9 junior stocks fall 4 rise – Wednesday

June 8, 2016 by

Honey Bun traded at a new high Wednesday.

Honey Bun traded at a new high Wednesday.

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to 2,213.15 points, up by 13.61 points as 15 securities traded with 4 advancing and 9 declining. At the close 1,190,538 shares, valued at $6,986,614 changed hands. The market ended with 1 stock trading at 52 weeks’ intraday high.
The bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 rose by 5 cents and closed at $6.55 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 5 cents to end at $4.55, after trading 93,680 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,500 shares, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 4,270 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2. C2W Music traded 18,000 shares and gained 3 cents, to end at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, Honey Bun fell by 5 cents in trading 183,042 units at $6.95 after trading at a new high of $7.51 earlier in the day. Jamaican Teas traded 12,500 shares and closed at $3.90. JM Trdng Sht-08-6-16Jetcon Corporation had 10,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling by 10 cents, Key Insurance traded 5,000 shares and lost 25 cents to close at $2.50, KLE Group closed with 1,500 units changing hands at $1.20, having lost 16 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 49 cents in trading 472,645 units to end at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent at $3.16 with 195,440 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 116,110 shares and dropped 15 cents to close at $4.75, tTech traded just 28,351 units at $4.05 after shedding 7 cents and Eppley 8.5% preference share traded 42,500 shares at $6 but lost 10 cents.

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Lascos’ big trades – Tuesday

June 7, 2016 by

Lasco Financial traded 1m shares on the junior market on Tuesday.

Lasco Financial traded 1m shares on the junior market on Tuesday.

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to end at 2,199.54 points, up by just 4.65 points as 15 securities traded with 5 advancing and 8 declining. At the close 7,943,352 shares, valued at $36,689,714 changed hands with Lasco Financial Services accounting for 1.1 million units and Lasco Manufacturing 5.1 million units. Trading closed with Honey Bun ending at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $7 after gaining 40 cents, with 312,784 units changing hands, resulting in the gain for the year reaching 437 percent.
The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents at $12.40 with 4,050 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 15 cents to end at $4.50, after trading 103,235 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 9,000 shares but lost 10 cents, to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 559,414 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.02. C2W Music traded 1,000 shares and rose by 4 cents to end at 40 cents.JM Trdng Sht-07-6-16 Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, General Accident Insurance fell 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. ISP Finance Services rose 45 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, Jetcon Corporation had 128,775 units changing hands at $2.75 after falling by 12 cents, Key Insurance traded 1,500 shares at $2.75, Knutsford Express closed with 500 units changing hands at $17.50. Lasco Distributors rose 39 cents in trading 550,886 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 15 cents at $3.15 with 1,108,325 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 5,063,868 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.90 and tTech traded 10,500 units at $4.12 after shedding 18 cents.

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Juniors move higher on Monday

June 6, 2016 by

Honey Bun closed at a new high of $6.60 on Monday.

Honey Bun closed at a new high of $6.60 on Monday.

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to end at 2,194.89 points, up by 29.07 points. A total of 13 securities traded with 7 advancing and 2 declining. At the close, 1,803,816 shares, valued at $8,745,258 changed hands. Trading closed with Honey Bun ending at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $6.60 after gaining $1.55, with 101,486 units changing hands, resulting in the gain for the year reaching 437 percent.
The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 50 cents at $17 with 1,162 units changing hands, CAC 2000 close with 2,400 units trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream gained 14 cents to end at $4.65, after trading 50,000 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 38,186 shares and gained 10 cents, to close at $4.60. JM Trdng Sht-06-6-16Consolidated Bakeries traded 20,000 shares with a gain of 4 cents, to close at $2.04. Dolphin Cove traded 38,920 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, General Accident Insurance fell by 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. KLE Group traded 100 units and fell 24 cents to close at $1.36, Knutsford Express closed with 20,120 units changing hands at $17.50, Lasco Distributors fell 30 cents with 105,688 units trading at $7.60. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 16 cents at $3.30 with 257,296 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,200,628 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.75 and tTech traded just 100 units at $4.30.

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Buy Rated stocks set for growth

June 6, 2016 by
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TTSE has declined almost 10% from peak and could fall another 9% from May to hit support around 1,600 points. (See orange trendline).

TTSE has declined almost 10% from peak and could fall another 9% from May to hit support around 1,600 points. (See orange trendline).

May is a period in the Jamaica stock market when prices usually sag, with a tendency to hit bottom between June and July. This was not the case in 2016 as the market peaked on the 4th of February and bottomed on April 21, based on the all Jamaica Composite Index.
In Trinidad, the market drifted from a peak in the all T&T index at 1,956.55 on December 8, 2015 to a 2016 low of 1,758.40 on May 19. The movements the Jamaica’s junior market saw the index peaking at 2,357.20 on 12th of January and bottomed out on the 7th of April at 1,762.87 points, for a decline of 24.5 percent but have since recovered most of the decline.
Much have happened with companies releasing results since with a number of the results in Trinidad being flat to declining, while most in Jamaica show good increased profit, while interest rates have declined in Jamaica and been static in Trinidad. Added to the profit out turn, a few companies in Jamaica announced stocks splits which have driven the respective prices of all the companies up strongly. Grace Kennedy, one of IC Insider Buy Rated stocks that has been lagging in performance, came to life as the company reported strong increase in the March quarter results, with the price jumping to $115 and seems to have more room to grow, based on the improved results. Pan Jamaican Investment gained 42.5 percent since it was last reported on at the end of April, helped by a 5 for 1 stock split and is up 82 percent since selected to the BUY RATED list. The company has good long term growth prospect but may have plateaued at the current price, around $26.50.
Honey Bun one of IC Insider's 2015 additions to the BUY RATED list is now placed on Market Watch

Honey Bun one of IC Insider’s 2015 additions to the BUY RATED list is now placed on Market Watch

The stock has been moved to a watch from BUY RATED.
Honey Bun added to the BUY RATED list in November 2015, gained 112 percent since April and 387 percent since being added to the list. Strong growth in profits and a 5 for 1 stock split helped in moving the value of the stock. ISP Finance added in April, is up 20 percent but there is little supply to be obtained, a recipe for a strong rally in the price ahead. Knutsford Express was put on hold when last reported on and has slipped 20.5 percent, is now restored to a buy below $20 while Lasco Distributors placed on a Watch list last time, is up 52.6 percent and is now placed on watch list at current price at $7.60, supply seems to be drying up for this stock, following release of full year’s results. While investors have priced in a potential big inflows from their law suit claim with Pfizer, at a PE ratio around 20 times fiscal 2017 operating profit, investing at the levels could result in an investment that may underperform the market in the medium term.
Cable & Wireless is up 22.5 percent since April and 332 percent since it debuted on the list in February 2014. The company reported a small profit from operation, for this year to March, and seems headed for earnings around 20 cents per share for 2017. The price should be heading higher before too long, but demand is not electric currently.
Buy Rated upd 6-16General Accident and Honey Bun are placed on the watch list with the former unable to get profit to rise outside the range of 30 cents per share and the latter now being priced at a PE of 18, well ahead of the average for the junior market. Honey Bun supply notwithstanding the 5 for 1 stock split, is scarce but profit growth could continue to be strong thus lending support to the stock going forward.
Companies in Trinidad are not doing well but their performance is not disastrous in the main with the price of a number of stocks have pulled back sharply and will offer good entry points when it is time to buy into that market. The time may not be right to enter that recession affected market just yet. Technical reading of this market shows it peaking at 2,032 points and have lost 13.5 percent since then and could fall another 9 percent from the May 2016 levels to reach 1,600 points before the decline is over. A look at the trading report shows that the prices of some major companies remain under pressure and is likely to fall as demand remains weak.
Technical and fundamental assessments suggest that Access Financial, Caribbean Cream, Medical Disposables and National Commercial Bank are due for a break out sooner than later, with Caribbean Cement to follow.

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Juniors trade higher on Friday

June 3, 2016 by

Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) trade at a new intraday high on Friday

Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) trade at a new intraday high on Friday

Trading in the junior market pushed the index over the 2,200 mark during trading in the morning session but it ended closing at 2,166.02, up by 15.97 points. The market saw high volumes of more than 290,000 shares in Consolidated Bakeries, Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing. At the close, 2,520,895 shares, valued at $12,191,278 changed hands.
A total of 13 securities traded with 6 advancing and 4 declining. The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 4,500 shares to close at $12.45, CAC 2000 close with 750 units trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4.51, after trading 36,570 shares, Carib Flavours did not trade but closed with the offer at $7.75 compared to the last traded price of $7.99. Caribbean Producers traded 14,050 shares and gained 55 cents, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 294,747 units with a loss of 12 cents and ended at $2, after it traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $2.15,JM Trdng Sht-03-6-16 C2W Music closed with 29,000 shares trading with a gain of 2 cents at 36 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 38,920 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, Honey Bun ended at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $5.05 with a gain of 5 cents with 25,850 units changing hands. The price hit a high of $5.50 in the morning session. Jamaican Teas traded 108,490 units to close with a rise of 10 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors fell 30 cents with 514,000 units trading at $7.60. Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 20 cents at $3.14 with 167,400 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,280,146 shares and gained 10 cents to close at $4.60 and tTech traded 6,472 units at $4.30.

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C2W Music monster trade – Thursday

June 2, 2016 by

C2W had the largest trade on the JSE on Thursday

C2W had the largest trade on the JSE on Thursday

C2W Music closed trading with one transaction of 53.8 million trade on Thursday. The trade was executed by Stocks and Securities that see them buying the shares for their own account from a client. The trade that accounted for $18 million was the largest on the Jamaica Stock Exchange for the day. At the close, the market index lost 0.45 points to end at 2,150.05 as 57,317,961 shares, valued at $35,653,893 changed hands.
A total of 17 securities traded with 7 advancing and 8 declining. The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 1,200 shares to close at $12.45, after adding 45 cents, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 4 cents at $4.65, after trading 183,500 shares, Carib Flavours closed at $7.99 after losing 1 cent, in trading 200 shares. Consolidated Bakeries traded 283,078 units and gained 11 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.12, C2W Music closed with 53,814,091 shares trading with a loss of 1 cent at 34 cents, General Accident had 2,200 shares trading with a gain of 26 cents to close at $2.44. Honey Bun traded for the first time after its 5 for 1 stock split and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5 with a gain of $1.20 with 170,860 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance traded 628,310 shares but shed 20 cents to end at $3.20. JM Trdng Sht-02-6-16Jamaican Teas traded 17,039 units to close with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation rose 7 cents in trading 23,525 units at $2.87, Key Insurance gained 6 cents with 61,900 shares at $2.75. KLE Group ended at $1.60 with 9,300 shares changing hands Knutsford Express fell 50 cents in trading 6,200 shares to close at $17.50, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents with 1,000,000 units trading at $7.90. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 4 cents at $3.34 with 5,979 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,099,242 shares and fell 19 cents to close at $4.50, Medical Disposables ended with 5,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at $3.50 and tTech traded 8,537 units at $4.30.

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Juniors trade over 2.6m shares – Thursday

June 2, 2016 by

Spurred by good volumes in a number of junior market stocks, the junior market has so far traded over 2.6 million units while the main market had 3 securities trading in volumes over 100,000 units. Honey Bun fresh from a 5 to 1 stock split traded for the first time at $4.30.
Volumes increased for a number of stocks as Honey Bun traded 155,000 units at $4.30, Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 600,000 shares at $3.20, Lasco Distributors lost ground, in trading 762,546 units at $7.90 down from $8 on ICI intra JSE 02-06-16Wednesday and Lasco Manufacturing had with 1,048,000 shares trading at $4.60. JMMB Group traded 100,000 units at $10, Sagicor Real Estate X Fund had 500,400 shares changing hands at $10 while Supreme Ventures accounted for 219,900 shares at $4.30.
Trading resulted in activity in 27 securities, accounting for a volume of 3,660,342 units as 11 stocks gained and 11 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 135,568 units compared to an average of 233,476 units on Wednesday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Thursday, the all Jamaica Composite Index gained 696.08 points to 175,575.85, the JSE Market Index rose 622.41 points to 158,037.88, the JSE combined index rose by 696.08 points, to 168,568.02 and the junior market index fell 8.59 points to 2,141.91.

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Demand for juniors rose on Wednesday

June 1, 2016 by

Lasco Manufacturing had the largest trade in the junior market and climbed 50 cents to $8.

Lasco Distributors had the largest trade in the junior market and climbed 50 cents to $8.

Trading picked up the junior market on Wednesday ended with increased trading over Tuesday. At the close the market index rose 14.74 points to end at 2,150.50 as 2,151,230 shares valued at $12,226,480 changed hands.
A total of 14 securities traded with 7 advancing and 3 declining. The market ended with bids for 6 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 2,449 shares to close at $12, after shedding 50 cents, CAC 200 had 250 shares trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 9 cents at $4.69, after trading 163,774 shares, Consolidated Bakeries traded 89,007 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.01. Dolphin Cove had 900 shares trading with a loss of $1.68 at $11, General Accident had 2,200 shares trading with a gain of 26 cents to close at $2.44, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units at $3. Jamaican Teas traded 105,100 units to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading 112,918 units at $2.80, Knutsford Express rose $1.20 in trading 16,679 shares to close at $18.JM Trdng Sht-6-16 Lasco Distributors climbed 50 cents with 1,033,123 units trading at $8, one day after the company released full year’s results showing profit rising 38.55 percent from a 30.5 percent rise in sales income. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $3.30 with 338,355 shares changing hands after the company released full year’s results showing just 5 percent increase in profit after tax, from a 22 percent rise in revenues. Lasco Manufacturing traded 180,100 shares and rose 9 cents to close at $4.69 and Medical Disposables ended with 74,876 units changing hands to close with a gain of 24 cents at $3.49.

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New records as JSE rises – Wednesday

June 1, 2016 by

Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded for the first time since the stock split of 5 for 1 and hit $28 but has since traded at $26.10 for a 52 weeks’ high. The stock had a volume of 3.75 million units changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. ICI intra JSE 01-06-16Jamaica Producers traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $41.50, Honey Bun fresh from a 5 to 1 stock split is yet to trade and have no stock on offer.
Volumes increased for several stocks as increased demand was evident in early trading. Trading resulted in activity in 24 securities, accounting for a volume of 5,603,430 units as 11 stocks gained and 8 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 233,476 units compared to an average of 37,571 units on Tuesday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Wednesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,230.28 points to 175,155.30, the JSE Market Index rose 1,100.07 points to 157,661.84, the JSE combined index climbed 1,062.66 points, to 168,198.37 and the junior market index rose 4.12 points to 2,139.88.

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Signs of strength for juniors – Tuesday

May 31, 2016 by

Consolidated Bakeries closed at a 52 weeks' high on Tuesday.

Consolidated Bakeries closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.

Trading on the junior market on Tuesday ended with the market index rising 7.62 points to end at 2,135.76. Strong demand came for Consolidated Bakeries shares accounting for 1.8 million units, of the total of 2,620,512 shares valued at $7,902,418 changing hands. A total 12 securities traded, 5 of which advanced and 5 declined.
The junior market ended with bids for 14 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Caribbean Cream closed with a gain of 8 cents at $4.78, after trading 6,200 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units to end at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 108,630 units with a gain of 5 cents, to end at $3.95. Consolidated Bakeries traded 1,838,962 units and gained 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks high of $2, Derrimon Trading ended with 74,00 shares changing hands, JM Trdng Sht-31-5-16with a loss of 65 cents at $3.85, Iron Rock traded 1,048 shares with a rise of 20 cents to end at $3.40. Jamaican Teas traded 3,000 units to close with a loss of 5 cents at $3.85, KLE Group traded 10,000 shares and closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.60. Lasco Distributors closed with 349,561 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Manufacturing traded 128,665 shares and rose 30 cents to close at $4.70, Medical Disposables gained 25 cents in trading 74,458 shares at $3.25and tTech ended with 15,988 units changing hands but lost 20 cents to close at $4.30.

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