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JSE Main Market slips into weekend

July 9, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks slipped into the weekend on Friday, after an exchange of just 5 percent more shares valued 26 percent more than on Thursday, with the market indices lost grounds even after prices of more stocks rose than those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 223.23 points to 464,466.25, the JSE Main Index slipped just 71.20 points to end at 426,626.34 and the JSE Financial Index ended 0.38 points lower to 105.42.
Trading ended with 52 securities compared to 50 on Thursday, with 22 stocks rising, 19 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate value for a stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 9,325,241 shares trading for $282,546,221, up from 8,889,308 units at $224,811,511 on Thursday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 28.5 percent after trading 2.66 million shares followed by Caribbean Cement 21.7 percent with 2.02 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 11.3 percent after an exchange of 1.06 million units.
Trading averaged 179,332 units at $5,433,581, compared to 177,786 shares at $4,496,230 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 155,610 units at $3,207,330, within distance of 151,484 units at $2,820,155 on Thursday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments shed 95 cents to close at $84.05 after an exchange of 24,203 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $1.75 to $92 with 2,024,458 shares crossing the exchange, Eppley rose 43 cents to 40.29 with 108 stocks clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $3.11 to $46.89 in trading 737 units. Grace Kennedy popped 89 cents to $104.89 with a transfer of 220,111 stock units, Guardian Holdings advanced $14 to $684 with 566 units changing hands, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.90 to $23.95 in an exchange of 3,045 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 25 cents to $17.25 after clearing the market with 3,198 units, JMMB Group gained 45 cents in closing at $38 in switching ownership of 135,193 shares, Kingston Wharves rose $2.06 to $50 with 454,312 stock units crossing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed $30 to close at $147, with the swapping of 76 units, NCB Financial Group advanced $4 to $146 in exchanging 13,064 stocks. Palace Amusement spiked $150 to $1,300 with the swapping of 36 stock units, Pan Jam Investment rose $1.40 to $69 in trading 2,065 units, Proven Investments lost 22 cents to $34.10 in crossing the market with 33,999 stocks. Sagicor Group shed $1 to settle at $55 in exchanging 457,729 shares, Salada Foods rallied 37 cents in closing at $8.62 in trading 47,287 stock units. Scotia Group shed 82 cents to $40.18 after exchanging 25,980 stocks, Supreme Ventures spiked 95 cents to $19 after crossing the market with 12,971 units and Wisynco Group shed 25 cents to close at $15.50 in exchanging 41,535 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share rose 22 cents to $7.50 in trading 2,500 stocks, Eppley 8.25% rallied $1.04 to $7.10 with 470 units changing hands and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share declined $25 to $80 in transferring 2,000 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Major stocks rebound

July 8, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks settled on a robust recovery at the end of trading on Thursday and, in the process, wiped out all the losses of the past two days with moderately more stocks declining than rising after the volume of shares and the value traded fell 22 percent and 29 percent respectively compared to Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index spiked 4,025.26 points to 464,689.48, the JSE Main Index sprung 3,462.72 points higher to 426,697.54 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.87 points to 105.80.
Trading ended with 50 securities compared to 51 on Wednesday, with 19 stocks rising, 23 declining and eight remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 8,889,308 shares trading for $224,811,511 versus 11,432,806 units at $317,069,162 on Wednesday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 13.6 percent of total volume for an exchange of 1.21 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 10.1 percent for 894,159 units and Grace Kennedy with 9.3 percent after trading 833,408 units.
Trading averaged 177,786 units at $4,496,230, compared to 224,173 shares at $6,217,042 on Wednesday. Trading month to date averages 151,484 units at $2,820,155, in contrast to 146,203 units at $2,483,594 on Wednesday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments surged $3.09 to $85 after trading 50,941 stocks as investors responded positively to the news that the directors will be to consider increasing the company’s capital, Berger Paints rallied 96 cents to close at $14.85 after exchanging 100 units, Caribbean Cement fell $1.05 to $93.75 in transferring 8,307 units. First Rock Capital lost 21 cents to close at $15.60 with 16,948 stocks changing hands, Grace Kennedy rallied $2 to $104 in switching ownership of 833,408 shares, Guardian Holdings dropped $19.99 to $670 with the swapping of 3,832 stock units. Jamaica Broilers gained 43 cents to end at $35.98 with an exchange of 27 units, Jamaica Producers shed 95 cents in ending at $22.05, with 17,393 stocks clearing the market. Kingston Properties fell $1.10 to $8.40 in swapping of 19,760 units, Margaritaville rose $1 to $15.10 after exchanging 814 units, Mayberry Investments added 34 cents in closing at $6.19 with the transfer of 759,331 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 75 cents to $9 in switching ownership of 25,606 stock units. NCB Financial advanced $1 to $142 after exchanging 176,301 stocks, Palace Amusement dived $200 to end at $1,150 with the swapping of 100 units, Pan Jam Investment lost 40 cents in ending at $67.60 after trading 21,361 stocks. Proven Investments slipped 78 cents to $34.32 with 1,024 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group rallied $4 to $56 with 278,687 stock units crossing the market, Salada Foods picked up 25 cents to settle at $8.25 with the swapping of 56,192 stock units and Supreme Ventures shed 96 cents to close at $18.05, with 237,056 shares clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% fell $1.04 to $6.06 exchanging 623 units and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 rose 15 cents to a record $3.45 with a transfer of 51,094 stocks.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Losses for JSE Main Market

July 7, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Market activity ended on Wednesday with the market declining, with the volume of shares exchanged rising 75 percent with the value climbing 504 percent higher than on Tuesday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,454.90 points to 460,664.22, the JSE Main Index shed 674.44 points to end at 423,234.82 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.36 points to 103.93.
Trading ended with 51 securities similar to Tuesday, with 16 stocks rising, 19 declining and 16 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 17.1 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
A total of 11,432,806 shares traded for $317,069,162 versus 6,642,522 units at $52,483,080 on Tuesday. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund led trading with 44.5 percent of total volume for 5.09 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway 12.7 percent, with 1.45 million units and Wigton Windfarm 11.7 percent, with 1.34 million units.
Trading averaged 224,173 units at $6,217,042, compared to 130,246 shares at $1,029,080 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averages 146,203 units at $2,483,594, in contrast to 126,120 units at $1,521,948 on Tuesday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement popped $1.80 to $94.80 after exchanging 43,185 stock units, Eppley dropped $4.04 to $39.86 in transferring 958 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund spiked $9.46 to $50 with the swapping of 5,093,289 shares, First Rock Capital rallied 26 cents to $15.81 in an exchange of 9,021 units, Grace Kennedy fell $1.99 to $102 in switching ownership of 34,826 stock units. Guardian Holdings surged $39.99 to $689.99 with 6,272 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers declined $1.15 to $35.55 with the swapping of 7,584 units, Jamaica Producers slipped $1 to end at $23 after 11,621 stocks crossed the market. Jamaica Stock Exchange rallied 38 cents to $17.50 in trading 530 units, JMMB Group lost 44 cents in ending at $37.56 with a transfer of 43,241 stocks, Kingston Properties rose $1.10 to $9.50 in an exchange of 738 units. Margaritaville shed $1.20 to $14.10, with 2,457 stock units clearing the market, Mayberry Investments lost 25 cents in closing at $5.85 in exchanging 1,000 shares. Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 76 cents to settle at $9.75 in switching ownership of 500 stocks, NCB Financial fell 50 cents to $141 with 42,327 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement dived $75 to $1,350 in trading 29 units. PanJam Investment climbed 40 cents to $68 after exchanging 11,951 stock units, Sagicor Group dived $4.50 to $52 in trading 183,871 shares, Salada Foods lost 30 cents to close at $8 with 69,919 shares crossing the exchange, Scotia Group popped 90 cents to $40.90 in transferring 134,985 stocks and Supreme Ventures shed 39 cents in ending at $19.01 with the swapping of 852,216 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% shed 24 cents in closing at $1.26 with 4,941 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Slippage for JSE majors on Tuesday

July 6, 2021 by IC Insider.com

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Advancing and declining stocks were almost evenly balanced at the end of market activity on Tuesday, but with rising stocks having the edge after the volume of shares traded and the value fell 14 percent and 26 percent respectively compared to Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on a day of low volume that attracted relatively small sum.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,326.49 points to 463,119.12, the JSE Main Index dropped 3,307.14 points to 423,909.26 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.84 points to 104.29.
Trading ended with 51 stocks, up from 46 on Monday, with 22 rising, 20 declining and nine remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.6 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 6,642,522 shares trading for $52,483,080, down from 7,760,356 units at $70,527,298 on Monday. QWI Investments led trading with 29.1 percent of total volume for an exchange of 1.93 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 19.7 percent for 1.31 million units and Wigton Windfarm 13.4 percent with 891,752 units changing hands.
Trading averaged 130,246 units at $1,029,080, compared to 168,703 shares at $1,533,202 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 126,120 units at $1,521,948, in contrast to 124,689 units at $1,692,944 on Monday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has thirteen stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and eight with lower offers.
At the close, Eppley shed $1.10 to close at $43.90 in exchanging 7,577 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund sank $4.46 to $40.54 with a transfer of 572 units, Grace Kennedy spiked 99 cents to $103.99 in trading 77,467 stock units. Guardian Holdings dropped $5 to $650, with 5,882 units changing hands, Jamaica Producers shed 60 cents in ending at $24 after 18,720 stock units crossed the market with. JMMB Group popped 44 cents to close at $38 in switching ownership of 130,050 shares, Kingston Properties lost 30 cents to close at $8.40 in trading 32,665 stocks, Kingston Wharves fell 30 cents to $47.70 with the swapping of 4,837 stocks, Margaritaville spiked $1.30 to $15.30 with an exchange of 33,171 shares. NCB Financial rallied $2.49 to $141.50 in transferring 58,770 stocks, 138 Student Living added 25 cents to end at $5.15 with 8,411 stock units crossing the market, Palace Amusement jumped $75 to close at $1,425 in an exchange of 201 units. Sagicor Group rose 49 cents to $56.50 in switching ownership of 140,317 stock units. Scotia Group shed 50 cents to end at $40, with 8,550 units changing hands, Seprod picked up 50 cents in ending at $72, with 46,730 shares clearing the market and Supreme Ventures gained 30 cents to close at $19.40 with the swapping of 12,519 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 share lost 15 cents in ending at $3.35 with an exchange of 16 units and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share spiked $4.89 to $105 after investors cleared the market of 93 stock units.
In the Corporate Bond market COLOSSAL 4.25% FR2022 traded 300,000 units at $100.72409 with a gain of 72 cents.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

JSE Main Market up on reduced trades

July 5, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Market activity ended on Monday with fewer securities trading than on Friday and the market rising after more stocks advanced than declined and 35 percent more shares valued 44 percent changed hands compared to Friday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 528.55 points to close at 464,445.61, the JSE Main Index surged 3,053.18 points to 427,216.40 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.97 points to 105.13.
Trading ended with 46 securities compared to 50 on Friday, with 25 stocks rising, 16 declining and five remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.8 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Trading ended with 7,760,356 shares for $70,527,298 versus 5,760,799 units at $127,050,791 on Friday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 35.6 percent of the volume after exchanging 2.76 million shares, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund 20.3 percent, with 1.57 million units and JMMB Group 10.2 percent, after an exchange of 792,910 units.
Trading averaged 168,703 units at $1,533,202, compared to 115,216 shares at $2,541,016 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 124,689 units at $1,692,944, compared to 104,642 units at $1,765,697 on Friday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement shed $1.83 to $93 in exchanging 48,084 shares, Eppley spiked $3 to a record high of $45 in switching ownership of 4,766 stock units, First Rock Capital fell 25 cents to $15.50 with 33,951 units changing hands, Grace Kennedy dipped $2.98 to $103 with the swapping of 11,816 stocks. Guardian Holdings bolted $15 higher to $655 in transferring 684 stock units, Jamaica Broilers rallied $1.25 to $36.75 with 34,818 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rallied $1.10 to $24.60 in trading 6,545 stocks, Margaritaville fell 70 cents to $14, with 10,673 stock units crossing the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 20 cents to $9 in an exchange of 430,059 shares, Portland JSX dropped $2.29 to $7.12 after exchanging 31,400 stocks, Proven Investments shed 45 cents to $35.05 with a transfer of 40,242 shares. Sagicor Group popped 46 cents to $56.01 in trading 12,921 stocks, Salada Foods gained 25 cents to finish at $8.45 with the swapping of 24,077 units, Scotia Group rose 50 cents to $40.50 in switching ownership of 2,233 shares, Seprod rallied $1.50 to settle at $71.50 in trading 4,864 stocks. Supreme Ventures lost 41 cents to end at $19.10 in an exchange of 3,205 stock units and Wisynco Group spiked 19 cents ending at $15.99, clearing the market with 36,426 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference shares rose 77 cents to $7.28 in switching ownership of 2,660 shares, Eppley 8.25% gained 30 cents ending at $7.10 with 2,727 units crossing the market and JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 picked up 30 cents in closing at $3.50 in exchanging 350 stock units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Prices softened on JSE Main Marke

July 2, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Two stocks declined for every one that rose at the close of market activity on Friday, but the All Jamaican Composite eked out gains with 20 percent more shares traded valued 148 percent more than on Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 743.96 points to 463,917.06, the JSE Main Index dropped 2,388.16 points to end at 424,163.22 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.03 points to 104.16.
A total of 50 securities were traded compared to 51 on Thursday, with 13 stocks rising, 26 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 5,760,799 shares trading for $127,050,791, up from 4,808,070 units at $51,284,621 on Thursday. Pulse Investments led trading with 17 percent of total volume after trading 977,680 shares, followed by Wigton Windfarm 13 percent with 749,981 units and Scotia Group with 10.9 percent for 625,364 units.
Trading averaged 115,216 units at $2,541,016, compared to 94,276 shares at $1,005,581 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 104,642 units at $1,765,697. June closed with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement advanced $2.83 in closing at $94.83 with 5,786 shares changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dived $4.99 to $45 in an exchange of 1,494 units, First Rock Capital fell 24 cents to $15.75 in trading 7,772 shares, Grace Kennedy rallied $5.98 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $105.98 with an exchange of 19,195 stocks. Guardian Holdings dropped $50.99 to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $640 after 118,213 stock units crossed the exchange, Jamaica Broilers shed 50 cents to $35.50 with 3,482 units clearing the market Jamaica Producers slipped $1.10 to $23.50 in transferring 479 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 45 cents to end at $17.05 with 21,551 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group dipped 50 cents to close at $37.49 in switching ownership of 58,059 shares, Kingston Properties rose $1.20 to $8.70 with 10,289 stocks crossing the exchange, Mayberry Investments rallied 30 cents to $6 with a transfer of 197 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities slipped 70 cents to $9.20 in switching ownership of 4,806 units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dived $31.49 to $117 after exchanging 23 stocks, NCB Financial fell 99 cents to $139.01 with 10,741 stock units crossing the market, 138 Student Living lost 30 cents to close at $4.90 in exchanging 9,884 shares, Palace Amusement plunged $150 to $1,350 with the swapping of 79 stocks. PanJam Investment fell $1.40 to $67.60 after trading 1,150 stock units, Sagicor Group rose 55 cents to $55.55 in exchanging 8,321 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 20 cents to close at $8.30, with 1,970 units crossing the exchange, Seprod sagged $2.90 to $70 in trading 15,395 stocks and Supreme Ventures shed $1.14 to finish at $19.51 after exchanging 96,734 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% lost 40 cents to close at $6.80 in clearing the market with 10 stocks.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Staffing chopped 30% at CPJ

July 2, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Successful investors usually have keen eyes that spot good opportunities from afar before the crowd usually finds out that seems to be the case at the Montego Bay based Caribbean Producers (CPJ).

Caribbean Producers back in TOP 10

We have cut staffing from 450 to 315 and we did a lot of cost containment and some amount of restructuring of the operations, which Mark Hart, chairman of the company, puts at US$600,000 per annum. According to Hart, they believe that the manning levels will be adequate for the immediate future.
CPJ chalked up losses following the closure of the hotels last year and while the company lost money up to the March quarter this year, the stock price has more than doubled since the end of June last year, moving from $2.06 to $4.74 on Thursday. Most investors missed the train on this one.
The first thing investors ought to have observed was the reopening of the tourist sector with increasing visitor arrivals since travel restrictions were lifted in June last year. The second was a reduction in cost at the company and the strong cash flow since the closure in March last year.
One of the best signals, pointing to improvement, was trading in the stock by insiders and connected parties since the latter part of 2020. Last month, the company advised the Jamaica Stock Exchange that a connected party purchased 470,707 units of the company’s shares on June 29.
On December 23, last year, a connected party purchased 464,765 shares that followed a connected party purchase of 2,930,211 shares at around $2.63 on December 8. On November 25, last year, another connected party purchase took place for 185,002 shares. The only negative message was to the sale by a connected party of 5,500,500 shares on April 20, this year, at approximately $3.74. A deeper review by ICInsider.com indicates that the sale was a specially arranged deal to someone close to the seller. On February 19, the stocks closed, trading at $2.67 with just 12,000 shares traded but on the next day, 752,023 shares traded with the last traded price of $3.20, and then on the next day, 8,622,338 shares traded at $3.50. The above trades are a big vote of confidence that things were on the mend for the company.
Following the above, it should not be surprising to hear two directors speaking glowingly about developments at the company over the past year and plans for expansion for the future. “We have seen quick recovery for our core business,” said Thomas Tyler.
Hart stated that he thinks that the forecast made by Don Theoc of Mayberry Investments of $6 for the company’s shares in the next twelve months is conservative.
“We have expanded our grocery stores in St Lucia from 3,000 to 8,000 square feet in May and we are building out 9,000 square feet grocery store in the centre of Castries and working on breaking ground and should be ready in six to nine months. In the north of St Lucia, we are looking at a 19,000 square foot retail store and in Montego Bay, we are expanding a 1,200 square feet retail store to 6,000 square feet.” “We have identified acquisition candidate in Jamaica and we are exploring,” Thomas Tyler stated; he went on to further state that the plan is “for revenues in St Lucia to move from US$15 million per annum now to $50 million in 3 years.”
The company suffered a loss of US$903,258 for the March quarter, up from US$553780 in the similar period last year and for the nine months to March, the loss ballooned to US$3.6 million from a loss of just US$29,609 in the prior year.
Sale revenues dropped 52 percent for the quarter, to US$12.7 million from US$26.5 million but fell 57 percent for the year to date, to US$37 million from US$86 million in 2020.
The company enjoyed an improved profit margin in the March quarter, with gross profit falling at a slower pace of 56.4 compared to the steeper decline in revenues, but gross profit for the nine months period, slipped by 54 percent.
Selling and administrative expenses fell 37 percent to $3.2 million in the quarter and 42 percent in the nine months period to US$9.4 million from US$16.4 million.
Finance cost declined in the quarter, to $442,000 from $581 million in 2020 and $1.83 million to $1.34 million for the nine months period, while depreciation was fall at US$1 million for the quarter and US$3.2 million for the year to date period.
The rationalization resulted in Inventories falling from US$28 million in March 2020 to US$18.7 million receivables fell from US$18 million down to US$10.5 million, while payables fell from US$15.3 million to US$6.33 million. Some of the declines are due to a lower level of business activity. Amounts borrowed to fund the operations remained at a high US$34 million, with shareholders’ equity of just $14 million.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Caribbean Producers, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, junior market, Mayberry Investments

Positive Q3 start for JSE majors

July 1, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks closed out the start to the second half of 2021 with moderate trading leading to rising prices outdoing declining ones on Thursday and leading to gains in the market index, with the volume and value of shares traded declining 60 percent and 68 percent respectively compared to Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 632.10 points to 463,173.10, the JSE Main Index popped 987.23 points to end at 426,551.38 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.12 points to 105.19.
Trading ended with a total of 51 securities similar to Wednesday, with 22 stocks rising, 18 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value for a stock, averages 17.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Trading tallied 4,808,070 shares for $51,284,621 versus 11,971,431 units at $162,261,125 on Wednesday. Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 19.5 percent of total volume for 937,064 shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 16.3 percent from 782,105 units and Transjamaican Highway with 10 percent after exchanging 482,279 units.
Trading averaged 94,276 units at $1,005,581, compared to 234,734 shares at $3,181,591 on Wednesday. Trading in June averages 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell $1.05 to $81.95 with an exchange of 10,953 shares, Caribbean Cement declined $2.98 to $92 in switching ownership of 2,107 stock units. Carreras rallied 20 cents to $9.50 with a transfer of 242,839 stocks, Eppley shed 65 cents to $42, with 1,925 units clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund spiked $3.79 to $49.99 in exchanging 4,350 shares. First Rock Capital gained 29 cents to end at $15.99 with the swapping of 4,236 stock units, Grace Kennedy sprung $3 higher to $100 with 119,597 shares crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings dropped $8.01 to close at $690.99 with 8,181 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers spiked 98 cents to $36 with the swapping of 4,092 shares, Jamaica Producers rose $1.10 to $24.60 after exchanging 40,153 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 25 cents to finish at $17.50 in switching ownership of 8,038 units. JMMB Group picked up 26 cents to end at $37.99 trading 51,048 stocks, Mayberry Investments shed 75 cents to close at $5.70 with the swapping of 28,827 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped $1.38 to $9.90 after 5,374 units crossed the market, 138 Student Living rallied 20 cents to $5.20 in exchanging 1,035 stock units, Palace Amusement spiked $50 to $1,500 in trading 200 units, Sagicor Group fell $2.15 to $55 with 143,472 shares changing hands, Salada Foods rallied $1.20 to $8.20 with 6,191 units clearing the market, Scotia Group fell $1.65 to $40 with an exchange of 14,205 stock units. Seprod gained 45 cents to finish at $72.90 with the swapping of 13,546 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 26 cents to $15.16 after trading 96,399 shares and Wisynco Group spiked 30 cents to $15.80 in switching ownership of 53,694 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share lost 49 cents to end at $6.51 after an exchange of 322 units and Eppley 8.25% gained 30 cents to close at $7.20 with 100 stocks crossing the market.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Sharp jump to close month for JSE majors

June 30, 2021 by IC Insider.com

At the midway point for 2021 Jamaican stocks are up just under 7 percent those listed Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market at the close of trading on Wednesday after the index rebounded as more stocks rose than declined, with an exchange of 26 percent more shares than on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 5,655.18 points to 462,541.00, the JSE Main Index surged 6,000.74 points to end at 425,564.15 and the JSE Financial Index picked up 1.38 points to end at 105.07.
Trading ended with 51 securities compared to 50 on Tuesday, with 27 stocks rising, 11 declining and 13 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 11,971,431 shares trading for $162,261,125 versus 9,510,633 units at $151,206,424 on Tuesday. Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 34.6 percent of total volume for an exchange of 4.15 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 11.7 percent for 1.40 million units, Wisynco Group contributed 11.4 percent with 1.36 million units and QWI Investments 11.2 percent after trading 1.36 million units.
Trading averaged 234,734 units at $3,181,591, compared to 190,213 shares at $3,024,128 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averages 249,610 units at $3,877,606, in contrast to 250,335 units at $3,911,541 on Tuesday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has twelve stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed $3 to $83 with 694,456 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement rallied 48 cents to $94.98 in transferring 5,540 stock units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rose by $1.20 to $46.20 with 88,039 shares crossing the market, First Rock Capital gained 20 cents to end at $15.70 with the swapping of 4,103 stock units. Guardian Holdings surged $49 to $699 in switching ownership of 58,775 units, Jamaica Broilers shed $1.01 in closing at $35.02 after trading 64,951 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 25 cents to close at $17.25 with 17,600 stocks clearing the market, JMMB Group dipped 27 cents to $37.73 with the swapping of 71,764 stock units, Kingston Wharves spiked $1 to $48 in exchanging 6,029 shares, Margaritaville jumped $1.10 to $14.70 with 11,171 units crossing the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 57 cents to finish at $8.52 in trading 134,696 shares. NCB Financial declined $2 to $140 with a transfer of 30,450 units, Palace Amusement dropped $50 to $1,450 after exchanging 185 units, PanJam Investment rallied $4 to $69 in switching ownership of 26,674 stock units. Proven Investments spiked $1.21 to $35.61 after an exchange of 1,478 shares, Pulse Investments gained 26 cents to finish at $4.36 with 359,704 stocks changing hands, Salada Foods declined $1 to $7 in exchanging 104,473 shares. Scotia Group rose 65 cents to $41.65 in trading 10,367 units, Seprod declined $2.04 to close at $72.45 with a transfer of 4,354 shares. Supreme Ventures rose 85 cents to $20.80 with 17,957 units changing hands and Wisynco Group lost 25 cents to close at $15.50 with the swapping of 1,359,269 shares,

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Another big hit for JSE stocks

June 29, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks got clobbered for a second day, with the All Jamaican Composite Index tumbling 7,500.40 points to 456,885.82, following on Monday’s more than 7,000 points fall. The JSE Main Index dropped 5,985.17 points to end at 419,563.41 and the JSE Financial Index shed just 1.18 points to 103.69 as activity ended on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market after the volume of shares exchange dived 50 percent, while the value surged 109 percent compared to Monday.
Trading ended with 50 securities compared to 51 on Monday, with 17 rising, 21 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value stocks, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Trading concluded on Tuesday with 9,510,633 shares for $151,206,424 compared to 18,854,189 stock units at $72,201,390 on Monday. Wigton Windfarm accounted for 33.9 percent of total volume, with 3.22 million shares, to lead the volume traded, followed by QWI Investments 14.4 percent with 1.37 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 10.2 percent after an exchange of 972,238 units.
Trading averaged 190,213 units at $3,024,128, compared to 369,690 shares at $1,415,714 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 250,335 units at $3,911,541, in contrast to 253,353 units at $3,956,090 on Monday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments declined $1.10 to $80 with an exchange of 700,191 shares, Caribbean Cement slipped 50 cents to $94.50 after clearing the market of 155,541 stock units, Grace Kennedy fell $1 to $96.95, with 43,336 units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings dropped $30 to end at a JSE low of $650 with the swapping of 46,888 stocks, Jamaica Broilers rose 78 cents to $36.03 in exchanging 24,814 units, Jamaica Producers declined $1.25 to $23.50 after investors transferred 32,054 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped 32 cents to $17, trading 17,228 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 34 cents to $9.09 after switching ownership of 17,300 shares. NCB Financial rose $1 to $142 with 68,867 units changing hands, 138 Student Living lost 25 cents to end at $5 with the swapping of 10,165 shares, Palace Amusement spiked $149.73 to $1,500 after trading 208 units, PanJam Investment declined $2 to $65 with a transfer of 50,915 stock units. Pulse Investments lost 24 cents to close at $4.10 with 75,022 shares clearing the market, Sagicor Group rallied 69 cents to close at $57 in an exchange of 65,202 stock units, Salada Foods shed 62 cents to close at $8, with 57,825 stocks crossing the market. Seprod gained 99 cents to finish at $74.49 with the swapping of 175,821 shares, Supreme Ventures declined 95 cents in closing at $19.95 after an exchange of 53,982 stocks and Wisynco Group lost 20 cents to close at $15.75 in transferring 50,623 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% spiked 80 cents in closing at $6.85 with 157 units changing hands and JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 gained 20 cents to end at $3.25 in trading 65,000 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.