the trading on Friday the Junior Market as the price pulled back from Thursday’s close, but Dolphin Cove shared in the spotlight with 47 percent of the volume traded versus 37 per cent for Fontana.
Market activity ended trading with an exchange of 16,780,456 units valued at $150,707,233, compared to 10,552,784 units valued at $39,947,417 on Thursday. At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands, resulting in the prices of 10 rising, 9 declining and 6 remained unchanged, compared to 22 securities changing hands on Thursday.
The average trade ended at 671,218 units for an average of $6,028,289 in contrast to 479,672 units for an average of $1,815,792 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 859,400 units valued at $3,408,614 and previously 890,764 units valued at $2,972,001. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended at $1.94, trading 5,512 stock units, Blue Power jumped 76 cents to $5.80, trading 33,806 units, CAC 2000 finished at $18, with 245 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 69,578 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.95, Caribbean Flavours traded 7,000 stock units at $19. Caribbean Producers finished trading 1 cent higher at $4.96, with 112,023 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $1.80, exchanging 157,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.50, with 41,010 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 7,862,970 shares with a loss of $1.50 at $15. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 8 cents at $2.87, trading of 57,342 stock units, Everything Fresh shed 5 cents to end trading of 39,325 shares at $1.69, Express Catering settled 5 cents higher at $8, with the trading of 39,130 units, FosRich Group ended trading of 9,000 shares with a loss of 15 cents at $3.60. General Accident traded 5 cents higher at $3.45, in exchanging 35,246 shares. Investors reacted negatively to Indies Pharma full year results with lower profits than for 2017 and sold the stock down by 25 cents, to end at $3.10, trading 1,411,221 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 17,740 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.40, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.03, with 133,058 shares changing hands, Key Insurance ended trading of 100 stock units at 10 cents higher to $3.20,  Knutsford Express finished trading of 100,187 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 14,700 shares, Lasco Financial  ended 10 cents higher at $4.30, with the trading of 371,892 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  concluded trading 18 cents higher at $3.98, with 21,195 stock units, Main Event finished at $6.98, trading 200 units and Medical Disposables settled at $7, with 3,475 shares changing hands.

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

Modest price changes for TTSE stocks – Friday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 17 securities against 13 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 3.52 points on close at 1,307.78, while the All T&T Index shed 0.52 points to 1,706.21 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.90 points to 122.89.
Trading ended with 170,700 shares at a value of $1,561,596, compared to 168,378 shares on Thursday valued at $4,345,130.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks trading with gains| Clico Investments gained 55 cents and settled at $20.05, with 1,310 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings finished trading 6,522 units after increasing 1 cent to close at $18.51, JMMB Group rose 2 cents and completed trading at $1.80, after exchanging 100,000 shares. NCB Financial Group finished 5 cents to end at $8.70, after exchanging 8,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading of 16,999 units and gained 5 cents to close at $29.10.
Stocks trading with losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of 1 cent at $55, in exchanging 2,099 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 20 cents at $8.30, trading 1,204 units., Trinidad Cement shed 5 cents and ended at $2.65, after exchanging 1,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 30 cents, and completed trading of 100 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.60.
Stocks trading firm| First Citizens Bank ended trading at $34, after exchanging 5,885 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.06, with 17,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47.05, after exchanging 1,193 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8.01, with 6,950 stock units changing hands. National Flour concluded trading of 596 units at $1.65, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.50, in an exchange of 150 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $107.26, after exchanging 1,168 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $95.40, with 524 stock units changing hands.

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

 

JSE trading doubled on Thursday

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up on Thursday, with almost twice the volumes that traded on Wednesday and resulted in minor increases to the market indices.  
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index inched 83.14 points higher to 412,553.61 and the JSE Index eked out a modest rise of 75.75 points to close at 375,882.99.
Main market trading ended with, 3,487,141 units valued at $63,034,296 compared 1,683,322 units valued at $37,751,520 changing hands on Wednesday.
The main and US dollar markets, had 32 securities changing hands, with prices of 11 rising, 10 declining with 11 remaining unchanged, compared to 31 securities trading on Thursday.
1834 Investments led trading with 971,378 units and 28 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 396,384 units or 11.34 percent of the volume changing hands and Seprod with 382,512 units accounting for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
An average of 120,246 units valued at $2,173,596, in contrast to 60,119 shares valued at $1,348,269 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 50,226 units valued at $1,233,495 compared to 39,918 units valued at $1,071,215, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments gained $1.50 and closed at $51.50, with 33,267 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed $3 trading 178,439 stock units at $60, Jamaica Broilers gained $1 and finished trading at $29, with 361,940 units, Jamaica Producers rose 95 cents to close at $21, with 200,097 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves rose $2.45 to settle at $77.45, with 2,600 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 90 cents in trading just 2,600 shares at $149.90.  PanJam Investment  declined by $1.50 to end at $70.50, trading 15,048 units, Sagicor Group gained 99 cents trading 51,887 units to close at $39.99, Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed the 66 cents it picked up on Wednesday, while trading 395,384 shares, to close at $11.  Scotia Group  traded 30,100 shares after declining $1.99 to close at $52.01 and Sygnus Credit Investments rose by 50 cents to close at $11.50 in trading 98,314 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 59,299 units valued at $32,695. JMMB Group 6% preference shares traded 26,511 units after rising 1 cents to close at $1.05, followed by Proven Investments that rose 0.1 cent in trading 14,788 units at 21.90 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 18,000 units at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index was unchanged at the close at 166.86.