Solid gains for JSE – Thursday

Sagicor Group HQ - the stock traded 1.8m units

Sagicor Group HQ – the stock traded 1.8m units

Main market stocks collectively made further recovery on Thursday, with advancing stocks edging out declining stocks. For the overall market, 39 securities changed hands, in all market segments with 15 rising and 13 declining while 3 closed at record highs. The market closed with 6,927,350 units valued at $96,137,248 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,654,174 units changing hands, valued at $16,966,569.
The JSE Market Index recovered 862.19 points to end at 152,610.01, the all Jamaica Composite Index added 963.55 points to end at 169,506.59 and the JSE combined index gained 840.57 points to close at 161,801.02.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
JSE sum 17-03-16At the end of the market activities, Caribbean Cement ended at $22.50 with 400 shares trading after gaining $2.50, Desnoes and Geddes traded only 1,000 shares but rose $1.13 to $24.73, Gleaner closed at $2.10 with 250,029 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed with 10,752 shares trading with a gain of 40 cents at $83, well below the $97 equivalent, it last traded at in Trinidad. Jamaica Broilers traded 31,174 units to close at $14.09, Jamaica Producers traded 542,984 units to close with a loss of 2 cents at $30.28, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 15 cents in trading 1,550 units to close at $22.45, JMMB Group had only 25,250 units changing hands but fell 5 cents in closing at $10.05. Kingston Wharves traded 3,000 shares to close at $11.50, Mayberry Investments traded 1,957,711 shares but lost 20 cents to JSE sum 17-03-16rend at $4.20 National Commercial Bank with 25,525 shares changing hands, to close $1.10 lower at $39.90, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 232,356 units and fell 1 US cent in closing at 20 US cents, Pulse Investments traded 10,000 shares to gain 40 cents and end at $3.30, Radio Jamaica ended with 11,124 units changing hands 25 cents higher to close at $4.75. Sagicor Group gained 42 cents with 1,823,949 shares changing hands at $22.52, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 27080 shares and lost 35 cents to close at $10, Scotia Group had 81,015 shares changing hands to close at $30.50 after falling 60 cents. Supreme Ventures closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.05 with 33,200 units changing hands and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 205,077 at $5.02 after rising 2 cents.

Juniors move higher again – Thursday

Jamaican Teas closed at a new all time high of $5 on Thursday.

Jamaican Teas closed at a new all time high of $5 on Thursday.

Iron Rock Insurance traded 521,013 shares at a new high of $4.40 after rising by 37 cents at the close but traded as high as $4.51 for a record high, Jamaican Teas and Knutsford Express also traded at new record highs on Thursday. The junior market enjoyed another day of a rising index at the close on Thursday with a small gain of 3.12 points to end at 1,981.44.
There were two stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high at the close. The market ended with 14 securities trading, 6 of which declined and 5 advancing and 1,654,174 units changing hands, valued at $16,966,569.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bid and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. There were 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
In trading, Access Financial traded 762,000 in one block as a cross at $16.51 for a loss of 49 cents, AMG Packaging gained 2 cents with 2,424 units changing hands, to close at $11.42, Blue Power traded 11,700 shares at $11, Consolidated Bakeries ended with 2,047 shares trading at $1.48. General Accident closed with 24,248 shares but lost 40 cents at $2.40, Honey Bun traded 37,500 units at $13.49 after gaining 41 cents, JM sum 17-03-16Jamaican Teas closed at a new high of $5 after the split of the issued stock into 2 shares, 14,100 units traded to record a gain of $1.15 for the day. Knutsford Express closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $22 with 640 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 139,820 units trading with a loss of 23 cents at $5.76, Lasco Financial ended at $3 with 78,381 shares changing hands with a 10 cents loss. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 50,927 shares changing hands to close at $3.81 with a fall of 19 cents, Paramount Trading ended with just 718 units changing hands at $11.31 and tTech fell by 5 cents to close at $4.20 with 8,656 units changing hands.

JSE make gains – Wednesday

D&G dropped $6.39 on the JSE on Wednesday

D&G dropped $6.39 on the JSE on Wednesday

Main market stocks collectively made some recovery on Wednesday, with advancing stocks edging out declining stocks. For the overall market, 39 securities changed hands, in all market segments with 15 rising and 13 declining while two closed at record high. The market closed with 3,860,218 units valued at $42,969,585 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,165,571 units changing hands, valued at $5,235,064.
The JSE Market Index recovered 274.33 points to end at 151,747.82, the all Jamaica Composite Index added 306.58 points to end at 168,543.04 and the JSE combined index gained 417.91 points to close at 160,960.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
JSE sum 16-03-16At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints rose 10 cents and ended with 5,000 shares trading at $3.50, Cable & Wireless closed at $1.37 with 122,214 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement ended at $20 with 81,142 shares trading. Carreras lost 50 cents to close at $64, while trading 28,704 units, Desnoes and Geddes traded only 800 shares but fell $6.39 shares to $23.60, Gleaner closed at $2.10 with 131,961 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with 28,233 shares trading with a loss of 89 cents at $83.60, well below the $97 equivalent, it last traded at in Trinidad. Jamaica Broilers traded 45,915 units but lost 41 cents to close at $14.09, Jamaica Producers traded 13,125 units to close with a loss of 20 cents at $30.30, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 20 cents in trading 5,000 units to close at $22.30, JMMB Group had only 1,000 units changing hands but fell 20 cents in closing at $10.10. Kingston Wharves traded 3,520 shares to rise by 5 cents to $11.50, JSE fn Qts - 16-03-16 National Commercial Bank with 110,881 shares changing hands, to close at $41, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 452,650 units and rose 1 US cent in closing at 21 US cents, Radio Jamaica ended with 10,255 units changing hands 15 cents higher to close at $4.50. Sagicor Group traded 56,670 shares changing hands at $22.10, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 49,790 shares and gained 35 cents to close at $10.35, Scotia Group had 272,706 shares changing hands to close at $31.10 after rising by $11.0. Supreme Ventures closed with a loss of 15 cents at $5 with 8,250 units changing hands, JMMB 5.75% preference share traded 32,087 units to close at $1.20 and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 1,032,461shares to close at $2.15 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 229,000 at $5.

JSE took another dive – Tuesday

Jamaica Broilers traded over 3.3m shares on Tuesday.

Jamaica Broilers traded over 3.3m shares on Tuesday.

Main market stocks collectively got severely hit on Tuesday, with declining stocks being out-numbered by advancing ones 2 to 1. For the overall market, 32 securities changed hands, in all market segments with 9 rising and 17 declining. The market closed with 7,475,295 units valued at $127,553,861 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 310,507 units changing hands, valued at $1,653,369.
The JSE Market Index shed 1,962.29 points to end at 151,473.49, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,192.97 points to end at 168,236.46 and the JSE combined index dived 1,429.27 points to close at 160,542.54.
JSE sum 15-03-16 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 55 cents and ended with 14,612 shares trading at $3.40, Cable & Wireless closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.37 with 1,317,035 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to end at $20 with 23,847 shares trading. Carreras lost 49 cents to close at $64.50, while trading 14,840 units, Gleaner lost 10 cents to close at $2.10 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with 50,000 shares trading with a loss of 1 cent at $83.49, well below the $97 equivalent, it last traded at in Trinidad. Jamaica Broilers traded 3,323,214 units to close at $14.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 90,000 units to close at $22.50, JMMB Group had 72,435 units changing hands but fell 10 cents in closing at $10.30, Kingston Wharves traded 34,654 shares trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.45. JSE fn Qts  15-03-16National Commercial Bank with 547,321 shares changing hands, to close at $41, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 530,450 units and fell 2 US cents in closing at 20 US cents, Radio Jamaica ended with 29,880 units changing hands at 40 cents higher to close at $4.35. Sagicor Group lost 90 cents with 94,090 shares changing hands at $22.10, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,343 shares to close at $10, Scotia Group had 296,974 shares changing hands to close at $30 after falling by $1, Scotia Investments rose $1.49 to close at $29.49 with 503,451 units trading. Supreme Ventures closed with a gain of 55 cents at $5.15 with 33,900 units changing hands, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 8 million units but fell 13 cents to close at $1.07 and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 50,000 shares to close at $2.15.

Sharp fall for JSE – Tuesday

Iron Rock Insurance traded for the first time since it went public earlier in March with 1,000 shares changing hands at $3.51 and is up from $3 per share it was offered to the public at.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange has gotten off to a rocky start on Tuesday big losses the main market indices in early trading but the junior market enjoyed moderate gain. Fall in the prices of some big capitalization stocks rock the indices. Falling are Cable & Wireless with a loss of 5 cents to $1.37, National Commercial at $40.5o down 50 cents, JSE intra 15-03-16Sagicor Group lost 95 cents to be trading at $22.05, Scotia Group lost $54 cents to be at $30.46 and Scotia Investments trades at $26.30 down from $28.
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, 29 securities traded, accounting for 11,795,810 shares changing hands. A total of 5 stocks gained and 13 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,026.54 points to 168,402.89, the JSE Market Index slipped 1,813.37 points to 151,622.41, the JSE combined index ended with a fall of 1,532.81 points to 160,439 but the junior market index rose gained 19.26 points to 1,934.03.
Jamaica Broilers traded 3,268,865 shares at $14.50, JMMB Group 7.50% traded 8,000,000 units but fell 13 cents to $1.07. Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $43 with only 126 units changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing traded 8,450 units at $3.90 versus $3.50 it closed at on Monday.

Juniors inch higher – Monday

JSE sign shrtThe junior market rose Monday but with declining stocks being just ahead of advancing ones. The market ended with a gain of 27.76 points to close at 1,914.73 on Monday.
The market ended with 11 securities trading, 5 of which declined and 4 advancing and 811,127 units changing hands, valued at $3,604,853.
The decline in the market seems over with IC bid offer indicator pointing to rising prices ahead on Monday. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid and only 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. There were 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging lost 35 cents with 14,101 units changing hands, to close at $11.15, Caribbean Cream traded 117,959 shares, the price slipped by 4 cents and ended at $4.06, Caribbean Producers lost 35 cents to end with 102,139 shares trading at $4.15. General Accident JM sum 14-03-16 closed with only 9,000 shares being active but gained 1 cent to end at $2.70, Honey Bun traded 13,054 units at $14 after shedding 61 cents. Jamaican Teas gained 20 cents in closing at $7.70 with 2,801 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 121,420 units trading to end at $6, Lasco Financial fell by 9 cents to end at $3.01 with 90,849 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 223,804 shares changing hands to close at $3.50. Sweet River ended with 11,000 units changing hands at $4.02 after rising 2 cents for a 52 weeks’ high and tTech closed with a gain of 25 cents at $4.50 with 105,000 units changing hands.

Gains for JSE – Monday

JSE intra 14-03-16The Jamaica Stock Exchange has gotten off to a slow start for the week but with gains in all the main market indices in early trading.
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, the volume of stocks traded is low with only 17 securities traded, accounting for 1,129,060 shares changing hands. A total of 5 stocks recorded gains and 4 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 392.08 points to 171,019.40, the JSE Market Index added 350.84 points to 153,963.69, the JSE combined index ended with a rise of 595.72 points to 162,483.35 but the junior market index rose gained 29.33 points to 1916.30.

Juniors 20% down from peak – Friday

Mayberry Investments made $2.3m from Lasco  Trades in 2 days.

Mayberry Investments made $2.3m from Lasco Trades in 2 days.

The junior market has fallen to its lowest point since 2,357.20 points at the close on January 12 this year. To the end of Friday the market lost 19.95 percent as it suffered the third day of losses. The highlight of the day was Lasco Manufacturing that had another high volume traded to close unchanged as Mayberry was involved in a cross for most of the shares that traded buying 8 million units for in house purposes at $3.20.
On Thursday Mayberry sold 7.82 million units of the stock from in house inventory, at $3.50 or better, pocketing a profit of $2.3 million as a result of the two days of trading in the stock.
The slippage in the price of Lasco Manufacturing was the main contributor the fall in the market index over the two days. The market suffered a third day of fall by dropping 24.68 points fall on Wednesday to end at 1,886.97. With only 7 securities trading, none declining and 4 advancing.
The market ended with 8,492,562 units changing hands, valued at $27,397,677 but with the exception trades for the three Lasco companies, volume was extremely low.
The decline in the market seems over with IC bid offer indicator pointing to rising prices ahead on Monday. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid and only 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. There were 9 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging rose 35 cents with JM sum 11-03-16only 1,500 units changing hands to close at $11.50, Caribbean Cream traded 5,911 as the price rose 83 cents to end at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded just 700 units to end at $1.50, Jamaican Teas gained 50 cents in closing at $7.50 with 5,500 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 44,507 units trading to end at $6, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents to end at $3.10 with 161,804 shares changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing ended with 8,272,640 shares changing hands to close at $3.50.

Majors in moderate fall – Wednesday

 NCB hand another big day of trading on Wednesday following high volumes on the prior 2 days.

NCB hand another big day of trading on Wednesday following high volumes on the prior 2 days.

Jamaican main market stocks lost moderate ground again on Wednesday with declining stocks out numbering advancing ones 17 to 12 as 39 securities changed hands, in all market segments. The market closed with 4,119,539 units valued at $73,759,611 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 661,732 units changing hands, valued at $2,524,696.
The JSE Market Index lost 144.01 points to 153,042.48 the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 160.95 points to end at 169,989.89 and the JSE combined index shed 569.64 points to close at 162,059.55.
TTSE 09-03-16 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 10 cents while trading 3,450 shares at $4, Cable & Wireless closed at $1.40 with 552,033 units, Caribbean Cement jumped $3 to end at $23 with 218,612 shares trading. Carreras climbed $1 to close at $65, while trading 2,930 units, gleaner traded at $2 with 20,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 50 cents with 6,044 shares trading to close at $83.50, Jamaica Broilers gained 5 cents after trading 223,919 units to close at $14.55, Jamaica Producers traded 1,200 shares but lost $2 to close at $33. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 5,000 shares to end with a loss of $1.90 at $21, JMMB Group had 16,994 units changing hands but lost 13 cents in closing at $10.39, Kingston Wharves had 101,153 shares trading with a rise of 1 cent at $11.36,JSE fn Qts  09-03-16 National Commercial Bank had 1,262,910 shares changing hands at $41 at the close. 138 Student Living traded 20,000 shares and gained 13 cents to end at $5.80, Pulse dropped $1.52 to cl6se at $2.40 with 22,294 units changing hands, Sagicor Group fell 50 cents with 274,371 shares changing hands at $23, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 114,030 shares but the price declined 50 cents to $11. Scotia Group had only 3,821 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 50 cents at $30.50. Scotia Investments rose $1.50 with 7,000 units changing hands at $28, Supreme Ventures closed at $4.99 with 23,260 units changing hands after shedding 10 cents, Proven Investments rose 2 US cents to end at 22 US cents with 530,000 units trading.

JSE Majors suffer deep fall – Tuesday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded losses in the main market with the junior JSE intra 08-03-16market recording a gain as limited volumes traded in the early morning session on Tuesday.
After 90 minutes of the market opening, 30 securities traded, accounting for only 1,056,772 shares changing hands. A total of 11 stocks declined and 8 rose.
The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 2,008.86 points to 170,440.03, the JSE Market Index dropped 1,797.54 points to 153,445.26, the JSE combined index fell -1,540.62 points to 162,897.66 but the junior market index rose 17.08 points to 2,016.26
Access Financial Traded at a new high of $21 with only 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $3.11 to $20 with 182,378 shares trading, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% traded 300,000 units at $2.15 and Knutsford Express traded at a new high of $19 with just 1,000 shares.