Juniors eke small gain on Wednesday

February 3, 2016 by

Access closed with the bid at $17.50 compared with the last traded price of $16.80

Access closed with the bid at $17.50 compared with the last traded price of $16.80

The junior market made small gains at the closed on Wednesday with 18 securities trading, 7 of which advanced, 4 declined. The market ended with index rising 9.50 points to end at 2,227.14 as 3 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs and with a few interesting bids, included are Access at $17.50 to buy 33,700 and Cargo Handlers at $40 to buy a small amount.
The volume of 1,700,082 units changed hands, valued at $8,831,236. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale but 6 stocks closed with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging gained $1 with just 19,136 units changing hands at a new 52 weeks high of $16.50, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 35 cents as the stock remains under selling pressure, as 52,489 shares changed hands to close at $4.30. Caribbean Flavours traded 600 units to end at $8.50, Caribbean Producers traded 696,572 units but fell 39 cents to close at $5.50, Derrimon Trading closed at $4.50 with 2,000 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed with 9,847 units changing hands at $15.72. General Accident gained 8 cents while trading 110,204 shares to close at $2.18, Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.30 with 2,000 units trading with a gain of 5 cents,JM sum 3-2-16 Jamaican Teas gained 40 cents with 95,000 shares trading, to close at a $5.50, KLE closed with 6,000 units changing hands at $2.75. Knutsford Express traded 1,900 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.50, the stock price closed with a gain of $1.30, Lasco Distributors closed with 141,838 units trading and ended with a gain of 15 cents at $7.50, Lasco Financial rose 4 cents to close at $4.16 with 87,291 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 434,275 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables closed at $3.55 with 30,430 shares trading but lost 2 cents, Paramount Trading had just 1,000 units changing hands at $11.49 and tTech closed at $4.75 with 9,500 shares trading.

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24 stocks rose on JSE – Monday

February 1, 2016 by
Berger Paints reported a 61% increase in profits for the 9 months to December 2015, after trading closed.

Berger Paints reported a 61% increase in profits for the 9 months to December 2015, after trading closed.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with 40 securities changing hands in all market segments, 24 of which gained and 8 declined with the junior market index climbing over 2 percent.
Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs one at a 52 weeks’ low and one traded at intraday highs as 12,148,016 units valued at only $49,596,056 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,032,255 units changed hands, valued at $4,390,508.
The JSE Market Index climbed 1,182.30 points to 161,531.59 the all Jamaica Composite Index closed with a rise of 1,321.29 points to end at 179,476.96 and the JSE combined index gained 1,554.59 points to close at 172,394.70.
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 1 with a lower offer.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 7 cents to end at $3.63 as 26,559 units traded,  the company released results to December with an increase of 61 percent in after tax profit of $153.6 million from $95.3 in 2014 for the nine months period on sales that rose 11 percent.JSE Sum -02-16 Cable and Wireless ended with 172,447 units changing hands to close at $1.59, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.95 to close at $28.60, with 8,800 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents and closed at $82.50, with 15,670 units changing hands but the stock traded on Friday in Trinidad at $4.15 and closed with a bid at $4.18 (J$78.16) on Monday. Jamaica Broilers fell 4 cents to $14.45 with 15,237 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 29 cents to $20 with 3,500 units trading, JMMB Group traded 26,728 units but gained 10 cents to end at $11, Kingston Wharves traded 9,245 units to close with a gain of 10 cents at $11.19. Mayberry Investments had 4,386 shares changing hands but rose 15 cents to $4.50, National Commercial Bank (NCB) traded 57,900 shares but rose $1.89 to close at $42.99 two trading days after the banking group released interim results to December, last year with a 12 percent increase in aftertax profit to $2.4 billion, from $2.1 billion. NCB stock traded in Trinidad on Friday at the equivalent of $5.20. JSE fn qts 01-02-16Pan Jamaican Investment dropped $4 with just 2,930 units changing hands to close at $94, Pulse Investments traded 10,002,000 shares with a fall of 3 cents to close at $3.22 as Barita Investments crossed 10 million units. Sagicor Group gained 10 cents to close at $23 with 102,424 units changing hands, Scotia Group had 77,925 shares changing hands to close with a rise of 56 cents at $31.56, Scotia Investments had 1,000 shares trading to close with a gain of $1.90 at $29.90. Supreme Ventures closed at $6.20 and gained of 20 cents with 70,381 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 77,700 units to close at 22.89 US cents and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 179,778 units at $2.25 after regaining 15 cents.

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NCB at J$45.20 on TTSE – Friday

January 29, 2016 by

NCB's traded on Friday at TT$2.40 or J$45.20 on TTSE

NCB’s traded on Friday at TT$2.40 or J$45.20 on TTSE


National Commercial Bank traded at a 10 percent premium over the last traded price of $41 in Jamaica on Friday, as the stock hit a 52 weeks’ high of TT$2.40 in Trinidad, having gained 12 cents while trading 52,325 shares. The gain stems from the company posting a 12 percent increase in profit for the quarter, to December last year.
National Commercial Bank stock remains in demand with a bid of $2.35 to purchase 121,645 shares and an offer to sell 14,053 units at $2.40.
The market closed with 15 securities being active on Friday with 5 stocks gaining, 2 declining with the prices of 8 remaining unchanged as the stock prices of 3 companies hit 52 weeks’ high and one stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low. A total of 323,981 shares changed hands valued at $3,160,392.
The Composite Index advanced by 0.87 points to 1,163.31, the All T&T Index lost 2.10 points to 1,931.28 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.53 points to end at 52.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with only 6 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy traded 1,300 shares to gain 3 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.15, Guardian Holdings had 966 units changing hands and gained 2 cents to close at $14.20, Prestige Holdings contributed 103,621 shares with a value of $1,060,013 and rose 4 cents while closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.23 and Scotia Investments contributed 90,246 shares with an increase of 2 cents to close at $1.60.
Losses| National Flour lost 6 cents to end with 1,793 shares changing hands at $2.27 and the late 2015 listed Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 89 cents to a new 52 weeks’ low of $19.10 with 42,256 shares valued at $807,090 changing hands as lower energy prices puts pressure on revenues.
TTSE 29-01-16up Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 850 shares changing hands to end at $13.60, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 3,631 units at $38.96, Clico Investment Fund traded 23,550 shares valued at $529,876 to close at $22.51. First Citizens Bank had just 25 shares changing hands at $35. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 with 2,730 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial added only 588 shares and closed at $6.50, Scotiabank closed with 50 shares changing hands to end at $61 and West Indian Tobacco traded 50 units to close at $126.30.

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Juniors market up 21% to Friday

January 29, 2016 by

Junior market stocks had big gains in January.

Junior market stocks had big gains in January.

The junior market closed on Friday with 18 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 5 declined but the market index rose 27.11 points to end at 2,174.81 as the market gained a strong 21 percent for January. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 1,176,492 units changed hands, valued at $6,265,417. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. Trading could end with a strong gain at the close on Friday with a total of 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last traded prices while none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed at $16.80 with 9,500 units changing hands, AMG Packaging jumped $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $15 with 5,514 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with only 385 units changing hands at $11, C2W Music closed with 9,935 units changing hands to close at 49 cents. Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 15 cents as 25,562 shares changed hands to close at $4.65, Caribbean Flavours traded 43,830 units to end with a loss of 5 cents at $8.95, Caribbean Producers traded 11,000 units to gain 50 cents and closed at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 21,500 shares at $1.30. Dolphin Cove traded 5,560 units but fell 31 cents to close at $15.69, ICI -JM 29-01-16General Accident rose 8 cents while trading 47,541 shares to close at $2.15, Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $9 with 28,500 units trading with a gain of 30 cents. Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents with 61,245 shares trading to close at a $4.90, KLE closed with 21,800 units changing hands at $2.22, after losing 28 cents, Knutsford express ended with 700 shares changing hands at $15.20, Lasco Distributors closed with 214,200 units trading and ended at $7.20, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 166,857 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 484,867 shares to close at $5 and tTech closed with a gain of 5 cents at $4.75 with 17,996 shares trading.

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JSE make gains on Friday morning

January 29, 2016 by

JSE intra 29-01-16 The Jamaica Stock Exchange is recording gains after it retreated on Thursday but with varying price movements with declining stocks in the supremacy over advancing ones. AMG Packaging traded at a new high of $15, Caribbean Cement jumped $5 back to $30 but with only 7,500 units trading, Honey Bun trading at a new high of $9, Lasco Manufacturing was pulling back 46 cents to $4.54.
After 90 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 954.95 points to 178,263.90, the JSE Market Index rose 854.50 points to 160,446.13, the JSE combined index gained 999.13 points to 170,879.96 and the junior market index fell 21.42 points to 2,169.12. In trading, 35 securities were active and accounted for 2,203,876 units changed hands with 11 stocks rising and 15 falling.

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Juniors’ big drop on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $14 on Thursday.

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $14 on Thursday.

The junior market closed on Thursday with 15 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 3 declined but the market index dived 96.98 points to end at 2,147.70 as falls by Caribbean Producers, Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing during the day, had a telling drag on the market index. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 2,952,252 units changed hands, valued at $17,175,945. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. Trading could end with a strong gain at the close on Friday with a total of 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging jumped by $1.10 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14 with 36,761 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 15,040 shares changing hands to close at $4.80. Caribbean Flavours traded 4,000 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 140,190 units but fell 50 cents to close at $5, Consolidated Bakeries traded 194,406 shares at $1.30, General Accident rose 2 cents while trading 138,984 shares to close at $2.07. ICI -JM 28-01-16Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70 with 3,000 units trading with a gain of 20 cents. KLE closed with 11,700 units changing hands at $2.50, to record a 30 cents rise, Lasco Distributors closed with 1,602,277 units trading and ended with a fall of 60 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 98,302 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 651,154 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables fell 27 cents and closed at $3.23 with 30,716 shares trading, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents to end with 5,014 shares changing hands at $11.50 and tTech closes at $4.70 with 18,908 shares trading.

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Juniors down 5% as JSE retreats

January 28, 2016 by

The Jamaica Stock market retreated in the morning session on Thursday but the junior market fell sharply by more than 5 percent as Lasco Manufacturing was pulled back $1.10 to $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 1,035,826 while dropping 60 cents to $7.20 which would have pulled down the index by a sizable amount while Caribbean Producers that traded 140,190 units slipped by 50 cents to $5.
JSE intra 28-01-16The juniors are not the only one to suffer a fall as the major fell close to 900 points and the combined market by more than 2,200 points. After 90 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 1,393.59 points to 178,641.56, the JSE Market Index dropped 1,247.00 points to 160,784.07, the JSE combined index dived 2,205.87 points to 170,851.08 and the junior market index fell 114.04 points to 2,130.64. In trading, 33 securities were active and accounted for 3,272,579 units changed hands with 14 stocks rising and 8 falling.
Scotia Group traded 7,160 units with the price falling by $1 to $31, Proven Investments ordinary shares climbed back from 20 us cents to 22.98 US cents in trading 645,989 units and Jamaica Broilers traded at with 153,671 shares but dropped $2.05 to end at $13.50. Mayberry Investments have put up 20 million Radio Jamaica shares for sale at $5 each.

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Juniors inched up on Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by
Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks' high on Wednesday

Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday

The junior market closed on Wednesday with 16 securities trading, 6 of which advanced, 4 declined. The market index gained 14.58 points to end at 2,244.68 and a total of 2 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 at an intraday high.
The volume of 920,944 units changed hands, valued at $5,787,289. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 7 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services gained 30 cents to close at $16.80 with 200 units changing hands, AMG Packaging fell by 10 cents to close at $2.90 with 1,434 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 7,267 shares at $11, Caribbean Cream ended with 17,800 shares changing hands with a rise of 15 cents, to close at $4.80. Caribbean Flavours traded 42,656 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 55,096 units to close at $5.50, Dolphin Cove closed with a rise of 25 cents to close at $16 with 14,200 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 25 cents while trading 84,631 shares to close at $2.05.ICI -JM 27-01-16 Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.50 with 3,400 units trading with a gain of 30 cents. Knutsford Express closed with 84,617 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.20, to record a 20 cents rise, Lasco Distributors closed with 92,771 units trading and ended at $7.80, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 67,025 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 285,652 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables rose 35 cents and closed at $3.50 with 57,034 shares trading, Paramount Trading lost 5 cents to end with 15,000 shares changing hands at $11.45 and tTech declined 28 cents to close at $4.70 with 92,161 shares trading.

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5 new all-time junior highs – Tuesday

January 26, 2016 by

JSE sign The junior market closed on Tuesday with 16 securities trading, 7 of which advanced, 6 declined. The market index gained 4.02 points to end at 2,230.10 and a total of 4 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 at an intraday high.
The volume of 1,117,460 units changed hands, valued at $5,238,103. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 3 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging rose $1.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $13 with 7,887 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 31,376 shares changing hands with a rise of 10 cents to close at $4.65, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,594 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 11,730 units to close at $5.50. Consolidated Bakeries loss 10 cents and closed at $1.30 with 108,098 units trading, Derrimon Trading closed with a rise of 1 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.21 with 4,000 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 30 cents while trading 120,000 shares to close at $2.30. Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.20 with 23,681 units trading with a gain of 55 cents,ICI -JM 26-01-16 KLE Group ended at a $2.20 with 47,000 shares changing hands with a loss of 55 cents. Knutsford Express closed with 2,400 units changing hands at $15, but previously traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $15.10, Lasco Distributors closed with 177,836 units trading and ended with a loss of 2 cents at $7.80, Lasco Financial fell 14 cents to close at $4 with 291,225 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing rose 16 cents in trading 155,178 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables fell 40 cents and closed at $3.15 with 8,250 shares trading, Paramount Trading rose by $1 to end with 33,100 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50 and tTech rose 8 cents to close at $4.98 with 93,105 shares trading.

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51m C&W shares trade in JSE morning session

January 21, 2016 by

Fifty one million units of Cable & Wireless shares traded in the morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 48.7 million units resulting from a cross executed by Sagicor Investments at $1.50. Mayberry Investments bought over 2 million units at $1.50. JSE intra 21-01-16Supply for the stock has been declining for a while with demand improving ahead of the release of the December results due within three weeks.
There has been moderate movement in the market indices in the morning session with stock prices trading close to yesterday’s close. Of note is that Barita Investments fell by $1.23 to $4.05 with 15,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded at $13.10 with 16,676 shares, Sagicor Group had 18,885 units trading at $22.50 for an increase of 90 cents and Supreme Ventures saw trading in 395,000 shares with an increase of 35 cents to $5.50
After 75 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,042.21 points to 174,133.39 the JSE Market Index gained 932.58 points to 156,750.11, the JSE combined index rose 904.48 points to 168,117.40 and the junior market index rose 2.78 points to 2,249.10. In trading, 24 securities were active and accounted for 51,732,316 units changed hands with 9 stocks rising and 7 falling.

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