Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 1,840.39 points to 322,605.77 on Thursday. The JSE Index declined by 1,676.81 points to 293,930.32.
At the close, 27 securities traded, compared to 27 on Wednesday and ended with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 10 falling and 3 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading, JMMB Group rose 98 cents to end at $27, Kingston Wharves fell 99 cents to $39.01 and PanJam Investment traded with a loss of $1 at $42.
Main market activity ended with 4,713,225 units valued at $80,181,699 compared to 22,695,573 units valued at over $68,289,795 on Wednesday. At the close of trading, Wisynco Group ended with 1,679,654 units and 35.64 percent of trading, followed by Supreme Ventures with 804,931 units changing hands for 17.08 percent of the day’s volume and Jamaica Broilers with 417,859 shares and 8.87 percent of stocks traded.
Trading resulted in an average of 181,278 shares valued at $3,083,912, for each security traded, compared to 872,907 shares valued at $2,626,531 on Wednesday. The average for the month to date, is 1,175,559 shares with a value of $4,965,770 and previously 1,296,927 shares with a value of $5,228,826. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with Proven Investments trading 65,000 units valued at $13,000 and closed at 20 US cents. Trading ended with the market index unchanged at 163.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Cable & Wireless leaves JSE – Thursday.
Cable & Wireless leaves JSE – Thursday
C&W was delisted from the JSE at the end of trading on Wednesday
Cable & Wireless was delisted from trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at the close of the market on Wednesday, ending more than 30 years of trading after it was listed in 1988 as Telecommunication of Jamaica.
Overall trading accounted for 4,713,225 units valued at $80,181,699, compared to 22,695,573 units valued at $68,289,794 changing hands on Thursday.
The main market closed with 26 securities changing hands, the same as on Wednesday of which 14 rose, 9 declined and 3 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived by 1,840.39 points to 322,605.77. The JSE Index dropped 1,676.81 points to 293,930.32 on Thursday.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 5,000 shares, Berger Paints ended at $18.20, with 36,731 stock units, Carreras concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $10.60, with 79,983 units, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of 18 cents at $35.50, with 46,133 shares, Ciboney Group settled with a loss of 4 cents at $0.11, with 100,000 shares. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48, with 51,258 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, with 417,859 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading 1 cent higher at $15.41, with 89,331 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 47 cents at $6.50, with 87,853 shares. JMMB Group ended 98 cents higher at $27, with 44,688 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $5.80, with 2,000 shares, Kingston Wharves finished with a loss of 99 cents at $39.01, with 134,108 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 17 cents at $6.25, with 4,650 units. NCB Financial Group ended trading at $96.52, with 87,672 shares, 1834 Investments traded with a loss of 1 cent at $1.20, with 4,318 shares, PanJam Investment closed with a loss of 1 cent at $42, with 161,331 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 17 cents at $1.53, with 149,544 shares. Radio Jamaica finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.05, with 230,083 shares,
Sagicor Group settled 5 cents higher at $37.60, with 148,536 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 20 cents at $15, with 47,741 shares changing hands. Scotia Group traded at $52, with 142,073 units, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 14,373 shares. Sterling Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $13.89, with 3,500 shares, Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 17 cents at $11.53, with 804,931 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 139,875 stock units and Wisynco Group finished trading with a loss of 35 cents at $10.15, with 1,679,654 units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major shed 1840 points – Thursday.”
JSE majors add 2,000 points – Wednesday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering an additional 2,016.95 points to close at 324,446.16 on Wednesday after regaining 3,026.80 of the nearly 7,000 points lost on Tuesday to end at 322,429.21 as advancing stocks edged out declining ones.
The JSE Index regained an added 1,837.67 points to end at 295,607.13 after rising 2,757.76 on Wednesday in clawing back from more than 6,000 points plunge on Tuesday.
At the close, 28 securities traded, the same number as on Tuesday and ended with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 10 falling and 5 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Cable & Wireless Head quarters.
At the close of trading, Jamaica Broilers rose 99 cents to end at $21, Grace Kennedy lost 96 cents to $48, Kingston Wharves rose $1.48 to $40, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 99 cents at $96.52 and Scotia Group recovered $1.50 to $52.
Main market activity ended with 22,695,573 units valued at over $68,289,795 compared to 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, Cable & Wireless closed with 16,941,044 shares trading amounting to 74.64 percent followed by Ciboney Group with 3,146,042 units and 13.86 percent and Wisynco Group with 1,207,289 units 5.32 percent.
Trading resulted in an average of 872,907 shares valued at $2,626,531, for each security traded, compared to 3,129,777 shares valued at $6,687,417 on Tuesday. The average for the month to date is 1,296,927 shares with a value of $5,228,826 and previously 1,355,881 shares with a value of $ 5,651,699.
In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Wednesday with Proven Investments trading 547,109 units valued at over $109,430 and closed with a loss of 2 cents at 20 US cents. Trading ended with the market index falling 9.33 points, to close at 163.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Cable & Wireless grabs 75% of JSE trades – Wednesday.
Cable & Wireless grabs 75% of JSE trades
C&W traded the most shares on Wednesday with the company trying to buy up shares on the market ahead of delisting.
Cable & Wireless dominated trading for the second on Wednesday, accounting for just under 75 percent or 19 million units of the total volume traded, as the controlling interest in the company prepared for the company to exit the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Overall trading accounted for 22,695,573 units valued at $68,289,794 down from 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 that changed hands on Wednesday.
The main market closed with 26 securities changing hands, of which 14 rose, 9 declined and 3 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovered another 2,016.95 points to end at 324,446.16 after recovering 3,026.80 of the nearly 7,000 points lost on Tuesday. The JSE Index regained an additional 1,837.67 points to close at 295,607.13 on Wednesday on top of the 2,757.76 regained on Wednesday of the more than 6,000 points plunge on Tuesday.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed 50 cents higher at $9.50, with 36,518 shares changing hands, Berger Paints ended 47 cents higher at $18.20, with 800 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.45, with 16,941,044 units, Carreras finished 40 cents higher at $10.90, with 147,796 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 15 cents higher at $35.68, with 24,015 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $0.15, with 3,146,042 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 96 cents at $48, with 179,515 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 99 cents higher at $21, with 34,243 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 10 cents at $15.40, with 3,000 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, with 3,778 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 19 cents at $26.02, with 20,137 shares, Kingston Properties finished with a loss of 84 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.80, with 18,273 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled $1.48 higher at $40, with 6,794 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 42 cents higher at $6.42, with 30,170 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 99 cents at $96.52, with 121,296 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 2 cents higher at $1.21, with 15,000 shares, PanJam Investment ended 5 cents higher at $43, with 3,319 units. 
Portland JSX concluded trading at $8.50, with 1,200 shares, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 25 cents at $1.70, with 33,958 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 4 cents at $1.06, with 23,260 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 19 cents higher at $37.55, with 38,333 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading $1.50 higher at $52, with 13,123 shares, Seprod closed 25 cents higher at $35.75, with 2,347 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $11.70, with 55,155 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 17 cents at $4, with 589,168 units and Wisynco Group settled 15 cents higher at $10.50, with 1,207,289 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major adds 2,000 points – Wednesday.”
JSE major recovers 3,000 points – Tuesday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering 3,026.80 of the nearly 7,000 points lost on Monday to end at 322,429.21 as advancing stocks edged out declining ones.
The JSE Index regained 2,757.76 of the more than 6,000 points plunge on Monday, to close at 293,769.46.
At the close with 28 securities traded, the same number as on Monday. Trading ended with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 10 falling and 5 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading, Caribbean Cement lost $2.37 to end at $35.53, Grace Kennedy rose 96 cents to $48.96 and Scotia Group fell $1.50 at $50.50.
Main market activity ended with 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 compared to 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,254 on Monday. At the close Cable & Wireless with 80,371,757 units 95.11 percent, followed by Carreras with 1,686,921 shares and Scotia Group with 544,473 stock units.
Trading resulted in an average of 3,129,777 shares valued at $6,687,417, for each security traded, compared to 190,183 shares valued at $1,750,473 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 1,355,881 shares with a value of $5,441,440 and previously 1,056,536 shares with a value of $5,441,440. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with 1,500 units valued at US$1,500 as JMMB 7.5 % preference share ended closed at US$1 trading 1,500 stock units. Trading ended, leaving the market index unchanged at the close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Cable & Wireless corners 95% of JSE – Tuesday.
Cable & Wireless corners 95% of JSE – Tuesday
Parent company of C&W Jamaica now owns over 91% of the shares.
Cable & Wireless accounted for just over 95 percent or 80 million units of the total volume traded on Tuesday, as the parent company prepared for the company to exit the Jamaica Stock Exchange on April 11.
Overall trading was much higher than on Monday as 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 changed hands versus 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,253 that was exchanged, on Monday.
The main market closed with 27 securities changing hands, 13 rose, 10 declined and 4 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering 3,026.80 of the near 7,000 points lost on Monday to end at 322,429.21. The JSE Index regained 2,757.76 of the more than 6,000 points plunge on Monday to close at 293,769.46.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 188,546 shares, Berger Paints ended 17 cents higher at $17.73, with 9,009 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 20 cents higher at $1.45, with 80,371,757 units, Carreras finished 15 cents higher at $10.50, with 1,686,921 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 2.37 cents at $35.53, with 3,100 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 4 cents higher at $0.14, with 303,300 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 96 cents higher at $48.96, with 3,207 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 49 cents at $20.01, with 64,399 units, Jamaica Producers closed 11 cents higher at $15.50, with 30,710 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 3 cents higher at $7, with 8,500 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 21 cents higher at $26.21, with 100,691 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 2 cents higher at $38.52, with 100 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 42 cents at $6, with 15,000 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 49 cents at $97.51, with 2,411 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.19, with 8,341 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 5 cents at $42.95, with 7,280 units, Portland JSX concluded trading at $8.50, with 152,700 shares. Pulse Investments finished 35 cents higher at $1.95, with 34,000 shares, 
Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.10, with 214,060 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $37.36, with 67,657 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $15.20, with 32,190 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 1.50 cents at $50.50, with 544,473 shares. Seprod closed at $35.50, with 29,572 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $11.85, with 6,600 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 12 cents higher at $4.17, with 19,427 units and Wisynco Group settled 35 cents higher at $10.35, with 499,541 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 4 cents at $1.95, with 100,500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE majors recover 3,000 points – Tuesday.”
JSE trading value falls sharply – Monday
Trading on Monday were slightly higher than on Friday but with a much lower value as 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,253 were exchanged, compared with 5,136,325 units valued at $124,111,209, on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The main market closed with 28 securities changing hands, of which 8 rose, 10 declined and 10 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plunging 6,685.29 points to 319,402.41. The JSE Index dived 6,091.06 points to end at 291,011.70.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 8,367 shares, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 39 cents at $17.56, with 28,000 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.25, with 163,107 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 35 cents at $10.35, with 122,941 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at $37.90, with 24,912 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $0.10, with 2,879,740 shares, Grace Kennedy traded at $48, with 35,805 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading $20.50 higher at $20.50, with 703,300 units, 
Jamaica Producers closed 9 cents higher at $15.39, with 323 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended $6.97 higher at $6.97, with 30,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $26, with 709 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 50 cents at $38.50, with 34,230 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 42 cents higher at $6.42, with 1,503 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 50 cents higher at $98, with 62,855 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.19, with 30,511 shares, Palace Amusement closed $1 higher at $751, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment ended at $43, with 153,960 units. Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.60, with 26,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 4 cents higher at $1.09, with 19,218 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $37.51, with 201,015 stock units and 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 2 cents higher at $15.30, with 15,288 shares, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 60,662 shares. Seprod closed 50 cents higher at $35.50, with 17,550 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 39 cents higher at $11.89, with 10,537 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 33 cents at $4.05, with 223,469 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10, with 226,152 shares In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.99, with 224,660 stock units and Proven Investments 8.25% traded at $5.15, with 20,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major plunged over 6,000 points – Monday.”
JSE major plunged over 6,000 points – Monday
The JSE all Jamaica Composite Index fell more than 6,600 points.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index nose diving 6,685.29 points to close at 319,402.41 and the JSE Index plunging 6,091.06 points to 291,011.70.
At the close with only 28 securities traded versus 29 on Friday. Trading ended with the prices of 8 stocks rising, 10 falling and 10 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Despite the sharp fall in the market indices, at the close of trading, Palace Amusement with a rise $1 to end at $751, was the sole stock to record price movement around $1 or more.
Main market activity ended with 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,254 compared to 5,136,325 units valued at over $124,111,209. Ciboney Group accounting for 54 percent of the volume traded with 2,879,740 units followed by Jamaica Broilers with 703,300 units amounting to 13.21 percent.
Trading resulted in an average of 190,183 shares valued at $1,750,473, for each security traded, compared to 190,234 shares valued at $4,596,711 on Friday. The average for the month to date is 1,056,536 shares with a value of $5,441,440 and previously 1,240,308 shares with a value of $6,425,698. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Friday with 8,891 units valued at US$1,956 as Proven Investments was the sole stock traded and ended unchanged at 22 US cents, leaving the market index unchanged at the close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading value falls sharply – Monday
Kremi in tTech out of TOP 10 stocks
Caribbean Cream outlet in Kingston.
Caribbean Cream jumped into the Junior Market TOP 10 replacing tTech that reentered last week but enjoyed a bounce in price to be edged out for this week.
There was no new entrant to the main market list, even as that market recorded three days of record close during the shortened week. Market activity in the main market is pointing to a big break out for stock prices while the Junior Market is flexing to rise having hit a one year low in early December last year.
The most notable change was the $250 fall in the price of Palace Amusement down to $750 from $1,000 last week even as the big money making movie Black Panther continues to draw large crowds after nearly two months of showing and seems set to ensure that revenues and profit for the year to June is the highest by far in the company’s history.
Berger Paints made gains and Barita Investments slipped in price and swapped the top two positions by the end of the week. In the Junior Market, Jamaican Teas moved up to $5.30 from $4.75 at the end of the prior week but still sits in at number 4 on the list.
Caribbean Cream recorded strong revenues gain in the year to February but enjoyed lower profit up to November as input cost rose negated the revenues rise. A major part of the input cost well sharply in price since peaking in 2017 and should help restore gross profit margin going forward. 
This is one to be watched going forward along with Radio Jamaica where reports are that advertising picked up nicely for the March quarter, from a slow December quarter and may be pointing to improvement for 2018 onwards, with increasing economic activity taking place, leading to increased sales and profits for many of the advertisers.
At the close of Friday, the average PE ratio for Junior Market Top stocks ended at 6.2 compared to an average PE for the overall main market is 10 based on 2018 estimated earnings. The main market PE is 6.5 for the top stocks compared to a market average of 12.
IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 38 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks but it’s a third of what the average PE for the year is likely to be of 20 times earnings and main market stocks traded at a discount of 47 percent to the market.
The huge stock market blast is coming soon
Bulls may be lurching to pounce on Jamaican stocks.
That is a development that the general public is unaware of and smart investors cant take advantage of to make big gains in the months and probably years ahead.
The market has never had all the stars as lined up as they are now. Low Interest rates, the lowest on record in Jamaica, low inflation rate, a fluid foreign currency market. Liquid Jamaican dollars, of which the Governor of the country’s central bank Bryan Wynter, puts at $50 billion within the Banking sector. But it get even better. According the Wynter, interest rates are likely to go down some more as the high liquidity situation dictates it.
The Jamaican dollar has been trading within a band of J$125 to 130 to the US dollar, a situation Wynter sees as likely to be the norm for sometime to come. Wynter who was speaking at special briefing on Friday, indicated that Jamaicans had better start getting used to this new development as there is enough foreign currency available in the system. A development which he things the new foreign exchange auction B-Fxitt, that the central bank manages has helped to foster with much more transparency in the market aided by market intelligence by both buyers and sellers as well as the central bank. But the new B-Fxitt is not the only factor at play. Not only that, according to the governor even as the bank cut the compulsory take form dealers by 10 percentage points, BOJ has not suffered lower intake as a result of increased flows, some of which Wynter attributes to the selling of US dollars by locals to go into more profitable form of local investments. Government’s tight fiscal discipline has gone a long way to creating and environment of stability within the economy and among the business sector.Unbeknown to many, is the increased spending by government in March, well above what was originally planned. For investors this means more money in the hands of consumers, more sales and profit for listed companies, that now seems to be showing up in the coffers of corporate Jamaica.
So where is the stock market in all of this? The junior market is up 8 percent year to date, but main market stocks have just crawled a mere 3 percent, the latter wont being performing so poorly much longer. This short term chart shows two channels that the market is trading within. The market is trading closer to the upper resistance line shown in red. The lower blue line has been steering the market slightly side wards with an upward bias. A very important feature, which is not shown in the attached chart, is an extremely bullish formation shown on a longer term chart. That chart shows the market now caught up in a wedge formation with the top being around 335,000 points using the all Jamaica Composite index. With the recent market moves, it appears that the wedge is going to give way and herald a huge rise upwards in the market and that in going to happen within a few weeks, probably after first quarter results are released starting in late April.