JSE main market index drops – Wednesday

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Trading main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 951.43 points to 427,239.97 and the JSE Index declining by 864.60 points to 389,239.67.
Market activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued with just 1,662,631 units changing hands for $44,174,045, compared to 1,509,697 units changing hands for $34,816,059, on Tuesday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 29 securities traded, compared to 31 on Tuesday leading to 13 advancing, 10 declining and 6 closing unchanged.
Wisynco Group led trading with a mere 307,966 shares, accounting for 19 percent of total main market volume, followed by Grace Kennedy with 261,323 units and 16 percent of the day’s trades and Radio Jamaica with 162,904 units for 10 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 59,380 units valued $1,577,644 for each security traded, in contrast to 53,918 shares valued at $1,243,431 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 132,587 shares at $2,258,085 for each security, compared to 136,995 shares at $2,302,086 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $3.90 to close at $42.90, with an exchange of 1,010 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped 18 cents to $63.82 with 21,900 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose $2 to close at $23, after trading 48,463 stock units. JMMB Group shed 89 cents to settle at $30.61, with 46,720 units changing hands. Kingston Wharves jumped $2.50 to settle at $70.50, with 4,918 units, Mayberry Investments lost 48 cents in trading 27,925 shares, to close at $8, Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 80 cents with 24,658 units trading, to close at $9.20. Sagicor Group lost $2.53 to end at $42 in an exchange of 31,029 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dipped 50 cents to $10, trading 7,800 shares, Scotia Group rose 50 cents and finished trading 8,852 shares at $51, Seprod gained $1 and closed at $43, trading 31,674 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 45 cents and finished at $26, with an exchange 109,581 units and Wisynco Group  rose 25 cents and ended trading 307,966 shares at $11.99.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 5,513 shares trading with a value of US$568. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1.3 cent and ended trading of 5,513 units at 10.3 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 1.22 points to close at 179.53.

Junior Market trading drops – Wednesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value compared to Tuesday’s levels, but the market index gained 10.77 points to close at 2,965.51.
Investors exchanged 22 stocks on Wednesday compared to 26 on Tuesday with prices of 10 rising, 5 declining while 7 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 723,588 units valued at over $2,470,037 compared to 1,647,966 units valued $7,220,502 on Tuesday.
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 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 32,890 units for an average of $112,274 in contrast to 63,383 units for an average of $277,712 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,668 units valued $324,180 and previously, 94,076 units valued $336,678 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 3 cents higher at $2.15, with an exchange 819 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,000 units, at $4.40, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.85, with 10,000 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended trading of 34,500 shares, at $2.71. Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.50, with an exchange of 34,775 stock units, Express Catering ended trading 20,966 shares, at $7.11, FosRich Group traded 7,110 shares with a loss of 60 cents at $3.90, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $3.95, with an exchange of 118,321 shares, General Accident closed at $4, after trading 3,750 stock units. Honey Bun traded 12,911 shares and closed 6 cents higher at $3.81, iCreate closed trading at 90 cents, with an exchange of 33,400 shares. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, with 329,659 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 7,000 units and rose 45 cents higher to $4,  Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $2.49, with an exchange of 31,399 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,225 stock units, 40 cents higher at $12.30,  Lasco Distributors  finished 3 cents higher at $3.63, with 1,801 units changing hands, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with 30,400 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 3,162 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20. Main Event traded 1,928 shares and rose 34 cents to close at $5.39, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.60, while exchanging 1,900 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 29,786 shares for 25 cents higher at $7 and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 1,776 stock units trading.

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

More gains for JSE majors – Tuesday

On a day of very low trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index added to the strong gains on Thursday to close 1,130.64 points up to 428,191.40 on Tuesday while the JSE Index advanced 1,027.45 points to close at 390,104.27.
Market activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued with just 1,509,697 units changing hands for $34,816,059, compared to 3,564,657 units valued $53,154,918 on Thursday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 31 securities traded, compared to 28 on Thursday leading to 10 advancing, 11 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
Barita Investments led trading with a mere 225,658 shares, accounting for 15 percent of total main market volume, followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 184,148 units and 12 percent of the day’s trades and Wisynco Group with 167,463 units for 11 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 53,918 units valued at an average of $1,243,431 for each security traded. In contrast to 132,024 units valued at an average of $1,968,701 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 136,995 shares at $2,302,086 for each security, compared to 142,319 shares at $2,375,277 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1 to close at $39, with an exchange of 225,658 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $1 to $64 with 37,388 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 45 cents in trading 21,340 stock units at $60, Jamaica Broilers rose 65 cents to close at $31.65, with an exchange of 10,391 shares. Jamaica Producers fell 26 cents to close at $21, after trading 15,500 stock units, JMMB Group added 90 cents to settle at $31.50, with 5,389 units changing hands. Mayberry Investments recovered 50 cents in trading 3,900 shares, to close at $8, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $1 with 184,148 units trading, to close at $10.  Palace Amusement dropped $200 to close at $1,250 after trading 120 units, Sagicor Group lost 47 cents to $44.53 in an exchange of 30,587 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.60 to $10.60, in trading 999,193 shares, Scotia Group rose 30 cents and finished trading 15,798 shares at $50.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 50 cents trading of 59,500 units at $12.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 65,070 shares trading with a value of US$8,900. JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 2,320 units and closed at US$1.04 Proven Investments traded 5,650 shares at 23 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent and ended trading of 57,100 units at 9 US cents leaving the JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.95 points to close at 178.31.

Junior Market trading rises – Tuesday

Junior Market stock trading.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with increased volume and value over Thursday’s levels, but the market index lost 21.28 points to 2,954.74.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,647,966 units valued $7,220,502 compared to 971,622 units valued at $3,078,345 on Thursday. Investors exchanged 26 on Tuesday compared to 24 Thursday with prices of 14 rising 9 falling while 3 remaining unchanged.
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 6 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 63,383 units for an average of $277,712 in contrast to 40,484 units for an average of $128,264 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 94,076 valued $336,678 and previously 134,650 valued $341,097 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 200 units but lost 50 cents in closing at $45, AMG Packaging exchanged 57,778 stock units at $2.12, Cargo Handlers concluded trading with 15,000 units after rising 1 cent to close at $10.96, Caribbean Cream closed at $5.28, with 1,446 shares changing hands. Caribbean Flavours rose 50 cents to close at $16.50 with just 100 shares traded, Caribbean Producers finished trading 96,499 units with a gain of 23 cents to end at $4.85. Derrimon Trading ended with a rise of 20 cents at $2.71, with an exchange of 13,179 shares. Elite Diagnostic gained 7 cents to settle at $2.97, with 31,273 units changing hands, Express Catering lost 11 cents trading 2,600 shares to close at $7.11, Fontana finished trading 20,980 shares with a gain of 8 cents at $3.88. General Accident closed 29 cents down at $4, with an exchange of 32,418 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.33, with 19,828 units changing hands, Honey Bun traded 109,250 shares with a loss of 8 cents in closing at $3.75, iCreate added 9 cents in closing at 90 cents, with an exchange of 9,650 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading of 316,882 shares, with a rise of 9 cents at $3.10, Iron Rock settled 50 cents higher at $4, with 160,500 shares changing hands. After a long period of inactivity, ISP Finance finally traded but fell $3 to close at $12.50 with exchange of a mere 100, Jamaican Teas  traded with a loss of 35  cents at $3.55, with the swapping of 17,771 units. Jetcon Corporation  gained 5 cents at $2.35, with 5,464 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 9,300 stock units at $11.90,  Lasco Distributors  dropped 10 cents and finished at $3.60, with an exchange of 19,550 units, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and settled at $4.15, trading 10,781 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 79,700 shares, with an increase of 12 cents at $3.25, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5.05, with an exchange of 821 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 481,767 shares at $6.75 and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.30, with an exchange of 8,361 stock units.

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

Sagicor Group & CAC jump IC TOP 10

Sagicor Group traded 5m shares on the JSE main market on Friday.

Sagicor Group jumped to $45 at the close of the market for the past week, from $38.15 and CAC 2000 climbed to $12 from a $10 bid to exit IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks.
Investors responded to the release of Sagicor’s 2018 full year results showing earnings of $3.65 per share, pushing the price higher while CAC price dropped too far at the end of the previous week and encouraged buying that pushed the price higher this week. Making way for the stocks moving on are, Sygnus Credit Investments in the main market and Lasco Manufacturing entering the Junior Market list.
Several Junior Market stocks suffered losses this past week, as the market pulled back more than 9 percent for the year to date up to Wednesday and created greater potential gains for a number of stocks.
The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 246 percent, Elite Diagnostic with potential gains of 245 percent and Iron Rock with potential gains of 243 percent.
Victoria Mutual Investments is now the top Main Market stock with 163 percent likely gain, followed by Radio Jamaica with 161 percent and Sterling Investments with potential to gain 153 percent.
 Wigton Windfarm, Jamaica’s latest initial public share offer that came to the market this past week remains at number 4 position on the stock list. The stock comes to the market at 50 cents per share and boast a PE of 8.3 times based on normalized earnings for the year to March 2019.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 13 and the Junior Market at just 10. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.3 and the main market PE is now 8.3. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 36 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 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.

Sharp jump in JSE indices – Thursday

Sagicor Group jumped $5.50 on Thursday.

Sagicor Group jumped $5.50 to help push the All Jamaican Composite Index a healthy 6,934.04 points to close at 427,060.76 on Thursday while the JSE Index jumped a sizable 6,301.17 points to 389,076.82.
Market activity picked up on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 3,564,657 units valued $53,154,918 traded compared to 3,197,837 units valued $101,850,841 on Wednesday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 28 securities traded, compared to 29 on Wednesday leading to 10 advancing, 11 declining and 7 closing unchanged.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund led trading with 999,193 shares, accounting for 28 percent of total main market volume, followed by 1834 Investments with 623,879 units and 17.5 percent of the day’s trades and Radio Jamaica with 570,068 units for 16 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 132,024 units valued at an average of $1,968,701 for each security traded. In contrast to 114,208 units for an average of $3,637,530 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 142,319 shares at $2,375,277 for each security, compared to 142,996 shares at $2,404,318 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments gained 50 cents to close at $40, with an exchange of 239,307 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.05 to $65 with 9,246 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers lost $2 to close at $31, with an exchange of 191,617 shares. Jamaica Producers fell 74 cents to close at $21.26, after trading 14,597 stock units, Kingston Wharves shed 50 cents to settle at $68, with 1,968 units changing hands. NCB Financial Group  recovered the $1.20 lost on Wednesday in trading 64,859 shares, to close at $145,  PanJam Investment  jumped $3.69 to close at $81.70 after trading 17,858 units, Sagicor Group jumped $5.50 to $45 in an exchange of 77,600 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund  jumped $1.60 to $10.60, in trading 999,193 shares, Scotia Group  fell 30 cents and finished trading 7,881 shares at $50.20, Seprod closed at $42.20 with a loss of 30 cents while trading 48,132 shares. Stanley Motta  lost 34 cents and ended at $4.66, in trading 638 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents in finishing at $26.50, with 43,452 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with just one security trading. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent and ended trading of 6,682 units at 10 US cents leaving the JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.87 points to close at 179.26.

Junior Market trading drops – Thursday

Main market volume contracts.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with volume dropping 67 percent and value down 69 percent from Wednesday’s levels, but the market index rose 22.78 points to 2,976.02.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 971,622 units valued at $3,078,345 compared to 2,931,075 units valued at $10,007,520 on Wednesday. Investors exchanged 24 pushed securities similar to Wednesday with prices of 8 rising 10 falling while 6 remaining unchanged.
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 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 40,484 units for an average of $128,264 in contrast to 122,128 units for an average of $416,980 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 134,650 valued $341,097 and previously 100,529 valued $356,911 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging exchanged 280,000 stock units and ended at $2.12, Blue Power concluded trading with 4,320 units and lost 10 cents in closing at $4.40,  CAC 2000 jumped $3 to close at $12, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 40,259 units, and rose 2 cents to end at $4.62. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 24 cents at $2.51, with an exchange of 41,946 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading 6,614 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, with 10,500 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading of 8,466 shares to close at $7.22, Fontana finished trading 39,497 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. General Accident closed 29 cents higher at $4.29, with an exchange of 5,400 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.33, with 19,828 units changing hands, Honey Bun traded 100 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $3.83, iCreate lost 4 cents in closing at 81 cents, with an exchange of 230 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading of 12,638 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $3.01, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas  traded with a loss of 20 cents at $3.90, with the swapping of 6,800 units. Jetcon Corporation  finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30, with 2,427 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 1,543 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $11.90,  Lasco Distributors  finished at $3.70, with an exchange of 216,373 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.16, trading 21,660 shares. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 185,100 shares, with a loss of 8 cents at $3.13,  Main Event  traded 5 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 11,421 shares, Paramount Trading closed 1 cent higher at $2.50, with 49,500 units trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 5,000 shares changing hands.

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

 

JSE trading boosted – Wednesday

Market activity picked up on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 3,197,837 units valued $101,850,841 traded compared to 1,271,826 units valued $41,461,461 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 272.70 points to 420,126.72 and the JSE Index advanced 247.81 points to close at 382,775.65. The main and US markets had 29 securities traded, compared to 33 on Tuesday leading to 12 advancing, 9 declining and 8 closing unchanged.
Grace Kennedy led trading with 1,129,961 shares, accounting for 35 percent of total main market volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 670,925 units and 21 percent of the day’s trades and Radio Jamaica with 421,639 units for 13 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 114,208 units valued at an average of $3,637,530 for each security traded, in contrast to 43,856 units for an average of $1,429,706 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 142,996 shares at $2,404,318 for each security, compared to 145,107 shares at $2,305,661 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $1.90 to close at $39.50, with an exchange of 74,708 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.55 to $67.05, with a mere 10,981 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 1,129,961 stock units after falling 37 cents to end at $59.63, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.80 to close at $33, with an exchange of 53,160 shares. Jamaica Producers fell 25 cents to close at $22, after trading 69,348 stock units, Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents to settle at $68.50, with 650 units changing hands. Mayberry Investments declined $1 trading 69,600 shares, to close at $7.50,  Mayberry Jamaican Equities  fell 50 cents trading 138,162 shares at $9.50. NCB Financial Group  dropped $1.20 in trading with 14,174 shares, to close at $143.80,  PanJam Investment  lost 99 cents after ending at $78.01 and trading 41,290 units, Sagicor Group rose 45 cents to $39.50 in an exchange of 10,772 shares. Scotia Group  rose 30 cents and finished trading 28,076 shares at $50.50, Seprod closed at $42.50 with a gain of 50 cents while trading 11,100 shares, Supreme Ventures gained $2 in finishing at $27, with 278,135 units changing hands and Wisynco Group gained 35 cents trading 670,925 units, to close at $11.70.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with just one security trading. Proven Investments ended trading with 5,000 units at 23 US cents leaving the JSE USD Equities Index unchanged at the close at 178.39.

Junior Market trading climbs – Wednesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with volume rising 85 percent and value increasing 104 percent over Tuesday’s levels, but the market index lost 13.59 points to 2,953.24, down 9 percent for 2019 so far.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,931,075 units valued at $10,007,520 compared to 1,586,013 units at $4,904,015 on Tuesday. Investors exchanged 24 pushed securities down from 21 on Monday with prices of 8 rising 11 falling while 5 remained unchanged.
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.
Trading ended with an average of 122,128 units for an average of $416,980 in contrast to 75,524 units for an average of $233,524 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 100,529 valued $356,911 and previously 98,795 valued $352,089 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 11 cents at $2.12, with 2,713 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 11,800 shares with a loss of 21 cents at $5.28, Caribbean Producers finished with a loss of 2 cents at $4.60, trading 28,000 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 15 cents at $1.80, with the trading of 14,500 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.75, with 122,000 shares crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 7 cents at $2.90, with an exchange of 14,865 units, Express Catering ended trading of 6,900 shares and rose 16 cents to close at $7.22. FosRich Group closed 35 cents higher at $4.50, with 118,730 shares trading, Fontana finished trading 298,868 shares and rose 20 cents to $4. GWest Corporation ended with 174 units crossing the exchange with a loss of 2 cents at $1.31, Honey Bun concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4.05, with 105,198 shares, iCreate closed at 85 cents, with an exchange of 111,400 shares, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05, with 340,930 shares changing hands. Iron Rock  settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.45, with 1,500,000 shares. Jamaican Teas  traded 55 cents higher at $4.10, with 8,500 units, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading at $2.35, with 11,206 shares, Knutsford Express  concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12, with 7,025 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, with 22,724 units changing hands. Lasco Financial  settled with an exchange of 3,295 shares and lost 24 cents at $4.16,  Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 101,962 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.21,  Paramount Trading  closed 34 cents higher at $2.49, with 25,000 units changing hands. SSL Venture Capital  ended 5 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 5,100 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 64,585 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9% closed at $1.15, trading 5,600 shares.

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

Wigton IPO weights on JSE trading – Tuesday

Wigton IPO over shadows JSE trading.

Investors focus on the Wigton Windfarm initial public share offer that opens this Wednesday, continue to cast a shadow over the rest of the market, leading to reduced trading with just 1,271,826 units valued at over $41,461,461 exchanged on Tuesday compared to 1,439,179 units valued at just $37,607,638 on Monday.
Reports are that more than 4,500 applications were in the system before close of trading on Tuesday for what is turning out to be well sort after shares in the first renewable shares offer to come to the market.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended Tuesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 2,743.03 points to 419,854.02 and the JSE Index advancing by 2,492.67 points to 382,527.84.
At the close of the main and US markets, 33 securities traded, compared to 28 on Monday leading to 10 advancing, 14 declining and 9 closing unchanged.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities led with 276,530 shares, accounting for 22 percent of total main market volume, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund  with 146,545 units with 12 percent of the day’s trades and Scotia Group with a mere 120,670 units for 9 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 43,856 units valued at an average of $1,429,706 for each security traded, in contrast to 55,353 units at $1,446,448 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 145,107 shares at $2,305,661 for each security, compared to 153,425 shares at $2,384,798 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.90 to close at $37.60, with an exchange of 5,231 shares, Caribbean Cement declined $1 to $65.50, with a mere 770 shares changing hands, Carreras fell 28 cents trading 91,573 units at $8.75, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.80 to close at $33, with an exchange of 53,160 shares. Jamaica Producers fell $1.15, to close at $22.25, after trading 5,990 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 67 cents to close at $17.25, after trading 18,622 shares, JMMB Group  concluded trading 27,058 shares at $30.50, after gaining 50 cents, Kingston Wharves  dropped $2 to settle at $68, with 1,500 units changing hands. Mayberry Jamaican Equities  rose 90 cents trading 276,530 shares at $9.50, PanJam Investment  fell $2 and ended at $79 trading 10,830 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.30 in an exchange of 146,545 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $9, Seprod closed at $42 with a loss of 50 cents while trading 1,236 shares. Stanley Motta  gained 50 cents to end at $5, exchanging 986 shares, Supreme Ventures gave up $1 in finishing at $25, with 34,782 units changing hands Sygnus Credit Investments shed 60 cents in trading 13,800 units to close at $11.40 and Wisynco Group gained 29 cents trading 64,250 units, to close at $11.35.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 34,592 units valued $12,596. Eppley 5% preference share, closed at 98 US cents with 5,292 shares changing hands and JMMB Group 5.75% preference share settled gained 1 cent and ended at US$2.05 trading1,000 shares, Proven Investments ended trading with 20,000 units at 23 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments shed 2 cents in trading 8,300 units to close at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 0.89 points to close at 178.39.