Jetcon Corporation and Caribbean Cement sit atop the IC Insider’s Top 5 stocks with the best chance of rising on junior market and main market of the Jamaican Stock Exchange at the end of last week. Both stocks just edging out the number 2 by just a few points.
There were no new entrants in either lists but Caribbean Flavours swapped place with Medical Disposables that now sits at the number 5 spot. In the main market selections Caribbean Cement changed spots with Berger Paints with the latter enjoying a slight price gain while Cement suffered a mild decline in price. AMG Packaging last traded at $21 and seems a candidate for a stock split with limited supply and inadequate liquidity of the stock. 
Blue Power that last traded at $24.50 and is outside the Top 5, is also in category of a potential stock split.
Derrimon Trading sits just below the Top 5 junior market stocks followed by Dolphin Cove CAC 2000, tTech and Caribbean Cream that dropped sharply this past week to $7.
Sitting below the Top 5 in the main market are, Palace, JMMB Group, National Commercial Bank, (NCB) Sterling Investments and Pan Jamaican Investments. Feedback from the market, is that NCB is in strong demand against a background of very limited supply and the price being severely undervalued.
17 Jamaican stocks rise 9 fall
The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined again on Friday with the all Jamaica Composite Index dropping 768.16 points to 183,481.17. The decline is in contrast to the advance decline ratio of 2 to 1. The JSE Market Index dived 686.87 points to finish at 165,106.57 and the JSE combined index lost 642.10 points to end at 177,483.42 and gained at 12 percent for the year to date.
At the close 17,656,211 units valued at $101,436,212 changed hands, compared to 2,395,219 units valued at $25,654,956 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 234,593 units trading valued at $1,406,575 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 871,081 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 484,035 units. On Thursday, an average of 72,131 units traded with the average for the month to date at 96,990.
The market closed with 33 securities trading as the prices of 17 gained while 9 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 17 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints gained 4 cents in trading 8,108 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.84, Cable & Wireless closed at 90 cents with 47,906 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 7,686 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $31.56, Carreras closed at $66 with 2,500 units changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed trading with 25,476 shares changing hands at $41.99, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.76 after adding 21 cents, with 59,337 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers rose 30 cents to $8.30 with 5,000 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 58 cents and ended at $27.39 while trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group gained 48 cents in trading 251,500 units to close at $13.50. Kingston Wharves lost 10 cents in trading 50,784 shares to close at $17, 
Mayberry Investments gained 35 cents and ended with 15,494,469 shares trading at $3.85, National Commercial Bank traded 2,175 shares to close with a rise of $1.49 at $43.49, Pan Jamaican Investments lost 45 cents and closed at $22.55 after trading 10,279 shares. Sagicor Group had 42,789 shares changing hands and closed with a rise of 40 cents at $23, Scotia Group fell 98 cents and closed at $30.02 with 328,747 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments jumped $2.95 with 17,850 units changing hands to close at $33.95. Seprod gained 60 cents as 2,000 units changed hands to close at $24.50, Supreme Ventures traded 51,900 shares buy fell 28 cents to close at $4.52 and Proven Investments traded 1,002,300 units at 16.5 US cents after falling 3.5 cents.
First Citizens recovers some ground – Friday
First Citizens Bank was the largest mover on Trinidad and Tobago Exchange when trading ended on Friday, with the price that dropped $3.93 on Thursday, recovering 50 cents with 200 units trading to end at $31.50. Elsewhere trading ended with 9 securities changing hands, down from 11 on Thursday.
Trading activity closed with 4 stocks rising while 3 declined and 2 remained unchanged as 522,024 shares valued at $1,246,175 changed hands, compared to 1,593,090 shares valued at $2,604,191 on Thursday as 2 stocks closed at new 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with sharp movements in the indices. The the Composite Index advanced by 2.95 points to close at 1,167.20. The All T&T Index closed with a gain of 4.59 points to 1,802.05, down 7.52 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.18 points to 71.03 points and is up 43.47 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 4 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 84 cents with 413,232 units for a value of $ 339,850, switching ownership. Grace Kennedy contributed 1,420 shares and rose 3 cents in trading, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.60 and Trinidad Cement gained 20 cents with 81,777 shares valued at $326,537 changing hands to close at $4.
Losses| Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent in trading 1,447 shares, the price closed at $12.60, National Commercial Bank ended with 290 shares changing hands with the price closing with a loss of 2 cents at $2.58 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 3 cents in trading 16,200 shares with a value of $381,495 changing hands at $23.55.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 7,430 shares changing hands at $22.60 and Massy Holdings ended with 325 shares changing hands at $51.50.
JSE majors in big fall on Wednesday
The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange got clobbered on Wednesday with the all Jamaica Composite Index dropping 2,404.09 points before the close of trading and ended down by with a smaller loss of 1,423.88 at 185,219.39.
The JSE Market Index had dived 2,146.93 points ahead of closing, but clawed back some of the losses, to finish at 166,660.85, having lost 1,273.21 points and the JSE combined index which plunged 2,038.87 points ahead of the close, lost 1,267.83 points to end at 178,971.13 and held a 13 percent for the year to date.
At the close 3,225,271 units valued at $32,690,159 changed hands, compared to 11,005,276 units valued at $189,009,513 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 1,741,347 units trading valued at $9,759,413 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 59,357 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 121,849 units. On Tuesday, an average of 241,975 units traded with the average for the month to date being 184,341.
The market closed with 38 securities trading as the prices of 16 gained while 13 declined in the overall market, including 6 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 29,759 shares at $4.65, Cable & Wireless lost 1 cent and closed at 97 cents with 59,590 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 5,150 shares and rose 50 cents to close at $32, Carreras rose 2 cents to close at $66 with 4,350 units changing hands. Trading in 1834 Investments ended with 4,716 shares changing hands, the price rose 2 cents to close at $1.20, Grace Kennedy closed with 118,515 shares changing hands at $41.55, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.50 after shedding 1 cent, with 686,211 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers fell 40 cents to $8 with 78,660 units trading, JMMB Group lost 1 cent in trading 2,665 units to close at $13.99. Mayberry Investments ended with 11,500 shares trading, to close at $3.50 for a fall of 35 cents, 
Mayberry reported third quarter results after the market closed, with net profit of $59 million or 4 cents per share and $320 million or 27 cents per share year to date. Net asset value amounts to $6.77, inclusive of appreciation in the share value of associated companies. National Commercial Bank traded 21,523 shares to close with a gain of $1 at $44, trading in 138 Student Living 169,160 shares changing hands at $4.70, Pan Jamaican Investments lost 25 cents and closed at $23 after trading 70,432 shares, Portland JSX traded 96,160 units with the price rising by 20 cents to $11.10. Sagicor Group fell $1 with 6,000 shares changing hands and closed at $22.60, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 80,169 shares to close at $10.20, Scotia Group lost 95 cents and closed at $30.05 with 19,662 shares changing hands and Scotia Investments lost $2.90 as 2,820 units changed hands to close with at $31.
4 stocks rose on TTSE – Wednesday
FirstCaribbean International Bank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices, with the Composite Index fell 0.30 points to close at 1,175.20. The All T&T Index closed with a decline of 2.74 points at 1,818.19, down 6.69 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.29 points to 70.99 points and is up 43.39 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading with 4,535 shares and closed with a rise of 6 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.81, Grace Kennedy contributed 6,901 shares and gained 1 cent in trading, to close at $2.57. National Enterprises closed with 800 shares changing hands at $10.20, after gaining by 4 cents and
Republic Financial Holdings ended with 1,510 shares trading, with a rise of 1 cent to end at $110.99.Losses| Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 4 cents at $23.55 with 495 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 200 units to end at $40.01, Guardian Holdings traded 76,289 shares with the price closing at $12.60, JMMB Group closed at 80 cents with 115,440 units switching owners, Massy Holdings ended with 921 shares changing hands at $51.50. National Flour ended with 194 shares changing hands at $2.58, One Caribbean Media traded 70 shares at $20.40 and Scotiabank traded 50 shares and closed at $58.51.
JSE off to slow start – Wednesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is to a modest start on Wednesday morning but trading in junior market stocks seems to have picked up a bit. Trading volume and values were up from Tuesday’s levels as advancing stocks edged out declining ones.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,185.02 points to 185,458.25 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 1,059.62 points to 166,874.44, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index dived 1,079.98 points to close at 179,158.98 and the junior market index lost 9.47 points to 2,375.31.
At 10.45 am, a total of 28 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 1,549,643 shares changing hands carrying a value of $11,650,702, compared to 659,435 shares changing hands carrying a value of $8,595,191 on Tuesday.
The average number of shares traded amounts to 55,344 units compared to 24,424 on Tuesday. Market activity resulted in 10 stocks falling while the prices of 12 securities rose.
In trading activity Caribbean Cream fell $1.70 to $7.55 with 109,434 shares trading, Caribbean Producers rose 20 cents to $3.85 with 81,717 units trading, Honey Bun with 1,000,223 units traded at a loss of 60 cents to $5.50, while Jetcon Corporation added 16 cents with just 13,311 units to $4.16 but have a bid at $4.16 to buy 36,689 shares. In the main market Cable & Wireless has come into renewed selling around the $1 level and traded down to 93 cents with 49,580 shares changing hands, the stock is offered for sale at 98 cents with 1,638,805 units and 6 million units at $1 and Grace Kennedy traded 61,945 at $41.55.
JSE majors gain on Tuesday
Sagicor Group HQ -The stock traded at an intraday high of $25.50 on Tuesday.
At the close, the all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 500.57 points to end at 186,643.27 with a gain of 12 percent year to date. The JSE Market Index gained 447.61 points to close of 167,934.06 and the JSE combined index rose 266.31 points, to end at 180,238.96, up 14 percent for the year to date.
At the close 11,005,276 units valued at $189,009,513 changed hands, compared to 1,362,599 units valued at $11,379,949 changing hands on Friday. The junior market accounted for 4,471,960 units trading valued at $24,376,547 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 241,975 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 138,002 units.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 21,331 shares at $4.65, Cable & Wireless lost 1 cent and closed at 98 cents with 494,229 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded just 1,800 shares and rose 35 cents to close at $31.50, Carreras lost 2 cents to close at $65.98 with 150,300 units changing hands. Trading in 1834 Investments ended with 22,581 shares changing hands, the price fell 6 cents to close at $1.18,
Grace Kennedy lost 44 cents and closed with 420,865 shares changing hands at $41.55, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.51 after shedding 9 cents, with 1,000,500 shares switching owners. JMMB Group lost 1 cent in trading 10,297 units to close at $13.99. National Commercial Bank traded 37,620 shares to close at $43, Radio Jamaica fell 19 cents in trading 158,763 shares to close at $1.35, Sagicor Group fell 40 cents with 1,016,783 shares changing hands and closed at $23.60 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $25.50. Scotia Group closed at $31 with 3,009,596 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 53,500 units changing hands to close with a gain of $3.90 at $33.90, Supreme Ventures traded 24,361 shares and gained 3 cents to close at $4.79 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 50,000 units to close at $2.10.
Paramount best Top 5 performer
Paramount Trading having closed on Friday at $23.95 ended up as to top performing stock since IC Insider started the Top 5 selection list. 
All selections recorded gains since they were identified as top stocks.
For the week ended on October 14, Jetcon Corporation emerged as the leader of the list of junior market stocks with the greatest potential gains followed by Access Financial Services, Derrimon Trading rose to over $4 and slipped off the list at the end of the week. Knocking at the door of the list are tTech and Dolphin Cove followed by Derrimon Trading.
Main market stocks all remained in the Top 5 but with changes in position with Barita Investments moving down to number 3 with the price moving to $4.65 and Berger Paints holding the top spot. Sitting just below the Top 5 are Palace Amusements. 
JMMB Group, National Commercial Bank, Mayberry Investments and Sterling Investments all with potential gains over 100 percent.
IC Insider started the Top 5 selection as of September 9 and with just over a month having passed IC Insider looked at the performance of all the selections. Paramount Trading topped the list with a gain of 71 percent followed by 31 percent for Derrimon Trading and 27 percent for Medical Disposables in the junior market and a 48 percent gain for Barita Investments followed by a gain of 35 percent for JMMB Group.
2 new highs on TTSE – Monday
Grace Kennedy closes at a 52 weeks’ high on TTSE on Monday..
Trading activity resulted in 576,610 shares valued at $4,655,206 units changing hands, compared to 283,781 shares valued at $1,550,600 on Friday as two stocks closed at new 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices, with the Composite Index rising by 0.30 points to close at 1,174.17. The All T&T Index closed with a loss of 0.05 points at 1,819.46, down 6.6 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.10 points to 70.54 points and is up 42.48 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy ended trading 32,686 shares and closed with a rise of 10 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.56 and
JMMB Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high with 291,500 units and gained 1 cent to end at 77 cents.Losses| Sagicor Financial Corporation lost 1 cent and closed with 88,411 shares valued at $634,280 changing hands at $7.15 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed 1 cent lower at $23.59 with 6,000 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 158,000 shares valued at $3,570,800 changing hands to end at $22.60 and First Citizens Bank closed with just 13 shares changing hands to end at $34.95.
Majors dip on Friday
Bulls continue their run on Jamaican stocks
At the close, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 610.32 points to end at 186,142.70, the JSE Market Index dropped 545.74 points to close of 167,486.45 and the JSE combined index lost 800.02 points, to end at 179,972.65, up 14 percent for the year to date.
At the close 1,362,599 units valued at $11,379,949 changed hands, compared to 4,654,511 units valued at $50,143,006 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 647,967 units valued at $3,787,554 of the stocks traded.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 800 shares at $4.65, Cable & Wireless lost 11 cents and closed at 99 cents with 362,410 units trading,
Caribbean Cement traded just 5,400 shares and lost 85 cents to close at $31.15. Trading in 1834 Investments ended with 13,200 shares changing hands as the price rose 4 cents to close at $1.24, Grace Kennedy rose 21 cents and closed with 17,384 shares changing hands at $41.99. JMMB Group added 50 cents in trading 72,721 units to close at $14. Kingston Wharves dipped 10 cents in trading 2,071 shares to close at $17, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 5 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 28,628 shares, Sagicor Group rose 18 cents in trading 4,951 shares to end at $24, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,290 shares to close at $10.18. Scotia Group lost 20 cents to close at $31 with 49,983 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 6,100 units changing hands to close with a loss of 5 cents at $30, Seprod traded 105,000 shares and gained 16 cents to close at $22.76.