Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with 5,694,099 units valued at $160,330,278 changing hands in main market trading, compared to 994,217 units valued at $13,640,909 at the close on Monday leading to a negative advance decline ratio.
At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands in the main market with 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to just 4 stocks advancing and 13 declining. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 1,938,578 units valued at US$450,229, bringing the total of all trades in both markets to J$217,959,583.
The market indices slipped a bit, with the All Jamaica Composite Index declining by just 25.59 points to 255,896.49, the JSE Market Index declined 23.31 points to 233,150.70 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 4.84 points to close at 177.02.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 227,764 units valued at $6,413,211 for each security traded compared to an average of 45,192 units valued at $620,041. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 129,324 units with an average value of $2,758,273 compared with an average of 121,676 units with an average value of $2,563,889 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for June ended at 218,951 units with an average value of $3,871,959.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded $2 lower to close at $14, with an exchange of 3,842 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at 94 cents, with 20,000 stock units trading, Caribbean Cement exchanged 19,667 shares at $24.50, Carreras closed at $89, with 2,993 units changing hands while Grace Kennedy traded 44 cents lower to $41.50 with 82,361 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $18 exchanging 16,506 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 48 cents to close at $14.98 with 16,037 shares changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.10, losing 40 cents with trades of 10,557 shares, JMMB Group lost 24 cents, closing at $19.01 exchanging 12,633 stock units, Kingston Properties traded 2,288 units, after losing 5 cents to close at $8.80, Kingston Wharves closed at $30.30, with gains of 30 cents trading only 450 units. Mayberry Investments lost 13 cents to close at $4.52 with 1,000 units being switched, NCB Financial Group added 50 cents to close at $72.50, after exchanging 24,371 shares, 1834 Investments lost 4 cents to close at $1.33, with trades of 2,701 units
138 Student Living, closed at $4.55 trading 6,468 shares, PanJam Investment traded 71 cents lower, to $33.20 with 10,840 shares changing owners, Portland JSX closed at $10.50 trading 13,000 shares, Proven Investments gained 2 cents to close at $24.65 with 1,952,814 shares exchanged, Pulse Investments closed at $2.35, with a loss of 24 cents trading 24,559 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.38, losing 12 cents with 3,536 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group traded 3,184,156 shares at $31.50, having lost 50 cents, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $12.24, with a loss of $1.26 and 21,400 units trading. Scotia Group exchanged 68,270 shares at $41.50, Supreme Venture lost 5 cents to close at $7.90, with trades of 143,650 shares. Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 22.75 US cents, losing 0.01 US cents, trading 1,928,578 units, JMMB 7.5% preference share closed at $2, with an exchange of 50,000 units and JMMB Group US 6% preference share closed US$1.12 trading 10,000 units.
14 stocks drop on Tuesday 4 rise
Another miniscule IPO allocation
The general public ended up collecting a miniscule amount of shares in Express Catering recent public offering of shares with the first 12,000 shares being allocated in with the balance in excess allocated approximately 4.57 percent.
Mayberry Investments, brokers to Express Catering public issue, advised that a total of 1,270 applications valued at approximately $1,197,204,000 were received for 327.5 million shares valued at $491,250,000 that were on offer. Mayberry states that 1,237 applications valued at $634,599,000 were received for the public pool, approximately 13 times the value of $48,937,000 on offer in the public pool.
Shares allocated for Company Reserves Shares, Mayberry Reserved Shares and Key Partner Reserved applications were allocated in full. Mayberry states that “the company will endeavour to return refunds within 10 working days after the closing date.
JSE inch up on Wednesday
Big movements in a number of main market stocks were mixed at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, leaving the market indices with moderate gains with one stock climbing to a new high.
The All Jamaica Composite Index advanced 126.62 points to 259,635.75, the JSE Market Index gained 115.36 points to 236,557.57 and the JSE US dollar market index dropped 2.64 points to close at 171.83. At the close of trading, 26 securities changed hands in the main market with 2 trading in the US dollar market and one bond traded, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 13 declining. Carreras closed at a new 52 weeks’ high at the conclusion of trading. The main market ended with 5,512,413 units valued at $131,703,756 changing hands compared to 3,076,517 units valued at $75,479,037 at the close on Tuesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 1,886,641 units valued at US$414,205, bringing the total value to J$184,887,663.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 212,016 units valued at $5,065,529 for each security traded, compared to an average of 133,762 units valued at $3,281,697. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 155,508 units with an average value of $3,821,656 compared with an average of 127,255 units with an average of $3,199,719 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for June ended at 218,951 units with an average value of $3,871,959.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed at $15.50, losing $1, trading 3,486 shares, Cable and Wireless gained 3 cents and closed at $1.13, with 70,616 stock units switching owners, Carreras jumped $1.99 higher, in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $92 with 84,094 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $40.50, with a loss of $1.50, trading 24,428 units. Jamaica Broilers gained 30 cents, closing at $18, with an exchange of 137,347 shares, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, losing 70 cents with 6,700 shares trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 15 cents to close at $6.95, trading 46,311 shares, JMMB Group closed at $19, with a loss of $1 exchanging 9,377 units, Kingston Properties traded 95 cents lower to close at $9, with 4,000 units changing hands, Kingston Wharves closed at $29, losing 50 cents while trading 5,165 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $4.60, with 3,000 shares changing hands. NCB Financial Group climbed $1.45 to close at $70, after exchanging 768,259 shares, 1834 Investments added 15 cents, in closing at $1.50 with 30,292 shares traded, PanJam Investment closed at $34.50, losing 70 cents with trades of 18,348 shares, Proven Investments lost 1 cent to close at $24 exchanging 2,439,750 shares, Pulse Investments closed at $3.50, with a loss of 85 cents and 22,500 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica traded 86,675 shares at $1.60. Sagicor Group closed at $33.50, with gains of 40 cents trading 28,638 shares, Sagicor Real Estate gained 14 cents to close at $12.24 exchanging 1,015 units. Scotia Group traded $2.45 lower, closing at $42.55 with an exchange of 10,927 shares, Scotia Investments closed at $36.01, losing $1.99 with 42,553 shares changing hands, Seprod traded 29,647 shares at $30 while Supreme Ventures closed at $7.77, with an exchange of 73,630 shares. Margaritaville Turks US ordinary share closed at 32 US cents, with trades of 34,800 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 22 US cents trading 1,833,841 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share lost 1 cent, closing at $1.10 with 1,309,213 units exchanged and JMMB 7.5% preference share closed at $1.85, with 171,442 units traded.