SagicorFinancial jumps to new 52 weeks’ high again

November 29, 2018 by

Sagicor Cayman

Sagicor Financial having jumped $1.05 to close at a at a 52 weeks’ high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday it followed up on Thursday by climbing a further $1.20 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $9.25 but with limited trading volume.
NCB Financial was another stock to close at a 52 weeks’ high and ended trading at $7.10 or the equivalent of J$136, well below the close of $160 in Kingston.
At close of the market the Composite Index climbed 8.87 points to 1,255.27. The All T&T Index rose 5.04 points to 1,691.62, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.75 points to close at 110.39.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 20 securities against 13 on Wednesday, with 9 advancing, 1 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 971,081 shares at a value of $36,439,815, compared to 668,606 shares on Wednesday valued at $17,580,480.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with the bid lower than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Angostura Holdings concluded trading and rose 1 cent and ended at $15.80, with 168,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments added 20 cents and ended at $20.20, with 2,452 stock units trading, LJ Williams B share increased 5 cents and settled at 75 cents, after exchanging 230,000 shares, Massy Holdings gained $1 with an exchange 31,185 shares at $45, National Enterprises rose 45 cents and ended at $7.95, with 2,889 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 10 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.10, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings gained 15 cents and completed trading at $7.50, with 1,345 units, Sagicor Financial rose $1.2o to end at 52 weeks’ high of $9.25, with 2,222 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading with a gain of 1 cent at $29.12, after exchanging 125,510 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Scotiabank was the sole stock closing lower at the end of trading as the price fell 8 cents and completed trading 91,940 units at $64.66.
Stocks trading firm|Ansa Mcal completed trading with 77,000 units at $55, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $38.26, after exchanging 38,784 shares, First Citizens closed at $32.76, in exchanging 21,045 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading 8,773 units at $18.01, JMMB Group concluded trading at $1.70, after exchanging 3,000 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.99, with 1,025 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading at $107, after exchanging 80,885 shares, Trinidad Cement closed at $2.62, trading 7,766 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $23, with 10 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading 76,250 units at $95.

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

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All Jamaica hits record 433,000 points

November 29, 2018 by

NCB trade at a record high of $160.

NCB Financial traded just over 24,000 shares up to 12.30 PM, but jumped to a record $160 to help push the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index by 14,736.82 points to a record high of 433,224.81 and the JSE index up by 13,426.91 points to 394,716.91.
The market opened up at the start of trading with gains of 1,433.80 points for the all Jamaica and 1,306.36 for the JSE index.
The opening high follows Wednesday’s trading when the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index closed at a new all-time high of 418,487.99 and JSE Index ended at 381,289.90.
Barita Investments traded at a new high of $24.01 to more than double in value for the year so far, PanJam Investment traded at $72, Sagicor Group at $51.95 haven risen sharply to a record high, but the bid is at $55 to buy 49,301 shares, Scotia Group trades at $60 and Seprod at $33.65.
The junior market continues under some selling pressure is not sharing in the strong gains of the more matured companies and declined by 20.08 points to 3,158.36.

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All Jamaica hits record 427,000 points

November 29, 2018 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, has scaled several new highs this trading on Thursday morning on its record run that resulted in the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index hitting a record high of 426,298.79 points after rising 7,810.80 and the JSE index gaining 7,116.53 to 388,406.43 after just 51 minutes into the trading day.
The All Jamaica Composite Index has since broken the 427,000 points mark. The market opened up at the start of trading with gains of 1,433.80 points for the All Jamaica Composite Index and 1,306.36 for the JSE Index.
The opening high follows Wednesday’s trading when the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index closed at a new all-time high of 418,487.99 and JSE Index ended at 381,289.90.
Barita Investments traded at a new high of $24.01 to more than double for the year so far, NCB Financial now trades at $150 and Sagicor Group at $51.92 haven risen sharply to a record high, Scotia Group trades at $60..
The Junior Market continues under some selling pressure is not sharing in the strong gains of the more matured companies and declined by 8.22 a point to 3,170.22.

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All Jamaica hits record 424,461 points

November 29, 2018 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, gained in early trading on Thursday and now trades at a record high of 424,461.33 points after rising 5,973.34 while the JSE index rose 5,442.39 to now sit at 386,732.29 after just 15 minutes into the trading day.
The market opened up at the start of trading with gains of 1,433.80 points for the All Jamaica and 1,306.36 for the JSE Index.
The opening high follows Wednesday’s trading when the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index closed at a new all-time high of 418,487.99 and JSE Index ended at 381,289.90.
Barita Investments traded at a new high of $24 to more than double for the year so far, NCB Financial now traded up to$150 and Sagicor Group at $47.
The Junior Market continues under some selling pressure is not sharing in the strong gains of the more matured companies and declined by less than a point to 3,177.54.
Since posting the stroy the main market has moved higher with Sagicor Group trading at $51.95.

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Many more stocks to watch now

November 29, 2018 by

NCB had a good 2018 fiscal year with strong profit gains that boosted interest in the stock.

There was another big insider trade, in NCB Financial Group shares following last weeks’ big trade valued at $650 million.
Jamaica’s largest financial institution, advised the Jamaica Stock Exchange that a connected party sold 2,768,165 of the group’s shares and three directors and a senior manager purchased a total of 2,836,672 shares between November 23 and 26. This development is the clearest signs that the immediate future is extremely bright for the group.
The local stock market is showing major shift in sentiment with the news that Scotia Group is selling off of its insurance arm to Sagicor Group. The announcement drove up the prices of Scotia Group, Sagicor Group and Pan Jamaican that traded at a new high on Wednesday. But NCB continued to scale new highs on each day for the week. NCB has little supply coming onto the market as demand continues to climb.
All the above stocks are now the watch list, but investors must keep watch on Barita Investments that has shot up to a record high of $23 with a bid at $24.01. There is some amount of public chatter about the performance of the company that has encouraged more interest in the stock. The company will benefit from several developments in the financial market, including the impact of the change in accounting policy that will result in gains or losses in investments whether realized or not going straight to the profit and loss account. With growth in the stock market Barita should benefit in two ways, increased value of the portfolio, for example, 48 million JSE shares owned increasing around $100 million in the December quarter so far but Barita is said to also own shares in NCB that has risen sharply in price for the quarter. The equity linked unit trust will garner more fee income based purely on the fact that the portfolio would have grown based on gains in stock price. The other financial stock to be watched is Key Insurance that has traded over 21 million shares so far with the stock having a bid of $4 to buy over 911,000 shares. The movement in the Key shares seems like the start of an aggressive stance an investor, watch developments in this one keenly. Seprod also seems poised to rise with early selling from the public offer now appearing to be abating.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities is yet another to watch as the local stock market moves higher over the next several weeks and it could drag it mother company Mayberry Investments with it.

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Junior Market index slips again – Wednesday

November 28, 2018 by

Derrimon Trading pref shares traded 2.2 m units.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday with 24 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,866,572 units valued at $7,184,147 compared to 11,662,775 units valued at $43,945,611 on Tuesday from 22 securities.
The day’s volume was swollen by 2.2 million units of Derrimon Trading preference share. The development of note is that Key Insurance that traded 21.5 million units with a rise in the stock price has a bid of 912,000 units on the bid at $4 and is one to watch.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 7 declined and 7 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index declined by 8.73 points to close at 3,178.44.
Trading ended with an average of 119,441 units for an average of $299,339 in contrast to 530,126 units for an average of $1,997,528 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 191,443 units valued at $657,797 and previously 195,380 units valued at $677,394. October, ended with an average of 69,421 units valued at $347,455 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
 At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $1.90, with 3,158 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 38,311 units, at $5.45, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $5.25, with an exchange of 8,381 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 4 cents higher at $5.44, with 10,000 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 1 cent at $2.14, trading 11,365 shares. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.50, with 220,486 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh traded 40,861 shares after adding 5 cents and closed at $1.55, Express Catering ended trading 10,000 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded 40,835 shares, and rose 5 cents higher to $4.05, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $3.25, with 700 shares changing hands. GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 12 cents at $1.58, with a swapping of 11,715 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $4, with 4,051 units changing hands, Indies Pharma traded 26,099 shares in closing at $3, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 2,813 stock units, with a loss of 25 cents at $3.50, Key Insurance traded 55 cents higher at $4, with 88,017 units. KLE Group finished trading of 3,590 shares at $4, Knutsford Express closed 1 cent higher at $11.51, in exchanging 1,298 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 10 cents higher at $3.90, with 15,184 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial concluded trading 15 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 57,387 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.48, trading 50,500 units, Medical Disposables ended trading 13,174 shares at $6.20, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents close at $2.20, with 3,647 shares being traded and SSL Venture Capital traded 3,000 shares to end at $1.80. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended 5 cents higher at $2.20, with 2,200,000 stock units.

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

 

 

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JSE pushes to new record close – Wednesday

November 28, 2018 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, surged 11,005.53 points on Wednesday, the most, ever, leading the All Jamaica Index to close at a record high of 418,487.99 and the JSE Index rose 10,027.28 points to close at a record high 381,289.90.
Strong gains in Grace Kennedy, NCB Financial Group that ended at a record close of $149.99, Kingston Wharves, PanJam Investment that traded at a record high of $72 and Sagicor Group were the main contributor to the market’s record move.
Market activity ended with 3 securities closing at record highs as 27 securities in the main and US dollar markets changed hands, compared to a 29 on Tuesday. At the end, prices of 14 stocks rose, 7 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
The main market ended with 62,089,588 units valued at over $136,855,615 changing hands, compared with 5,592,346 units valued at $176,485,571 exchanged, on Tuesday.
The main market ended with 1834 Investments leading with 59,001,000 units, accounting for 95 percent of the day’s trades, followed by Wisynco Group with 1,542,114 units or 20.5 percent of the day’s volume and Sagicor Group with 459,741 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 2,299,614 units valued at over $5,068,726, in contrast to 207,124 shares valued at $6,536,503 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 410,125 valued at $7,009,413, compared to 319,025 valued at $7,107,722. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 35 to a record close of $23, with 37,495 shares trading, Grace Kennedy rose $3 in trading of 25,765 shares at $58, Jamaica Broilers lost $1, trading 113,869 stock units at $29, Jamaica Producers shed 40 cents to close at $24.10, trading of 23,670 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $2.96 in trading 6,302 shares to end at $78. NCB Financial Group jumped $5.11 to end trading of 77,697 shares at record close of $149.99, PanJam Investment jumped $3 to record close of $70, with an exchange of 38,202 stock units, Sagicor Group rose $1.01 trading 459,741 shares at $45.01, Scotia Group traded 48,016 shares and shed $1 to close at $59 and Supreme Ventures rose 29 cents to end at $16.99, with an exchange of 82,913 shares. There were no trades in the US dollar market.

 

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All Jamaica at record 418,488 points

November 28, 2018 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, gained the most, in its history, on Wednesday with a rise of 11,005.53, bettering the previous high of 10,534.24 points on the All Jamaica Index, to close at at a record high of 418,487.99 on Wednesday.
Prior to Tuesday the previous best gain in a day was 9,823.00 points on October 1, 2018, when the index closed at 403,100.29 on October 5 and bettered the next highest one day index gain with a rise of 9,736.35 points, to end at 416,956.11 on January 27, 2017.
Wednesday’s all-time record high beat out the previous high on the All Jamaica Composite Index of 418,450.70 on October 12, this year. The Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose 10,027.28 points to close at a record high 381,289.90, having risen above the previous record high of 381,255.95 reached on October 12, this year.
The main market was primarily driven by gains in NCB Financial that closed at $149.99, after trading at a record high of $152, Kingston Wharves trading at $78, PanJam Investment trading at $70 and Sagicor Group ending at $45.01,
The junior market continues under some selling pressure is not sharing in the strong gains of the more matured companies and declined by just 8.73 points to close at 3,178.44.

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Sagicor jumps to 52 weeks’ high on TTSE

November 28, 2018 by

Sagicor Financial trades at new 52 weeks’ high.


Sagicor Financial jumped $1.05 to close at a at a 52 weeks’ high in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday following news of a proposed acquisition of shares in the group.
Trading ended with 13 securities changing hands against 14 on Tuesday, with 6 advancing, 5 declining and 2 closed unchanged as 2 losing stocks ending at 52 weeks’ lows.
At close of the market the Composite Index gained 2.47 points to 1,246.40. The All T&T Index fell 1.65 points to 1,686.58, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.92 points to close at 108.64
Trading ended with, 669,963 shares at a value of $17,580,480 compared to 643,204 shares at a value of $9,643,583.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens rose 1 cent and settled at $32.76, after exchanging 90,072 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a gain of 1 cent at $18.01, with an exchange of 32,132 units, Sagicor Financial gained $1.05 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.05, with 300 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank gained 49 cents and completed trading 33,855 units at $64.74, Trinidad Cement finished trading with rise of 7 cents at $2.62, after exchanging 1,482 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with an increase of 50 cents and completed trading of 3,354 units at $95.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 20 cents and ended at $20, with 408,434 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings fell $1.55 and closed with a 52 weeks’ low of $44, after exchanging 4,765 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 1 cent and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.99, after exchanging 100 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost 27 cents to end at $107, after exchanging 5,343 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 19 cents and settled at $29.11, after exchanging 85,369 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| JMMB Group concluded trading at $1.70, after exchanging 2,000 shares and National Flour completed trading 1,400 units at $1.68.

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

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NCB record $145, Barita record $22.65 – Tuesday

November 27, 2018 by

NCB Financial Group ended at a new record close of $144.88 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday while Barita Investments jumped to a high of $22.65 on a day when the market indices gained the most points in a single day.
The main market took flight with the All Jamaica Index having the highest gain in a day, surging 10,574.31 points to close at 407,482.46, while the JSE Index jumped 9,634.39 points to 371,262.62. Market activity closed with 2 securities closing at record highs as 29 securities in the main and US dollar markets changed hands, compared to a 31 on Monday. At the end, prices of 14 stocks rose, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
The main market ended with 5,592,346 units valued at  $176,485,571 changing hands, compared with 6,956,000 units valued at $513,002,473 exchanged, on Monday.
The main market ended with Seprod leading with 1,850,546 units, accounting for 33 percent of the day’s trades, followed by Wisynco Group with 1,125,534 units or 20 percent of the day’s volume and Scotia Group with 865,661 units or just 15.5 percent of the overall volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 207,124 units valued at over $6,536,503, in contrast to 239,862 shares valued at $17,689,740 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 319,025 valued at $7,107,722, compared to 324,693 valued at $7,138,202. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $1.65 to close at record $22.65, with 72,505 shares trading, Berger Paints ended trading of 23,778 units but lost $1.05 to $18, Caribbean Cement lost $4.75 to close at $43.25 in trading just 2,000 shares, Grace Kennedy shed $1 in trading of 903 shares at $55, Jamaica Broilers rose $1.50, trading 339,292 stock units at $30, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 49 cents to close at $9.90, trading of 880 shares, JMMB Group fell 49 cents to $32.51, with an exchange of 87,335 shares,  Mayberry Jamaica Equities lost 50 cents trading 78,806 shares in closing at $9.20, NCB Financial Group jumped $4.89 to end trading  at record close of $144.88 with 84,352 shares, PanJam Investment jumped $3 to $67, with an exchange of 127,085 stock units, Sagicor Group rose $4 trading 260,532 shares at $44, Scotia Group traded 865,661 shares and gained $3.90 to close at $60, Seprod added 25 trading of 1,850,546 shares, to close at $32 and Supreme Ventures lost 29 cents to end at $16.70, with an exchange of 196,680 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 31,000 units valued at $15,630 as JMMB Group 5.75% preference share close trading with 5,000 units to gain 10 cents to close at US$2.10 and Proven Investments ended trading of 27,000 shares at 19 U$ cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed with a fall of 1.90 at 159.44.

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