Profit for Stationery and Office Supplies fell well below expectations for 2018, resulting in a downward revision to the 2019 estimate to 75 cents per share that is not good enough to keep it in the TOP 10.
tTech rose to $6.20 to exit the TOP 10 Junior Market stocks. Caribbean Cream and Lasco Manufacturing moved into the list. There are no changes to the main market listing this past week. IC insider .com upgraded Caribbean Cement earnings to $6 per share helped by cost reduction and discontinuation of importing cement that is more costly than the local product.
The three leading Junior Market stocks are Paramount, with potential gains of 281 percent General Accident, with potential gains of 256 percent and Caribbean Producers 256 percent.
The three leading main market stocks are, Victoria Mutual investments with 162 percent likely gain, Radio Jamaica 148 percent and Sterling Investments with 147 percent and Sagicor Group with likely gain of 125 percent. Strong gains in the price of Carib Cement pushed it down to number 4 from 2 last week following strong increased profit for 2018.
The main market closed the week with the overall PE at 13.7 and 
the Junior Market at 10.6. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.4 and the main market PE is now 8.5.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 40 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 38 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Stocks are selected based on projected earnings for each company’s current fiscal year. Based on an assumed PE for each, the likely gains are determined and then ranked,
with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis based on new information received that can result in changes in and out of the list as well.
Falling stock prices hit Junior Market – Tuesday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
At the close of market activities 28 securities changed hands, compared with 29 securities trading on Monday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548 trading, compared to 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 exchanged on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 in contrast to 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 compared to 184,448 units valued at $766,741 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $53, with 642 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.31, trading 35,650 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 19,040 units, with a loss of 35 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.90 with a loss of 10 cents, exchanging 3,900 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,119 stock units with a leap of $2.01 to close at $20.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 63,841 units at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 23 cents higher at $2.93, with 36,758 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished 13 cents higher at $1.65, with 4,402 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.30, with 10,100 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 12,020 shares, for 10 cents higher to $7.95, FosRich Group traded 29,900 shares, for 5 cents higher at $3.85, Fontana finished trading 45,952 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.96, General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 486,619 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75, trading 104,195 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 53,158 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, investors dumped 257,234 ICreate shares to close at a record low of 90 cents, having fallen 11 cents. Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, with 
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
17 Junior Market stocks fall on Monday
Fontana finished the trading of 3.7 million shares to end at a record close of $4.01.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, compared with 26 securities trading on Friday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 17 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
Market activities led to the Junior Market index dropping 23.96 points to close at 3,119.82 as of 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 were exchanged, compared to 3,598,159 units valued at $16,062,046 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 in contrast to 138,391 units for an average of $617,771 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 184,448 valued at $766,741. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial exchanged 200 shares to close at $53, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.31, with an exchange of 18,331 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 11,150 units with a loss of 8 cents to close at $4.85. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $13, with 7,500 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,500 shares, for 8 cents higher at $5.20, Caribbean Producers traded 44,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents in closing at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.70, with 90,990 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 77,298 shares, with a loss of 50 cents to end at $13.50, Everything Fresh finished 2 cents higher at $1.52, trading 38,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents to $3.30, with the trading of 16,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 16,120 shares after rising 39 cents higher to close at $7.85, FosRich Group traded 120,668 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. Fontana finished the trading of 3,702,697 shares and rose 5 cents to end at a record close of $4.01, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 32,665 stock units crossing the exchange trading platform, Honey Bun ended trading 12,744 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.80, ICreate swapped 60,985 and rose 1 cent to close at $1.01. 
Indies Pharma lost 14 cents to close at $3, with 78,934 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled with the trading 30,000 shares at $3.50, Jamaican Teas lost 24 cents to close at $4, with trading 14,090 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 26,734 shares but lost 20 cents to close at $3.10. Knutsford Express concluded exchanging 2,670 stock units, with a loss of 87 cents to end at $12, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 985,338 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 60 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 659,332 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 257,520 shares after declining 24 cents at $3, Main Event traded 7,286 shares at $5.40, Medical Disposables swapped 18,300 stock units with a loss of 5 cents at $6.55. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.04, with 211,090 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies concluded trading of 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents, at $8.40 and tTech settled with a loss of 70 cents at $5.50, with and exchange of 100 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Market Watch on Scotia
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange moved within less than 5,000 points of the record close in November last year as investors pushed the prices of some stocks higher during the past week.
Based on the date the first quarter results for Scotia Group was released in 2018, the 2019 results should be released on Thursday but so far the company has not posted the date of dividend consideration that is normally the date of announcing the results. Caribbean Cement closed at $55 and should move higher with limited supply on offer and an analysis of the audited 2018n results suggesting that cost should decline and revenues rise in the current year. IC Insider.com raised earnings to $6 for the year with the expensive $1 billion cement import last year not recurring this year and the benefit of a full year of removal of lease cost with added saving this year from the $2 billion annual savings from resulting from owning the kilns rather than leasing. Keep on watching this one for a break out in price.
Radio Jamaica pulled back to $1 late last week but there is buying at those levels and above.
The Junior Market is consolidating with a slight negative bias, even as this market seems far more undervalued than the main market, the release of quarterly profit results is not helping this market currently as investors wait to see what 2019 results will look like.
Last week, a number of results were released but they showed that investors may have pushed prices to their limit already. Jamaica Stock Exchange report big increase in profit for 2018 of $413 million versus $221 million in 2017 with earnings per share of 59 cents and thus pushing the PE ratio to a rich 30. Berger Paints profits were flat but the company had a blowout final quarter with revenues jumping 155 percent from the poor 2017 quarter and profits of $130 million versus just $30 million in 2017. Grace Kennedy reported improved results with earnings per share of $5, helped
Grace new HQ close to the end of construction in downtown Kingston
Fontana’s and Wisynco continues to trade around their current prices just below $4 and $12 respectively and seem poised to continue to move side wards for a while.
Elite Diagnostic moved up to $3.20 last week with good demand at that level continues to trade around $3.10 with a gap developing between the bids at $3.10 and sellers at $3.40. Will buyers move higher or will sellers come down where the majority of buyers are? Watch to see how this develops.
Buying for General Accident continues to trade around $4.50 level with no clear signs when it will the break out to a higher price level.
Lasco Financial remains stuck around $4.60 price level with some selling taking place at $4.60, but buying is not strong enough to move the price in the short term. Medical Disposables bounced last week but the price may bounce around for some time in the medium term.
Falling stocks dominate Junior Market – Friday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared with 25 securities trading on Thursday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close of market activities, 3,598,159 units valued at $16,062,044 changed hands, compared to 10,156,220 units valued at $31,853,419 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 138,391 units for an average of $617,771 in contrast to 406,249 units for an average of $1,274,137 on Thursday. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial closed $3 higher to $53, with 6,150 shares trading, AMG Packaging closed 9 cents higher at $2.49, with 18,125 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 21,298 units at $4.93, CAC 2000 finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, with an exchange of 2,500 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.51, exchanging 44,483 stock units, at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 15,692 units at $4.60, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.60, trading 277,652 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 15 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 79,794 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.20, with an exchange of 35,968 units, Express Catering ended trading of 583,562 shares, with a loss of 39 cents at $7.46, FosRich Group traded 66,355 shares to close at $4, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $3.96, with 164,513 shares changing hands. General Accident closed at $4.50, with 561,039 exchanging stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading 1,143,609 shares 1 cent higher at $3.81, ICreate swapped 275,417 and lost 2 cents to close at all-time low of $1. Indies Pharma finished 14 
cents higher at $3.14, trading 36,886 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with an exchange of 27,500 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 58,475 units with a loss of 26 cents to end at $4.24. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,768 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.30, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 28,381 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, with 4,261 shares crossing the trading platform. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 54,369 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $3.24, Main Event traded 3,080 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.40, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.60, trading 8,700 stock units and tTech settled 70 cents higher at $6.20, with just 200 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading preference share ended at $2.10, with 76,382 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Derrimon dominates Junior Market – Thursday
Derrimon Trading exchanged 5.66m shares.
Derrimon dominated trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 5.66 million shares changing hands accounting for nearly 56 percent of the Junior Market volume traded.
At the close of market activities advancing stocks edged out declining ones with the Index inching 0.15 points higher to close at 3,127.66 as the prices of 11 securities rose, 10 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Trading ended on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 10,156,220 units valued at $31,853,419 compared to 3,473,115 units valued at $10,367,273 on Wednesday from 28 securities changing hands.
Trading closed with an average of 406,249 units for an average of $1,274,137 in contrast to 124,040 units for an average of $370,260 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 235,225 units valued at $679,790 and previously, 226,842 units valued at $650,656 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.40, while trading 3,000 shares, Blue Power concluded trading of 32,702 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $4.93, Cargo Handlers gained 20 cents to close at $13.20, with 1,250 shares crossing over the trading platform. Caribbean Flavours traded 2,050 stock units and climbed $2 to $20, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.60, with an exchange of 8,285 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99, with 500 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 20 cents at $2.70, with an exchange of 5,664,385 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.65, trading 72,506 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $3.20, with 20,000 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading 404,531 shares after rising 55 cents higher at $7.85, FosRich Group traded 95,912 shares at $4, Fontana finished trading 348,963 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, General Accident closed 35 cents higher at $4.50, with 21,500 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended at 
$1.80, with 35,447 units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,800 shares with a loss of 2 cents at $3.80, ICreate traded 399,531 shares with a lost of 2 cents to close at $1.02. Indies Pharma finished 24 cents higher at $3, with 728,417 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 1,037,035 units and rose 50 cents higher to close at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 1,098,133 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,700 stock units at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 44,807 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 10 cents higher at $4.60, in trading 16,244 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 61,113 shares at $3.25, Main Event traded 13,409 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50 and Medical Disposables finished trading 100,000 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big fall for Junior Market – Wednesday
Falling stocks dominated the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the Index diving 51.63 points to close at 3,127.51 as the prices of 6 securities rose, 12 fell and 9 remained unchanged.
Trading ended on Wednesday with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,473,115 units valued at $10,367,273 compared to 4,609,652 units valued at $19,878,004 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with an average of 124,040 units for an average of $370,260, in contrast to 148,698 units for an average of $641,226 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 226,842 units valued at $650,656 and previously, 232,813 units valued at $666,944 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial ended with a loss of $3 at $50, in an exchange of 1,600 shares, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,514 units and rose 3 cents to $5, CAC 2000 closed 38 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,000 shares crossing the trading platform. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 1 cent at $13, trading 29,901 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 10,700 shares with a loss of 8 cents at $5.12, Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents to end at $4.50, with 57,042 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, with an exchange of 1,029,307 shares. Everything Fresh closed at $1.75, with the trading of 101,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 7 cents higher at $3.17, with an exchange of 22,051 units. Express Catering ended trading with 3,000 shares, at $7.30, FosRich Group traded 16,025 shares, at $4, Fontana ended at $3.99, with 344,662 shares trading, and General Accident closed with a loss of 34 cents at $4.15, with an exchange of 55,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, trading 47,838 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 33,050 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.82, ICreate traded 955,125 and lost 1 cent to close at $1.04. 
Indies Pharma finished trading of 183,190 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $2.76, Jamaican Teas traded 17,119 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 98,264 shares traded, KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.10, exchanging 5,918 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 3,250 stock units with a loss of 3 cents at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 24,883 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, trading 138,706 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 9,370 shares at $3.25, Main Event exchanged 13,250 shares, at $5.60, Medical Disposables finished trading 40 cents higher at $7, with 140,000 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.95, with an exchange of 35,000 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 81,850 shares after rising 17 cents to $8.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market index moved up – Tuesday
Junior Market stock trading.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,609,652 units valued at $19,878,004, compared to 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,239.61 changing hands on Monday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index advanced by 12.91 points to close at 3,179.14 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 9 fell and 13 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 148,698 units for an average of $641,226 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 232,813 units valued at $666,944 and previously 148,698 units for an average of $641,226, in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 previously. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.35, with 130,507 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading 1,586 units, with a loss of 1 cent at $4.97, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 17 cents at $5.20, with an exchange of 7,000 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 3,605 stock units, at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 11,200 units to close at $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 100 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, with 135,485 shares crossing the exchange’s trading platform. Dolphin Cove concluded trading with 75,093 shares, with a loss of 95
cents to close at $14, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.75, in exchanging 12,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, trading 4,900 units, Express Catering ended trading of 694,970 shares, with a loss of 16 cents to close at $7.30, FosRich Group traded 34,968 shares, at $4, Fontana closed trading 8 cents higher at
$3.99, with 511,282 shares changing hands. General Accident jumped 49 cents higher to $4.49, with an exchange of 1,038,615 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, with 12,882 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 1,100 shares for 7 cents more to end at
$3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3, Key Insurance closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSLVenture Capital ended at $1.95, with 15,000 shares trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,259 shares with a rise of 8 cents to $8.33. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2.10, with 19,623 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Strong Junior Market index move – Monday
Jamaican Teas was the leading trade with 4.5 million shares on Monday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index climbing 38.36 points to close at
3,166.23 as the prices of 11 securities rose, 11 fell and 9 remained unchanged.
ICreate was listed on Monday and traded to close at a 52 weeks’ high, of $1.09. The stock was sold to the public in an IPO at $1.01 in late January.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,240 compared to 2,862,529 units valued at $11,545,436 from 28 securities changing hands on Friday.
The average was 204,171 units for $803,427, in contrast to 102,233
units for an average of $412,337 on Friday. The average volume and value
for the month to date amounts to units 238,595 valued at $668,712 and
previously 241,136 valued at $658,769. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial closed $4 higher at $53, trading 1,469 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.45, with an exchange of 5,500 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,000 units and rose 4 cents to close at $4.98, Cargo Handlers settled at $14,with 3,950 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 415 shares after a 5 cents rise to $5.37, Caribbean Producers traded 100,000 units with the price moving 10 cents higher to $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with 10,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with an exchange of 266,310 shares. Dolphin Cove climbed 95 cents higher to $14.95 in trading 15,000 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 44,519 stock units, Express Catering ended trading 17,000 shares with a loss of 3 cents at $7.46, FosRich Group traded 7,484 shares, at $4. Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.91, in exchanging 913,786 shares.General Accident closed at $4, with 5,575 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 11,200 shares, with a loss of 18 cents at $3.80, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 21 cents at $2.70, trading 25,735 shares. 
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.50, with 39,030 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 4,523,710 shares, but lost 10 cents to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 4,015 shares, at $3, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.90, with 10,948 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, in exchanging 33,333 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.80, trading 4,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 3,162 shares at $3.27, Main Event traded 80 cents higher at $5.80, with 6,657 shares crossing the stock exchange platform. Medical Disposables jumped 99 cents and finished trading 65,774 stock units at $6.49, SSL Venture Capital concluded trading of 4,500 shares, at $1.95, Stationery and Office finished 15 cents higher at $8.25, in exchanging 9,551 shares and tTech ended trading of 138 units with a loss of 39 cents to $5.50.
In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading 6,652 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at
which the last trade took place.
Cement & RJR on watch alert
Carib Cement could earn $5.30 in 2019.
The action on the Jamaica Stock Exchange is focused on the main market currently as it continues to exhibit clear bullish signs, that propelled by a recent wedge formation and is also being steered upwards by a long term upward sloping support line, that goes
back to early 2016.
The main market is just 9,625.14 points away from the peak
reached of 433,307.22 points reached on 29-Nov-last on the All Jamaica Index. The Junior Market is consolidating with
a slight negative bias, even as this market seems far more undervalued than the main market.
This week investors will see a series of releases with some expected to move the prices of some of the companies. The stocks in this
category to watch keenly are Jamaica Stock Exchange that should report a doubling in profit for the 2018. Berger Paints, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Producers, Mayberry Investments that should show the full impact of the new accounting standard that will book all investments gains or losses directly to regular profit and loss, Sagicor Group, PanJam Investment. Release of full year’s results for Caribbean Cement last week, provided fuel that drove the price up to $51.50. Supply of the stock is low, with profit prospects for 2019 looking good.
Last weeks’ release of Fontana’s half year results, were mixed, with slightly higher profit for the six months but lower profit for the December quarter, the latter from modest sales increase, halted the advance of the price of the stock. The stock is likely to trade around the $4 level for a while. Investors ought to be focusing on the expansion plans and what that will do to profit in fiscal 2020. Wisynco continues to trade around the $12 mark but could 
break out at any time demand existing to buy just below $12 and supply drastically reduced compared to the period before the company released six months results.
Demand remains high for Buy Rated Radio Jamaica but supply has virtually dried up and so the stage may be set for higher prices ahead. The price moved up to $1.40 during last week but pulled back afterwards to trade back at $1 on Friday before heading back to close at $1.25.
Elite Diagnostic continues to trade around $3.10 with a gap developing between the bids at $3.10 and sellers at $3.40. Will buyers move higher or will sellers come down where the majority of buyers are? Watch to see how this develops.
Buying for General Accident continues between $4 and $4.25, when will the break out takes place is unknown, but the valuation suggest that it could be sooner than later as the company is expected to build on the 2018 results of 29 cents per share in 2019.
The price of Lasco Financial rose during the past week but the price could inch higher this week but investors may not be ready push it much higher in the short term
Medical Disposables bid at the close on Friday was $5.50 with offer at $6.49, a wide gap that will close at some time. The company’s expansion into consumer products offers scope for a faster growth in profit going forward and that swill help the stock in the latter half of 2018. The latest results show, it is going take sometime for the expected growth to really take hold.
