Large trades in C&W shares – Wednesday

January 11, 2017 by

Mayberry crossed 40m C&W shares.

Mayberry Investments crossed 40,000,000 Cable & Wireless shares and NCB Capital Markets sold 8.8 million units with Victoria Mutual Wealth Management purchasing them for a client, helped the stock to trade up 92 cents. The stock eventually closed at 90 with a 3 cents rise with 51,204,066 units changing hands.
There has been increased interest in the stock with bids growing in numbers after the price collapsed late last year to a low of 65 cents, as the release of the company’s next set of financials draws close.
The gain in Cable & Wireless did not prevent the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, losing more grounds on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s fall, even as advancing stocks beat out declining ones as a big fall in the price of Scotia Group did damage to the indices. Also helping are a $1 decline of NCB and Kingston Wharves dipping more than $1.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index , dropped 1,537.30 points to close at 211,280.08. The JSE Market Index lost 1,374.61 points to finish at 193,296.53. Thanks to moderate gains in the junior market, the JSE combined index fell 1,193.40 points to close of 207,236.56.
The market closed with 38 securities changing hands as 17 stocks gained and 12 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 6 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 55,154,094 units valued at just $80,360,424 changed hands, compared to 7,603,225 units valued at just $132,166,453 changing hands on Tuesday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 3,135,713 units, changing hands, valued at $16,330,699.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 2,261,669 shares compared to an average of 1,243,069 units traded on Tuesday. The average for the month to date, is versus 224,468 units on the previous trading day, well below the average of 549,379 units, December ended with.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 16 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints ended trading 17,080 shares to close at $6, Caribbean Cement ended with a fall of 40 while trading just 15,000 shares to close at $34, Carreras recovered 16 cents and closed at $66.75 with 5,019 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy had 45,709 units trading, with the price rising 9 cents, to close at $40.10. Jamaica Broilers rose by 20 cents and closed at $14.80 with 56,061 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers lost 29 cents to end at $9.41 with 5,976 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose by 2 cents in trading 10,000 shares, to end at $5.59, JMMB Group traded 331,250 units and gained 35 cents to end at $15.45. Kingston Wharves dropped $1.49 in trading 1,325 units to close at $23.50, Mayberry Investments lost 5 cents and ended at $4.75 with 13,796 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 21,750 shares while falling of $1 to close at $51. Pan Jam Investment traded 1,447 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $26.52, Radio Jamaica climbed 10 cents to close at $1.45 after 118,808 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group closed with 24,466 shares changing hands with a loss of 50 cents at $28.50, Sagicor X Fund ended with 5,988 units trading at $10.50. Scotia Group with 17,900 shares changing hands, dropped $3.50 to close at $34.50, Scotia Investments gained 5 cents with 30,000 units trading, to end at $31.10. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share gained 15 cents in trading 68,132 units to close at $2.15 and JMMB US 6 percent preference shares rose 1 cent and ended at US$1.11, with 34,760 units changing hands.

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5 stocks hit 52 weeks’ high in early trading – Wednesday

January 11, 2017 by

Blue Power traded at a new high of $36.

The junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged rose on Wednesday morning, as 4 juniors stocks traded at new highs. The main market fell appreciably with the All Jamaica composite index falling by more than 1,000 points, with the other major indices declining as well.
Market activity has been moderate so far and resulted in 31 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 33 on Tuesday. A total of 13 securities advanced and 11 declined, resulting in a volume of 10,271,602 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $18,345,463, compared of 1,528,996 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $12,730,951 on Tuesday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 331,342 units versus 46,333 units on Tuesday.
Market activity was helped by Access Financial Services traded at a new intraday high of $25.30 but now trades at $25 with 939 units having changed hands, Cargo Handlers trading at a new high of $20.80 with 3,000 units changing hands, Blue Power traded at a new high of $36 with 10,000 units, Lasco Manufacturing traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.15 with 26,478 shares and JMMB Group traded at a 52 weeks’ high with 10,600 up to $15.20
Caribbean Cream gained 65 cents to $8.55 but with just 3,000 units, Jetcon Corporation lost 48 cents to $6.52 with 10,000 shares trading, Cable & Wireless had 9,410,195 units trading up to 90 cents and Scotia Group Jamaica fell $3.50 with 17,900 shares to $34.50.
The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 1,299.25 points to 212,380.07, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 1,161.75 points 193,509.39 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index dipped 862.39 points to 207,547.57 and the junior market index rose 15.95 points to 2,734.21.

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Kingston Properties buys Cayman

January 11, 2017 by

One of Kingston Properties units at Red Hills Rd, Kingston

Kingston Properties (KPREIT) completed the acquisition of a fully tenanted, mixed use building located in the West Bay Beach South area in the capital of the Cayman Islands.
“The building comprises offices, retail outlets and residences along the famous Seven Mile Beach corridor, an area that has seen significant infrastructure improvements, as well as new luxury resort and condo developments over the last three years,” KPREIT disclosed.
“This acquisition represents KPREIT’s first foray into the Cayman Islands, which is a country with a per capita GDP of USD58,856 and one of the leading financial centres of the world, offering a tax free environment with no property, income, corporation or capital gains taxes. GDP growth for the first half of 2016 is put at 3% on an annualized basis with unemployment of 3.9%.
KPREIT in their release to the Jamaica Stock Exchange indicated that “The fundamentals in Cayman are expected to continue to improve based on the growth in the Special Economic Zone near the South Sound, planned expansion of the International Airport, construction of a new cruise ship pier in Georgetown, expansion of the highway in the general West Bay Road area, along with continued resort and condo developments along the Seven Mile Beach corridor”.
“This acquisition is part of our strategy to continue to broaden our geographic reach as well as diversify the mix of property types in our portfolio. In addition, this continues KPREIT’s philosophy of multi-tenant rental properties as a means to mitigate vacancy risk, as well as hard currency rentals as a hedge against devaluation,” the KPREIT release stated.

C&W CEO Gary Sinclair and also chairman of Kingston Properties

For the nine months ended September 2016, KPREIT posted profit after-tax and comprehensive income of $131 million and $180 million, respectively. In the previous year, losses of $51 million and a loss in comprehensive income of $28 million, were incurred respectively, for the same period. The
For the third quarter 2016, group profit amounted to $14.0 million compared with a loss of $4.5 million for the similar period in 2015. Total comprehensive income for the quarter increased from $5.8 million in 2015 to $25.4 million in 2016. Higher rentals, net finance income and foreign currency translation gains in 2016 were primary drivers of the improved performance.
The group’s Investment Properties valued increased 56 percent to $1.93 billion at September last year, but mostly from acquisitions.
Kingston Properties which trades on the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday at $9 with 11,779 shares trading.

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Majors retreat again – Tuesday

January 10, 2017 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, lost more grounds on Tuesday, following Monday’s fall, even as advancing stocks beat out declining ones, 3 to 2.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index , slipped 414.61 points to close at 212,817.38. The JSE Market Index fell 370.75 points to finish at 194,671.14. Thanks to moderate gains in the junior market, the JSE combined index fell 244.89 points to close at 208,674.85.
The market closed with 43 securities changing hands. 18 stocks gained and 13 declined in the overall market, including 10 stocks rising and 6 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 7,603,225 units valued at just $132,166,453 changed hands, compared to 2,566,885 units valued at $17,585,399 changing hands on Monday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 1,095,189 units, changing hands, valued at $6,212,985.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 282,958 shares compared to an average of 76,614 units traded on Monday. The average for the month to date, is 224,468 versus 165,979 units on the previous trading day, well below the average of 549,379 units, December ended with.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints ended trading 6,077 shares to close at $6, Cable & Wireless gained 2 cents to close at 87 cents with 693,453 units trading, Caribbean Cement ended with a fall of $3 while trading just 8,453 shares to close at $33.50. Carreras lost 16 cents and closed at $66.59 with 14,968 shares changing hands, Investors traded 2,415,247 shares of 1834 Investments to close at $1.26 after rising 6 cents. Grace Kennedy had 55,485 units trading with the price falling 49 cents to close at $40.01, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.60 with 17,847 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 3 cents in trading 41,393 shares, to end at $5.57, JMMB Group traded 2,788 units and lost 35 cents to end at $15.10. Kingston Properties rose 94 cents in trading 11,779 units to close at $9, Mayberry Investments lost 5 cents and ended at $4.75 with 13,796 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 2,001,100 shares with a gain of $1.79 to close at $52. Pan Jam Investment traded 1,447 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $26.52, Radio Jamaica climbed 13 cents to close at $1.35 after 14,479 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group closed with 105,859 shares changing hands with a loss of 4 cents at $29, Sagicor X Fund ended with 33,019 units trading at $10.50 and gained 29 cents. Scotia Group with 3,595 shares changing hands and closed at $38, Scotia Investments gained 3 cents with 4,906 units trading, to end at $31.05. Supreme Ventures ended at $5.10, with 10,049 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement had 150,000 units changing hands at $63, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 136,778 units at 22 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 765,000 units to close at $1.08.

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Junior stocks surge in early trading – Tuesday

January 10, 2017 by

The junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged sharply on Tuesday morning, putting the years’ gains to 5.7 percent, as three juniors stocks traded at new highs. The main market fell appreciably with the All Jamaica composite index falling by nearly 1,000 points, with the other major indices declining as well.
Market activity has been moderate so far and resulted in 33 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 31 on Monday. A total of 13 securities advanced and 9 declined, resulting in a volume of 1,528,996 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $12,730,951, compared of 842,68 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $7,961,875 on Monday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 46,333 units versus 27,183 units on Monday.
Market activity was helped by Cargo Handlers trading at a new high of $20 with 27,765 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries traded 193,390 at a new high of $2.60 and Derrimon Trading had just 2,500 units trading at a new high of $6.
The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 851.92 points to 212,380.07, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 761.78 points 194,280.11 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index dipped 562.69 points to 208,112.16 and the junior market index rose 33.74 points to 2,739.37.

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Majors failed to hold early gains – Monday

January 9, 2017 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, surged 3,247 points on Friday, cooled its heels on Monday as it failed to hang to decent gains at the start of trading of more than 1,000 points.
The early gains gradually melted away, as trading aged during the day to close down.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index , slipped 416.58 points to close at 213,231.99. The JSE Market Index fell 372.49 points to finish at 195,041.89. Thanks to strong gains in the junior market the JSE combined index climbed 490.49 points to close at new record close of 208,674.85.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands. 22 stocks gained and 11 declined in the overall market, including 13 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 2,566,885 units valued at just $17,585,399 changed hands, compared to 10,710,157 units valued at $359,865,498 changing hands on Friday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 728,143 units changing hands, valued at $4,409,716.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 76,614 shares compared to an average of 378,453 units traded on Thursday. The average for the month to date, is 165,979 versus 235,343 units on the previous trading day, well below the average of 549,379 units, December ended with.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints ended trading 19,503 shares to close at $6, Cable & Wireless fell 4 cents to close at 85 cents with 861,983 units trading, Caribbean Cement ended with a fall of $3.50 while trading just 55,850 shares to close at $30.50. Carreras closed at $66.75 with 8,460 shares changing hands, Ciboney traded 100,000 units to end at 20 cents, Investors traded 30,000 shares of 1834 Investments to close at $1.26 after rising 6 cents. Grace Kennedy had just 5,576 units trading with the price falling 49 cents to close at $40.50. Jamaica Broilers gained 10 cents and closed at $14.60 with 235,468 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers lost 15 cents to end trading at $9.70 with 63,005 units changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents in trading 20,973 shares, to end at $5.60. JMMB Group traded 60,705 units and added 45 cents to end at $15.45, Kingston Wharves jumped by $3.18 in trading 67,970 shares at a 52 closing high of $24.99, National Commercial Bank traded 14,858 shares with a fall of 80 cents to close at $50.21. Pan Jam Investment traded 13,614 shares at $26.50, Pulse Investments gained 30 cents in trading 43,803 shares at $4, Radio Jamaica fell 13 cents to close at $1.22 after 177,017 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group closed with 9,282 shares changing hands at $29.04. Sagicor X Fund ended with 9,981 units trading at $10.21 lost 29 cents, Scotia Group with 23,409 shares changing hands and closed with a fall of 1 cent at $38, Scotia Investments gained 3 cents with 4,906 units trading, to end at $31.05. Seprod closed at $30 with 4,642 units changing hands and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 6,555 units at 21.97 US cents.

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Jamaican stocks up in early trading – Monday

January 9, 2017 by

Stocks on the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged forward first thing Monday morning, with the All Jamaica composite index rising by 1,109.47 at 1 minute after trading opened to trade at a new high and the combined index moved up by 919.92 points.
Market activity resulted in 31 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 26 on Friday at 10:45 am. A total of 11 securities advanced and 9 declined, resulting in a volume of 842,68 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $7,961,875, compared of 984,204 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $4,620,010 on Friday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 27,183 units versus 37,854 units on Friday.
Market activity was helped by National Commercial Bank rising to $52.50, with 7,180 shares up from a last trade on Friday of $51.01, Scotia Group trading 8,582 units at $39, representing a rise of 99 cents from Friday’s close. In the junior market, Blue Power jumped $3.50 to a new all-time high of $34.50 with 3,500 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell back from Friday’s close of $8.55 to trade at $7.35 with 83,535 units and Jetcon Corporation with 25,946 units traded at a new high of $6.50. Caribbean Cement dropped $3.50 with 9,350 shares to $30.50 but recovered partially to traded 18,350 units up to $33.20.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 645.01 points to 214,293.58, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index grew 576.75 points 195,991.13 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 662.77 points to 208,847.13 and the junior market index rose 12.45 points to 2,636.77.

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Jetcon & CWJ set for 2017 top spots

January 7, 2017 by

C&W set to be 2017 top stock from the main market.

By the end of 2017, the two top stocks on the Jamaica Stock Exchange is forecasted by IC Insider to be the 2016 listed Jetcon Corporation and previously battered Cable and Wireless that should be reporting good profits for the year.
In the just concluded week, Caribbean Cream (Kremi) and Lasco Financial that entered the IC Insider’s TOP 5 at the end of December, only spent one week in the list. Both stocks climbed during the past week with Lasco Financial moving up 18 percent to $3.67 and Caribbean Cream gained 14 percent to $8.55. Key Insurance rose 14 percent during the week and General Accident was up 7 percent.
Entering the TOP 5 for the first time, is Dolphin Cove, and returning is Jetcon Corporation at 4th and 5th spot, respectively. Investors have lost confidence in Dolphin Cove even as the company continues to produce decent results and having good prospects, with the major expansion in the tourism industry. Profit to September last year, was up 11 percent to $1.17 per share, exceeding the results for the entire 2015.
Jetcon reported in their September quarterly

Dolphin Cove moved into the IC Insider’s TOP 5 junior market stocks.

report that they “had another quarter of strong results with revenues climbing 86 percent over the September 2015 quarter, to $267 million and climbed 61 percent to $610 million for the nine months. Profit grew 275 percent to $35 million from $9 million in the September quarter, compared with the similar period in 2015 and is up 141 percent for the nine months period over the same period in 2015.” Profit for the nine months ended at $67 million and had exceeded the $40 million after tax, earned for the full year of 2015. In mid-September the company also reported that “subsequent to the Quarter, revenues continue be ahead of the same period for 2015 by approximately 70 percent,” suggesting that the final quarter should continue to reflect the robust performance seen in the earlier months. Jetcon is poised to be IC Insider’s top junior market stock for 2017, followed by ISP Finance, based on IC Insider’s forecast.
There were not much movement in the main market stocks during the week. Radio Jamaica moved out of the TOP 5, having gained in price during the week and is replaced by National Commercial Bank, at the number 5 position. The banking group is still selling cheaper than Scotia Group with earnings for the 2017 year to be released by the end of January. IC Insider is forecasting $8 per share earnings for 2017 with increased dividend payments around $3 per share, suggesting the stock has much room for growth. The number 1 main market stock is projected to be Cable & Wireless followed by Barita Investments. Last year this publication stated that Barita was the best main market stock back in September, it is now up by 93 percent since but has much more gains ahead with projected earnings of $1.75 for 2017.

Note: One of our writers is a director of two junior companies, Jetcon Corporation and Jamaican Teas. Connected parties to IC Insider.com may hold shares in companies commented on from time to time.

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Majors surge 3,247 points to record close

January 6, 2017 by

Bulls pushing Jamaican stock to new highs.

The value of stocks, on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, climbed sharply on Friday, as the market closed with 40 securities changing hands of which 23 gained and 8 declined in the overall market, including 9 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index surged 3,246.81 points, to close at 213,648.57. The JSE Market Index leapt 2,903.22 points to finish at 195,414.38. The JSE combined index jumped 2,748.82 points to close at 208,184.36.
At the close with 10,710,157 units valued at $359,865,498 changed hands, compared to 2,993,596 units valued at $27,027,397 changing hands on Friday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 491,934 units changing hands, valued at $2,672,851. Grace Kennedy with 7,729,745 units valued at $316,822,639 accounted for the bulk of the trades with the price rising 59 cents to close at $40.99.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 378,453 shares compared to an average of 84,869 units traded on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 235,343 versus 132,234 units on the previous trading day, well below the average of 549,379 units, December ended with.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
In market activity, Berger Paints rose 20 cents while trading 1,875 shares to close at $6, Cable & Wireless gained 4 cents to close at 89 cents with 101,180 units trading, Caribbean Cement ended with a $1 rise while trading just 1,000 shares at $34. Carreras gained 75 cents and closed at $66.75 with 12,920 shares changing hands, Ciboney traded 87,962 units and rose 4 cents to end at 20 cents, Investors traded 443,934 shares of 1834 Investments to close at $1.20. Jamaica Broilers fell 10 cents and closed at $14.50 with 11,679 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose 45 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.85 with 3,700 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents in trading 20,360 shares, to end at $5.56. JMMB Group traded 53,329 units and added 30 cents to end at $15, Kingston Properties lost 95 cents in trading 13,795 units to close at $8.05, Kingston Wharves jumped by $1.81 in trading 26,062 shares at $21.81, Mayberry Investments ended at $4.80 with 4,270 shares changing hands. National Commercial Bank traded 202,254 shares with a fall of 49 cents to close at $51.01. Pan Jam Investment traded 3,893 shares at $26.50. Pulse Investments lost 30 cents in trading 53,383 shares at $3.70, Radio Jamaica rose 9 cents to close at $1.35 after 44,324 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group closed with 42,635 shares changing hands at $29.04. Sagicor X Fund ended with 57,375 units trading at $10.50. Scotia Group with 587,294 shares changing hands and closed with a rise of $3.01 at $38.01, Scotia Investments gained $1.02 with 16,000 units trading, to end at $31.02, Seprod rose $2 to $30 with 24,088 units changing hands, after trading at an intraday high, of $30.50, Supreme Ventures had just 7,213 shares trading and gained 9 cents to end at $5.10 and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 667,533 units at 20.5 US cents.

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Jamaican stocks pull back on Friday

January 6, 2017 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange pulled back from Thursday’s close in a moderate trading on Friday morning, resulting in sharp fall from Thursday’s intraday high for the main market and the junior market’s record close.
Market activity resulted in 26 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 29 on Thursday at 10:45 am. A total of 14 securities advanced and 6 declined, resulting in a volume of 984,204 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $4,620,010, compared of 1,153,658 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $6,116,182 on Thursday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 37,854 units versus 39,781 units on Thursday.
Noted trades were junior market listed Jetcon Corporation with 128,319 units at $6.06, Lasco Financial gaining 15 cents to $3.65 with 3,962 units trading and Blue Power trading at a new high of $31 with 10,979 shares and Proven Investments traded 577,533 units at 22.99 US cents.
The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 493.48 points to 209,908.28, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 441.26 points 192,069.90 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index declined 501.40 points to 204,934.14 and the junior market index eased 8.97 points to 2,609.84.

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