The Jamaica Stock Exchange is trading with some fair volume with Jamaica Broilers 
having 1,568,877 units trading with the price holding at $5.50 and JMMB Group with 1,126,033 units but the price slipped to $8, following poor profit results in the final quarter of the fiscal year to March. Mayberry Investments had 1,000,000 units trading at $3.15, the stock was sold by JMMB Securities and Mayberry bought them for in house purposes. Carreras traded 300,000 units at $50, Sagicor Group had 485,070 shares trading at $12.15, Scotia Group had 255,085 units changing hands at $25.50. Interestingly, even as Cable & Wireless posted a bad loss after taking a $7 billion one off extra ordinary expense hit the stock traded 327,000 at 50 cents. Cargo Handlers trades at a new high of $22.48 by adding 19 cents in trading 102,900 units and Caribbean Cream traded 100,000 units at a new high of $1.35.
All Jamaica below 110,000 at 11:30am
15 stocks rose 10 declined on JSE
JSE traded at a new all-time high of $4.80 to record a gain of 220% for the year to date
TheJSE Market Index lost 484.92 points to 99,189.54, theJSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 542.01 points to close at 11109,806.20 and the JSE combined index gained 850.26 points to end at 101,568.60.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Market activity saw, Cable & Wireless ending with 1,359,285 shares to close at 48 cents, after losing 2 cents but the stock traded as low as 45 cents after the company reported a huge $9 billion loss including an exceptional charge of $7 billion, after trading closed on Monday.
Caribbean Cement had 70,900 shares trading at $5.10, to record a gain of 10 cents. Carreras traded of $51.50 and lost 50 cents but with just 6,272 shares, Desnoes & Geddes had 38,161 units changing hands at $7.50, for a loss of 5 cents, Hardware & Lumber traded 72,196 shares between a new intra-day high of $19 and the closing price of $18, Jamaica Broilers traded 206,666 units to close at $5.25 with a 30 cents loss. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 5,000 units at a new high of $4.80 after gaining 30 cents. JMMB Group gained 5 cents, with 14,350 shares to close at $8.50. Mayberry Investments traded 183,599 units at $3.09, as the price slipped by 1 cent, 
National Commercial Bank traded 24,497 shares at $29.90 and lost 9 cents, Radio Jamaica traded 100,000 shares to remain unchanged at $3. Sagicor Group had 344,180 units trading 5 cents higher to end at $12.05, the company Real Estate Fund ended with 18,186 units trading down by 8 cents at $7.50. Scotia Group traded 309,997 units at $25.30, Supreme Ventures added 117,357 shares at $3.80. Proven Investments had 40,900 changing hands at 20.99 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference shares closed with 250,900 units trading at $2.11 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares closed with 147,225 units trading at $3.02.
Main market slips junior up
TheJSE Market Index fell 547.63 points to 99,126.83, 
theJSE All Jamaican Composite index lost 612.11 points to close at 109,736.10 and the JSE combined index lost 485.94 points to end at 101,383.99 and the junior market index rose 3.35 to 874.63.Thirty three securities traded up to 11 am, including 12 junior market stocks, with Cargo Handlers trading 205,972 units at a new high of $22.29 as Mayberry Investments crossed the shares from their in house inventory to a client. Four new 52 weeks’ highs have been recorded, Hardware & Limber at $19, Jamaica Stock Exchange at $4.80, Cargo Handlers at $22.29 and Derrimon preference shares trading at $2.50.
The preference shares section was active with 4 securities trading as investors seek higher yielding investments.
Market back to pre-crisis levels
Carreras traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $52
Stocks trading at new 52 weeks’ high in the main market are, Carreras traded of $52 to gain $2 but with only 800 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaica Broilers and Pan Jamaican.
TheJSE Market Index gained 908.09 points to 99,674.46, theJSE All Jamaican Composite index climbed 1,015.00 points to close at 110,348.21 and
the JSE combined index gained 850.26 points to end at 101,869.93. The close on Monday, places the all Jamaican index back to July 2008 levels.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Cable & Wireless closed with 341,888 shares trading at 50 cents, Caribbean Cement had 61,057 shares trading at $5, to record a gain of 40 cents. Desnoes & Geddes had 15,250 units changing hands at $7.55, in putting on 12 cents, Jamaica Broilers traded 115,000 units at $5.55 with a 5 cents gain, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 10,000 units at a new high of $4.50. JMMB Group lost ground by falling 55 cents, with 22,350 shares to close at $8.45 after the investment bank posted earnings of $1.18 per share for the year to March, compared with $1.74 in 2014. The company only made $76 million in the quarter compared to reach $1.93 million compared with $1.85 million at the end of December.
Mayberry Investments traded 127,350 units at $3.10, as the price moved up 10 cents, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 6,473 shares at $60.50 to gain 50 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Radio Jamaica traded 55,622 shares and gained 40 cents to close at $3, the company released results of 32 cents per share for the year to March after trading closed compared with 17 cents in 2014. Sagicor Group had 308,000 units trading at the end at $12, the company Real Estate Fund ended with 3,933,104 units trading 7 cents high at $7.58, Scotia Group traded 261,103 units at $25.30 Seprod 23,580 shares as the price slipped 95 cents to $16.55 and Supreme Ventures added 487,217 shares at $3.80.
Buy Rated blooming
Hardware & Lumber with its Rapid True Value retail arm gained 291% since place on BUY RATED list
Trinidadian stocks have hardly gone anywhere the Jamaican ones are soaring after a long period of drought. There are three triple winners in the main Jamaican market including Hardware and lumber that is up 291 percent since we selected it as Buy Rated. Interestingly, they are no losing stocks in this market. The junior stocks have erased most of the losses suffered earlier and now only two stocks record any losses. Technical indicators are pointing to
the Jamaican rally continuing for the rest of the year with lower inflation and interest rates coupled with continued strong profit gains. Trinidad stocks will continue to be under pressure but there are a few severely undervalued ones in that market that could post decent gains in the months ahead.Access still has further to go as the future looks good for growth in profits but the price of the stock could be trading around current levels for some time but there is limited volumes available, this one becomes a longer term buy with the price where is currently lies. Caribbean Cream and Paramount seems to have quite some gains to deliver in the months ahead as improving results encourage investors to buy into the growth prospects. Lasco Financial could be going anywhere with Mayberry buying 20 percent and buying more in the market of a stock with limited float and Medical Disposables has good potential to deliver a decent gain.
The main market may have had lots of gains so far but there is much more to come from even some of the top performers such as Jamaica Stock Exchange, National Commercial Bank, Caribbean Cement and Carreras to name a few. Over in Trinidad, Guardian Holdings is undervalued but National Flour is severely undervalued, Trinidad Cement is a huge buy with much upside potential especially with debt restructuring leading to lower interest cost and lower energy cost in Jamaica and Barbados.
Sagicor stole show with 11.4m Shares
Sagicor Group
Sagicor Group had 11,418,503 shares trading at $11.52 as Sagicor Investments was the only broker trading the stock on behalf of clients, as well as some being bought for in house inventory purposes.
Activity on the overall market resulted in the prices of 18 stocks rising, 8 declining as 37 securities changed hands, ending in 15,580,599 units trading, valued at $163,455,688, in all market segments.
The JSE Market Index gained 621.20 lost points to 98,315.18, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 694.34 points to close at 108,828.89 and the JSE combined index gained 600.84 points to end at 100,580.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows only 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
In trading, Barita Investments exchanged 77,159 shares to close at $2.50, after shedding 20 cents, Cable & Wireless traded 353,348 units at 50 cents at the close Caribbean Cement had 102,760 shares changing hands at $5, to gain 60 cents at the close, but traded as low as $4.40. Carreras had 104,150 units trading unchanged at $49, Desnoes & Geddes gained 15 cents in trading 12,500 units at $7.50. Gleaner closed up 14 cents as 25,811 units changed hands at $1.10.
All the Jamaica Producers’ 36,937 shares traded at $18.55, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded at a new all-time high of $3.65 with 10,000 units, Margaritaville traded 89,180 units at 10.5 US cents up from 10 US cents, Mayberry Investments traded 98,500 at $3, National Commercial Bank traded 15,647 shares to close with a gain of 53 cents at $30.10. Proven Investments ended with 18,320 units as the price rose to 20.99 US cents, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 202,000 shares at $7.51, Scotia Group had 673,965 shares changing hands at $25.50 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares with 289,776 units at $3.02.
Carreras pays $2 Mayberry 20 cents
Carreras declared an interim dividend of two dollars ($2) per share unit, payable on June 25, 2015 to shareholders on record as at June 11, 2015. The X-date is June 9. The company paid an interim dividend of $1.60 per share payable on March 12, 2015
Dividends paid prior to the one in March are, $1 per stock on December 18, and an interim dividend of $1.20 per stock unit on December 11, 2014. In September, last year Carreras paid an interim dividend of $1.20 per stock unit, $1.75 per stock unit was paid on June 26. A special capital cash distribution of $1.34 per stock unit was paid on July 31.
Mayberry Investments declared a dividend of twenty cents per share (20 cents), payable on June 17, 2015 to shareholders on record as at June 10, 2015. The X-date is June 8. The company last paid a dividend of 12 cents per share on June 18, 2014.
Board of Directors of JMMB Group will convene a meeting on Monday June 1, 2015 to consider an interim dividend payment to ordinary shareholders.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers the forerunner to JMMB Group last paid a dividend of 16 cents per ordinary on December 16, 2014, prior to that the company paid a dividend of 17 cents per ordinary share on June 26, last year.
New high for Lasco Fin & JSE
Lasco Financial Services traded at a new all- time high of $1.61 in trading 
250,000 shares at $1.61, two days after Mayberry bough 20 percent of the company after the company reported profits of 15.5 cents per share for the year to March. The Jamaica Stock Exchange had 20 securities trading at 11 on Thursday accounting for 1 million units. The All Jamaican composite Index is up 86.28 points 108,220.83, the JSE index is at 97,771.17.18 gained 77.19 points and the junior market rose 4.64 to 873.36 so far 9 stocks recorded gains versus 4 that are down. There were 4 securities traded in the junior market and 16 in the main and US dollar market
In trading, Barita Investments traded 75,000 at $2.41, Gleaner Company closed up 14 cents as 10,011 changed hands at $1.10, Jamaica Stock Exchange is trading at a new all-time high of $3.65 with 10,000 units, Mayberry Investments trades with 50,300 at $3, followed by Sagicor Real Estate X Fund with 202,000 shares at $7.51, Proven Investments with 18,320 units as the price rose to 20.99 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares with 289,776 units at $3.02.
Bullishness intact as 16 stocks rise
Gleaner Traded 3.7 million shares to close at 96 cents
TheJSE Market Index gained 195.74 points to 97,693.98, theJSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 218.85 points to close at 108,134.55 and the JSE combined index put on 298.44 points to end at 99,979.62.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.The following stocks closed in the main market at new 52 weeks high Barita Investments at $2.70, Hardware & Lumber at $12.08 and Radio Jamaica at $3.
In trading, Berger Paints ended with 10,057 shares changing hands to close 40 cents higher, at $3, Cable & Wireless closed with 29,546 shares trading for 1 cent lower at 49 cents, Gleaner traded 3,724,340 shares to end lower by 11 cents at 96 cents. Hardware & Lumber gained $1.83 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.08 with 33,999 units trading, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading with 55,845 shares changing hands to close 25 cent up at $5.50. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference shares close with 434,935 units trading at $2.30, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares finished trading with 30,000 at $3.02,
JMMB Group lost 45 cents as 6,094 shares changed hands at $8.55. Mayberry Investments contributed 124,080 units to trading at $3, National Commercial Bank ended trading with 97,412 shares and gained 5 cents to $29.57, Pan Jamaican Investment had 8,935 shares changing hands to close 42 cents higher, at $59.01. Radio Jamaica gained 25 cents with 24,497 shares trading at $3, Sagicor Group contributed 473,884 units in trading but lost 80 cents at $11.20. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed trading with 178,000 units, 40 cents lower at $7.10. Scotia Group ended trading with 228,571 shares with a 15 cents gain to $25.50, Scotia Investments closed with 1,500 shares changing hands to close 45 cents up at $26.30, Sterling Investments finished trading with 57,140 shares trading at $13.39 for a loss of 1 cent and Supreme Ventures saw trading in 52,020 units to close 35 cents down at $3.60.
Lasco Financial at new high
Lasco Financial closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.50, the day after Mayberry bough their holdings in the company to 20 percent. At the close, Lasco Financial had no stocks on offer while there were 20,000 units on the bid at $1.25. The Junior Market ended with 11 securities trading resulting in 1,986,233 units changing hands valued at $2,961,054. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 12.29 points to close at 868.72, with the price of 4 stocks advancing and 4 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial Services trading just 749 shares to close with the price unchanged at $17. AMG Packaging ending with 1,200 shares changing hands, 6 cents lower, at $3.19, Blue Power closed with 14,796 shares trading at $9.50, Caribbean Cream finished with 380,000 units to close with a gain of 2 cents at $1.10. 
Caribbean Producers with 1,000 shares trading closed lower by 1 cent at $2.99. Dolphin Cove finished trading with 6,434 units as the price remained unchanged at $10, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 24,934 shares changing hands, 6 cents lower at $2.04, KLE Group traded at a new low of 75 cents while dropping 24 cents, with 100,000 units trading. Lasco Distributors traded 300,268 units at $1.60 to gain 5 cents, Lasco Financial Services traded 1,119,279 shares at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.50, to gain 20 cents and Lasco Manufacturing traded 37,573 units with a gain of 2 cents to $1.27.