JSE to repeat today’s gains on Thursday

April 22, 2015 by

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks' high on of $26.50 on Wednesday

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on of $26.50 on Wednesday

The stock market closed on Wednesday with 12 stock recording price gain versus only 1 with a decline, that performance does not look like a flash in the pan based on what the IC Indicator is showing at the end of trading.,
The Investors Choice bid-offer Indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower, in the main and junior markets. IC Indicator reading is suggesting that the number of trades on Thursday should see another day of many more stocks rising than falling.
Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in 23 securities changing hands and ending with 4,735,155 units trading, valued at $24,434,254, in all market segments. National Commercial Bank, closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $26.50 with 301,200 shares changing hands at 50 cents higher than on Tuesday and ahead of the company reporting six months results and dividend payment on Thursday.
JSE 22-4-15 Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 474.33 points to 86,299.76, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 530.32 points to close at 95,205.43 and the JSE combined index gained 446.19 points to close at 87,994.37.
Cable & Wireless with 256,932 units traded at 52 cents and ended with the bid at 53 cents to buy 100,000 shares. Ciboney Group traded 2,000,000 shares at 6, Desnoes & Geddes gained 10 cents and traded 29,400 at $6 with an offer at $6.50 at the close. Grace Kennedy with 19,224 shares that traded closed at 90 cents higher at $63, Jamaica Broilers had 86,530 shares trading to close at $4.70,
JMMB Group traded 855,593 ordinary shares for 38 cents higher at $7.48. The stock had JMMB Securities on the offer selling 268,800 units at $7.48, 5000 units at $7.50 and 34,655 shares at $8.50 as the lowest offers posted at the end of trading.The broker posted small buy orders from $7.03 to $7.10. Victoria Mutual Wealth Management sold the bulk of the shares to trade with Sagiocr Investments being the major buyer of them.
Radio Jamaica traded 13,372 shares at $2 to gain 25 cents, Sagicor Group traded 66,350 shares JSE qts 22-4-15to close at $10.55 while gaining 10 cents in the process but traded as high as $10.75 before the close. Sagicor Real Estate X Fund had 529,519 units changing hands to close at $6.50, after shedding 25 cents. Salada Foods traded 35,480 at $9, Scotia Group saw 118,289 units, closing at $22, Supreme Ventures 19,900 units traded 4 cents higher at $2.84 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, traded 317,331 units at $3.20 with an increase of 10 cents.

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Eppley goes to Market again

December 11, 2014 by

eppleytype150x150Eppley goes to Market again, this time to raise between $150 million and up $250 million by way of an additional amount of the 2019 preference shares. The yield will initially be 10 percent for the first two years, with step of rates thereafter.
According to the company, “as a result of excessive demand for the cumulative redeemable preference shares of the Company due 2019 (the “2019 Preference Shares”) for which subscriptions were invited subject to a prospectus dated 4 November 2014, the Company now invites further Applications for subscription for 25,000,000 additional new 2019 Preference Shares in the capital of the Company”. JMMB Securities Limited is acting as lead broker and listing agent to the Company in the Invitation. The Company reserves the right to make available further 2019 Preference Shares prior to the Closing Date.
The Company reserves the right to issue up to 41,666,667- 2019 Preference Shares in the event that the Invitation is oversubscribed by applicants and on that basis the total consideration for the subscription of such shares would be greater than $150,000,000 but will not exceed $250,000,002. The issue opens on Tuesday 16 December and closes Tuesday 23 December 2014 with the shares being issued at $6 each.
The Company already has accepted applications for the issue of 58,333,334 – 2019 Preference Shares by way of prospectus dated 4 November 2014 however these shares have not yet been allotted and as such, at the date of this Prospectus there are no holders of the 2019 Preference Shares as yet. It is the intention of the Board that any 2019 Preference Shares for which Applications are made pursuant to this prospectus, or for which applications were successfully made pursuant to the earlier prospectus dated 4 November, will be allotted simultaneously by the Company. The shares are expected to be listed on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

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