Cable & Wireless corners 95% of JSE – Tuesday

Parent company of C&W Jamaica now owns over 91% of the shares.

Cable & Wireless accounted for just over 95 percent or 80 million units of the total volume traded on Tuesday, as the parent company prepared for the company to exit the Jamaica Stock Exchange on April 11.
Overall trading was much higher than on Monday as 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 changed hands versus 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,253 that was exchanged, on Monday.
The main market closed with 27 securities changing hands, 13 rose, 10 declined and 4 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering 3,026.80 of the near 7,000 points lost on Monday to end at 322,429.21. The JSE Index regained 2,757.76 of the more than 6,000 points plunge on Monday to close at 293,769.46.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 188,546 shares, Berger Paints ended 17 cents higher at $17.73, with 9,009 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 20 cents higher at $1.45, with 80,371,757 units, Carreras finished 15 cents higher at $10.50, with 1,686,921 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 2.37 cents at $35.53, with 3,100 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 4 cents higher at $0.14, with 303,300 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 96 cents higher at $48.96, with 3,207 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 49 cents at $20.01, with 64,399 units, Jamaica Producers closed 11 cents higher at $15.50, with 30,710 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 3 cents higher at $7, with 8,500 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 21 cents higher at $26.21, with 100,691 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 2 cents higher at $38.52, with 100 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 42 cents at $6, with 15,000 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 49 cents at $97.51, with 2,411 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.19, with 8,341 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 5 cents at $42.95, with 7,280 units, Portland JSX concluded trading at $8.50, with 152,700 shares. Pulse Investments finished 35 cents higher at $1.95, with 34,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.10, with 214,060 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $37.36, with 67,657 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $15.20, with 32,190 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 1.50 cents at $50.50, with 544,473 shares. Seprod closed at $35.50, with 29,572 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $11.85, with 6,600 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 12 cents higher at $4.17, with 19,427 units and Wisynco Group settled 35 cents higher at $10.35, with 499,541 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 4 cents at $1.95, with 100,500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE majors recover 3,000 points – Tuesday.”

JSE trading value falls sharply – Monday

Trading on Monday were slightly higher than on Friday but with a much lower value as 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,253 were exchanged, compared with 5,136,325 units valued at $124,111,209, on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The main market closed with 28 securities changing hands, of which 8 rose, 10 declined and 10 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plunging 6,685.29 points to 319,402.41. The JSE Index dived 6,091.06 points to end at 291,011.70.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 8,367 shares, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 39 cents at $17.56, with 28,000 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.25, with 163,107 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 35 cents at $10.35, with 122,941 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at $37.90, with 24,912 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $0.10, with 2,879,740 shares, Grace Kennedy traded at $48, with 35,805 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading $20.50 higher at $20.50, with 703,300 units, Jamaica Producers closed 9 cents higher at $15.39, with 323 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended $6.97 higher at $6.97, with 30,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $26, with 709 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 50 cents at $38.50, with 34,230 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 42 cents higher at $6.42, with 1,503 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 50 cents higher at $98, with 62,855 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.19, with 30,511 shares, Palace Amusement closed $1 higher at $751, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment ended at $43, with 153,960 units. Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.60, with 26,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 4 cents higher at $1.09, with 19,218 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $37.51, with 201,015 stock units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 2 cents higher at $15.30, with 15,288 shares, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 60,662 shares. Seprod closed 50 cents higher at $35.50, with 17,550 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 39 cents higher at $11.89, with 10,537 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 33 cents at $4.05, with 223,469 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10, with 226,152 shares In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.99, with 224,660 stock units and Proven Investments 8.25% traded at $5.15, with 20,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major plunged over 6,000 points – Monday.”

JSE major plunged over 6,000 points – Monday

The JSE all Jamaica Composite Index fell more than 6,600 points.

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index nose diving 6,685.29 points to close at 319,402.41 and the JSE Index plunging 6,091.06 points to 291,011.70.
At the close with only 28 securities traded versus 29 on Friday. Trading ended with the prices of 8 stocks rising, 10 falling and 10 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Despite the sharp fall in the market indices, at the close of trading, Palace Amusement with a rise $1 to end at $751, was the sole stock to record price movement around $1 or more.
Main market activity ended with 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,254 compared to 5,136,325 units valued at over $124,111,209. Ciboney Group accounting for 54 percent of the volume traded with 2,879,740 units followed by Jamaica Broilers with 703,300 units amounting to 13.21 percent.
Trading resulted in an average of 190,183 shares valued at $1,750,473, for each security traded, compared to 190,234 shares valued at $4,596,711 on Friday. The average for the month to date is 1,056,536 shares with a value of $5,441,440 and previously 1,240,308 shares with a value of $6,425,698. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Friday with 8,891 units valued at US$1,956 as Proven Investments was the sole stock traded and ended unchanged at 22 US cents, leaving the market index unchanged at the close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading value falls sharply – Monday

Junior Market softness continues – Monday

The Junior Market slipped again on Monday by 17.10 points to close at 2,935.86 after an adverse advance, decline ratio 1 to 2.
At the close of market activities, only 15 securities changed hands compared 20 securities changing hands on Friday. The prices of just 3 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an exchange of 3,553,595 units valued at $11,612,887 compared with 1,131,667 units valued at $5,121,527.
Market activity ended with an average of 236,906 units for an average of $774,192 compared to an average of 56,583 units for an average of $256,076 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 204,255 units at $846,336 compared to 198,056 units at $860,035 on the prior trading day. March closed with an average of 149,999 units valued at $623,819, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 8 with lower offers, suggesting the continuation of fluidity in price changes.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2, with 68,891 stock units traded, Dolphin Cove lost 10 cents to close at $17, with 6,600 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.35, with 32,504 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 5 cents at $5.25, with 178,721 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.50, with 8,383 shares. Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.65, with 1,000 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 8,060 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.10, with 13,000 units, Key Insurance finished trading with a loss of 82 cents at $3.03, with 2,950,680 shares. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 12,199 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.10, with 196,900 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 68 cents higher at $5.63, with 1,747 units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 14 cents to $4, with 34,493 shares trading, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $3.08, after exchanging 24,271 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $5.55, with 16,146 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

The huge stock market blast is coming soon

Bulls may be lurching to pounce on Jamaican stocks.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange hit three new record closing highs this past week and is showing signs of climbing higher, much higher in fact.
That is a development that the general public is unaware of and smart investors cant take advantage of to make big gains in the months and probably years ahead.
The market has never had all the stars as lined up as they are now. Low Interest rates, the lowest on record in Jamaica, low inflation rate, a fluid foreign currency market. Liquid Jamaican dollars, of which the Governor of the country’s central bank Bryan Wynter, puts at $50 billion within the Banking sector. But it get even better. According the Wynter, interest rates are likely to go down some more as the high liquidity situation dictates it. The Jamaican dollar has been trading within a band of J$125 to 130 to the US dollar, a situation Wynter sees as likely to be the norm for sometime to come. Wynter who was speaking at special briefing on Friday, indicated that Jamaicans had better start getting used to this new development as there is enough foreign currency available in the system. A development which he things the new foreign exchange auction B-Fxitt, that the central bank manages has helped to foster with much more transparency in the market aided by market intelligence by both buyers and sellers as well as the central bank. But the new B-Fxitt is not the only factor at play. Not only that, according to the governor even as the bank cut the compulsory take form dealers by 10 percentage points, BOJ has not suffered lower intake as a result of increased flows, some of which Wynter attributes to the selling of US dollars by locals to go into more profitable form of local investments. Government’s tight fiscal discipline has gone a long way to creating and environment of stability within the economy and among the business sector.
Unbeknown to many, is the increased spending by government in March, well above what was originally planned. For investors this means more money in the hands of consumers, more sales and profit for listed companies, that now seems to be showing up in the coffers of corporate Jamaica.
So where is the stock market in all of this? The junior market is up 8 percent year to date, but main market stocks have just crawled a mere 3 percent, the latter wont being performing so poorly much longer. This short term chart shows two channels that the market is trading within. The market is trading closer to the upper resistance line shown in red. The lower blue line has been steering the market slightly side wards with an upward bias. A very important feature, which is not shown in the attached chart, is an extremely bullish formation shown on a longer term chart. That chart shows the market now caught up in a wedge formation with the top being around 335,000 points using the all Jamaica Composite index. With the recent market moves, it appears that the wedge is going to give way and herald a huge rise upwards in the market and that in going to happen within a few weeks, probably after first quarter results are released starting in late April.

Another record close for JSE on Friday

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended at a another record close, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increasing by 763.78 points in a record closing high of 326,087.70 and the JSE Index gaining 695.89 points to a record closing high of 297,102.76.
At the close with only 28 securities traded versus 29 on Thursday. Trading ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 12 falling and 9 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, Grace Kennedy lost $1 to end at $48, Kingston Wharves declined by $1 to $39, Palace Amusement dropped $150 on top of the $200 fall on Thursday to end the week at $750 and Scotia Group fell $1.50 to $52.
Main market activity ended with 5,136,325 units valued at over $124,111,209 compared to 11,332,892 units valued at over $423,780,603. JMMB Group closed trading with 1,575,126 units accounting for 30.67 percent of the overall market volume followed by Carreras with 819,568 units or 15.96 percent of total volume traded and Jamaica Broilers Group with 550,887 units with 10.73 of traded volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 190,234 shares valued at $4,596,711, for each security traded, compared to 419,737 shares valued at $15,695,578 on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 1,240,308 shares with a value of $6,425,698 and previously 1,510,327 shares with a value of $7,058,809. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 109 units valued at just US$24 as Proven Investments was the sole stock traded and ended unchanged at 22 US cents, leaving the market index unchanged at the close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading levels fall on Friday

JSE trading levels fall on Friday

Trading levels dipped sharply lower on Friday, compared to Thursday with a volume of 5,136,325 units valued at $124,111,209, down from the 11,332,892 units traded for $423,780,603 on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The main market closed with 27 securities changed hands, with 7 rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 763.78 points to a record close of 326,087.70. The JSE Index rose 695.89 points to a record closing high of 297,102.76.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 4,191 shares trading, Berger Paints ended trading 84 cents higher at $17.95 with 1,818 stock units changing hands, Cable & Wireless concluded trading after gaining 5 cents, to end at $1.25 with 233,216 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.70, with 819,568 shares. Caribbean Cement lost 10 cents to end at $37.90, with 8,132 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 to close at $48, with 63,016 stock units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $20, trading 550,887 shares, Jamaica Producers finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $15.30, in exchanging 4,241 units. JMMB Group fell 50 cents to $26, trading 1,575,126 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading at $7, with 196,327 stock units, Kingston Properties ended market activity at $6.64, with 1,360 shares. Kingston Wharves concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $39, with 3,100 shares, NCB Financial Group settled 40 cents higher at $97.50, with 277,542 units, 1834 Investments ended trading at $1.20, with 489,668 shares, 138 Student Living finished at $5.50, with 1,630 stock units, Palace Amusement traded with a loss of $150 at $750, with 252 shares. PanJam Investment closed trading at $43, with 3,559 shares, Pulse Investments ended at $1.70, with 2,300 units, Radio Jamaica concluded trading at $1.05, with 22,798 shares, Sagicor Group finished 60 cents higher at $37.60, with 46,511 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 2 cents to $15.28, with 11,296 units. Scotia Group ended trading with a loss of $1.50 at $52, while exchanging 436,897 stock units, Seprod traded 80 cents higher at $35, with 12,757 units, Supreme Ventures closed with a loss of 40 cents at $11.50, after 30,705 shares changed hands, Victoria Mutual Investments ended 37 cents higher at $4.38, with 151,100 shares. Wisynco Group concluded trading with a loss of 16 cents at $10.20, with 158,328 stock units and in the main market preference segment, Proven Investments 8.25% traded at $5.15, with 30,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Another record close for JSE on Friday.”

9 Junior Market stocks up 5 down – Friday

The Junior Market slipped again on Friday by 5.49 points to close at 2,952.96 even as advancing stocks beat out declining stocks by almost a 2 to 1 ratio.
At the close of market activities, more securities traded than the day before but with lower volume as 20 securities changed hands. The prices of 9 advanced, 5 declined and 6 remained unchanged, compared 17 securities changing hands on Thursday.
Trading ended with an exchange of 1,131,667 units valued at $5,121,527 compared with 2,627,003 units valued at $9,951,186.
Market activity ended with an average of 56,583 units for an average of $256,076 compared to an average of 154,530 units for an average of $585,364 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 198,056 units at $860,035 compared to 246,012 units at $1,064,766 on the prior trading day. March closed with an average of 149,999 units valued at $623,819, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers, suggesting the continuation of fluidity in price changes.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 41,930 stock units changing hands, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 69 cents at $8.01, with 12,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 7,300 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5, with 455,060 units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17.10, with 600 stock units trading. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.30, with an exchange of 81,202 units after trading earlier in the session at a record high of $3.45. Express Catering traded 5 cents higher at $5.30, with 58,020 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.50, with 24,058 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 5 cents at $4.10, while trading 37,746 units. Key Insurance finished trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, with 47,669 shares, KLE Group closed 3 cents higher at $2.53, with 3,529 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 300 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 136,039 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 75 cents at $4.95, with 59,950 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 15 cents higher at $4.14, with 104,000 shares, Main Event ended trading at $6, with 500 shares, Medical Disposables traded 10 cents higher at $5.10, with 1,798 shares. Paramount Trading rose by 2 cents to end at $3.10, with 21,265 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 5 cents higher at $5.55, with 27,209 units and tTech concluded trading 2 cents higher at $5.99, with 11,492 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

New closing high for JSE on Thursday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market recovered from losses on Wednesday to end at a new closing record high on Thursday, with the market indices rising more than 1,000 points.
At the end of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,135.75 points to record close of 325,323.92 and the JSE Index rose 1,034.80 points to record closing high of 296,406.87.
At the close with only 29 securities traded versus 25 on Wednesday. Trading resulted in the prices of 9 stocks rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, NCB Financial Group trading down $2.15 to $97.10,

Grace traded nearly 7.8 million shares on Thursday.

Palace Amusement dropped $200 to $900, Sagicor Group lost $2 to $37 and Scotia Group finished with a rise of $2.50 to $53.50.
Main market activity ended with 11,332,892 units valued at over $423,780,603 compared to 2,346,923 units valued at $42,062,008 changing hands on Wednesday. Grace Kennedy trade 7,778,385 units valued at $$380 million, accounting for 68.64 percent of the overall market volume. Carreras with 1,133,057 units and 10 percent of total volume traded and Victoria Mutual Investments closed with 657,398 units changing hands.
Trading resulted in an average of 419,737 shares valued at $15,695,578, for each security traded, compared to 97,788 shares valued at $1,752,584 on Wednesday. The average for the month to date is 1,510,327 shares with a value of $7,058,809 and previously 2,887,284 shares with a value of $2,486,402. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 11,628 units valued at US$2,565 as Margaritaville traded 237 units to gain 5 US cents to 25 US cents and Proven Investments traded 11,391 units closing with a gain of 2 US cents to end at 22 US cents and pushing the market index up by 11.85 points to close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Grace Kennedy top traded stock on JSE

Grace Kennedy top traded JSE stock

Grace Kennedy traded 7.8 million shares for $380 million accounting for 69 percent of the overall market volume of 11,332,892 units for $423,780,603 on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The main market closed with 27 securities changed hands, with 7 rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,135.75 points to a record close of 325,323.92. The JSE Index rose 1,034.80 points to a record closing high of 296,406.87.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of 50 cents at $9, with 42,553 shares, Berger Paints ended 1 cent higher at $17.11, with 20,000 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.20, with 52,210 units as trading winds down with the shares scheduled for delisting on April 11. Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.80, with 1,133,057 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 50 cents at $38, with 9,810 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $49, with 7,778,385 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $20.50, with 4,320 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 15 cents at $15.50, with 22,722 shares, shares of Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 2 cents higher at $6.97, with 64,250 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $26.50, with 223,718 shares, Kingston Properties finished 24 cents higher at $6.64, with 13,000 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 4,077 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $6, with 41,007 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of $2.15 at $97.10, with 73,521 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $200 to $900, with 200 stock units, PanJam Investment ended at $43, with 48,145 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.70, with 45,700 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.05, with 92,144 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of $2 at $37, with 32,881 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.30, with 1,000 shares. Scotia Group finished trading $2.50 higher at $53.50, with 19,086 shares, Seprod closed 20 cents higher at $34.20, with 6,422 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.90, with 148,640 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 39 cents at $4.01, with 657,398 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 3 cents at $10.36, with 389,901 shares and In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1, with 8,500 shares, Proven Investments 8.25% settled with a loss of 75 cents at $5.15, with 400,245 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “New closing high for JSE on Thursday.”