Main Event is back in TOP 10.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, racked up 6 consecutive days of record close on Friday, while the Junior market closed the week just 63 points short of the record close in 2017.
The gains in the two markets is driving the PE ratio of the market higher with the overall PE for the Junior Market rising from to 13 and the main market from 13.7 last week to 13.7 and 14 respectively, this week. Recent movement in the PE suggest that average PE for the market will end 2018 around 18 and 20 by the end of January as conditions continue to favour stocks as the preferred investment of choice along with real estate.
The Top 10 has three changes at the end of the week as movement in prices was 
the sole factor influencing the change. 
Caribbean Producers and Main Event dropped sharply in price on Friday and reentered the top list. While Caribbean Producers declined due partially to lower full year’s profit than was expected butt should recover as improved results for the 2019 fiscal year should be enhance with efficiency improvements, the sharp decline in the price from $7 to $5.20 of Main Event on modest volume of less than 7,000 shares is unclear, except for a bid gap between where some demand was and the offers. Access Financial and Fosrich Group dropped out of the Junior Market TOP 10 after rising in price and Sygnus Credit Investments having risen by 50 cents to $12.50 regained enough ground to be pushed out of the top list and allowed Berger Paints to return to the list.
The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 8.7 up from 8.5 last week, as the market continues to revalue the multiple higher. 
The latest valuation compares to an average PE for the overall market of 13.7, based on 2018 estimated earnings. The main market PE is now 8.5 and is the same level as last week, for the top stocks, compared to a market average of 14.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 36 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 39 percent to the market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Stocks are selected based on projected earnings for each company’s current fiscal year.
Based on an assumed PE for each, the likely gains are determined and then ranked, with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, 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 based on new information received that can result in changes in and out of the list as well.
Market activities resulted in 31 securities trading, including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 34 securities trading on Thursday. At the end of trading, the prices of 10 stocks rose, 7 declined and 12 closed trading, unchanged. Trading in the main market ended with 1,557,605 units valued $98,845,806, compared to 11,417,998 units valued $164,582,968, on Thursday.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 40 cents to settle at $11.45, trading 1,197,863 shares, Scotia Group jumped $4.50 to $59.50, in exchanging 559,697 units, Seprod rose $1.50 and ended trading 400 stock units to close of $45 and Supreme Ventures gained $1 to a record close of $16.50, after trading 75,153 shares.
First Citizens concluded at $32.77, after exchanging 400 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $2.75, with 295,078 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings settled at $16.90, with 15,000 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.70, after exchanging 87,470 shares, National Enterprises closed at $8.95, with 22,391 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings settled at $9.50, with 100 units, Scotiabank settled at $65.00, with 5,571 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded at $29.40, after exchanging 11,400 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.00, after exchanging 40 shares.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended at new record close on Thursday as the record run of the market continued pushing the market up 16.3 percent for the year to date. 
The day’s volume was led by, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 2,500,000 shares, accounting for 21.9 percent of the volume traded, followed by Jamaica Broilers with 1,960,332 units and 17.17 percent of the day’s volume and Wisynco Group with 1,788,982 units and just 15.67 percent of main market volume.
after trading 133,000 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading 15,570 shares at $114 in gaining $1, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $2.45 to settle at $11.05, trading 2,500,000 shares, Salada Foods rose 70 cents and ended trading 1,500 stock units at record close of $19. Scotia Group jumped $1.50 to $55, in exchanging 36,829 units and Supreme Ventures ended at $15.50, after trading 10,000 shares with a loss of 40 cents.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed on Thursday, with 14 securities changing hands, with the price of 3 rising, 7 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market scaled new heights on Wednesday when the All Jamaica Composite Index surged nearly 10,000 points in the morning session to a new record high for the market but pulled back later to end with more modest gains at a new record closing high. 
The day’s volume was led by, 138 Student Living with 67,901,000 shares, accounting for 92.26 percent of the volume traded, followed by JMMB Group 7.50% preference share with 1,421,537 units and a mere 1.93 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial Group with 1,227,676 units and just 1.67 percent of main market volume.
138 Student Living had a big day in exchanging 67,901,000 stock units as the price slipped 49 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.40 and settled at $13.50, trading 202,641 shares, Seprod rose 50 cents and finished trading 480 shares at $43.50, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and ended at $15.90, with 73,148 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar share traded 4,000 units in the Jamaican dollar market and dropped $2.30 to $11.42, while the Jamaican dollar denominated share, traded 24,397 units to gain 50 cents and close at $12.50.
JMMB Group ended trading at $1.70, after exchanging 17,575 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8.95, with 53,000 stock units changing hands, National Flour concluded exchange of 56,300 units at $1.75, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.67, after exchanging 25,000 shares, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12.11, trading 7,800 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $103.52, after exchanging 350 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.51, with 1,878 stock units trading and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29.41, after exchanging 25,766 shares.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market continued where it left off on Monday and Friday to scale new heights, as bulls take control of Jamaican stocks, as the market enters the home stretch with less than 4 months left to close the year. 
At the end of trading, the prices of 9 stocks rose, 12 declined and 11 closed trading, unchanged.
Kingston Wharves lost 29 cents and finished at $64, trading 6,927 stock units, PanJam Investment lost $1 and closed at $54, exchanging 6,004 stock units, strong> Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $1.05 to settle at $12.10, with 8,646 shares trading, Scotia Group rose 50 cents in trading 6,593 units at $53.50 and Seprod finished trading 57,598 shares after falling $2 to end at $43.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, declined at the close of trading on Tuesday as declining stocks overwhelmed the one stock to advance. 
Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 24 cents and settled at $7.51, with 300 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded with a loss of 9 cents and ended at $29.41, after exchanging 44,065 shares.
The day’s volume was led by, Sygnus Credit Investments with 576,849 shares accounting for 23.97 percent of the volume traded, followed by Carreras with 444,645 units 18.48 percent of the day’s volume and Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 440,810 units 18.32 percent of main market volume.
lost 90 cents in trading 10,639 stock units at $26.10, Kingston Wharves climbed $2.49 and finished at $64.29, after trading 8,792 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $1.45 and settled at $11.05, in trading 440,810 shares, Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents and closed at $15.50, exchanging 26,543 shares and Wisynco Group lost 29 cents and concluded trading at $9.20, with 46,051 stock units changing hands.
