Juniors retreat slightly on Wednesday

January 20, 2016 by

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $12 on Wednesday.

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $12 on Wednesday.

The junior market closed on Wednesday with 16 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 5 declined with the market index falling by 2.75 points to end at 2,246.32. A total of 2 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 1,738,498 units changed hands, valued at $9,189,436 with indicators showing potential for a resumption of upward price movements with the supply of stocks being reduced as indicated by the increased number of stocks without offers. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 40 cents at $17, with 2,136 units changing hands, AMG Packaging price rose 60 cents to a new high of $12 with 27,421 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost $2 to end at $11 with only 600 shares trading, C2W Music ended at 49 cents while 10,000 units changed hands. Caribbean Cream ended with 82,361 shares changing hands with a loss of 14 cents to close at $4.80, Caribbean Producers had 721,902 units changing hands and gained 15 cents to close at $5.65, ICI -JM 20-01-16Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.40 with 6,300 units trading, General Accident rose 11 cents while trading 28,821 shares to close at $2.30. Honey Bun lost 19 cents in closing at $7.41 as 63,979 shares changed hands, KLE Group ended at new 52 weeks’ high of $2.10 with 52,926 shares changing hands with a gain of 10 cents. Lasco Distributors closed with 117,645 units trading and ended unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 184,400 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 300,316 shares and closed at $5, Medical Disposables had 870 shares changing hands to close at $3.55, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents to close at $10.53, with 9,000 shares trading and tTech closed with a loss of 20 cents at $4.70 with 129,821 units changing hands.

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Moderate changes in JSE morning session

January 20, 2016 by

There has been moderate movement in the market indices in the morning session with stock prices trading close to yesterday’s close. JSE intra 20-01-16Of note is that AMG Packaging traded 806 units at a new all-time high of $12 and Supreme Ventures traded at new 52 weeks’ high of $5.50.
After an hour of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 16.66 points to 173,027.55 the JSE Market Index gained 14.90 points to 155,760.59 the JSE combined index rose 8.83 points to 167,178.91 and the junior market index slipped by 0.58 points to 2,249.07. In trading, 28 securities were active and accounted for 3,774,288 units changed hands with 8 stocks rising and 7 falling.
Other trades of note are Cable & Wireless with 764,689 at $1.50, Grace Kennedy with 257,421 valued at $21.3 million trading at $84, Pan Jamaican Investment with 210,941 units valued at $19.8 million while trading at $94.05 and Scotia Group with 1,155,450 shares at $30.42 valued at $35 million.

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Juniors rise slightly on Tuesday

January 19, 2016 by

JM Sign A high percentage of the stocks listed on the junior market were active on Tuesday with 18 trading, 6 of which advanced, 4 declined, the market index was up a miniscule 6.24 points to end at 2,249.07. A total of 6 stocks closed at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 1,840,258 units changed hands, valued at $6,617,973 with indicators showing potential for a resumption of upward price movements with the supply of stocks being reduced as indicated by the increased number of stocks without offers. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 2 closed with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging price rose 20 cents to a new high of $11.40 with 32,190 shares changing hands, C2W Music ended at 49 cents while 27,516 units changed hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 4,000 shares changing hands at $4.94, Caribbean Flavours traded 11,353 units to close with a loss of 10 cents to end at $8.90. Caribbean Producers had 13,361 units changing hands but rose 20 cents to close at $5.50 Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.40 with 273,000 units trading. Derrimon Trading closed at $4.15 with 33,167 shares traded, Dolphin Cove traded at $15.60 as 1,000 shares changed hands, General Accident fell 24 cents while trading 573,067 shares to close at $2.19.ICI -JM 19-01-16 Honey Bun closed at $7.60 as 104,424 shares changed hands, Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents with 400 shares trading to close at a $5.20, KLE Group ended at $2 with 127,714 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 105,295 units trading and ended unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents to close at $4 with 196,579 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 245,720 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $5, Medical Disposables had 30,574 shares changing hands with a rise of 55 cents to close at $3.55, Paramount Trading ended at a 52 weeks’ high by rising 5 cent to close at $10.55, but only 135 shares traded and tTech closed with a gain of 10 cents at $4.90 with 60,583 units changing hands.

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More decline for JSE on Friday

January 15, 2016 by
JPS preference share rose $76 on Friday to $1,201.

JPS preference share rose $76 on Friday to $1,201.

Trading levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to be buoyant with 40 securities changing hands on Friday in all market segments. At the close 17 securities in the combined markets gained and 15 declined.
Eight stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and 3 at intraday highs as 6,458,590 units valued at $100,762,294 changed hands in all markets, with the junior market accounting for 2,572,307 units that changed hands, valued at $13,732,252.
While all main market indices fell the declines were less than on Thursday, with the JSE Market Index dropping 1,351.93 points to 156,273.84, the all Jamaica Composite Index falling with 1,510.87 points to end at 173,601.12 and the JSE combined index diving 1,405.00 points to close at 167,824.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reached an elevated level indicating several rising prices ahead with reading of 19 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers.
ICI -JSE Sum-15-01-16In trading, Barita Investments traded 134,925 shares and gained 50 cents to close at $4.40, Berger Paints closed at $3.75 as the price rose 55 cents with 18,500 units trading, Cable and Wireless ended with 257,600 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent to $1.45. Caribbean Cement traded more orderly on Friday, than it did on Thursday when there were wild price swings and closed today with an increase of $2 to $24 with 4,884 shares trading. Carreras fell 5 cents to end at $60 with 60,210 units changing hands, Gleaner Company traded 7,400 shares to gain 30 cents to close at $2.70, Grace Kennedy closed at $80.21, with 20,240 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers fell $1.51 to close at $11.50 with 256,650 shares changing hands. Jamaica Producers had 3,570 shares trading as the price rose by 10 cents to $32.30, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $20 while trading 200,000 shares, JMMB Group traded 83,100 units to end with a loss of 18 cents at $11.77. Kingston Wharves traded 8,341 units to close at $11.15, Margaritaville Turks came into its own after reporting profits of US$518,134 in the six months to November last year versus $279,000 in 2014. The stock traded 1,128,920 units at 10.5 US cents each. Mayberry Investments traded 327,979 shares and lost 2 cents to end at $4.70, National Commercial Bank ended with a loss of 99 cents at $40.51 with 257,266 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investments fell 9 cents to close at $94.06 with 8,528 shares trading. ICI -JSE qts 15-01-16
138 Student Living Jamaica traded 985 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.10, after rising by 35 cents, Radio Jamaica gained 40 cents in trading 32,400 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6. Sagicor Group fell 65 cents to close at $22.80 with 365,894 units changing hands, Scotia Group dropped $4.90 with 346,798 shares changing hands to close at $30.09, Scotia Investments recovered the $3.10 it lost on Thursday to close at $29.90 after 18,469 units traded. Seprod dropped $2.49 with 83,600 shares trading and closed at $18.51, Supreme Ventures gained 4 cents to end at $4.70 with 70,820 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 40,730 units at 22 US cents, down from 22.99 US cents.
Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share traded for the first time in months, with 33,000 units valued at $39,633,000 changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1,201, for an increase of $76 and Proven Investments 8% preference shares traded 100,000 units at $5.

 

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JSE pulls back again in early trading

January 15, 2016 by

The stock market pulled back again on Friday with the indices falling in junior and the main markets and adding to Thursday end of day losses as volumes remained relatively light after 75 minutes of trading. JSE intra 15-01-16The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 549.58 points to 174,562.41 the JSE Market Index tumbled 491.76 points to 157,134.01 the JSE combined index dropped 607.09 points to 168,621.96 and the junior market index fell 28.19 points to 2,264.88.
In trading 29 securities were active and accounted for 1,814,132 units changed hands with 12 stocks rising and 10 falling.
Scotia Group traded at $30.09 compared to nearly $34.99, the last traded price with 81,528 shares Barita Investments had 134,925 shares trading at $4.40, Margaritaville Turks came into its own after reporting profits of US$518,134 versus $279,000 in the six months to November last year, the stock traded 394,700  at 10.5 US cents, Radio Jamaica jumped to a new high of $6 with 32,400 units.
In the junior market, AMG Packaging traded at a new high of $11.05, Honey Bun is up to a new 52 weeks’ high of $7.18 and Paramount Trading at $10.50, Lasco Financial fell back to $4.20 from yesterday’s close of $4.75.

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7 juniors closed at 52 weeks’ high

January 13, 2016 by

CAC 2000 traded at new high of $6.50 to gain 234% since listing last week.

CAC 2000 traded at new high of $6.50 to gain 234% since listing last week.

Investors pumped the junior up once more but more moderately than for the previously as attempts were made to move some prices higher but they failed to hold at the end of trading. At the close the junior market was down by 1.93 points to end at 2,355.27, having traded higher during the day. The market closed with 19 securities trading, 12 of which advanced, 4 declined with 7 closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs. A volume of 4,042,552 units changed hands, valued at $20,240,373.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bids to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial traded 9,000 units with a gain of 50 cents to end at $16.50 while newly listed CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.50 to gain 8 cents, C2W Music ended 2 cents higher to close at 49 cents while 336,500 units changed hands. Caribbean Cream ended with 122,000 shares changing hands to end at $5. Caribbean Flavours traded 58,200 units to close at $9, Caribbean Producers had 73,400 units changing hands, but slipped 5 cents to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries rose 20 cents while trading 393,375 shares at $1.40, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.07 with a gain of 2 cents while 25,000 units traded at a 52 weeks’ high. General Accident traded 78,900 shares to close at $2, Honey Bun with 13,652 shares changing hands, closed with a gain of 20 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7, Jamaican Teas had 5,820 shares trading to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.60 to record an increase of 10 cents.ICI -JM 13-01-16r KLE ended at $1.90 with 71,470 shares changing hands after rising by 7 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high, Lasco Distributors closed with 398,319 units trading and ended with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to close at $5 with 378,257 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,932,125 shares but fell 48 cents to close at $5, Medical Disposables gained 19 cents and ended with 54,500 shares changing hands at $3.30, Paramount Trading closed with 1,000 units changing hands at 52 weeks’ high of $10.10 and tTech closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.49 with 385,034 units changing hands to gain 19 cents. The stock traded as high as $6 during the trading day.

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tTech gains 114% in 1 week

January 12, 2016 by

tTech gained 114% since it was listed last week

tTech gained 114% since it was listed last week

Investors pumped up the prices of the heavily weighted Lasco Manufacturing by 48 cents while CAC 2000 climbed 74 cents to a new high and tTech jumped $1.20 to new highs and helped to push the junior market up by 4.32 percent increase or 97.62 points to land at 2,357.20.
The market closed with 16 securities trading 7 of which advanced, 6 declined with 3 closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs. A volume of 5,129,787 units changed hands, valued at $30,252,961.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bids to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 2 closed with lower offers.
In trading, newly listed CAC 2000 traded 10,000 shares at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.42 to gain 74 cents for the day and an increase of 32 percent since listing last week. C2W Music ended 3 cents down to close at 47 cents while 29,900 units changed hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 377,064 shares changing hands as the price rose 45 cents to end at $5. Caribbean Flavours traded 22,000 units to close with a rise of 12 cents at $9, Caribbean Producers had 29,814 units changing hands, but slipped 5 cents to close at $5.55, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.05, with 32,370 units trading, General Accident traded 111,376 shares to close with a loss of 5 cents, to end at $2. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents with 43,000 shares changing hands, to close at $5.35, KLE Group rose 33 cents to $1.83 with 14,941 shares changing hands. ICI -JM 12-01-16Lasco Distributors closed with 1,420,762 shares changing hands for a to end at $9, Lasco Financial fell 16 cents to close at $4.99 with 412,599 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing traded 2,287,065 shares and rose 48 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.08. Medical Disposables ended with 128,000 shares changing hands to close at $3.30, Sweet River closed with 64,500 units changing hands at $3.92 after rising 1 cent, tTech closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.35 with 22,396 units changing hands to gain $1.20. The stock has gained 114 percent since it was listed last week following a successful IPO and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 124,000 units changing hands to end at $2.10.

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JSE main market rebounds on Monday

January 11, 2016 by
Scotia Group traded at a new 52 weeks' high of $32.75 on Monday.

Scotia Group traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $32.75 on Monday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with wild swings in the indices with the main markets rising quite strongly in the early morning session only to see it fall by 11 am but regained lost ground to be up strongly at the close. The junior market surged out of the block from the start with that index rising over 8 percent at the peak.
The JSE Market Index jumped 1,053.22 points to 157,776.59, the all Jamaica Composite Index 1,177.02 points to end at 175,280.53 and the JSE combined index rose 2,503.44 points to close at 169,179.92.
At the close, 6,236,086 units valued at only $35,592,624 changed hands in all markets with the junior market accounting for of 2,024,430 units changed hands, valued at $9,319,672. Trading was broad based with a total of 43 active securities in all market segments as 25 in the combined markets gained and 12 declined. Eight stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and two traded at intraday highs.
ICI -JSE Sum-11-01-16 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading of 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
In trading, Barita Investments traded 31,500 shares and added 15 cents to close at $3.95, Berger Paints ended with 25,670 shares trading at $3.69, for a rise of 49 cents. Cable and Wireless ended with 649,150 units changing hands to close at $1.40, Caribbean Cement jumped $3.95 to end at $25, with 11,122 shares trading, Carreras climbed $1 and closed at $61 with 69,500 units changing hands. Ciboney traded only 1,318,523 shares with price rising 1 cent to 26 cents, Gleaner Company traded 142,515 shares to close at $2.70, Grace Kennedy closed with a gain of 33 cents as 18,969 units changed hands at $84.33. Jamaica Broilers gained 20 cents and closed at $10.95 with 86,400 shares changing hands, for a new 52 weeks’ high, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 27,135 shares and gained 22 cents to close at $18.82, JMMB Group traded 34,090 units and rose 59 cents to end at a 52 weeks high of $12.95, Kingston Wharves traded 34,334 units at $11.25. ICI -JSE fn qts 11-01-16Mayberry Investments traded 20,000 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $4.65, National Commercial Bank fell $1.54 to end at $41.51, with 37,983 units changing hands. Radio Jamaica had 115,654 shares trading at $5.50. Sagicor Group fell 3 cents to close at $23 with 338,597 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 34,900 shares at $11.60, Scotia Group closed with 16,708 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $32.75 for a gain of 75 cents. Scotia Investments fell 3 cents to close at $29.02 after 3,830 units traded, Seprod traded 20,541 units but gained 60 cents to end at $20.60, Supreme Ventures rose 6 cents to end at $4.66 with 981,818 units changing hands and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 176,760 units to end at $2.

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JSE to host investment conference

January 10, 2016 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange INVESTMENTS & CAPITAL MARKETS CONFERENCE 2016, will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Monday, January 18, to Wednesday, January 20 and comes against the background of the exchange being rated as the best performing global exchange in 2015, with gains over 100 percent for the year.
JSE con advThe conference with its theme “Positioning the Caribbean in the International Arena” will cover the following topics:the UK an Invaluable Trading Partner: Going Beyond Traditional Exports and Identifying Higher Value Products and Services. Building and Deepening the Caribbean, Cuban Relationship in the Areas of Education, Health and Tourism. Investing in and Training the Labour Force is the Conduit for Growth in the Caribbean. Start, Run and Grow Your Business. Confronting the Challenges of Climate Change: Protecting the Caribbean Water Resources as an Economic Strategic Advantage. The Caribbean as an Ideal Sports Destination. New Approaches to Funding Ideas Regionally – Crowd Funding the Newest Rage. Venture Capital Pitch Room for Entrepreneurs and Innovators.

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Juniors move to higher heights

January 5, 2016 by

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $7.20 on Tuesday.

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $7.20 on Tuesday.

The junior market started 2016 with the index gaining 24.19 points to end at 1,838.97 for a new record high. The market closed with 17 securities trading 7 of which advanced, 5 declined with 3 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high and 2 at an intraday 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 1,801,000 units changed hands, valued at $7,668,101.
At the close, 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 4 closed with lower offers.
The junior market will have two new listing when trading commences on Thursday with tTech and CAC 2000 being added following successful IPO offerings. The listings were approved today by the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 6 cents at $16.06 with 5,900 units changing hands, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.20 with 9,954 shares trading, C2W Music closed with 174,441 units changing hands at 40 cents. Caribbean Cream ended with 153,300 shares changing hands as the price slipped by 8 cents to end at $4, Caribbean Flavours traded 11,474 units to close with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, Caribbean Producers traded 3,636 units to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 7 cents to end at $1.42 with 8,000 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading Company had 16,550 units trading at $3.80 but ended the day with a bid at $4. Dolphin Cove ended at $15.60 with only 4,000 shares trading to gain 10 cents, General Accident traded 63,115 shares to close with a gain of 14 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.19. ICI -JM 05-01-16Jamaica Teas ended at $5.05 with a while 39,500 units traded, but rose earlier to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $5.25, KLE Group ended at $1.87 with 123,397 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express rose $1.05 with 7,678 shares trading to end at $10.65. Lasco Distributors closed with 750,787 shares changing hands for a gain of 20 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.70, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4 with 64,737 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing dipped 5 cents to $3.55 with 388,215 shares trading and Paramount Trading ended with 2,916 shares changing hands at the close at $9 after it traded at an intraday high of $9.10.

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