The ongoing see saw trading pattern of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued on Friday with the market indices making sizable gains after a big falls on Thursday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 32 securities traded, compared to 33 on Thursday leading to 14 advancing, 7 declining and 12 closing unchanged. The market closed with the All Jamaican Composite Index 3,765.48 points to 425,884.16 and the JSE Index advanced by 3,419.95 points to 388,005.75.
Market activity on the main market ended with 4,427,445 units valued $384,592,987 changing hands, compared to 17,912,213 units valued $156,798,185 units trading on Thursday.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy led trading with 2.69 million shares, accounting for 61 percent of total main market volume, followed by Carreras with 817,258 units and 18.5 percent of the day’s trades and Wisynco Group with 264,825 units for 6 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 147,582 units valued at $12,819,766, in contrast to 597,074 shares valued at $5,226,606 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,599 shares at $3,037,176 for each security, compared to 159,231 shares at $2,439,461 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell 90 cents to close at $42, with an exchange of 5,700 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 61 cents to $64.12 with 17,700 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers climbed $2 in exchanging 22,080 units to end at $32, Jamaica Producers declined 50 cents to close at $21.50, after trading 38,562 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 30 cents and ended at $17.50, trading 97,043 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $3 to settle at $71, trading 6,989 units, Mayberry Equities rose 60 cents to end trading of 43,242 shares at $9.80, Palace Amusement climbed $50 to close at $1,300 with 100 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Group jumped $4.03 to end at $44 in an exchange of 13,544 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund added 44 cents to end at $9.10, trading just 60,018 shares, Seprod rose $1.45 and closed at $43.45, trading 6,934 shares and Stanley Motta gained 33 cents and ended at $4.55, with an exchange of 10,448 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 83,732 shares trading with a value of US$10,226. Proven Investments closed at 23 US cents, with an exchange of 13,000 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments ended trading of 70,732 units at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 1.87 points to close at 177.64.
Rising stocks dominate TTSE – Friday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 15 securities against 19 on Thursday, with 6 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 3.57 points to 1,333.69. The All T&T Index fell 0.89 points to 1,772.20, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.11 points to close at 120.77.
Trading ended with 188,861 shares at a value of $1,462,541, compared to 374,972 shares at a value of $1,581,389 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments closed with a gain of 7 cents at $22.60, with 5,682 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank gained 19 cents and completed trading of 2,910 units, at $8.30, JMMB Group gained 3 cents and ended at $1.73, after exchanging 108 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with an increase of 7 cents and settled at $8.35, in exchanging 59,422 shares, Point Lisas ended trading with an increase of 15 cents at $3.60, with 1,805 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished 4 cents higher and completed trading of 6,391 units at $29.45.
Stocks closing with losses|Grace Kennedy ended trading 5 cents lower at $3.30, with 250 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a loof 1 cent at $120.11, after exchanging 500 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 5 cents and settled at $2.55, trading 2,555 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund closed trading of 1,338 shares at $15, First Citizens closed at $36.57, after exchanging 2,670 shares, National Flour completed trading at $1.75, with 94,462 units changing hands, One Caribbean Media closed trading at $10.30, after exchanging 475 shares. Sagicor Financial ended market activity at $8.60, after exchanging 253 shares and Unilever Caribbean concluded trading at $26.30, after 10,040 shares crossed the exchange.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 stocks rise on TTSE – Thursday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 19 securities against 15 on Wednesday, with 8 advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 3.03 points to 1,330.12. The All T&T Index rose 6.38 points to 1,773.09, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.06 points to close at 119.66.
Trading ended with 374,972 shares at a value of $1,581,389, compared to 341,753 shares traded on Wednesday, valued at $5,640,590.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Ansa Mcal rose 70 cents and completed trading of just 17 units at $55.94, Ansa Merchant Bank added $1, in settling at $38, after exchanging a mere 25 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund gained 49 cents trading 1,242 shares, to close at $15. Clico Investments added 3 cents to end at $22.53, with 10,467 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings increased 80 cents while trading 3,555 units at $18.80, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents to $54.05, after exchanging 89 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 3 cents at $8.28, exchanging 125 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 1 cent and completed trading of 3,086 units at $29.41.
Stocks closing with losses| First Citizens fell 1 cent to $36.57, after exchanging 5,613 shares, JMMB Group shed 5 cents to $1.70, after trading 272,895 shares, National Enterprises lost 5 cents and ended at $7.20, with 5,000 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading 1 cent lower at $8.60, while exchanging 3,405 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Gaurdian Media closed at $14.80, after trading 675 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.35, with 5,790 stock units changing hands, National Flour completed trading of 55,738 units at $1.75, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.30, after an exchange of 3,543 shares. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $120.12, after 1,264 shares crossed the exchange, Scotiabank ended at $62.50, with 1,255 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $26.30, after exchanging 1,188 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Volume jumps on TTSE – Wednesday
Market activity ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with 341,753 shares valued $5,640,590 trading, compared to 95,377 units at a value of $2,477,220 changing hands on Tuesday.
The market closed with 15 active securities against 12 on Tuesday, leading to 2 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.71 points to 1,327.09. The All T&T Index shed 1.21 points to 1,766.71, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to close at 119.72.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, stocks ending with gains| First Citizens increased 3 cents and settled at $36.58, after exchanging 1,186 shares and Republic Financial Holdings rose 7 cents and settled at $120.12, after exchanging 258 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments shares fell 19 cents and ended at $22.50, with 41,124 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 55 cents and completed trading at $18, with an exchange of 42,145 units. Sagicor Financial shed 7 cents and ended at $8.61, after exchanging 74,153 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost $1.35 and ended at $97.50, with 707 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s closed at $23.33, after exchanging 500 shares, Ansa Mcal completed trading of 1,640 units at $55.24, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $37, after exchanging 5,864 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.35, with 79,651 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed trading at $54, after exchanging 486 shares, National Flour completed trading at $1.75, with 1,730 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group settled at $8.25, after exchanging 7,753 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading of 82,526 units at $29.40, and Unilever Caribbean traded 2,030 shares at $26.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Sagicor Group & CAC jump IC TOP 10
Sagicor Group jumped to $45 at the close of the market for the past week, from $38.15 and CAC 2000 climbed to $12 from a $10 bid to exit IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks.
Investors responded to the release of Sagicor’s 2018 full year results showing earnings of $3.65 per share, pushing the price higher while CAC price dropped too far at the end of the previous week and encouraged buying that pushed the price higher this week. Making way for the stocks moving on are, Sygnus Credit Investments in the main market and Lasco Manufacturing entering the Junior Market list.
Several Junior Market stocks suffered losses this past week, as the market pulled back more than 9 percent for the year to date up to Wednesday and created greater potential gains for a number of stocks.
The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 246 percent, Elite Diagnostic with potential gains of 245 percent and Iron Rock with potential gains of 243 percent.
Victoria Mutual Investments is now the top Main Market stock with 163 percent likely gain, followed by Radio Jamaica with 161 percent and Sterling Investments with potential to gain 153 percent.
Wigton Windfarm, Jamaica’s latest initial public share offer that came to the market this past week remains at number 4 position on the stock list. The stock comes to the market at 50 cents per share and boast a PE of 8.3 times based on normalized earnings for the year to March 2019.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 13 and the Junior Market at just 10. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.3 and the main market PE is now 8.3. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 36 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked 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 as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.