Jamaica Stock Exchange

Abysmal reporting continues at MPC for Q1

June 8, 2022 by IC Insider.com

MPC Caribbean Clean Energy’s financial wellbeing continues to be clouded in secrecy, with investors not being provided with a full set of financial reports showing the full financial status of the company and the group.

Wigton closed at anew high of $1

The last year’s interim reports for the first three quarters and the first quarter this year, defiles logic. Those reports show the group operating at a break even for four quarters, three in 2021 and one in 2022. The fourth quarter results ends up with a profit from unrealized investment gains of US$1.347 million. The same situation occurred in 2020. How is this possible, when the directors’ report shows varying levels of EBITDA per quarter?
The directors reported to shareholders that “In the first quarter of the year, the commercial and technical development of the Company’s underlying assets were within the expected range. The weather conditions have had a negative impact on revenues due to lower electrical energy production than initially forecasted, which has been reflected in the financial results. Technically, there was a high system availability.”
The report also shows that in the quarter EBITDA was US$2,206,018. In 2021 first quarter EBITDA was US$1.81 million. The first quarter statements show no income but from its three projects, it is invested in similar to 2021.
There are questions that need answering. Is the valuation that results in a fourth quarter surplus done quarterly or not for the subsidiary that holds the direct investments in the energy projects and if not why not? Regardless, what is the net position for each quarter and why is it not included in the quarterly report to the Jamaica Stock Exchange so that shareholders can see what is happening to their investment?
Investors in publicly listed companies should expect full disclosure as to what is happening to their investments. This is not the case with MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund LLC and there is no good reason for it.
Some investors may recall the story of Enron that went busted but shareholders were unaware of the true status of the group as financial statements of some subsidiaries were not included in the group report. Unfortunately, MPC reporting is akin to Enron as the quarterly results fail to meet the minimum standards for continued listing. When will the Jamaica Stock Exchange and the Financial Services Commission take action to protect investors in this company?

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Emerging markets, Enron, Jamaica Stock Exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy

Stocks tumble on the JSE Main Market Tuesday

June 7, 2022 by IC Insider.com

Declining stocks exceeded those rising by three to two on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday as the volume of stocks traded fell 40 percent, with a modest rise in the value traded over Monday’s activity.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 4,175.98 points to close at 438,261.99, the JSE Main Index dropped 4,103.95 points to 384,123.36 and the JSE Financial Index fell 1.26 points to settle at 90.33.
Trading ended with 53 securities compared to 54 on Monday, with 15 rising, 22 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.5 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios use earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com’s for companies with financial years ending up to the close of August 2023.
A total of 8,858,814 shares were traded for $90,095,210 versus 14,684,649 units at $86,847,608 on Monday. Trading averages 167,147 units at $1,699,910, compared to 271,938 shares at $1,608,289 on Monday and month to date, an average of 248,355 units at $1,775,667, compared to 268,374 units at $1,794,355 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 238,645 units at $3,561,016.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.27 million shares for 25.6 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.68 million units for 18.9 percent of the day’s trade and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 798,271 units for 9 percent of market share.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement rose $8 to end at $74 in an exchange of 68,331 shares, following an announcement by the company to recommend the payment of a dividend of $1.50 per share to the annual general meeting. Eppley dropped $9.99 to $39.01, with 2,000 units crossing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $2.25 to close at $45 in trading 4,486 stocks. GraceKennedy rallied 47 cents in closing at $108 31,333 stock units after crossing the market, Guardian Holdings popped $13, ending at $533 while exchanging 1,849 stock units, Jamaica Broilers declined $1 to $26, trading 32,400 units. Jamaica Producers fell 95 cents in closing at $21.80 with the swapping of 36,235 shares, Kingston Properties shed 41 cents to close at $7.49 in exchanging 4,499 stocks, Mayberry Investments dropped 50 cents in ending at $9.45 with an exchange of 39,766 units. NCB Financial fell 50 cents to end at $101 with the trading of 77,865 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $2 in ending at $988 after an exchange of just one stock, Portland JSX declined $2.06 to end at $6.50 after the exchange of 1,055 stock units. Proven Investments lost 36 cents to end at $37.45 as 232,629 units changed hands, Sagicor Group gained $3.23 in closing at $57 in switching ownership of 167,268 shares and Seprod shed 48 cents to close at $71.02 with 11,725 stocks clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Big fall for Junior Market

June 7, 2022 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market suffered another big blow on Tuesday, with investors slashing 84.36 points off the market Index to 4,137.85 after dropping 40.93 points. Trading closed with nearly twice as many stocks falling as rising as the volume traded climbed 34 percent above Monday’s level, with a 13 higher value.
A total of 41 securities traded versus 38 on Monday ended with 12 rising, 22 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure for computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.9. The PE ratio of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial years, that fall between November this year and August 2023.
A total of 7,596,593 shares traded for $29,795,186 up from 5,671,131 units at $26,380,670 on the Monday. Trading averaged 185,283 shares at $726,712 versus 149,240 stock units at $694,228 on Monday, with month to date, averaging 239,768 units at $893,491 compared to 253,643 units at $935,963 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 376,907 units at $1,638,631. Jamaican Teas led trading with 1.88 million shares for 24.7 percent of total volume, followed by Lumber Depot with 901,453 units for 11.9 percent of the day’s trade and Tropical Battery with 780,192 units for 10.3 percent market share.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial fell $2.70 to $19.10 while exchanging 1,000 shares, AMG Packaging lost 9 cents to end at $3.50 in swapping 290,148 units, Cargo Handlers declined $1 to close at $11, with 4,725 stock units crossing the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 30 cents to end at $2.12 in trading 12,097 stocks, Caribbean Flavours dropped 10 cents to $1.88 in an exchange of 4,450 units, Derrimon Trading rallied 10 cents to end at $2.75 in exchanging 44,396 shares. Dolphin Cove gained 63 cents in closing at $16.79 after trading 64,783 stock units, Elite Diagnostic advanced 34 cents to $3.64, with 4,123 stocks crossing the exchange, Everything Fresh dropped 33 cents to close at $1.15 with 14,685 units changing hands. Express Catering shed 25 cents in ending at $5.60 after exchanging 33,964 stocks, Fosrich rose $1.79 in closing at $27.99 after an exchange of 59,479 shares, General Accident increased 15 cents to end at $6 in trading 251,243 stock units. Honey Bun fell 7 cents to $8.90 after exchanging 7,918 shares, iCreate slipped 20 cents to $2.70 with an exchange of 255,561 stock units, Indies Pharma declined 15 cents to close at $3 in switching ownership of 54,000 stocks. Jamaican Teas fell 14 cents to $3, with 1,875,436 units changing hands, JFP Limited shed 8 cents to end at $1.45 with 650,760 units clearing the market, Lasco Distributors lost 29 cents to close at $3.20 after exchanging 24,610 stock units. Mailpac Group declined 10 cents in closing at $2.70 after an exchange of 131,395 shares, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to $7.11 in switching ownership of 33,107 stocks, Spur Tree Spices dropped 9 cents to $3.80 in an exchange of 165,361 units. SSL Venture popped 20 cents to end at $1.85 in exchanging 178,177 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1.25 to $11.05 with the swapping of 8,392 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Flavours, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Edufocal, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, FESCO, Fontana, FosRich, Future Energy Source, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, JFP Limited, KLE Group, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Caribbean Cement and poor management

June 7, 2022 by IC Insider.com

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Investors entrust capital to public companies with the expectation that their interests will be properly protected, but that does not appear to be the case with local investors at Caribbean Cement Company. Last year against to outcry of local investors the company rammed through fees for royalty to be paid in addition to management fees already be paid to Cemex, the ultimate parent company.

Caribbean Cement proposed a $1.50 dividend per share in August

Last month, the company proposed a meeting to consider the payment of a dividend that was not managed appropriately by the company, neither before nor after the meeting.
The Board of Directors Caribbean Cement Company advised shareholders that a meeting of the board that was held on May 26, 2022, recommended presenting an ordinary resolution to shareholders to declare a final dividend of $1.5032 per share payable on August 15, 2022.
That is a great development, considering the company last paid a dividend in 2004, but the wider public was deprived of such price sensitive information. To compound the problem, the company haled the meeting and kept the information for a week before communicating the decision to the exchange, even though the rules require immediate release of the decision immediately after the meeting.
In an article reporting the decision of the board, the company through its secretarial department took issue with the article stating that they seem to have breached the JSE rules that require that any meeting to consider the payment of a dividend must be communicated to the JSE at least 7 days ahead of the meeting. So far no such notification was posted on the Stock Exchange’s website up to Tuesday evening.
The company provides the evidence of two letters addressed to the Jamaica Stock Exchange notifying that a meeting would be held initially on May 23 another dated May 20 indicates a change in the date to May 26. None of these letters are yet on the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s website.
A spokesperson at the JSE confirms that the letters were in fact received but that it is the responsibility of the respective companies to ensure that the notice is uploaded to the JSE portal from which the relevant staff would approve the same to be uploaded to the website.
While the JSE was informed by letter technically, the company is in breach as they did not follow up to ensure the information was received and in fact posted to the website what was very sensitive information considering this is the first time that the company would be considering a dividend payment since 2004 when they last paid one amounting to 7 cents per share amounting to $60 million.
Based on the price movement in the market last week it appears that the information was already in the market.
While Caribbean Cement cannot escape responsibility for the matter not being communicated to its shareholders on a timely basis, The JSE cannot escape some blame either. Once the letters were received they should have followed up with the company since it was not on the portal.
No one seems to be following up on electronic communication in this modern era. The handling above, epitomizes, what seems like today’s communication practice that assumes once an email is sent, the other party must have read it, and therefore there is no need to follow up.
Cement traded at $67 on the 16 of May, the next day the last price fell to $64.80 and then to $61.50 on the 18, bouncing to $63 on May 19, but back to $60.51 on the May 24. On the 26 and the 27, the price moved up to $63 and moved to $69.70 on the first of June and traded at $66 on June 6, and jumped to $74 on the 7th.

Filed Under: Company News, Dividends Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Dividend, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican stocks

Sharp jump in trading on the JSEUSD market

June 7, 2022 by IC Insider.com

Trading picked up sharply on Tuesday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, with the volume of stocks traded surging 1,022 percent and the value climbing 644 percent more than on Monday and resulting in seven securities trading, down from nine on Monday, with two rising, one declining and four ending unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 1.18 points to end at 216.12.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.1. The PE ratio is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending, between November this year and August 2023.
A total of, 2,380,018 shares traded for US$85,715 versus 212,103 units at US$11,513 on Monday. Trading averaged 340,00 units at US$12,245, compared to 23,567 shares at US$1,279 on Monday, with month to date average of 161,545 shares at US$5,759 versus 124,804 units at US$4,424 on the previous day. May ended with an average of 47,916 units for US$3,528.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three ended with a bid higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share finished at 7.5 US cents while exchanging 35 shares, Margaritaville ended unchanged at 15 US cents with the swapping of 207 stock units, Proven Investments shed 0.01 cents to end at 26.49 US cents, with 235,369 stocks crossing the market. Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents trading 29,028 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained 0.11 of a cent in closing at 11.21 US cents after an exchange of 37,602 units and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.1 of a cent to 1 US cent in exchanging 2,077,677 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% finished at US$2.30 after the trading of 100 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, JSE US dollar market, Margaritaville, Proven Investments, Sterling Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway

More decline for Jamaican stocks

June 7, 2022 by IC Insider.com

Following the 40.93 points drop in the Junior Market index on Monday, investors swiped another 84.36 points off the index on Tuesday as it ended at 4,137.85, as the Stocks fell in the Junior and Main markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, leading to a fall of 4,591.28 points in the JSE Combined Index to 396,366.45.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dived 4,175.98 points to 438,261.99, the JSE Main Index dipped 4,103.95 points to close at 384,123.36 but the JSE USD market index rose 1.18 points to close at 216.12. Investors exchanged 18,835,425 shares in all markets, with the value of stocks traded in the Main and Junior Markets amounting to $119.9 million and in the JSE USD market, US$85,715.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 23.8 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.8 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
Investors need a series of measures and pertinent information to successfully navigate the many investment choices in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help with decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational investment decisions by investing in stocks that are close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to take emotions out of the investment decision and put in on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The ICInsider.com PE Ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It shows companies grouped on an industry basis, allowing easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts that show the closing volume for the bids and offers.
The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2021 and 2022 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items. The PE Ratio is the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging market, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaica Stock Exchange Combined Index, Jamaican stocks, JSE Main Index, junior market, Junior Market index, Net asset Value of Jamaican stocks, PE Ratio of Jamaican stocks, Trading Activity

Slippage for JSE Majors on Monday

June 6, 2022 by IC Insider.com

The volume of stocks traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday surged 97 percent above Friday trades but with a 32 percent fall in the value exchanged, leading to twice as many stocks falling as rising and resulting in a dip in the market index.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,166.89 points to 442,437.97, the JSE Main Index declined by 1,330.54 points to 388,227.31 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.39 points to settle at 91.59.
Similar to Friday, 54 securities were traded, with 14 rising, 29 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
Overall, 14,684,649 shares were exchanged for $86,847,608 versus 7,435,594 units at $128,125,542 on Friday. Trading averages 271,938 units at $1,608,289, compared to 137,696 shares at $2,372,695 on Friday and month to date, an average of 268,374 units at $1,794,355, compared to 267,179 units at $1,856,762 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 238,645 units at $3,561,016.
JMMB Group 7.5% led trading with 5.01 million shares for 34.1 percent of total volume, followed by Portland JSX with 2.0 million units for 13.6 percent of the day’s trade, Community & Workers Credit Union ended with 1.45 million units for 9.9 percent market share, Transjamaican Highway exchanged 1.43 million units for 9.7 percent of the market trade and QWI Investments with 1.08 million units for 7.4 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a formula for certain appropriate stock values, averages 14.7 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on ICInsider.com’s forecasted earnings for companies with financial years, ending up to the close of August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven stocks with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost 39 cents to end at $88.11, with 1,863 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement popped 50 cents to end at $66 after 5,858 units changed hands, Eppley climbed $1.05 to $49 trading 1,261 stock units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dropped $3.96 in closing at $42.75 with an exchange of 234 stocks, First Rock Capital gained 64 cents in ending at $12.65 after trading 35,649 units, GraceKennedy shed $1.97 to $107.53 in exchanging 19,373 shares. Guardian Holdings fell $14 to $520, with 1,140 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers declined $1 to $27 with the swapping of 14,622 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange declined $1.50 in closing at $18 in an exchange of 132,344 stock units. JMMB Group lost 88 cents to end at $43.12 in switching ownership of 313,322 shares, Massy Holdings shed $2.75 to close at $92.50 with 44,883 stocks clearing the market, NCB Financial rose 48 cents to end at $101.50 while exchanging 151,031 units. PanJam Investment dropped $1.50 to $66 in exchanging 1,811 units, Portland JSX fell $1.69 to $8.56 after 2,000,000 stock units crossing the exchange, Proven Investments shed 69 cents in closing at $37.81 with an exchange of 12,031 stocks. Sagicor Group lost 48 cents to end at $53.77 trading 87,304 shares, Salada Foods dropped 44 cents to $5.50 after exchanging 5,684 units, Scotia Group declined $1 in closing at $36 and trading 86,051 stocks and Seprod rallied 50 cents to $71.50 with 5,524 stock units changing hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share increased 41 cents to close at $3.20 in switching ownership of 12 shares and 138 Student Living preference share advanced $2.72 in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.88 trading 463 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Big dividend payout by Caribbean Cement

June 6, 2022 by IC Insider.com

Caribbean Cement Company is set to make a sizable dividend payment in August. The Board of Directors advised that a meeting of the board that was held on May 26, 2022, recommended to present an ordinary resolution to shareholders to declare a final dividend of $1.5032 per share payable on August 15, 2022.
The proposed payment represents 29.475 percent of the profit of $5.10 per share for 2021. The proposed record date is August 4, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of August 3^rd. The recommendation will be made to shareholders at the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.
The company seems to have breached the JSE rules that require that any meeting to consider the payment of a dividend must be communicated to the JSE at least 7 days ahead of the meeting. So far no such notification was posted on the Stock Exchange website.
The payment if approved would amount to $1.28 billion and would represent the first such payout since 2004 when 7 cents per share was paid amounting to $60 million.

Filed Under: Company News, Dividends Tagged With: Carib Cement, Dividends, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, Jamaica Stock Exchange

Junior Market lost altitude Monday

June 6, 2022 by IC Insider.com

Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 70 percent, after 56 percent less funds entered the market compared to Friday, as trading ended, with declining stocks leading rising ones by more than two to one ratio.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading versus 42 on Friday and ended with nine rising, 20 declining and nine closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 40.93 points to end at 4,222.21.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.2. The Junior Market PE ratios incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between September this year and August 2023.
A total of 5,671,131 shares were traded for $26,380,670, down sharply from 18,614,187 units at $60,183,004 on the Friday. Trading averaged 149,240 shares at $694,228 versus 443,195 shares at $1,432,929 on Friday, with month to date, averaging 253,643 units at $935,963 compared to 285,898 units at $1,010,645 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 376,907 units at $1,638,631.
Elite Diagnostic led trading with 1.71 million shares for 30.1 percent of total volume traded, followed by Lumber Depot with 742,466 units for 13.1 percent of the day’s trade and Derrimon Trading with 606,031 units for 10.7 percent market share.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging advanced 8 cents in closing at $3.59 while exchanging 14,805 shares, Caribbean Cream increased 6 cents to end at $4.75 in trading 20,448 stock units, Caribbean Flavours popped 10 cents to close at $1.98 after exchanging 41 units. Derrimon Trading dropped 15 cents to $2.65 with an exchange of 606,031 stocks, Dolphin Cove lost 34 cents in ending at $16.16 exchanging 48,474 units, EduFocal declined 8 cents in closing at $3, with 79,008 stock units clearing the market. Elite Diagnostic shed 10 cents to end at $3.30 after 1,707,057 shares changed hands, Express Catering fell 14 cents to $5.85 in switching ownership of 2,403 stocks, Fosrich dropped $3.80 to close at $26.20 trading 259,682 shares. Indies Pharma rallied 15 cents in ending at $3.15 after a mere 212 stock units crossed the market, Jamaican Teas shed 5 cents to end at $3.14 with an exchange of 21,751 stocks, JFP Limited declined 7 cents to close at $1.53 after trading 486,631 units. KLE Group dropped 7 cents to $1.99 with 172 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express lost $1 in ending at $7.50 after exchanging 50,023 units, Lasco Manufacturing shed 5 cents in closing at $5.40 with the swapping of 26,902 stock units. Lumber Depot declined 5 cents in closing at $3.10, with 742,466 shares changing hands, Main Event dropped 40 cents in ending at $8.20 after exchanging 108,567 units and Medical Disposables lost 85 cents to end at $7, with 200,171 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Edufocal, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Express Catering, FESCO, Fontana, FosRich, Future Energy Source, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, JFP Limited, KLE Group, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

JSE USD market eases back

June 6, 2022 by IC Insider.com

On Monday, the volume and value of shares traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market declined by 94 percent and 87 percent, respectively, resulting in an even number of stocks rising and falling.
A total of nine securities traded, compared to eight on Friday, with two rising, two declining and five ending unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.16 points to end at 214.94.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending up to August 2023.
A total of 212,103 shares traded for US$11,513 down from 3,358,668 units at US$92,093 on Friday.
Trading averaged 23,567 units at US$1,279, compared to 419,834 shares at US$11,512 on Friday, with a month to date average of 124,804 shares at US$4,424 versus 161,249 units at US$5,556 on the previous day. May ended with an average of 47,916 units for US$3,528.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share remained at 7.5 US cents with 15,710 shares crossing the exchange, Margaritaville ended at 15 US cents with the swapping of 33 stocks, Proven Investments ended unchanged at 26.5 US cents after the trading of 9,423 units. Sterling Investments shed 0.14 of a cent to end at 2 US cents in exchanging 606 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share rose 0.02 of a cent in closing at 11.1 US cents with 42,260 units changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share finished at 12 US cents in an exchange of 1,248 stock units and Transjamaican Highway ended at 0.9 of a US cent in trading 141,092 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% lost 2 cents after ending at US$2.30 in exchanging one share and JMMB Group 6% gained 9 cents in closing at US$1.10 after trading 1,730 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.