Big gains ahead for Main Market IC TOP10

October 13, 2026 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended the past week, with up and down sharp movements. First Rock Real Estate Investments led the winners with a gain of 37.74 percent, while Pulse Investments led the losers, with a fall of 28.97 percent. Looking ahead, ICInsider.com forecasts gains of between 160 percent and 598 percent over the next twelve months, with an average projected gain of 378 percent for the IC TOP10 Main Market stocks, led by Berger Paints at 598 percent and followed by Margaritaville at 524 percent.

The ten winning stocks this week advanced between 5.97 percent to 37.74 percent, with real estate and insurance companies being prominent. The ten top losers fell between 5.53 percent and 28.97 percent. Financial service sector is heavily represented.
Among the winners, First Rock Real Estate Investments was well ahead of the field at 37.74 percent. followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 20.12 percent. 138 Student Living is next with a rise of 14.46 percent and General Accident Insurance, 14.14 percent. The second half of the table was more modest. Sagicor Select Funds rose 9.30 percent, Sygnus Real Estate Finance 8.67 percent, Berger Paints 8.11 percent, Margaritaville 7.60 percent, Supreme Ventures 6.12 percent and Tropical Battery 5.97 percent. Real estate was a clear theme, with First Rock Real Estate Investments, 138 Student Living and Sygnus Real Estate Finance in the top six.
Declining stocks were heavier in financial and investment. Pulse Investments fell 28.97 percent, the steepest decline of the week, followed by VM Investments at 15 percent and QWI Investments at 11.76 percent. Radio Jamaica lost 10.57 percent and Barita Investments 10.37 percent. The remaining five were the Palace Amusement at 9.09 percent, A.S. Bryden at 8.21 percent, Proven Investments at 7.43 percent, Mayberry Group at 6.95 percent and Massy Holdings at 5.53 percent. Six of the ten losers were investment or financial companies, which points to selling pressure in that segment. It is notable that Mayberry Jamaican Equities was among the biggest winners while its related company, Mayberry Group, was among the decliners.
The ICInsider.com forecast for the next twelve months is Bly bullish. Berger Paints is projected to gain 598 percent, followed by Margaritaville at 524 percent and Sygnus Capital at 510 percent, so the top three are all expected to exceed 500 percent. JMMB Group is forecast at 450 percent and QWI Investments at 433 percent. The next five are Iamaica Broilers at 379 percent, Palace Amusement at 300 percent, 138 Student Living at 223 percent, Lasco Distributors at 201 percent and Stanley Motta at 160 percent. Seven of the ten are projected to gain 300 percent or more, and even the lowest projection, for Stanley Motta, is 160 percent. The list mixes financial companies with consumer, property and manufacturing names, so the forecast is not tied to a single sector.
The forecast also overlaps with the past week’s movers. Berger Paints, Margaritaville and 138 Student Living were all winners this week, which suggests recent momentum is consistent with the ICInsider.com forecast. but, QWI Investments and Palace were both among the week’s losers, but are forecast to enjoy gains of 433 percent and 300 percent respectively. Investors may see this week’s declines in those two companies as a potential entry point, though forecasts of this size should be treated with caution given the volatility the Main Market showed this week.

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600% ytd gain for West Indies Petroleum

September 9, 2026 by
West Indies Petroleum closing trading at the end of August with the price at $9.17, for a 600 percent increase, from the start of the year, and dwarfing all others, with the JSE Main Market climbing just 17.4 percent for the year to the end of August.

Elsewhere, the IC TOP 10 winners recorded gains ranging from a low of 11 percent for the year to the end of August for Scotia Group, up to 127 percent for Transjamaican Highway. NCB Financial followed  with a 90 percent increase for the country’s largest banking group.
West Indies Petroleum increased revenue in the quarter ended June due to increased revenues, leading to investors maintaining interest in the stock at an elevated valuation. Transjamaican Highway finished with gains of 127 percent, to be the second best performing Main market stocks, aided by the increase in toll revenue as traffic volume across the network grew. NCB Financial, rose 90 percent, as gains from core banking and insurance activities delivered attractive profits from continuing operations. Carreras gained 86 percent and General Accident boosted by a rise in insurance contract revenue and other income, as well as the planned acquisition of the majority shares in Trinidadian based Beacon Insurance ended with the stock climbing 38 percent to end of August. Lascelles Manufacturing and Sagicor Real Estate X Fund also joined the ICTOP 10. Lascelles Manufacturing had a rise in revenue and profit in the June quarter and Sagicor Real Estate Fund benefitting improved results in its core operations.

The Worst Performers. Notwithstanding the top performance of the companies with healthy gains, the market suffered from notable declines, following poor profit results for several companies. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy tops ICInsider.com Top 10 Main Market losers, reporting a steep 46.8 percent loss for the year to August, 2026. During this period the company had unrealized fair value losses and slowdown of its wind farming operations. Palace Amusement ended as the second worst performing stock, with a 40 percent, with sharp fall in operating profits. Revenue for the period dropped, following damage caused by Hurricane Melissa to Multiplex in Montego Bay, which has not reopened, but the problem was compounded by lack sufficient quality films during the period to attract sufficient patrons to the cinemas. Sygnus Real Estate Finance slipped 38 percent, with huge losses incurred in 2026 to date. First Rock Real Estate Investments fell sharply 36 percent and VM Investments declined by 34 percent, with underperformance of the investments portfolio, in rounding out the list of the five worst performers.

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Rising Jamaica Stock Exchange stocks edged out decliners

April 26, 2024 by

Rising stocks just edged out those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday and resulted in a decline in all markets at the close and ended with the number and the value of stocks traded climbing over trading on the previous day, with Caribbean Assurance Brokers being the market leader with 9 million units, with trading ending with prices of 41 shares rising and 37 declining.
At the end of trading on Tuesday, the JSE Combined Market Index shed 1,210.14 points to 332,553.00, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 1,855.81 points to 356,728.41. The JSE Main Index dropped 1,104.98 points to close trading at 319,557.13. The Junior Market Index fell 21.65 points to settle at 3,762.08 and the JSE USD Market Index skidded 0.58 points to 235.79.
At the close of trading, 22,556,104 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 14,070,427 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $105.36 million, compared to $94.57 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 111,519 shares for US$25,798 compared to 492,062 units at US$57,344 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 2.65 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.19 million stocks and QWI Investments with 1.03 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Caribbean Assurance Brokers led trading with 9.03 million shares followed by MFS Capital Partners with 1.96 million stock units and Spur Tree Spices with 960,813 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% fell 93 cents to $48 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dropped $1 to finish at $109.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 22 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3. times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
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General Accident to jump Junior Market

September 11, 2023 by

General Accident Insurance advises that it has successfully applied for graduation of its listed ordinary shares from the Junior Market to the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, which will take place effective September 27,

General Accident spreading wings

According to the company, since being listed on the Junior Market over ten years ago, the Company has grown its gross written premium almost seven-fold. In addition to its market leadership in Jamaica, the Company has established a regional presence in Barbados and Trinidad. The Directors of General Accident believe the successful application reflects its growth, increasing scope and ability to comply with the applicable governance standards for companies listed on the Main Market.
The company with more than $15 billion in annual premium income reported a profit of $577 million last year and $246 million for the six months to June this year up from just $41 million for the same period in 2022. ICInsider.com projected profit of more than $1 billion for 2023.
The move follows Eppley another member of the Musson Group that migrated from the Junior Market in December 2018.

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General Accident acquisition to boost results

October 4, 2019 by

General Accident head quarters

The junior Market listed General Accident acquired a 55 percent stake in Motor One Insurance, a Trinidadian based company, with a large branch network throughout Trinidad.
Motor One, is said to be one of Trinidad and Tobago’s smaller general insurance companies but the acquisition provides General Accident with a ready platform expand in the Trinidad market into motor vehicle and catastrophic insurance business in the Caribbean twin-island state which is said to be over 40 percent larger than the general insurance market in Jamaica. The acquisition will provide a platform for the local company to expand in the wider region and importantly, into Guyana where the economy is already growing strongly with the country set to benefit even more from the near term production of oil but that seems a bit off for now.
The acquisition, “is an important first step in our wider regional growth strategy which we believe will increase economies of scale, spread our risk and significantly enhance shareholder value,” General Accident’s chairman, Paul Scott stated in the release announcing the purchase.
General Accident is having a good two-year run, with rising income and profit, in 2016 revenues from core business hardly changed but investment income rose and helped to push pretax profit up by a third. In 2017, net underwriting revenues grew 28 percent over 2016 and by 22.6 percent in 2018 over 2017but profit declined 42 percent for 2017 and rose 50 percent in 2018 but was still below the pretax profit delivered in 2016. The company’s profit performance in the 2019 June quarter improved 31 percent to $104 million from $80 million in 2018 after tax and for the six months period by 42 percent to $135 million from $95 million in 2018.
Gross premiums written, rose 59 percent for the quarter to $4 billion from $2.4 billion and by 41 percent for the year to date to $7 billion from $5 billion in 2018.
Net premium earned rose 25 percent in the quarter to $503 million from $403 million and climbed 29 percent for the year to date to $989 million from $767 million in 2018. Commission expense increased 15 percent in the quarter to $116 million from $100 million and by 20 percent for the year to date to $260 million from $216 million in 2018 while commission income rose 14 percent in the quarter to $170 million from $149 million in 2018 and for the half-year, it rose 21 percent to $406 million. Investment and other income fell 18 percent in the half-year to $117 million from $143 million and rose 22 percent to hit $111 million.
Management expenses increased 26 percent to $227 million in the quarter and 19 percent in the six-month period to $419 million. Claims grew 28 percent to $339 million in the quarter and 23 percent in the half-year to $633 million. Other operating expenses increased in the quarter to $23 million from $11 million in 2018 and from $21 million to $35 million for the six-month period.
Gross cash flow from operating activities brought in $922 million, but net of amounts due to reinsurers and co-insurers and other working capital movements reduced cash provided by operating activities to $363 million. General Accident paid dividends of $150 million during the year and ended with cash and investments of $3.3 billion, up from $2.7 billion at the end of June 2018. At the end of June, shareholders’ equity stood at $2.2 billion. Total assets ended the period at $7.9 billion inclusive of dues from reinsurers and co-insures of $2 billion, cash and bank balances of $190 million and liabilities of $6 million.
Earnings per share came out at 0.10 cents for the quarter and 0.13 cents for the six months. IC Insider.com is forecasting 80 cents per share for the full year for a PE of 8 times earnings.

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RJR heads market watch list

September 2, 2019 by

Radio Jamaica came into increased buying last week to hit a 52 weeks’ high of $2.58 before pulling back to close at $2.07. The stock shows strong signs of going higher and is the main stock to watch this week.
More buying interest developed for General Accident having posted net profit after tax of $135 million, up 42 percent on the $95.4 million earned in the 2018 period. Pretax profit for the second quarter grew by a stronger 58 percent to $127 from $80 million in 2018. There was no tax change in the second quarter of 2018. The stock price is range bound between $3 and $5.80 but has broken out and should pave the way for a higher price level going forward, some selling around $6.40 could hold back the move higher for a while.
More buying came in for Elite Diagnostic it is unclear if investors are ready to buy out supplies just above $7 in the short term. The stock is poised to move higher with recent signs of improving financial performance. Caribbean Cement has some new buying interest that suggests higher prices ahead, but all of that could well be due to month-end dressing up than real short-term demand. Recent big selling for Jamaican Teas could be over with the near 11 million trade in the second half of last week. Buying interest continues to build that could take the price higher soon.

True Juice orange juice bottled by and distributed Wisynco

One technical indicator is showing Jetcon Corporation’s downturn is over and there is likely to be a big upside for the stock after the company reported in their second results an upswing in sales in June and July over the similar periods in 2018 and that orders for August suggest they will enjoy a much better sales than in 2018. It is not very clear but Honey Bun is on an upswing and could move higher over the next few weeks.
Medical Disposables closed with just one offer of 49,900 shares for sale at $8.80, but buyers may wait out buying until more sellers come with lower offers.
Lasco Manufacturing is hitching to break into the $6 region as more demand has come in for the stock. Wisynco Group came under selling pressure recently with the price moving into the $30 region, technical reading shows it at support around $24 with an upward bias.

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17 Junior Market stocks fall on Monday

March 4, 2019 by

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.

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Cement & RJR on watch alert

February 25, 2019 by

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.

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Compelling case to watch Fontana & Wisynco

February 10, 2019 by

Fontana Waterloo Road branch now nearing completion.

Two compelling buys this week that investors should be watching over the next few weeks, are Fontana in the Junior Market and Wisynco in the main market of Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Last week, the results of a few companies were released, but only the results of Wisynco, had the potency to move the stock price, without much delay. More companies will release quarterly reports this week and they are worth watching.
Wisynco reported strong half-year results to December and encountered good buying interest on Friday with nearly 2.7 million shares trading, with little price movement. Trading on Friday may have removed quite a bit of supply to help pave the way for an inevitable price rise at some point in time. The company is yet to reap the full benefit from the new production lines they installed last year and effective providing room for greater profit margin. In addition, they added sugar distribution to the product line up starting in January this year. The company is ripe to add more products for distribution could well add new brands to the lineup that will boost revenues and profit if that happens.  At current price of $10.40 and with a strong increase 36 percent in profits for the December quarter, investors with limited inventory of the stock would be unwise not to add it to their portfolios.

Wisynco could enjoy much increased revenues going forward as new products as added to the line up.

The recent quarterly report of AMG Packaging showed a big improvement of 68 percent in profit to $16.1 million, resulted in garnering increased buying interest around the $2.50 level. The price could move higher with sellers trying to get out around $2.70 level.
Elite Diagnostic rose in price this past week with increased buying interest and may go higher in the coming weeks as the quarterly results for December should show a big improvement over the $1.8 million profit reported in the first quarter to September and point to a much brighter future for this expanding entity.
PanJam Investment has limited supply of the stock offered on the market currently. At the close on Friday, just 79,000 units were shown on the JSE trading platform for sale compared, to 781,000 on the buy side. The lowest offer was 51,000 units at $80. It will be interesting to see what will happen with the price during the week.
Demand for Fontana shares is gradually eating away at supply of the stock with the price closing at $3.60, on Friday. The bid closed at $3.60 on Friday and the price could move higher during the week.  With IC Insider.com projected earnings for the current year at 50 cents per share and the opening of its latest branch this year, the stock has lots of potential gains ahead of it.
General Accident enjoyed lower demand in the past week with the price slipping from $4 to $3.90. The stock is a big value play with the 2018 results likely to come out in the region of 45 cents per share and 2019 even higher and provide solid incentive for the buyers to pick up the stock. Interim results for the full year, are expected to be released this week. Jamaica Stock Exchange shares hit a new high of $14, during the past week, with increasing interest shown in the stock. Exposed supply is currently not high, with expected continued buoyancy in

Seprod shares now trades at $34.85 each.


the market and a big increase in new listings this year, investors seem more aggressive to buy into what should be another year of increased profit for the company. Seprod price moved up to $34.85 with increased demand for the shares continuing against the background of declining supply. The price seems poised to move even higher in the coming weeks as the stock remains attractively priced.
Lasco Manufacturing’s profit for the December quarter was effectively flat at $197 million but is up 32 percent for nine months period. With EPS at 17 cents for the year, to December, there was little fire power to move the stock price during the week. The same is true for Lasco Distributors, with a 24 percent rise in profit to $157 million for the December quarter and 16 percent increase for the nine months to December, to $620 or 18 cents per share. Lasco Manufacturing with EPS close to Lasco Distributors should really see the stock price moving closer to the latter than the $3.10 it closed at on Friday.
NCB Financial remains on the Watch List with strong gains in operating profit for the December quarter, but the stock is finding it hard to break through resistance at the $150 level and may need something out of the ordinary if the price is to move decidedly higher before the summer months.
Barita Investments is worth watching but with the price falling, having gone ex rights during the past week.

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Watch NCB but Fontana may break out

February 4, 2019 by

Jamaica Stock Exchange listed companies will start releasing the December quarterly reports this week. Results could move prices depending on how investors view their strength or weaknesses.  
NCB Financial remains on the Watch List with strong gains in operating profit for the December quarter, resulting in increased demand for the stock last week with the price rising to $152.90 but two big trades on Friday peg the price back to $145. The stock should continue to see buying interest around the current level that could well result in another attempt at the $150 level as investors find it difficult to get meaningful supply at the $145 level. There is currently over 210,000 units on offer at $145. The price is currently below near term resistance at $150. If it breaks through then it faces another at $170 with $200 level being the next big one.
Fontana now has a bid to buy 904,281 units at $3.50, with just 56,452 units on offer, for sale at $3.60. A relatively high degree of overhang of supply of the stock that that was on offer, was bought on Thursday. The reduced supply could now pave the way for buyers to be more aggressive in acquiring shares to benefit from the strong potential gains that lie ahead. General Accident enjoyed greater demand in the past week with the price rising to $4. With the 2018 results likely to come out in the region of 45 cents per share that will provide solid incentive for the buyers to pick up the stock.

Fontana upcoming Waterloo Road branch

Jamaica Stock Exchange shares hit new highs during the past week with increasing interest being shown in the stock. Exposed supply is current not high and with expected continued buoyancy in the market and a big increase in new listings this year investors seem more aggressive to buy into what should be another year of increased profit for the company. Supply of Seprod’s shares continue to decline after a period of high supply following the public sale of 91 million shares that satisfied the market and resulted in increased selling as some investors took profit. The price has been inching higher over the past week or two and seems poised to move higher again in the coming weeks. Wisynco’s directors met last week and announced a 7 cents dividend. Most likely, the second quarter results would have been approve at that meeting and should be released this week. Last year results were posted on the JSE website on February 7. The second quarter results, are expected to be better than the first quarter. Revenue in the September quarter was negatively affected by some disruption in sales due to commissioning of new equipment.
The three Lasco companies should be releasing results for the December quarter by the end of the week and the prices could see some movements as a result.

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