Investors push Fontana from IC TOP 10

Fontana traded at a record $9.

Fontana hits a record high of $9 during trading on Friday but pulled back to close at $7.41 still higher than the $6.07 it closed at the end of the prior week and pushing the stock out of the Top 10.
Caribbean Flavours replaced Fontana in the Junior Market top 10. In the main market, Palace Amusement with opening of the Sunshine Palace scheduled for late July or early August, is expected to add to revenues and profit, replaced Jamaica Broilers.
Limners and Bards (The Lab) with a successful IPO this past week, remains on the Junior Market TOP 10. Radio Jamaica came in for increased buying in the past week that pushed the price to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.40 but pulled back on Friday, as selling pushed the price down, to close at $1.24.
In the past week, the main market continues to hit new record highs, closing the week at a near all-time high on its way to over 700,000 points for the All Jamaica Index. Momentum continues to move the market away from long-term resistance at 520,000 points. The Junior Market rose during the week and recovered losses suffered in the first half of the month. The market is still consolidating, waiting for profit results to help move it higher as it is currently highly undervalued.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are, Iron Rock with potential gains of 240 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 238 percent and tTech with possible gains of 214 percent.
Sterling Investments heads the main market with 179 percent potential gains followed by Sygnus Credit Investments with 167 percent and Palace Amusement in third spot with the potential to gain 162 percent by March next year.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 15.2 and the Junior Market at 10.20. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 7.1 and the main market PE 8.6. These levels, point to a big upside for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 30 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 43 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.

This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.

Gains for JSE main market – Friday

Wisynco Group traded at an all-time high of $21.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed higher on Friday as advancing stocks edged out declining ones and 3 stocks hit 52 weeks’ highs.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 1,350.02 points to 542,866.81, the JSE Index advanced by 1,226.82 points to close at 494,312.41 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.38 points in closing at 133.53.
Market activity resulted in 33 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 12 securities advancing, 10 declining and 11 trading firm, compared to 32 securities trading on Thursday.  Trading ended with 18,037,703 units amounting to $151,247,321 compared to 16,823,129 units valued at $203,619,459 changing hands on Thursday.  
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 10.7 million shares for 59 percent of total main market volume, Mayberry Jamaican Equities followed with 2.7 million stock units for 15 percent of total volume and Radio Jamaica with 1.97 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 601,257 units valued at an average of $5,041,577 for each security traded. In contrast to 525,723 units for an average of $6,363,108 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,167,747 shares valued at $14,394,134 changing hands, compared to 1,201,668  shares valued at $14,989,839 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
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 3 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1 to end at $72, in trading 28,198 shares, Eppley traded 13,330 shares and lost 45 cents to close at $16.75, Grace Kennedy climbed $1.98 in trading 8,910 units, to end at $72, Jamaica Broilers traded 48,378 shares and rose 24 cents to end at $33. Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $3 trading 44,242 units to end at a 52 weeks closing high of $38, JMMB Group slipped 49 cents to end at $53 with an exchange of 64,292 shares. Kingston Wharves traded 1,728 shares and gained $1.10 to $68, Mayberry Investments gained 25 cents trading 41,370 shares at $8.50, NCB Financial rose with a gain of $3 in exchanging 66,354 shares and ended trading at an all-time closing high of $215, PanJam Investment rose 49 cents in trading 576,609 stock units at $95. Portland JSX lost 75 cents, trading 7,800 shares to close at $7.60, Sagicor Group traded 126,854 shares after rising $1.50 in closing at $53.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $1 trading 22,921 stock units to end at $11, Scotia Group exchanged 7,019 shares with a loss of $1.48 to end at $56.02. Supreme Ventures lost 90 cents in trading 61,281 in closing at $27 and Wisynco Group climbed $1 in trading 174,156 shares to end at $21.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 53,190 units valued $23,781 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference shares traded 6,210 units at US$2, Proven Investments traded 41,810 shares to close at 25.7 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 5,170 units changing hands at 11.99 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.07 points and closed at 192.06.

Nice jump for Junior Market

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.38 points to close at 3,126.21 on Friday as rising stocks beat declining ones 3 to 2.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 8 declined and 11 remained unchanged. Fontana jumped to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $9 but pulled at the close to trade below Thursday’s last traded price.
The market close on Friday with 31 securities changing hands, similar to Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 2,453,740 units valued at $12,590,576 compared to 1,843,387 units for $6,929,942 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 79,153 units at $406,148 for each security trading, in contrast to 59,464 units for an average of $223,547 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 86,814 units with a value of $302,918 for each security traded, compared to 89,989 units with a value of $295,131 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| Blue Power ended trading 20,800 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.50, CAC 2000 gained $1.95 to end at $14.95 with 1,155 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 95 cents in exchanging 7,800 shares at $10, Caribbean Cream exchanged 5,000 shares to close at $5.01 after falling 24 cents. Consolidated Bakeries traded 11,333 units and gained 19 cents to end at $1.79, Derrimon Trading swapped 103,000 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $2.60, Express Catering lost 14 cents in trading 56,655 units at $6.21, Elite Diagnostic closed trading with 85,338 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $5. Fosrich Group dipped 5 cents trading 128,815 units at $4.91, Fontana declined 59 cents in trading of 874,679 units at $7.41 after hitting a new all-time high of $9 before selling came in and pushed the price down. Gwest Corporation climbed 5 cents and exchanged 19,736 shares at 96 cents, Honey Bun climbed 15 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $6.05, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 70 cents with 102,230 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma ended trading with 320,470 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $3.02, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.44 with 21,911 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 9 cents in trading 2,084 units at $1.80. Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.20, with 38,196 stock units trading. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 3,000 units with a gain of 3 cents to end at $3.53, Stationery and Office Supplies declined 1 cent, to close at 9.01, with 58,105 stock units changing hands and tTech ended trading of 27,199 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.10.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE main market pulls back – Thursday

NCB hits new record close again.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market fresh from record close on Wednesday, pulled back sharply on Thursday with greater volume and value trading than the prior day.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 5,046.94 points to close 541,516.79, the JSE Index dropped 4,586.34 points to 493,085.59 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 1.31 points in closing at 133.15.
Market activity resulted in 33 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 10 declining and 8 trading firm, compared to 32 securities trading on Wednesday.  Trading ended with 16,823,129 units amounting to $203,619,459 compared to 10,907,156 units valued $142,771,368 changing hands on Wednesday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 7.5 million shares for 45 percent of total main market volume, Carreras followed with 4.7 million stock units for 28 percent of total volume and Scotia Group with 1 million shares for 6 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 525,723 units valued at an average of $6,363,108 for each security traded. In contrast to 340,849 units for an average of $4,461,605 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date is 1,201,668 shares amounting to $14,989,839 changing hands, compared to 1,247,788 shares valued at $15,618,666 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1 to end at $73, in trading  83,128 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 11,813 shares with a rise of 50 cents to close at $80, Grace Kennedy dropped $2.48 trading 166,341 units, to end at $70.02, Jamaica Broilers traded 40,015 shares with a loss of $1.19 to end at $32.76. Jamaica Producers exchanged 4,504 stock units and rose $1.35 to close at $28, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $2 trading 66,776 units to end at $35, JMMB Group gained $1.49 to end at $53.49 with an exchange of 381,781 shares. Kingston Wharves traded 23,121 shares but fell $3.08 to $66.90, NCB Financial rose with a gain of $2 in exchanging 40,509  shares and ended trading at a an all-time closing high of $212, PanJam Investment lost 59 cents in trading 297,401 stock units at $94.51, Proven Investments dropped $4.98, trading 22,508 shares to close at $36.02. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.80 trading 432,330 stock units to end at $10, Scotia Group exchanged 1,021,874 shares to add  35 cents and ended at $57.50, Seprod rose 90 cents to close at $46 while trading 12,835 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 50 cents to $15, in trading 31,183 units and Wisynco Group traded 350,290 shares to gain 45 cents and ended at $20.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 8,173 units valued US$2,100 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments being the sole stock trading in the sector to close at 25.7 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 192.13.

Junior Market trims gains

Fontana ended at a record close of $8 on Thursday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined 23.72 points to close at 3,083.83 on Thursday as declining stocks doubled those rising but the IC bid-offer Indicator points to a positive market on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 7 securities advanced, 15 declined and 9 remained unchanged. Fontana jumped to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $8 and Express Catering traded at an intraday low of $6.
The market close on Thursday with 31 securities changing hands compared to 26 on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 1,843,387 units for $6,929,942 compared to 1,982,466 units valued at $6,630,174 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 59,464 units for an average of $223,547 in contrast to 76,249 units for an average of $255,007 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,989 units with a value of $295,131 for each security traded, compared to 89,671 units with a value of $300,971 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Blue Power lost 15 cents in trading 14,924 units at $6, CAC 2000 closed trading of 555 units and gained 24 cents to end at $13, Cargo Handlers close with a loss of $1.95 at $9.05, in swapping of 1,100 shares. Caribbean Cream dipped 18 cents in trading of 7,000 units at $5.25, Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.74 with 5,354 stock units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries shed 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $1.60, Derrimon Trading shed 2 cents in trading 15,756 units at $2.48, Express Catering lost 15 cents in trading of 5,532 units to close at $6.35. Everything Fresh lost 6 cents in trading 230,225 units at $1.30, Elite Diagnostic ended market activity exchanging 20,309 shares to close at $4.80 after falling 5 cents. Fosrich Group dipped 4 cents in trading of 11,437 units at $4.96, Fontana climbed 85 cents and exchanged 83,320 shares at a record high of $8, GWest Corporation closed trading of 171,006 units with a gain of 9 cents to end at 91 cents, Honey Bun dipped 15 cents in trading of 10,000 units at $5.90. iCreate fell 2 cents in trading 9,496 units at 71 cents, Indies Pharma declined 2 cents in trading of 80,365 units to close at $3.01, Jamaican Teas climbed 1 cent in exchanging 19,777 shares at $4.45, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 680,499 stock units trading. Lasco Financial ended trading with 104,594 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $4.60, Medical Disposables declined 23 cents in trading 6,160 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 48 cents in trading 217,587 units to close at $9.02, tTech shed 25 cents in trading of 6,000 units to end at $5. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading climbed 5 cents and exchanged 6,114 shares at $2.05.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Record close for JSE main market – Wednesday

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange to a new record close on Wednesday, as NCB Financial traded as high as $219.99 and the All Jamaican Composite Index crossed the 550,000 mark during the day. 
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 7,926.92 points to close 546,563.73, the JSE Index climbed 7,203.49 points to a record close of 497,671.93 and the JSE Financial Index rose 2.43 points in closing at 134.46 points.
In the morning session, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index leaped 12,035.55 points to a record high  of 550,672.36, the JSE Index  jumped 10,937 points to a record of 501,405.60.
Market activity resulted in 32 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 17 securities advancing, 12 declining and 6 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Tuesday.  Trading ended with 10,907,156 units valued $142,771,368 compared to 21,525,203 units valued$799,361,615 changing hands on Tuesday. Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with just 4.3 million shares for 40 percent of total main market volume, well down on the usually large volume, the stock traded at for most of the days since it listed in April. 1834 Investments followed with 1.7 million stock units for 16 percent of total volume and Supreme Ventures with 1.2 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 340,849 units valued at an average of $4,461,605 for each security traded, in contrast to 615,006 units for an average of $22,838,903 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,247,788 shares valued at $15,618,666 changing hands, compared to 1,314,200 shares at $16,495,880 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1 to end at $74, in trading 9,039 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 24,264 shares with a rise of 49 cents to close at $79.50, Eppley exchanged 3,650 shares and gained $1.25 to end at $17.25, Grace Kennedy gained $2.49 in trading 4,120 units, to end at $72.50. Jamaica Broilers traded 33,388 shares and gained $1.20 to end at $33.95, Jamaica Producers exchanged 105,258 stock units but lost 85 cents to close at $26.65, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1.50 in trading 81,966 units to end at $33, JMMB Group lost $1.50 to end at $52 with an exchange of 86,345 shares. PanJam Investment rose 59 cents in trading 164,175 stock units at $95.10, Proven Investments jumped $4.95, trading 23,895 shares to close at a record high of $41, Sagicor Group dropped $2.49 trading 137,078 stock units to end at $52. Seprod rose 90 cents to close at $46 while trading 12,835 shares and Supreme Ventures added $1.85 to close at $27.85 in trading with 1,209,059 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 62 cents to $14.50, in trading 10,000 units.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 4 cents in trading 84,469 units at $1.04, Proven Investments traded 21,865 shares to close at 25.7 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.04 cents to 11.99 US cents, in trading 1,480 units. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 192.13.

Junior Market recovers early July losses

Fontana’s Waterloo Road branch. The company’s stock traded at an all-time high of $7.25 on Wednesday.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose on Wednesday with the market Index rising 31.02 points to close at 3,107.55 resulting in full recovery of the 90 points loss in first half of July.
The market closed still below the level reached in of 3,165.12 points the index closed at on the first day in July.  On Wednesday with 26 securities changing hands compared to 32 trading on Tuesday, and resulted in an exchange of 1,982,466 units valued at $6,630,174 compared to 2,823,887 units valued at $8,379,276 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 13 securities advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged. Fontana jumped to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.15 and Consolidated Bakeries trading at an intraday low of $1.60.
Trading ended with an average of 76,249 units for an average of $255,007 in contrast to 88,246 units for an average of $261,852 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,671 units with a value of $300,971 for each security traded, compared to 90,656 shares valued at $304,347 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging dipped 13 cents in trading 16,652 units at $2.30, Caribbean Producers slipped 4 cents in trading of 27,414 units at $4.75, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.79 with 112,883 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh ended trading with 52,714 shares, after rising 6 cents to end at $1.36. Elite Diagnostic climbed 5 cents and exchanged 228,566 shares at $4.85, Fosrich Group closed 4 cents higher at $5, with 209,864 stock units trading, Fontana gained $1.05 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.15, trading 87,465 stock units, General Accident climbed 20 cents exchanging 6,688 shares to end at $4.10. Gwest Corporation gained 1 cent to end at 82 cents, in trading 284,451 shares, Honey Bun closed trading of 19,210 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.05, iCreate ended trading with 127,464 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma climbed 2 cents and exchanged 368,800 shares at $3.03. Jetcon Corporation traded 465 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $1.89, KLE Group exchanged 20,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $1.72, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents in trading 27,752 shares to close at $4.50. Main Event ended trading with 114,524 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.70, Ironrock Insurance closed trading of 60,334 units with a gain of 15 cents to end at $3.50 and tTech declined 25 cents in trading of 1,811 units to close at $5.25.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

New record for JSE main market – Tuesday

NCB Financial jumps to record close of $210 on on Tuesday.

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange to a new record close on Tuesday, as trading levels remained elevated, with 35 securities changing hands in the main market as two stocks closed at record highs.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,818.78 points to end at a record close of 538,636.81, the JSE Index climbed 3,470.27 points to close at record of 490,468.44 and The JSE Financial Index rose 0.57 points in closing at 132.03.
Market activity resulted in 37 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 36 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 21,525,203 units valued $799,361,615, compared to 107,625,972 units valued $2,479,735,496 changing hands on Monday.  
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.55 million shares for 44 percent of total main market volume, followed by PanJam Investment with 4.3 million stock units for 20 percent of total volume and JMMB Group with 2.6 million shares for 12 percent of the day’s volume. Also trading good volumes were Scotia Group with  2,063,886 shares and Proven Investments that ended at record close and exchanged 2,060,886 shares in the main market. NCB Financial also ended trading at a record close.
The market closed with average of 615,006 units valued at $22,838,903 for each security traded, in contrast to 3,363,312 units valued at $77,491,734 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,314,200 shares valued at $16,495,880 changing hands, compared 1,375,075 shares valued at $15,899,090 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $3.89 to end at $75, in trading 27,385 shares, Berger Paints traded 35,880 shares with a rise of 80 cents to close at $18.95, Eppley exchanged 250,000 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $16, Grace Kennedy gained $1 trading  85,826 units, to end at $70.01. JMMB Group lost 50 cents to end at $53.50, with an exchange of 2,599,899 shares, Kingston Wharves recovered the $4.16 it lost on Monday, to end trading of 2,200 shares at $70. NCB Financial jumped $9.98 to a new record high of $210 in trading 224,931 units, PanJam Investment declined $2.99 in trading 4,319,799 stock units at $94.51, Sagicor Group rose 49 cents trading 24,809 stock units to end at $54.49. Sagicor Real Estate Fund exchanged 33,700 and gained 64 cents to close at $11.64, Salada Foods climbed $1 to end at $36 in trading 200 shares, Seprod lost $1.85 to close at $45.10 while trading 19,637 shares and Supreme Ventures fell back $2 and ended trading with 31,680 shares to close at $26.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments added 0.7 cent, in trading 2,460 shares to close at 25.7 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.5 cents to 11.95 US cents, in trading 40,450 units. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 3.68 points to close at 192.13.

Junior Market jumps 63 points

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a big bounce on Tuesday with the market Index jumping 63.13 points to close at 3,076.53.
The market closed on Tuesday with 32 securities changing hands compared to 30 trading on Monday, and resulted in an exchange of 2,823,887 units valued at $8,379,276 compared to 2,734,886 units valued at $7,413,545.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 16 securities advanced, 9 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Key Insurance ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.85.
Trading ended with an average of 88,246 units for an average of $261,852 in contrast to 91,163 units for an average of $247,118 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,656 shares valued at $$304,347 for each security traded, compared to 90,896 shares valued at $308,570 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging closed trading of 55,950 units and gained 16 cents to end at $2.43, Blue Power traded 55,465 shares and jumped 80 cents to end at $6.15,after the company announced that they are considering split the operations into two seperate listed companies. CAC 2000 lost 34 cents in trading 399 units at $12.76. Caribbean Cream fell 13 cents in trading of 31,000 units at $5.43, Cargo Handlers climbed $1.50 to settle at $11 with 6,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers ended trading of 2,110 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $4.79. Dolphin Cove climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,005 shares at $12, Derrimon Trading climbed 20 cents and exchanged 400 shares at $2.50, Express Catering closed trading of 2,320 units and gained 40 cents to end at $6.50, Everything Fresh lost 6 cents in trading 780,000 shares to close at $1.30. Fosrich Group ended trading with 31,964 shares, after rising 86 cents to end at $4.96, Fontana ended market activity in exchanging 51,820 shares to close at $6.10 after falling 10 cents, General Accident lost 30 cents in trading of 512,000 units at $3.90, GWest Corporation closed trading of 279,050 units and gained 11 cents to end at 81 cents. Honey Bun closed 5 cents higher at $6, with 29,579 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 5 cents in trading of 272,182 units at $3.01, Iron Rock Insurance shed 15 cents in trading of 4,230 units at $3.35,  Jamaican Teas ended trading with 250 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $4.44, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end at $1.70 with 137,940 stock units trading. Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 12,693 shares to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.85, Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents in exchanging 38,962 shares at $3.10, Lasco Financial ended trading with 143,000 shares, after rising 21 cents to end at $4.70, Medical Disposables dipped 16 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $6.93. Main Event ended trading with 10,793 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $6.40 shares and Stationery and closed 35 cents higher at $9.50, with an exchange of 9,573 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE main market pulls back – Monday

Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,105.25 points to close at 534,818.03, the JSE Index declined 2,821.86 points to close at 486,998.17 and The JSE Financial Index lost 0.85 points in closing at 131.46 points.
Market activity resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 12 securities advancing, 13 declining and 11 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Friday.  Trading ended with 107,625,972 units valued $2,479,735,496 compared to 21,073,881 units valued $137,343,684 changing hands.
Supreme Ventures dominated trading with 93.84 million shares for 87 percent of total main market volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 10.3 million stock units for 10 percent of total volume and Scotia Group with 912,713 shares for just under one percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 3,363,312 units valued at $77,491,734 for each security traded, in contrast to 619,820 units valued at $4,039,520 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,375,075 shares valued at $15,899,090 changing hands, compared 1,203,120 shares valued at $10,102,136 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost $4.11 to end at $78.89, in trading 123,826 shares, Grace Kennedy dropped 99 cents in trading 65,979 units, to end at $69.01, JMMB Group added $1 to end at $54, with 83,968 shares trading, Kingston Wharves lost $4.16 to end trading of 11,134 shares at $65.84. NCB Financial dropped 25 trading 77,186 units to end at $200.02, PanJam Investment declined by $1.50 in trading 37,499 stock units at $97.50, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents trading 169,100 stock units to end at $54. Salada Foods climbed $1.50 to end at $35 in trading 25,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose $2 and ended trading with 93,843,191 shares to close at $28, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 77 cents to close at $15 while trading 53,303 shares and Wisynco Group exchanged 112,712 shares and gained 35 cents to close at $19.95.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share trading 9,300 units to end at US$1, Proven Investments added 0.7 cent, in trading 225,150 shares to close at 25.70 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 5,000 shares with a rise of 0.03 cent to 0.4 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments with a rise of 2 cents to 12.49 US cents, in trading 823,479 units. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.51 points to close at 188.45.