Unilever still pressured by T&T economy

November 25, 2018 by

The collapse of Unilever share price.


Profit surged sharply for the troubled Trinidad Stock Exchange listed Unilever Caribbean. The improvement was not coming from normal operations but mostly from sale of assets.
The company reported profit after tax of $167 million for the September quarter, up from just $170,000 for the 2017 period and $252 million up from $112 million for the nine months to September 2017.
The company sold off the spread business line and realised a gain of $161 million, it also sold fixed assets that realised gains of $3.5 million in the quarter. Excluding these gains, profit would be just $2 million for the quarter but a big improvement over the amount earned in 2017.

Unilever products – Unilever Caribbean continues to trade at new highs virtually each time it trades

For the nine months profitswould amount to $12 million or 46 cents per shares, up from $7 million in 2017 or 27 cents per share.
Sale revenues dropped 28 percent for the quarter, to $79 million from $109 billion in 2017 as the sales of the spread business took effect plus continued pressure being experienced in the eastern Caribbean market, that is a big part of the area they cover. Revenues fell 16 percent for the year to date, to $294 million from $350 million in 2017.
Gross profit margin improved from 33 percent in the 2017 September quarter to 34 percent in 2018 but is down to 35 percent for the nine months from 36 percent in 2017, resulting gross profit of $27 million for the September 2018 quarter, from $36 million in 2017 and for the nine months period, it moved from $126 million down to $104 million.

Profit of Unilever Caribbean has almost evaporated in 2017.

Administrative expenses were flat at $5.6 million for the quarter and fell 19 percent in the nine months to $18 million. Marketing and sales expenses declined by 37 percent to $19 million in the quarter and 21 percent to $74 million for the nine months.
Revenues reached a high of $588 million in 2014, dipped to $549 million in 2015, recovered a bit in 2016 to $566 million before falling sharply in 2017. Profit peaked at $70 million in 2013 dropped sharply in 2014 to just over $47 million in 2015 and $42.5 in 2016 and declined to $10.5 million in 2017.
Operational gross cash flow brought in just $316,000. At the end of September, shareholders’ equity stood at $388 billion with no borrowed funds used to finance the operations. Net current assets ended the period at $243 million inclusive of trade and other receivables of $84 million, cash and bank balances of $61 million and $202 million due from related parties. Current liabilities stood at $164 million inclusive of $54 due from related parties.
The stock traded at $23 on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange with a PE ratio around 40 times 2018 earnings. The company paid a dividend of $2 in the period. Net asset value is TT$14.80 with the stock selling at 1.55 book value.

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Stanley Motta trades 37M shares on JSE – Friday

November 23, 2018 by

Site plan of Stanley Motta’s 58 Half Way Tree Road.

Stanley Motta traded nearly 34 million on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, helping
Site plan of Stanley Motta’s 58 Half Way Tree Road.to push the overall volume to 37,219,908 units valued at $266,712,510 changing hands, compared with 5,027,724 units valued at $221,393,103 being exchanged, on Thursday.
Market activity closed with 31 active securities in the main and US dollar markets trading, compared to a same number on Thursday, as the prices of 7 stocks rose, 15 declined and 9 remained unchanged.
Despite the higher level of stocks declining than advancing, the All Jamaica Index advanced 2,887.52 points to 399,382.8, while the JSE Index climbed 2,630.85 points to close at 363,882.98.
The main market ended with Stanley Motta trading 33,898,200 units and cornering 91 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Seprod with 798,795 units for just 2 percent of traded volume and Jamaica Producers with 784,515 units, also with just 2 percent of the day’s volume.
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 2 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 1,283,445 units valued at an average of $9,196,983 for each security traded, in contrast to 173,370 units valued at an average of $7,634,245 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 329,574 valued at $6,496,704, compared to 271,338 valued at $6,321,909. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Berger Paints lost 68 cents in trading 20,220 shares to close at $19, Caribbean Cement gained $2 to close at $45 in trading 25,662 shares, Grace Kennedy fell $2.50 and ended trading of 58,498 shares at $55, JMMB Group rose $1 to $34, with an exchange of 49,596 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 51 cents and finished trading of 784,515 units at $24.01, Mayberry Jamaica Equities lost $1.50 in trading 34,691 shares in closing at $8.50, NCB Financial Group lost 50 cents and ended trading of 108,686 shares at $136.50 after trading at a record high of $138, 138 Student Living traded 35,189 shares and declined by 31 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50, PanJam Investment rose 25 cents to $61.85, with an exchange of 14,747 stock units, Proven Investments ended with a loss of 50 cents at $26.50, with just 100 units changing hands, Sagicor Group lost $1 and finished trading at $39, with 37,364 shares, Seprod dropped $1.98 trading of 798,795 shares, to close at $30.02 and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to end at $16, with an exchange of 74,822 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 65,911 units valued at over $32,014 as JMMB  Group 6% USD with 22,671 units and rose 1 cent to close at us$1.05 and Proven Investments ended trading of 43,240 shares at 19 U$ cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 159.87.

 

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SSL Venture & Key dominate Junior Market

November 23, 2018 by

Two big blocks of shares traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, as 23 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 37,359,775 units valued at $87,094,646, leading to a 3 to 1 dominance of declining to advancing stocks.
Friday’s trading was well above the level of 1,692,337 units valued at $8,566,971 from 23 securities changing hands on Thursday as SSL Venture Capital traded 24 million units and Key Insurance chipped in with 12 million shares on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 14 declined and 4 remained unchanged, resulting in the Junior Market Index falling sharply by 44.24 points to close at 3,227.39.
Trading ended with an average of 1,624,338 units for an average of $3,786,724 in contrast to 73,580 units for an average of $372,477 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 187,380 units valued at $640,878 and previously 97,570 units valued at $444,262. 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 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.89, with 2,570 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,773 units, at $5, Caribbean Flavours traded 1,000 stock units, rising by 51 cents to close at $20.01,  Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.50, with an exchange of 900 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, with 235,110 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 20 cents at $3, trading 67,496 stock units, Eppley settled at $9.05, with 1,000 units changing hands, Everything Fresh traded 3,925 shares after gaining 10 cents and closed at $1.70, Express Catering ended trading 86,777 shares with a loss of 15 cents in closing at $7.95, FosRich Group traded 308,909 shares for 6 cents more to close at $3.90. General Accident finished trading 200 shares, with a loss of 98 cents to end at $3.02,  Honey Bun ended activities 4 cents higher at $4.15, with 14,400 units changing hands, Indies Pharma traded 181,193 shares and lost 5 cents in closing at $3, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4, while exchanging 5,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 25,695 stock units changing hands. Key Insurance lost 15 cents in closing at $3.25, with an exchange of 12,070,405 units, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.80, with 222,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 31,249 stock units, at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 25 cents at $3.25, in an exchange of 23,600 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 60 cents at $5.90, with 10,900 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables ended trading, 20 cents higher at $6.20, while exchanging 26,500 shares, SSL Venture SSL Venture Capital traded 24,025,000 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $1.79 and tTech ended market activities with a drop of $1.25 cents to $5, with 13,173 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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NCB Financial hits new high on TTSE 

November 23, 2018 by

NCB Financial Group stock closed at a record TT$6.99 on Friday.

 Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 20 securities against 13 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged with NCB Financial hitting a record high of $6.99.
At close of the market the Composite Index gained 9.59 points on Friday to 1,248.09. The All T&T Index lost 2.46 points to close at 1,695.30, while the Cross Listed Index rose 3 points to close at 107.88.
Trading ended with 221,886 shares at a value of $3,379,494, compared to 164,712 shares on Thursday valued at $2,186,571.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 44 cents and settled at record close of $6.99, after exchanging 144 shares, One Caribbean Media gained 25 cents and ended at $11.25, after exchanging 1,400 shares, Prestige Holdings rose 15 cents to end at $7.50, in exchanging 1,000 units, Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 25 cents at $7.25, with 36,375 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 9 cents at $29.40, after exchanging 13,705 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings  fell 25 cents and ended at $15.75, with 6,600 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal lost 1 cent and completed trading of just 27 units at $55, Clico Investments shed 5 cents and ended at $20.10, with 7,306 stock units changing hands, First Citizens lost 25 cents and settled at $32.75, after exchanging 805 shares, LJ Williams B share ended trading 5 cents lower at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 80 cents at $46, in trading 3,734 shares and Trinidad Cement traded with a loss of 19 cents to close at $2.55, after 42,303 shares changed hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 50,000 units, at $8, Grace Kennedy ended the day at $3, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 37,800 units, at $18, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, after exchanging 7,323 shares, National Flour completed trading 500 units at $1.68, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.27, after an exchanging 8,199 shares, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.50, with 16 units and West Indian Tobacco closed trading of 1,649 units at $95.

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

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Seprod stock allocation fowl up to cost JSE

November 23, 2018 by

Seprod’s shareholders did not get full allocation of shares.

There is a big fowl up in the allocation of shares to Seprod’s shareholders who applied for shares in the recent offer of the share by the Musson Group.
On Monday November 12, NCB Capital Market announced that all applicants for reserved shares were fully allocated but that has so far turned out to be incorrect. Information gleaned by this publication is that applicants in the general pool apparently got more shares than they should, apparently at the expense of shares reserved for shareholder’s of Seprod as of the end of August, the cut off date for the purposes of allocating the shares.
IC Insider.com gathers that several of the applications for the Seprod reserved shares did not get their full allocation as they were placed in the general pool. IC Insider.com can confirm that around ten applications that should have been placed in the shareholders poll did not get the full allocation.
The problem, IC Insider.com gathers stems from a glitch in the system at the Jamaica Central Depository, a subsidiary of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The staff of the JCSD have been working to determine the extent of the error but our sources indicates that up Thursday the matter was still be worked on a suggestion that the extent of the error is wide spread.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange subsidiary

Shareholders who should have received their full allocation will in fact get them subject to funds being provided by the to complete the purchase. From all indications, the stock exchange seems poised to absorb the loss that is likely to be incurred to obtain the shares required to satisfy those shareholders who affected.
A total of 92 million shares were publicly offered for sale with 55 million reserved. A total of 15 million units were reserved for existing shareholders of Seprod. Since the close of the issue that offered the shares at $24 each, the stock now trades at $32 a difference of $8, with the price seeming set to rise.

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JSE stocks move higher on Thursday

November 22, 2018 by

NCB stock jumped $2.50 to close at $137

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market higher on Thursday, with the All Jamaica Index advancing 3,867.21 points to 396,495.35, while the JSE Index climbed 3,523.47 points to close at 361,252.13.
Market activity closed with 31 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 31 on Thursday, as the prices of 14 stocks rose, 6 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
The main market ended with PANJAM Investmenttrading 2,381,110 units in cornering 47.4 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sygnus Credit Investments with 1,035,523 units, 20.6 percent of the day’s volume and Seprod with 591,309 units for 11.8 percent of traded 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 5 closing with lower offers.
Trading ended with 5,027,724 units valued at over $221,393,103 changing hands, compared with 11,783,312 units valued at $255,248,656 being exchanged, on Wednesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 173,370 units valued at an average of $7,634,245 for each security traded. In contrast to 406,321 units for an average of $8,801,678 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 271,338 valued at $6,321,909, compared to 277,708 valued at $6,231,079. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to close at $43 in trading of 20,852 shares, Carreras gained 50 cents to $9.50, trading 28,890 shares, Grace Kennedy rose $2.50 and ended trading of 13,464 shares at $57.50, JMMB Group rose $1.24 to $33, with an exchange of 21,745 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 95 cents and finished trading of a mere 190 units at $23.50, NCB Financial Group climbed $2.50 and ended trading of 211,790 shares, at $137,  PanJam Investment fell 40 cents to $61.60, with an exchange of 2.38 million stock units, Portland JSX ended with a loss of 69 cents at $7.80, with 34,300 units changing hands, Sagicor Group rose $1 and finished trading of 169,960 shares at $40, Seprod gained $1.99 trading of 591,309 shares, to close at $32 and Sygnus Credit Investments added 49 cents and ended at $10.99, with an exchange of 1.04 million shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 10,664 units valued at $1,746 as Proven Investments end trading of 7,167 shares at 19 U$ cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended with 3,467 units changing hands at 11 US cents after rising by a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.05 points down to close at 159.87.

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Junior Market in recovery mode

November 22, 2018 by

Chart shows the Junior Market index in recovery mode.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continue to recover from the decline from the peak in late September with another rise in the index on Thursday with a rise of 19 points, the third in as many days.
Trading ended with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,692,337 units valued at $8,566,971 compared to 611,280 units valued at $3,301,546 from 25 securities.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced by 19.20 points to close at 3,271.63.
Trading ended with an average of 73,580 units for an average of $372,477 in contrast to 24,451 units for an average of $132,062 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 97,570 units valued at $444,262 and previously 99,170 units valued at $449,048. 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 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed trading of 12,129 shares at $52, AMG Packaging ended trading 15 cents higher at $1.90, with 17,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 100,000 units, with a loss of 45 cents at $5, Caribbean Producers finished trading 4 cents higher at $5.55, with 200 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed market activity at $2.30, trading 4,300 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 45 cents higher at $3, trading 40,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished 2 cents higher at $3.20, with 7,216 stock units traded, Everything Fresh fell 17 cents in trading 114,700 shares to close at $1.60, Express Catering ended trading 60 cents higher at $8.10, with 310,523 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation closed at $1.90, in exchanging 21,574 stock units. Honey Bun ended with 7,200 units trading at $4.11, Indies Pharma traded 78,862 shares and rose 12 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas rose 32 cents to close at $4.70, with 96,012 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 13,699 stock units, at $3.80, Key Insurance rose 24 cents to $3.40, with 29,595 units changing hands. KLE Group traded 339 shares, at $4,  Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 30 cents at $11.50, in exchanging 21,000 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95, swapping 450,600 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 11 cents higher at $5.10, with 263,452 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.50, with an exchange of 48,976 units, Main Event settled at $6.50, with the trading of 350 shares, SSL Venture Capital traded 41,063 shares and gained 2 cents to end at $1.78 and tTech ended at $6.25, with 13,547 shares changing hands.

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

 

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Trading leads to slippage of TTSE indices

November 22, 2018 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading after 13 securities changed hands, compared to 16 on Tuesday, 3 advanced, 2 declined and 8 remained unchanged, with the market indices slipping lower at the close, on Thursday.
The Composite Index fell 2.31 points to 1,238.50. The All T&T Index declined 3.07 points to 1,697.76, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.21 points to close at 104.88.
Market activity ended with 165,192 units valued at $2,186,571 trading, down from 858,620 units valued at $14,226,508 changing hands on Wednesday.
 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and just 5 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 15 cents and completed trading at $20.15, with 48,900 stock units changing hands, First Citizens stock price increased 25 cents to close at $33, after exchanging 373 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent and concluded an exchange of 2,600 shares at $29.31.
Stocks closing with losses|National Enterprises lost 20 cents and completed trading at $7.80, with 500 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading 5 cents lower at $7, with 600 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Calypso Macro Index Fund  closed trading of 480 shares to close at $15.85,  Guardian Holdings settled at $18, while trading 28,500 units, JMMB Group ended trading at $1.75, after exchanging 56,500 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $46.80, trading 67 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded with an exchange of 22,155 shares at $6.55, Republic Financial Holdings ended market activity at $107.27, after exchanging 800 shares, Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 1,412 stock units at $23 and West Indian Tobacco settled at $95, with 2,305 units changing hands.

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

 

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NCB Insiders sending $650m message?

November 22, 2018 by

NCB had a good 2018 fiscal year with strong profit gains.

Buying of shares in companies by insiders they oversee is worthy of note. Investors should pay keen attention to the coded message it may be sending.
It would appear that some directors and executives at NCB Financial Group, see big things ahead to have put down J$650 million in buying a block of the stock close to the highest piece it has traded at in recent times. According to the Jamaica Stock Exchange, NCB Financial Group advised that two directors and six executive officers purchased a total of 4,793,610 NCBFG shares on November 20, 2018. The only issue with the announcement is that the stock exchange report for the November 20 shows only 4.2 million NCB’s shares traded on that day.
The acquisition took place after an announcement that NCB was now cleared to acquire an additional 22 percent of Guardian Holding shares at TT$18 each. For the nine months to September, profit attributable to equity holders of the Guardian jumped to TT$371 million for the nine months to September, from $254 million in 2017 and rose to $156 million in the quarter from just $60 million in the 2017 period. Guardian reported audited profit of TT$407 million in 2017.
Earnings per share ended at $1.60 for the 2018 nine months period, compared to $1.75 in the twelve months of 2017. At $18 per share NCB is getting a bargain with the stock selling around 9 times 2018 earnings while NCB is selling locally at 14 times earnings. Guardian’s shares closed trading at TT$18 on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange today while NCB traded 211,790 shares with the last price at a record $137.
NCB closed with buying interest in just over 417,000 units between $125 and $136.01, with selling of 215,000 units between $137 to $169.80.

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JSE stocks gave up most of Tuesday’s gains

November 21, 2018 by

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market sharply down on Wednesday, with the All Jamaica Index diving 5,128.43 points to 392,628.14 and JSE Index dropped 4,672.58 points, to close at 357,728.66.
Market activity closed with 3 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 32 on Thursday with the prices of 12 stocks rose, 7 declined and 12 remained unchanged.
Main market closed with Carreras trading 5,246,517 units in cornering 44.5 percent of the day’s volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 3,560,341 units and 32 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial with just under 1,123,415 units for 9.5 percent of traded volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
The market closed with much more trading volume and value than on Tuesday as 11,783,312 units valued at $255,248,656 changed hands, compared with 12,215,304 units valued  at $798,389,015 being exchanged, on Tuesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 406,321 units valued at over $8,801,678, in contrast to 436,261 shares valued at $28,513,893 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 277,708 valued at $6,231,079, compared to 268,764 valued at $6,039,932. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints gained 67 cents and closed at $19.68, trading 650 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $8 to close at $42 in trading of 17,402 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $55, with 7,826 shares, JMMB Group declined $1.20 to $31.80, with an exchange of 28,707 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 55 cents and finished trading of 600 units at $22.55, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 45 cents and closed at $10, with an exchange of 66,537 shares. NCB Financial Group lost $1.49 and ended trading at $134.50, with 1.1 million shares, PanJam Investment fell $2 in closing at $62, with an exchange of 5,991 stock units, Portland JSX ended at $8.49, after gaining 68 cents with 5,736 units, Seprod gained $1.01 to end trading of 273,687 shares at $30.01, Sterling Investments rose 50 cents to close at $20.50, with 4,456 shares trading and Supreme Ventures added 50 cents and ended at $16.50, with an exchange of 28,417 shares.

Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 29,838 units valued at $5,593 as JMMB Group 6% traded 1,040 units to close at $1.04, Proven Investments end trading of 25,000 shares at 19 U$ cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended with 850 units changing hands at 10 US cents after rising by a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.05 points down to close at 158.82.

 

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