Junior stocks falter on Friday

AMG Packaging traded at $20 and closed with the bid at $20.51 on Friday.

AMG Packaging traded at $20 and closed with the bid at $20.51 on Friday.

Trading on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday declined from Thursday’s levels. Market activity resulted in advancing stocks being over powered by declining stocks 2 to 8, pushing the junior market index down by 28.61 points to 2,399.26 to be up 34 percent for the year to date.
At the close, 14 securities traded, down from 17 on Thursday but volume dropped 61 percent from Thursday’s levels, ending with 647,967 units changing hands, while value traded, declined 65 percent to $3,787,554 from $10,731,708, on Thursday.
ICI Jm sum 14-10-16rMarket activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging climbed 50 cents to end at $20 with 20,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell 13 cents in trading 12,612 units changing hands and closed at $9.25, Caribbean Flavours traded 4,440 shares and lost 20 cents to end at $8.40, Caribbean Producers gained 11 cents in trading 1,200 units to end at $3.62. Dolphin Cove traded 607 shares to end at $12.05, ICI Jm trd sht 14-10-16 General Accident closed trading with 713 units at $2.61,Jetcon Corporation had 48,500 units changing hands, to end at $4, KLE Group ended at $1.56 with 50,000 shares changing hands after dropping 49 cents. Lasco Distributors had 261,424 units trading and closed 25 cents down to $7, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents and ended with 126,557 shares changing hands at $3, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a fall of 25 cents at $4.75 with 76,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 41,444 shares but lost 10 cents to close at $4.50, Paramount Trading ended with 4,170 shares changing hands but lost $1.05 to close at $23.95 and tTech traded 300 shares to close at $5.05.

Junior stocks jump on Thursday

Honey Bun was the lead trade with 1 million shares.

Honey Bun was the lead trade with 1 million shares.

Trading volume fell back to more normal levels on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday although Honey Bun had 1,002,000 units changing hands.
Market activity resulted in advancing stocks over powered declining stocks 8 to 4, pushing the junior market index up by 33.53 points to 2,427.87 to be up 36 percent for the year to date.
At the close, 19 securities up from 12 on Wednesday but the trading volume dropped 82 percent from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,643,799 units changing hands, while value traded, declined 79 percent to $10,731,708 from $51,520,805, on Wednesday.
ICI Jm sum 13-10-16Market activities ended with 2 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
In other trading activity, Access Financial jumped $2.60 and ended trading with 950 units to end at $21, AMG Packaging dropped 50 cents to end at $19.50 with 12,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 2,678 units changing hands to close at $24.10 after falling 10 cents, Cargo Handlers traded 325 shares at $90. Caribbean Cream closed trading with 386,761 units at $9.38 and fell 62 cents following flat results for the company’s second quarter, after increased revenues were negated by rising administrative cost. Caribbean Producers traded 65,208 units to end at $3.51, Dolphin Cove traded 2,500 shares and lost 95 cents to end at $12.05, General Accident closed trading with 9,576 units at $2.61, ICI Jm trd sht 13-10-16Honey Bun traded 1,002,000 shares and rose 10 cents to $6.10, Jamaican Teas traded 1,886 units to end at $4. Jetcon Corporation gained 20 cents with 87,175 units changing hands, to end at $4, KLE Group ended at $2.09 with 11,300 shares changing hands after rising by 16 cents, Knutsford Express traded just 100 units and gained $1.20 to close at $23.20, Lasco Distributors had 23,350 units trading and closed 25 cents higher at $7. Lasco Financial gained 10 cents and ended with 18,250 shares changing hands at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a gain of 1 cent at $5 with 17,440 shares trading and Paramount Trading ended with 2,300 shares changing hands at $25.

Trading jumps for juniors stocks – Wednesday

Medical Disposables at new high.

Medical Disposables at new high.

Trading volume jumped to 8 times to that on Tuesday on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The level of trading was boosted by 7 million shares of Lasco Manufacturing.
Market activity resulted in advancing stocks being edged by declining stocks 4 to 5, pushing the junior market index down by 20.19 points to 2,394.34.
At the close, 13 securities traded as trading jumped 728 percent from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 9,170,473 ICI Jm sum 12-10-16units changing hands, than on Tuesday, while value traded, jumped 510 percent to $51,520,805 from $8,452,329, on Tuesday.
Market activities ended with 6 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
In other trading activity, AMG Packaging jumped $2.40 to end at $20 with 21,662 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 1,240 units changing hands to close at $24.50 after falling $3.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 80,500 units at $10. Caribbean Flavours traded 894,508 units to end at $8.60 with a rise of 60 cents, ICI Jm trd sht 12-10-16Caribbean Producers gained 1 cents in trading 17,000 units to end at $3.51, Honey Bun traded 17,036 shares and fell 20 cents to $6, Jamaican Teas traded 3,296 units to end at $4. Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents with 6,200 units changing hands, to end at $3.80, Lasco Distributors had 800,475 units trading and closed at $7, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents and ended with 69,370 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.99 with 7,025,629 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 213,287 with a gain of 18 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.05 and Paramount Trading dropped $1 to end with 20,270 shares changing hands at $25.

Juniors drop with falling stocks on top – Tuesday

Blue Power closed at a new high of $28 on Tuesday.

Blue Power closed at a new high of $28 on Tuesday.

Trading on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, resulted in advancing stocks being edged by declining stocks 5 to 8 pushing the junior market index down by a sizable 63.25 points or 2.55 percent to 2,414.53.
At the close, 17 securities traded, including one closing at a new high. Trading jumped 122 percent from Monday’s levels, ending with 1,107,820 units changing hands, while value traded, jumped 273 percent to $8,452,329 from $2,265,060, on Monday.
Market activities ended with 6 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
ICI Jm sum 11-10-16Trading activity, AMG Packaging closed with a fall of $1.40 cents at $17.60 with 600 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 1,600 units changing hands to close at a new high of $28 with a rise of $3.25, Cargo Handlers that will split its stock 10 for 1, effective October 22, traded 3,170 shares at $90. Caribbean Cream gained 70 cents in trading 255,168 units to end at $10, General Accident dropped 4 cents and closed with 904 units changing hands at $2.61, Honey Bun traded 94,223 shares at $6.20. Iron Rock fell 16 cents in trading 10.000 shares to close at $3.19, ICI Jm trd sht 11-10-16Jamaican Teas traded only 1,712 units but gained 10 cents to end at $4, Knutsford Express lost $1.20 with 2,000 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors fell 89 cents with 203,221 units trading to close at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 347,939 shares changing hands at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cents and closed at $4.99 with 28,330 shares trading, Paramount Trading climbed $1.50 to end with 76,445 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $26. tTech traded 4,031 with a gain of 20 cents to end at $5.05 and Eppely 10% preference traded 15,000 shares at $6.10.

Medical Disposables returns to Top 5

Medical Disposables back in TOP 5

Medical Disposables back in TOP 5

Medical Disposables returned to the Top 5 junior market selection at the end of the past week, based on price closing at $4.50, while Caribbean Flavours entered with the price having fallen to $8.
Jetcon Corporation closing at $4.51, was squeezed out by Medical Disposables while General Accident enjoyed strong buying during the past two weeks and rose to $2.65 and moved well out of the Top 5.
Medical Disposables still has more room for growth with the company expanding its product range but supply of the stock has dried up. Derrimon Trading closed the week at $3.65, moving it to third spot. Knocking at the Top 5 position in the junior market are Jetcon, tTech and Caribbean Cream trading just below.
Top 5 stocks in the main market underwent changes with JMMB Group that entered the list for the week ended September 9, gained 50 percent since, to move off the list and replaced by Grace Kennedy, entering at number 4. Radio Jamaica that was top of the list last week rose to $1.70 and sits at number 5 at the close on Friday.
Stocks peeping in at the Top 5 in the main market are National Commercial Bank, Mayberry Investments and Sterling Investments.
With the junior market trading at new records this past week, the attractive gains that were evident a few weeks ago are receding in the junior market with IC Insider’s data showing just 7 junior market stocks that could double by early 2017. That is in contrast to the main market that shows 18 stocks that could double or more than double.

Another record close for juniors – Wednesday

Caribbean Cream ended at a new closing high on Wednesday of $10 & is up 900% since listing in 2013..

Caribbean Cream ended at a new closing high on Wednesday of $10 & is up 900% since listing in 2013..

Trading on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in more than a 2 to 1 advance decline ratio. The market index hit a new high of 2,432.43, by climbing 2.23 percent to record an increase of 53.11 points. At the close, 10 stocks rose and 4 declined with 17 securities trading.
Trading volume rose strongly from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 1,995,508 units changing hands, 402 percent higher than on Tuesday, while value traded jumped 659 percent to $10,428,547 from $1,373,477, on Tuesday.
Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed today with the bid at $87 to buy 393 units, a total of ICI Jm sum 5-10-16 45,551 units were offered for sale at $90, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging closed with a fall of 45 cents at $17.55 with 615 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 70 cents with 541,070 shares changing hands to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $10, Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents in trading 435,000 units to end at $3.50. Dolphin Cove gained 50 cents to end at $13 after trading 100 shares, General Accident Insurance rose 1 cent with 139,954 units changing hands at $2.65, Honey Bun traded 7,386 shares at $6.10, Iron Rock Insurance traded 313,700 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $3.35, Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents in trading 2,000 shares to close at $4.ICI Jm trd sht 5-10-16 Jetcon Corporation traded 108,111 shares and gained 8 cents to close at $4.59, Key Insurance closed down to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.25 with 27,266 units, for a loss of 5 cents, KLE Group ended at $2.05 with 3,760 shares changing. Lasco Distributors closed with rise of 45 cents as 41,072 units traded at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 72,300 shares changing hands at $3.35, after rising 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 60,135 shares trading to gain 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 22,991 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $4.42, tTech climbed 28 cents and ended with 8,548 shares changing hands at $5.58 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 10 cents and ended with 211,500 units changing hands at $2.10.

BUY RATED Jetcon & Paramount jump 52%

Paramount Trading gained 52% in September and is up 622% since BUY RATED.

Paramount Trading gained 52% in September and is up 622% since BUY RATED.


Jetcon Corporation and Paramount Trading were the top performing BUY RATED stocks in September, jumping 52% in the month, followed by Medical Disposables up by 39 percent. In the main market, Barita Investments with a gain of 35 percent leads the majors.
JMMB Group is the second best main market performer with a rise of 31 percent, following IC Insider listing the stock as one of the Top 5 selection on September 9 and recent announcement of it getting a commercial banking license.
Berger Paints is now IC Insider’s BUY RATED listed, with the company benefiting from an improving environment that will keep cost down and encourage increased revenues and profit. IC Insider’s forecast is for earnings of $1 per share for the current year ending March 2017. For the full year to March 2016, revenues grew by 11 percent and material cost input fell as a percentage of sales to 46 percent versus 48 percent in 2015 while profit climbed 82 percent from 31 cents per share to 57 cents.
Performance to date. Jamaica Stock Exchange with gains of 1,250 percent since entering the BUY RATED list, is the top performing stock, followed by Caribbean Cement with gains of 1,067 percent. JSE will be splitting the stock into 5 shares and that could move the price up a bit in the short term, buying at these levels could be risky in the short term, not so for Caribbean Cement, that could easily double in a few months. The next highest main market selection is Jamaica Broilers Group with 186 percent gain and is now expected to market perform. Sagicor Group gained 163 percent and seems heading higher with no supply to sell now visible in the market that now has just one offer to sell.
For top all round gains, the junior market that is up 33.4 percent in 2016 to date is the place to have been, with 15 of the 18 selections gaining over 100 percent and one with 77 percent. Buy Rated upd 30-9-16The top performer is Caribbean Cream with gains of 793 percent overall and 28 percent in September and seems heading higher with $15 seems a likely target over the next few months. Paramount Trading gained 622 percent, with expansion taking place and a stock split to be approved at the October AGM, there is much more room for growth. AMG Packaging is up 472 percent and will head higher with expansion into tissue paper production. The company is adding more brands to its tissue operations and plans on adding more tissue production machines as well upgrading carton box machines, to improve efficiency. In the junior market, recent additions ISP Finance and Jetcon have gained 166 percent and 100 percent respectively, both have room for more growth. Knutsford Express Hold rating, has been lifted with prospects of long-term growth baked into its profit performance.
Prices are consolidating on the Trinidad & Tobago Market with few compelling buys currently.

Another record close for juniors – Friday

Paramount ended at a new all-time high of $19.50 with a rise of $2.

Paramount ended at a new all-time high of $19.50 with a rise of $2, after the company announced splitting the stock.

Trading on the Junior market ended with a fourth consecutive record at the close on Friday. The index measuring the emerging companies ended at a new high of 2,389.90 for a gain of 16.01 points but traded above the 2,400 points level for the first time, to 2,408.56 in the morning session.
At the close of trading, 7 stocks rose and 8 declined with 18 securities trading. Trading volume rose strongly from Thursday’s levels, ending with 3,440,359 units changing hands, 97 percent more than on Thursday, while the value traded declined by just 2 percent to $12,272,247 from $12,530,207, on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers as month window dressing may be at play.
ICI Jm sum 30-09-16In market activity, Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $87.05 to buy 105 units, next in line to buy is 393 shares at $87,with the next at $76.55, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Shareholders at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.20 to sell 1,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
In trading activity, CAC 2000 closed at $6.40 with 7,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 2 cents with 285,819 shares changing hands to close at $9.29, Caribbean Flavours traded 640 units to end at $8.99 with a rise of 99 cents, Derrimon Trading lost 50 cents and closed with 10,000 shares at $3.50. Dolphin Cove dropped $1.20 to end at $12.50 after trading 10,000 shares, General Accident Insurance rose by 20 cents with 2,610,000 units changing hands at $2.40, Honey Bun traded 66,969 shares at $6.10 after falling 9 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,938 shares at $3.30, Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents in trading 23,874 shares to close at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation fell 19 cents with 30,651 units changing hands, to end at $4.51, ISP Finance rose 61 cents to end at an all-time high of $6.61 with just 200 shares changing hands. ICI jm trade 30-09-16Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 14 cents as 229,084 units traded at $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with 8,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, after rising 12 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 105,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares to close at $4.36, Paramount Trading jumped $2 to a new all-time high of $19.50 with just 2,000 shares changing hands, Sweet River Abattoir fell 35 cents with 700 units trading to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50 and tTech dropped $1.20 and ended with 37,984 shares changing hands at $5.30.

Medical Disposables out Jetcon in – Top 5

Jetcon 03-16Medical Disposables fell out of the Top 5 junior market selection during the past week, based on price movement, with the bid at $4.95 and Jetcon Corporation with the price at $4.51 returns, making it back into the top list by just inching ahead of General Accident.
The insurance company enjoyed strong buying during the past week and could slip out in the coming week. Medical Disposables still has more room for growth with the company expanding its product range. Derrimon Trading moved up to third spot after the stock traded at $4 during the week but pulled back to $3.50 by the close. Knocking at the Top 5 position in the junior market are tTech now that the price slipped to $5.30, Caribbean Flavours and Caribbean Cream with Paramount Trading just below.
Top 5 stks 30-9-16Stocks in the main market all remained in the Top 5 but positions have changed, the top attraction for the week is JMMB Group that climbed to $13 and sits just and now sits at number 5 spot having entered at the top spot last week. With the news of the group obtaining a banking license, the way may be clear for the price to surge a bit more in the coming week and most likely push it out of the top 5. Stocks peeping in at the Top 5 in the main market are Grace Kennedy, National Commercial Bank and Sterling Investments.
With the junior market trading at new records this past week, the attractive gains that were evident a few weeks ago are receding in the junior market with IC Insider data showing just 7 junior market stocks that could double by early 2017. That is in contrast to the main market that shows 15 stocks that could double or more than double. All that is reflected in the fact that the junior market is up 33 percent year to date, while the main market is up just 9 percent.

A new junior record on – Thursday

JM sign Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading.
Trading volume and value rose from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,742,459.00 units changing hands, 129 percent more than on Wednesday, while the value traded climbed by 224 percent to $12,530,207, from $3,870,697 on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 10 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers. Month end is a period when some bids increase to show stronger close than for a few days before with valuation of portfolios based on the higher bids.
ICI Jm sum 29-09-16In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
Blue Power closed at $25 with 12,400 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 23 cents with 31,000 shares ICI jm trade 29-09-16changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading.