JSE Main Market down 13% since August 2019

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market suffered more losses on Tuesday, bringing the loss for the Composite Index to 23,892 points in three days, with a fall of 9.6 percent since the start of the year and 13 percent from the peak of 584,697.71 on August 8, last year.  
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 5,335.20 points to close at 505,830.27, the JSE Market Index dropped 4,832.90 points to 460,484.22 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.47 points to 124.12.
The market closed with 41 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of eight advancing, 29 declining and four trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 40 securities accounting for 29,204,863 units valued at $241,250,895 in contrast to 29,930,856 units valued at $203,577,617 from 39 securities on Tuesday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 14.1 million shares for 48.4 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 6.1 million units for 21 percent of the day’s trade and Wisynco Group with 2.1 million units for 7.2 percent of the market’s volume.
The Market closed with an average of 730,122 units valued at an average of $6,031,272 for each security traded, in contrast to 767,458 units valued at an average of $5,219,939 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 760,443 units valued at $4,858,004 for each security changing hands compared to 775,604 units valued at $4,172,370 for each security traded. Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.5, while the Main Market ended at 16.8 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments declined by $2 to $66, in an exchange of 53,555 shares, Berger Paints shed $1 to finish at $14, with 4,919 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement closed $2 higher to end at $67, in transferring 42,598 shares. Carreras lost 40 cents to close at $7.50 after trading 65,364 units, Eppley dropped $4.45 to $13.05 after swapping 4,900 units, First Rock Capital gained 65 cents to settle at $9.90, with an exchange of 35,770 shares. Grace Kennedy ended 92 cents lower at $67, after transferring 38,824 shares, Jamaica Broilers lost $2.40 trading 225,276 stock units to finish at $32.10, JMMB Group fell $3.27 to $39.01 after moving 756,324 shares through the market, Kingston Wharves closed $3 lower at $50, with 99,590 shares crossing the market. Mayberry Investments gained 40 cents to end at $8, in exchanging 232,702 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities finished at $9.77, with a loss of $1.23 in transferring 16,027 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed $16.99 to $147, after trading a mere 100 units, NCB Financial tumbled $11.45 to 52 weeks’ low $170.55 and transferring 106,868 shares, 138 Student Living lost 62 cents to end at $6.50, with 13,800 units changing hands. PanJam Investment closed $1 lower to $98, in swapping 8,112 shares, Proven Investments shed $3.50 to end at $41, with an exchange of 8,284 shares, Pulse Investments lost $1 to close at $10, with 51,559 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group dropped $3.90 to end at $61.10, with an exchange of 1,136,646 shares, Salada Foods closed at $34, with a loss of $1 trading 1,592 shares. Scotia Group ended at $52.50, after losing $1.51 transferring 179,479 shares, Seprod declined by $4.34 after exchanging 24,220 units and closed at $47.07, Supreme Ventures lost $1.35 to end at $21, in swapping 58,263 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $23.80, with a loss of 70 cents trading 43,363 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 50 cents to end at $8, with 669,559 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group shed 45 cents to settle at $22.45, in transferring 2,114,845 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 6,641 units valued at over US$498. The market slipped 1.89 points to close at 218.90 as First Rock Capital lost 0.5 cents, trading 6,641 units to end at the lowest level of 7.5 US cents since listing in late February.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market tumbles 25% in 7 months

The Junior Market Index suffered yet another huge loss tumbling 100.62 points to close at 2,758.76 on Wednesday with a fall of 17.6 percent the year and 25 percent since the peak in August last year.
Wednesday decline takes the market back to January 2017 levels as investors push the prices of some stocks well below average market value on relatively small volumes.
The market closed with the PE ratio at 13.2 times 2019 earnings after three stocks traded at 52 weeks’ lows during the day.
At the close of market activities, 35 securities changed hands with the prices of 21 securities falling, just seven stocks advancing and seven closing unchanged.
Trading concluded on Wednesday with, resulting in an exchange of 4,395,557 units valued at $10,234,154 compared to 3,670,387 units valued at $10,621,296 on Tuesday.
The day ended with an average of 125,587 units at $292,404 for each security traded in contrast to 114,700 units for an average of $331,916 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 115,778 units valued at $324,168 and previously 110,803 units valued at $340,279. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging lost 10 cents in trading of 14,576 units at $1.80, Blue Power gained 6 cents exchanging 21,873 shares at $4.56, Caribbean Cream settled at $3.30 after dropping 7 cents trading of 478,546 units. Caribbean Producers dipped 65 cents in the swapping of 150,530 units at $4, Derrimon Trading fell 2 cents with 33,836 units crossing the exchange at $1.96, Dolphin Cove ended market activity exchanging 1,350 shares at $11 after falling 25 cents. Elite Diagnostic shed 30 cents to close at $4.10 with 21,336 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 10 cents in trading 125,575 shares to close at 85 cents, Express Catering finished with a loss of 15 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.85, in swapping 47,640 shares.  Fontana fell 30 cents in trading of 177,543 units at $5.80, Fosrich closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.34, swapping 37,378 shares, General Accident ended market activity exchanging 44,529 shares at $6.05 after falling 34 cents. Honey Bun added 50 cents to close at $6.50, with 8,523 stock units trading, iCreate dropped 5 cents in the exchange of 34,369 units at 64 cents, Indies Pharma declined by 17 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.38 with 88,260 units crossing the market. Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.29 with 21,534 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 161,335 units and gained 7 cents to end at $1.25, Knutsford Express lost 35 cents to settle at $10.85 with 917 stock units traded. Lasco Distributors ended market activity exchanging 8,230 shares to close at $2.98 after falling 2 cents, Lasco Financial finished 20 cents higher at $3.20 with 75,804 stock units trading, after the price hit a 52 weeks’ low of $2.80, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 163,856 shares changing hands at $3.30 after falling 35 cents. Limners and Bards shed 11 cents in trading 86,934 units at $2.51, Main Event ended with 21,779 units crossing the exchange and gained 2 cents to close at $5.62, Medical Disposables exchanged 8,816 shares to close at $6.15 after falling 15 cents. Stationery and Office Supplies lost 70 cents in trading 1,100 stock units to close at $9.25, SSL Venture shed 5 cents in after transferring ownership of 20,696 units at $1.23. tTech closed 18 cents higher at $4.18, with 7,000 stock units crossing the exchange and CAC 2000 preference shares rose 20 cents to $1 after 11,547 units changed hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE Main Market suffers biggest day’s drop

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday suffered the biggest fall of the market index in the JSE 50 year history as nervous investors cut 8.7 percent of the value of stocks since the commencement of the year.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plunged 14,424.69 points to close at 511,165.47. The previous biggest fall in the JSE Composite index was 12,616.74 points on October 18, 2018. The JSE Market Index nose-dived 13,201.50 points to 465,317.12 and the JSE Financial Index dropped 3.55 points to 125.59.
The market closed with 44 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 15 advancing, 21 declining and 8 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 29,930,856 units valued at $203,577,617 in contrast to 32,117,425 units valued at $138,131,956 from 41 securities on Monday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 11.1 million shares for 37 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 8.9 million units for 30 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund with 3.6 million units for 12 percent of the market’s volume. The only other stock trading more than one million shares, was Wisynco Group, with 1.7 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 767,458 units valued at an average of $5,219,939 for each security traded, in contrast to 783,352 units valued at an average of $3,369,072 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 775,604 units valued at $4,271,370 for each security changing hands. Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.1, while the Main Market ended at 17.4 times the 2019 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments advanced $2 to $68, in trading 12,797 shares, Berger Paints closed $2.25 higher to $15, in transferring 700 units, Caribbean Cement dived $6.50 to end at $65, with an exchange of 213,258 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund shed $4.49 to close at $37.51, in swapping a mere 9 units. First Rock Capital lost 65 cents and closed at its lowest level since listing in late February at $9.25, after it traded at a new low of $8.50, earlier in the day. The stock closed trading with 131,575 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy gained $1.93 to finish at $67.92, after transferring 66,535 shares, Jamaica Broilers shed $1.50 to end at $34.50, with 399,300 shares changing hands. Jamaica Producers lost 86 cents trading 126,071 shares and closed at $21.14. Jamaica Stock Exchange settled at $26.51, with a loss of 99 cents with 716,481 stock units crossing the market, JMMB Group ended at $42.28, with gains of $1.53 after transferring 367,626 shares, Kingston Wharves closed $2 higher to $53, with 7,243 shares traded. Mayberry Investments lost 31 cents to end at $7.60, exchanging 21,212 units, PanJam Investment finished 99 cents lower trading 60,990 to close at $99, Proven Investments dropped $3.50 to settle at $44.50, in transferring 8,583 units, Pulse Investments lost 45 cents to close at $11, after swapping 85,736 shares. Sagicor Group shed $1.50 to end at $65, with an exchange of 167,791 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.85, with gains of 35 cents while trading 20,603 stock units, Scotia Group ended at $54.01, after losing 49 cents and transferring 92,235 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $3, with a loss of 60 cents as 71,000 shares crossed the exchange. Supreme Ventures climbed $1.35 to settle at $22.35, in swapping 153,799 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents to finish at $24.50, after trading 30,562 units and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 45 cents to end the day’s trade a $8.50, with 188,051 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 65,482 units valued at over US$14,632. The market lost 0.34 points to close at 220.79. First Rock Capital lost 1.9 cents after trading 9,921 units at a new low of 8 US cents, JMMB Group 6% preference share exchanged 520 units at US$1, Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents, with 28,291 units changing hands. Sterling Investments swapped 790 units at 2.85 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 18 US cents, with a loss of 1.5 cents after trading 25,960 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market severely oversold

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At the close of Junior Market activity on Tuesday, the Market Index dropped 45.44 points to 2,859.38, just a shade below the 2860.87 points the market closed two years ago on March 1, 2018. With Tuesday’s fall, the market is down 22 percent from the peak in August 2019.
A significant drop of $7.08 in the price of Access Financial, 68 cents fall in Honey Bun and a 90 cents decline for Medical Disposables were stocks that had a major impact on the sharp decline of the market index on the second trading day in March.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,670,387 units valued at $10,621,296 down from 3,975,015 units valued at $12,857,978 from 37 securities on Monday.
The day ended with the prices of 14 securities advancing, 14 declining and four remaining unchanged. The PE ratio of the market ended at 13.5 times 2019 earnings.
The market closed with an average of 114,700 units at $331,916 for each security traded in contrast to 107,433 units for an average of $347,513 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 110,803 units valued at $340,279. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $7.08 in trading of 8,588 units at $25.86, Blue Power shed 7 cents to end at $4.50 with 43,735 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 18 cents and exchanged 250 shares at $7.98. Caribbean Cream closed 2 cents higher at $3.37 trading 34,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers jumped 25 cents and swapped 15,420 stock units at $4.65, Dolphin Cove fell 13 cents after exchanging 252 shares to close at $11.25. Everything Fresh declined by 5 cents trading of 11,000 units at 95 cents, Express Catering closed 49 cents higher at $5 with 21,927 stock units changing hands, Fontana lost 35 cents with 155,153 shares crossing the market to close at $6.10. Fosrich climbed 19 cents and exchanged 43,928 shares at $3.40, General Accident closed trading of 6,200 units and jumped 79 cents to end at $6.39, GWest Corporation ended the day with a transfer of 26,673 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $1.02. Honey Bun dipped 68 cents in the swapping 181,577 units at $6, iCreate finished with 25,000 shares traded after rising 9 cents to 69 cents, Indies Pharma gained 5 cents and exchanged 45,398 shares at $2.55. Jamaican Teas jumped 50 cents in trading 189,940 shares to settle at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents in trading 161,616 shares to close at 52 weeks’ low of $1.18, Key Insurance lost 15 cents and ended market activity exchanging 30,820 shares to close at $3. Knutsford Express closed trading of 300 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, Lasco Distributors swapped 13,185 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $3, Lasco Manufacturing added 5 cents and exchanged 63,222 shares at $3.65. Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 75,712 shares to close at $2.62 after falling 28 cents, Lumber Depot lost 3 cents in trading 105,531 shares to close at $1.40, Main Event fell 19 cents to close at $5.60 with 176,837 shares traded. Medical Disposables declined 90 cents in swapping 21,619 units at $6.30, Paramount Trading dipped 9 cents in trading of 651,246 units at $1.90, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed to $9.95 after rising $1.09 with 3,401 shares changing hands and tTech declined by 27 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of  $4 with 6,806 units crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Selling hits JSE Main Market stocks

Investors drove the majority of stock prices down on the first trading day for March with declining stocks beating out advancing ones three to one and pulling the Main Market down just over 6 percent for the year.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plummeted 4,132.06 points to close at 525,590.16, the JSE Market Index tumbled 3,791.47 points to 478,518.62 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.47 points to 129.14.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of ten advancing, 30 declining and five trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 32,117,425 units valued at $138,131,956 in contrast to 61,902,088 units valued at $374,112,515 from 42 securities on Friday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 20.3 million shares for 63 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 6.1 million units for 19 percent of the day’s trade and Wisynco Group with 1.3 million units for 4.2 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 783,352 units valued at an average of $3,369,072 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,473,859 units valued at an average of $8,907,441 on Friday. Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows twelve stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.3, while the Main Market ended at 17.6 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents in closing at $66, with an exchange of 10,807 shares, Berger Paints ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, after losing $1.25 in transferring 1,238 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $6.49 to settle at $71.50, in swapping 19,413 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund slid $4 to $42 trading 1,699 shares, First Rock Capital fell $2.10 to a 52 weeks’ low of $9.90, with 102,462 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy slipped $2.01 to $65.99, exchanging 44,838 units. Jamaica Broilers shed $3.70 to end at $36 in transferring 66,313 stock units, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $22 after trading 54,510 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange dived $4.10 to $27.50, after swapping 601,102 stock units. JMMB Group ended at $40.75, with a loss of $3.80 in exchanging 234,108 shares, Kingston Wharves closed $2.03 lower to $51, in transferring 27,387 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 59 cents to end at $10.85, in swapping 10,000 stock units, NCB Financial shed $2 to end at $182 trading 56,333 units, 138 Student Living gained of 62 cents to $6.85, with and 8,056 stock units changing hands. PanJam Investment closed 49 cents higher to $99.99, with 125,859 shares traded, Portland JSX lost $1.30 to finish at $9.70, after exchanging 9,139 units, Proven Investments lost $1 to settle at $48, in trading 6,763 stock units. Pulse Investments gained 35 cents to close at $11.45, in swapping 66,358 shares, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to end at $66.50, with an exchange of 42,533 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.50, with a loss of 35 cents after trading 120,731 shares. Salada Foods finished 75 cents higher after swapping 100 units and closed at $35. Scotia Group ended at $54.50, with gains of 50 cents in transferring 7,975 shares, Seprod declined by $2.59 to $51.41, with 38,386 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 74 cents to close at $4.86 in trading 17,700 shares, Sterling Investments jumped 69 cents and ended at $3.60, after exchanging 556,975 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to settle at $21, in swapping 100,761 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 94 cents to finish at $25, after transferring 36,384 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments dropped $1.20 to $8.05, trading 221,309 shares and Wisynco Group lost 43 cents to end the day’s trade of 1,334,069 shares at $22.67.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 102,077 units for US$27,973. The market lost 7.02 points to close at 221.13. First Rock Capital lost 2.1 cents in exchanging 5,000 units at an all-time low of 9.9 US cents, Proven Investments lost 2 cents to end at 29 US cents, with 91,928 units changing hands. Sterling Investments gained 0.01 cent after swapping 1,086 units to close at 2.85 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 19.5 US cents, with a loss of 2.5 cents in trading 4,063 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Falling stocks dominate Junior Market

Junior Market activities on Monday, ended with a high number of stocks losing value at the close, leading the Market Index to decline with the usual month-end price-fixing gives way to declines at the start on a new month.
The market Index fell a mere 7.10 points to close at 2,904.82 with the prices of 12 securities advancing, 22 declining and three remaining unchanged as 37 securities changed hands, up from 35 on Friday.
The PE ratio of the market ended at 13.5 times 2019 earnings.
Trading ended with an exchange of 3,975,015 units valued at $12,857,978 compared to 4,148,759 units valued at $16,183,547 on Friday.
The trading closed with an average of 107,433 units at $347,513 for each security traded in contrast to 118,536 units for an average of $462,387 on Friday. In comparison, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial declined $1.66 in trading of 100 units to end at $32.94, AMG Packaging dropped 9 cents to settle at $1.90 with an exchange of 51,000 units, Blue Power finished 5 cents higher at $4.57, with 10,072 stock units trading. CAC 2000 lost 50 cents exchanging 6,500 shares to close at $12.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 200 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.35, Caribbean Producers settled at $4.40 but lost 30 cents swapping 6,230 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 16 cents at $1.98, with 88,200 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove finished at $11.38 with 8,177 shares traded after climbing 88 cents, Everything Fresh exchanged 52,137 shares at $1 after rising 1 cent, Express Catering lost 49 cents in trading 12,661 shares to close at $4.51. Fontana ended with 957,645 stock units changing hands after jumping 24 cents to end at $6.45, Fosrich swapped 16000 shares and declined 70 cents to settle at $3.21, General Accident lost 90 cents in trading of 4,216 units at $5.60. GWest Corporation dipped 4 cents to $1 with 25,416 units swapped, Honey Bun ended market activity, exchanging 10,144 shares to settle at $6.68 after falling by 47 cents, iCreate closed 4 cents higher at 60 cents, with 58,216 stock units trading. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 44 cents at $2.50 with 29,618 shares changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 10 cents to $2.90 with an exchange of 550 units, Jamaican Teas shed 37 cents in trading of 5,645 stock units at $5.80. Jetcon Corporation fell 23 cents to $1.31 in the swapping of 100,865 shares, Key Insurance climbed 15 cents and exchanged 300 units at $3.15, KLE Group shed 20 cents in trading of 22,902 units at $2.30. Lasco Distributors closed 1 cent higher at $2.70, with 111,097 stock units trading, Lasco Financial lost 30 cents and exchanged 12,935 shares to close at $3, Lasco Manufacturing fell 37 cents trading of 88,600 units at $3.60. Limners and Bards ended with 651,375 shares crossing the exchange after gaining 1 cent to end at $2.90, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents in trading of 68,227 units at $1.43, MailPac fell 9 cents in the exchange of 1,540,746 units at $1.80. Main Event dropped 11 cents to close at $5.79 with 670 units traded, Medical Disposables climbed $1.47 to settle at $7.20 with 4,970 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended at $1.99 with 16,600 stock units changing hands, after losing 1 cent. Stationery and Office Supplies closed 16 cents higher at $8.86, with 1,400 stock units crossing the exchange and CAC 2000 9.5% preference share closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 20 cents to end at $1.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE majors down for 2nd month

JSE Main Market ended trading with the second monthly decline for the year as the primary indices declined by almost 2,000 points on Friday, with the market down 5.4 percent for 2020 to date.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 1,949.68 points to close at 529,722.22, the JSE Market Index slipped 1,727.36 points to 482,310.09 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.52 points to 130.61.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 19 advancing, 19 declining and nine trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 42 securities accounting for 61,902,088 units valued at $374,112,515 in contrast to 27,834,480 units for $185,509,886 from 41 securities on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 31.5 million shares for 51 percent of total volume, Sagicor Select Financial Fund followed with 8.25 million units for 13.3 percent of the day’s trade and Pulse Investments with 8.1 million units for 13 percent of the market’s volume. Other stocks trading more than one million units were Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund with 6.7 million units and 11 percent of total volume, QWI Investments with 1.05 million shares and Wisynco Group with 1.8 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 1,473,859 units valued at an average of $8,907,441 for each security traded, in contrast to 678,890 units valued at an average of $4,524,631 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security changing hands compared to 596,981 units valued at $2,909,960 for each security traded. Trading in January resulted in an average of 626,134 units valued at $3,511,981 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows twenty-three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.9, while the Main Market ended at 18.2 times 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents to close at $66.50 after trading 643,580 shares, Berger Paints dropped $1.50 to $14, with an exchange of 9,000 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $7.99 to $77.99, after transferring 13,241 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $4 to $46, in swapping 5,200 units, First Rock Capital ended at the lowest point since listing last week at $12, after losing $1 trading 24,366 shares. Jamaica Broilers climbed $4.69 to $39.70, with 164,156 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1.60 to settle at $31.60, with an exchange of 239,060 shares. JMMB Group finished with a rise of $3.80 at $44.55, after trading 397,029 shares. Kingston Wharves closed trading at $53.03, after losing $1.97 exchanging 931 units, Mayberry Investments gained 70 cents to end at $8.20, with 10,280 shares crossing the exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy tumbled $19.99 to $130.01, in transferring 1,613 units. NCB Financial closed $2 lower to $184 after trading 308,053 units, 138 Student Living lost 77 cents to end at $6.23, with 40,733 shares changing hands. PanJam Investment dipped $1.44 to $99.50 with an exchange of 15,383 units, Pulse Investments lost 35 cents to close at $11.10, in swapping 8,059,323 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1 to settle at $67, in exchanging 61,960 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.85, with gains of $1.05 in trading 362,100 shares. Scotia Group ended at $54, with a loss of $1 in transferring 272,072 shares, Seprod climbed $3 to $54, with 184,717 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta rose 40 cents to $5.60, trading 319,182 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 55 cents to settle at $21.50, in swapping 561,008 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed $1.06 to finish at $25.94, after transferring 88,979 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments slipped 50 cents to $9.25, with the trading of 226,844 shares and Wisynco Group gained 50 cents to end the day’s trade at $23.10, with an exchange of 1,803,893 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 352,444 units valued at over US$86,027. The market index rose 1.98 points to close at 228.15. First Rock Capital traded 100 units at 12 US cents, JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at US$1, with a gain of 1 cent exchanging 8,700 units, Proven Investments rose 1.9 cents to 31 US cents, in transferring 53,551 units. Sterling Investments lost 0.01 cent to end at 2.84 US cents, with 2,406 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 4.5 cents to settle at a record high of 22 US cents after swapping 287,687 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

20 Junior Market stocks rise

Junior Market index continued to slip and closed the week down 35.51 points to 2,911.92, after falling 10.26 points for the day and leaving the average PE ratio of the market at 13.9 times 2019 earnings after advancing stocks ended with twice as many declining ones.
At the close twenty stocks rose rising and ten declined with five remaining unchanged. Trading ended with an exchange of 35 securities resulting in just 4,148,759 units valued at $16,183,548 passing through the market, compared to 24,026,851 units valued at $52,414,301 from 36 securities on Thursday.
Market activity ended with an average of 118,536 units at$462,387 for each security traded in contrast to 667,413 units at $1,455,953 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 167,673 units and $488,038, previously 170,727 units and $489,633 for each security traded. In contrast, January closed with an average of 137,619 units valued at $521,935 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $4.60 exchanging 106,983 shares at $34.60, Blue Power lost 48 cents in trading 13,013 units at $4.52, Caribbean Producers added 20 cents to end at $4.70 with 6,209 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries gained 11 cents, after exchanging 700 units and closed at $1.79. Derrimon Trading rose 15 cents to $2.14 after exchanging a mere 200 units, Dolphin Cove traded 4,900 stock units at $10.50, after gaining $1.05, Elite Diagnostic traded 65,815 shares and fell 10 cents to $4.40 at the close. Everything Fresh gained 12 cents to end at 99 cents, after swapping 300 units, Fontana dipped 69 cents and exchanged 223,723 shares at $6.21, Fosrich rose 6 cents to settle at $3.91, with an exchange of 13,392 stock units. General Accident added 30 cents transferring 5,685 units to close at $6.50, GWest Corporation gained 4 cents to close at $1.04 with an exchange of 433 shares, Honey Bun lost 10 cents with 93,037 shares at $7.15, iCreate declined by 12 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 56 cents after trading 154,887 stock units. Indies Pharma climbed 10 cents after exchanging 115,273 shares at $2.94, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 99 cents to $3 with 42,705 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas lost 38 cents to settle at $6.17 with 61,562 units crossing the market. Jetcon Corporation rose 23 cents and exchanged 4,495 shares in closing at $1.54. KLE Group climbed 5 cents, to close at $2.50 with the trading of 14,750 shares, Knutsford Express climbed $1 higher to $11, with 57,822 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 31 cents to end at 52 weeks’ low of $2.69, after transferring 2,027,010 units, Lasco Financial gained 29 cents in trading 111,039 units at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing closed with 74,774 units changing hands, with a loss of 18 cents to finish at $3.97, Limners and Bards ended with an exchange of 241,060 shares to close at $2.89 after gaining 20 cents, Lumber Depot closed trading of 199,573 units and rising 3 cents to end at $1.50. MailPac added 10 cents to $1.89, after swapping 308,379 units, Main Event traded 22,059 units at $5.90, after rising 30 cents. Medical Disposables closed 43 cents higher at $5.73, after exchanging 4,790 units, SSL Venture Capital rose 4 cents to $1.28, with 448 shares crossing the exchange and tTech lost 53 cents in trading 2,000 units at a 52 weeks’ low at $4.27.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE majors slip again

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered more losses in trading on Thursday after the market reopened from the Ash Wednesday break as declining stocks had two to one ratio over rising ones after trading levels increased over Tuesday.

First Rock closed at a new low of $13.

At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 1,243.28 points to 531,671.90. The JSE Market Index dropped 1,125.70 points to 484,037.45, while the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.18 points to 131.13.
The market closed with 46 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 12 advancing, 22 declining and 12 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 27,834,480 units valued at $185,509,886 in contrast to 31,839,670 units valued at $148,017,425 from 39 securities on Tuesday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund traded 15.7 million shares for 56.5 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 6.6 million units for 23.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 762,613 shares for 2.7 percent of the market share.
The Market closed with an average of 678,890 units valued at $4,524,631 for each security traded, in contrast to 565,203 units at an average of $3,795,319 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 596,981 units valued at $2,909,960 for each security changing hands compared to 592,330 units valued at $2,812,748 for each security traded. Trading in January resulted in an average of 626,134 units valued at $3,511,981 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows thirteen stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two finishing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.6, while the Main Market ended at 17.9 times 2019 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments lost $1 to close at $67 with 34,249 shares changing hands, First Berger Paints fell 41 to close at $15.50 while trading 17,636 stock units, First Rock Capital closed $2 lower to an all-time low of $13, with an exchange of 87,805 shares. Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents to settle at $68, after trading 499,415 units, Jamaica Producers lost $1 to $21, after transferring 98,535 shares, JMMB Group shed $2.36 to end at $40.75, with 548,151 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves dropped $3 to close at $55, after exchanging 12,902 stock units, Mayberry Investments fell $1 to end at $7.50, in swapping 9,298 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 45 cents to end at $11.45, in swapping 15,250 shares. NCB Financial closed $1.64 lower to $186 after trading 17,864 units, Sagicor Group dropped 50 cents to $66, in exchanging 762,613 shares, Salada Foods jumped $5.75 as 8,426 shares changed hands at $34.25. Scotia Group gained $1 and closed at $55, with 79,701 shares changing hands, Seprod lost $2 to close at $51 trading 16,104 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $26.99, after gaining 79 cents transferring 15,194 shares.
138 Student Living preference shares declined by 50 cents to settle at $5.50, in swapping 3,555,944 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 157,614 units valued $41,526. The market lost 1.01 points to close at 226.17. Newly listed First Rock Capital, traded 15,539 units at 12 US cents, Margaritaville exchanged 1,551 units at 29 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1.9 cents and closed at 29.1 US cents, with 113,774 units changing hands. Sterling Investments shed 0.04 cents after swapping 350 shares to settle at 2.85 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 2 cents to end at 17.5 US cents in trading 26,400 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market index drifts down

Junior Market stocks recorded more decline at the close of trading on Thursday following falls on the previous three trading days and ended with a loss of 15.02 points to 2,922.18 and leaving the average PE ratio of the market at 13.7 times 2019 earnings.
At the close of trading, the number of stocks rising and falling was almost equal, with 16 rising and 15 falling with five remaining unchanged as investors traded in more securities than on Tuesday. Express Catering and Fosrich traded at an intraday low of $4.89 and $3.20, respectively.
Trading ended with an exchange of 36 securities resulting in 24,026,851 units valued at $52,414,301 passing through the exchange, compared to 5,212,490 units valued at $18,619,974 from 29 stocks on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with an average of 667,413 units at $1,455,953 for each security traded in contrast to 179,741 units for an average of $642,068 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,727 units and $489,633, previously 136,798 units valued at $423,623 for each security traded. In contrast, January closed with an average of 137,619 units valued at $521,935 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1.80 exchanging 11,714 shares at $30, Cargo Handlers rose 30 cents in trading 10,645 units at $7.80, Caribbean Cream lost 70 cents trading 32,239 stock units and closed at $3.30. Caribbean Producers shed 50 cents to end at $4.50 with 12,304 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries lost 11 cents, after exchanging 2,475 units and closed at $1.68. Dolphin Cove traded 37,859 stock units at $9.45, after losing 55 cents, Everything Fresh gained 6 cents to end at 87 cents, after swapping 7,245 units, Fontana climbed 85 cents and exchanged 170,655 shares at $6.90, Fosrich lost 1 cent to settle at $3.85, with an exchange of 36,691 stock units. General Accident shed 20 cents transferring 56,563 units to close at $6.20, Honey Bun added 5 cents and exchanged 30,903 shares at $7.25, iCreate ended at 68 cents after gaining 1 cent trading 14,203 stock units. Indies Pharma climbed 23 cents after trading 52,203 shares at $2.84. Jamaican Teas gained 17 cents to settle at $6.55 with 14,082 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 55,069 shares in closing at $1.31, after losing 11 cents, Key Insurance ended trading with 65,685 stock units, after adding 5 cents to end at $3. KLE Group climbed 15 cents, to close at $2.45 with 1,000 shares crossing the market, Knutsford Express closed 50 cents higher to $10, with 6,781 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.01, after transferring 247,516 units, Lasco Financial dipped 41 cents in trading 98,344 units at $3.01. Lasco Manufacturing closed with 327,725 units changing hands, with gains of 5 cents to finish at $4.15, Limners and Bards ended with an exchange of 5,527,680 shares to close at $2.69 after falling 4 cents, Lumber Depot closed trading of 213,526 units and lost 4 cents to end at $1.47, MailPac shed 21 cents to $1.79 with 15,366,137 units swapped. Main Event traded 10,215 units at $5.60, after losing 37 cents, Medical Disposables closed 20 cents lower at $5.30, after exchanging 10,821 units, Paramount Trading closed trading of 31,929 units and rose 13 cents to end at $2. Stationery and Office Supplies ended 20 cents higher to $8.70, with 10,346 shares crossing the exchange and tTech traded 840 units at $4.80, with gains of 10 cents. Derrimon Trading preference share climbed 15 cents in trading of 434 units at $1.65.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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