Medical Disposables

Big drop in Junior Market index – Thursday

August 15, 2019 by IC Insider.com

At the close on Thursday, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market pulled back from the record high reached on Wednesday and indications at the close suggest more declines are likely on Friday.
The market index dropped 50.86 points to close at 3,612.08, but the fall is not a sign that the market is heading to 4,300 points before moving on to 5,000 that technical indicators point to.
Securities trading on the Junior Market dipped to 32 from 31 on Wednesday, as prices of 13 rose, 16 declined and 3 remained unchanged. For the second trading session, the IC bid-offer indicator was flashing negative signs for the Market for the following trading day.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 7 closed with lower offers.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,865,706 units valued at $32,690,340 compared to 5,851,203 units valued at $22,568,503 trading on Wednesday.
The average trade for the day was 183,303 units for an average of $1,021,573 in contrast to 188,748 units for an average of $728,016 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 182,669 units valued at $837,814 and previously 182,591 units valued at $815,284 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial lost 20 cents in trading of 5,621 units at $43, AMG Packaging declined by 17 cents in trading 71,500 units to close at $2.08, Blue Power closed trading of 69,292 units and gained 82 cents to end at $9, Caribbean Cream fell 60 cents in trading of 13,435 units at $4.60. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 10,448 units and gained 15 cents to end at $4.70, Express Catering closed with a loss of 12 cents at $6.37, in swapping 55,653 shares, Everything Fresh shed 7 cents in trading 14,800 units at $1.63, Elite Diagnostic fell 33 cents in trading of 113,448 units at $7.02. Fontana lost 25 cents in trading of 1,169,703 units in closing at $8.25, General Accident lost 58 cents in exchanging 1,036,720 units to end at $5.01, GWest Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $1.21, with 12,119 stock units trading, Honey Bun exchanged 119,616 shares, after rising 74 cents to end at $6.50. iCreate closed with a loss of 5 cents at 75 cents in swapping 82,674 shares, Indies Pharma shed 45 cents in trading of 78,680 units to settle at $3.50. ISP Finance jumped $5 to end at $21, trading 1,500 shares, Jamaican Teas exchanged 66,384 shares to close at $5.60 after falling 22 cents. Jetcon Corporation dipped 20 cents in trading of 75,436 units at $1.80, Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 500 units at $11.10. Limners and Bards traded 803,097 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.20, Lasco Financial fell 50 cents in trading of 1,244,222 units at $5.50 after the company posted slightly lower first quarter profits, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.50 with 179,107 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies fell 25 cents in trading of 17,150 units at $15.50 and tTech Limited climbed 49 cents in exchanging 166,068 shares at $7.99.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC 2000, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

New record for Junior Market – Wednesday

August 14, 2019 by IC Insider.com

JM closed at a new record, on its way to 4,300 points & possibly 5,000.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued higher in trading on Wednesday with the index jumping 48.55 points to a record close of 3,662.94 as it moves to 4,300 points before heading to 5,000.
Securities trading on the Junior Market dipped to 31 from 33 on Tuesday, as prices of 17 rose, 18 declined and 6 remained unchanged. At the close IC bid-offer indicator was flashing negative signs for trading on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 8 stocks closing with lower offers.
Elite Diagnostic and Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at 52 weeks’ high while Lasco Financial traded at an intraday high of $7 but retreated to $6 at the close before the company posted slightly lower profit for the June quarter as interest cost and taxation reduced the slight improvement in operating profit flowing from 18 percent increased revenues. Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,851,203 units valued at $22,568,503 compared to 6,250,912 units valued at $27,428,507 trading on Tuesday.
The average trade for the day was 188,748 units for an average of $728,016 in contrast to 189,422 units for an average of $831,167 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 182,591 units valued at $815,284 and previously 181,761 units valued at $827,046 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging declined by 7 cents in trading 37,500 shares to settle at $2.25, Blue Power ended trading with 70,897 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $8.18, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 20,321 units and gained 60 cents to end at $5.20. Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 5,000 shares to close at 11.40 cents, Caribbean Producers dipped 20 cents in trading of 60,530 units at $4.55, Dolphin Cove climbed 5 cents in exchanging 359 shares at $12.05, Express Catering exchanged 49,900 shares, after rising 14 cents to end at $6.49. Everything Fresh fell 10 cents in trading 13,778 units to end at $1.70, Elite Diagnostic closed 35 cents higher at $7.35, with 70,811 stock units trading, Fosrich traded 48,910 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4.80, General Accident ended trading with 5,000 shares, after rising 19 cents to close at $5.59. GWest Corporation lost 19 cents trading 113,035 units at $1.11, Honey Bun close with a loss of $1.24 at $5.76, after swapping 214,611 shares, iCreate fell 9 cents trading of 126,485 units to end at 80 cents. Indies Pharma closed 20 cents higher at $3.95, with 67,901 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 66,120 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.82, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 1,494 units and gained 15 cents to end at $2. Limners and Bards climbed 10 cents in exchanging 3,761,358 shares at $3.10. Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents in trading 7,008 shares at $3.30, Lasco Financial lost 40 cents and ended market activity with 130,949 shares changing hands to close at $6, Lasco Manufacturing jumped $1.06, in trading 423,416 shares to close at $6.50, Medical Disposables closed trading of 14,304 units and gained 52 cents to end at $7.46. Main Event climbed 8 cents and exchanged 8,152 shares at $6.10, Paramount Trading had an exchange of 26,300 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $2 and tTech closed trading of 71,942 units and gained 5 cents to close at $7.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

New Junior Market record close – Tuesday

August 13, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Elite Diagnostic one of four stocks to trade at 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday after posting strong 4th quarter results.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at a new record close on Tuesday, with the market index rising 25.36 points to 3,614.39 with advancing stocks being edged out decliners.
Securities trading on the Junior Market remained at 33 as was the case on Monday, as prices of 13 rose, 14 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Elite Diagnostic, Paramount Trading preference share, Stationery and Office Supplies and tTech all ended trading at 52 weeks’ high.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 6,250,912 units valued at $27,428,507 up 19 percent from 5,270,328 units valued at $23,915,373 trading on Monday.
The average trade for the day was 189,422 units for an average of $831,167 in contrast to 159,707 units for an average of $724,708 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 181,761 units valued at $827,046 and previously 180,478 units valued at $826,356 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging traded 27,000 shares, after rising 7 cents to end at $2.32, Caribbean Cream declined 45 cents in trading of 54,100 units at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours jumped $4.40 to $19.90 in trading 1,000 shares, Consolidated Bakeries fell 2 cents trading 152,643 units at $2.38. Dolphin Cove closed with a loss of 5 cents at $12, in swapping of 52,055 shares, Derrimon Trading exchanged 114,978 units and gained 18 cents to end at $2.90, Express Catering declined 5 cents in trading 27,902 units to close at $6.35, Everything Fresh closed trading of 35,622 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.80. Elite Diagnostic climbed 50 cents and exchanged 125,430 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7, Fosrich Group shed 10 cents in trading 25,542 units at $4.70, Fontana traded 758,467 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $8.50, General Accident dipped 2 cents trading of 677 units at $5.40. Honey Bun closed trading of 374,603 units, in gaining 80 cents to end at $7, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 89 cents with 145,342 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma climbed 25 cents in exchanging 83,200 shares at $3.75, ISP Finance gained $1 to end at $16 in trading 729 shares, Jamaican Teas dipped 60 cents with 318,358 units changing hands to close at $5.80, Jetcon Corporation fell 10 cents exchanging 57,085 units at $1.85. Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents trading 282,673 units to close at $3.20, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents with 31,200 units crossing the exchange at $6.40, Lasco Manufacturing declined 6 cents in exchanging 185,929 units to settle at $5.44. Medical Disposables lost 56 cents trading 11,000 shares to close at $6.94, Main Event fell 98 cents in exchanging 27,784 shares to close at $6.02. Paramount Trading closed with 25,000 units changing hands with a rise of 15 cents to end at $1.95, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 6 cents and exchanged 11,042 shares to end at a record close of $15.75 and tTech Limited closed trading of 27,500 units and gained 52 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45.
In the junior market preference segment, Paramount Trading gained 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20 with 550 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market pulls back – Monday

August 12, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Stationery & Office Supplies hit new high after posting good Q2 results.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange a breather, in trading on Monday, with the market index slipping 11.94 points to close at 3,589.03 with advancing stocks edging decliners.
Junior Market ended trading with 33 securities changing hands, compared to 29 on Friday, as prices of 15 securities rose, 13 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
Lasco Manufacturing that closed at $5.50 and Stationery and Office Supplies closing $15.69 ended trading at 52 weeks’ highs.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,270,328 units valued at $23,915,373 down 8 percent from 5,740,137 units valued at $27,712,664 trading on Friday.
The average trade for the day was 159,707 units for an average of $724,708 in contrast to 197,936 units for an average of $955,609 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 180,478 units valued at $826,356 and previously 184,657 units valued at $846,809 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging declined by 7 cents exchanging 31,174 shares to close at $2.25, Blue Power lost 53 cents to close at $8 in trading 6,814 shares, Caribbean Cream traded 25,000 units with a gain of 5 cents to end at $5.05, Caribbean Flavours gained $1.50 to end at $15.50 with 1,789 stock units changing hands. Cargo Handlers ended trading with 70,346 shares, after rising 55 cents to end at $11.50, Caribbean Producers dipped 5 cents in trading of 547,528 units at $4.75. Derrimon Trading lost 3 cents in trading of 68,000 units at $2.72, Express Catering closed 5 cents higher at $6.40, with 67,104 stock units trading. Everything Fresh declined 15 cents in trading of 62,793 units at $1.70. Elite Diagnostic dipped 27 cents in trading of 134,121 units at $6.50, Fosrich Group lost 5 cents in trading 638,359 shares to close at 4.80 cents, Fontana fell 5 cents in trading 186,905 units to close at $8.05, General Accident declined 57 cents in trading of 66,006 units at $5.42. Honey Bun closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 136,460 stock units trading. iCreate closed trading of 72,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at 90 cents, Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.50 with 116,868 stock units changing hands, ISP Finance climbed $1.35 to settle at $15 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 147,621 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $6.40. Jetcon Corporation closed 15 cents higher at $1.95, with 32,690 stock units trading, Knutsford Express traded 590 shares and declined 80 cents to settle at $11.20, The Limners and Bards lost 50 cents to settle at $3 in trading 1,193,400 shares. Lasco Distributors fell 6 cents in trading of 794,236 units to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 65,884 shares and rose 55 cents to end at $6.55, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 421,033 units with a gain of 25 cents to end at $5.50. Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and exchanged 6,500 shares at $7.50, Main Event ended trading with 40,125 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.89 to end at an all-time closing high of $15.69 with 40,390 stock units Changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

6 new Junior Market TOP 10 stocks

August 12, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Carreras heads main market TOP10.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange continued to move higher during the week and ended at the high close at 3,600.97 resulting in six stocks migrating from the Junior Market TOP 10.
Prices for Caribbean Cream, Elite Diagnostic, Everything Fresh, General Accident, Lasco Financial and Lasco Manufacturing all rose and exited the TOP 10.
Consolidated Bakeries and Caribbean Flavours that slipped from the list in the previous week, return along with CAC2000, Express Catering, Jetcon Corporation and Main Event.
In the Main Market TOP 10, late bloomer, Sygnus Credit Investments traded ta new record high in the main market of $26 and moved out of the TOP 10 to be replaced by Pulse Investments that slipped out at the end of the previous week.
n the past week, the main market continued its record-breaking run, closing the week at 581,039.04 high on its way to over 800,000 points for the All Jamaica Index.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 233 percent, followed by Iron Rock Insurance with projected gains of 193 percent and Medical Disposables with possible gains of 186 percent.
Carreras’ earnings, were upgraded to 90 cents per share, following a 10 percent increase in revenues and 12 percent rise in profit, for the first quarter to June. The stock now leads the in the main market with potential gains of 126 percent followed by Berger Paints with projected gains of 121 percent followed and Stanley Motta with 95 percent by March next year.
The main market closed the week with the overall PE of 16.2 and the Junior Market inched higher to 12.4 current year’s earnings. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 8.4 and the main market PE is now 10 8. These levels, point to a big upside, for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular as they lag, the values of the main market by a third.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 32 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 34 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.

This report is compiled by persons who may have an interest in the securities commented on.

Filed Under: Buy Rated Tagged With: Berger Paints, Caribbean Producers, Carreras, Daily Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, General Accident, Grace Kennedy, Iron Rock Insurance, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, junior market, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Palace Amusement, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Scotia Group, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Stocks to Watch, Sygnus Investments, TOP 10 stocks, Trading Activity, tTech, Victoria Mutual Investments

Junior Market at new record high – Friday

August 9, 2019 by IC Insider.com

New record high for the JSE Junior Market.

The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued, in trading on Friday, with the market index rising 20.53 points to close at 3,600.97 pushing the gain for the market in 2019 to 11 percent.
The Junior Market ended with 29 securities changing hands, compared to 31 on Thursday, as prices of 13 securities rose, 12 declined and 5 remained unchanged. At the close, three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs, General Accident at $5.99, Lasco Manufacturing at $5.25, Stationery and Office Supplies trading at an all-time high of $13.80. Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.97 but ended at $6 at the close.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,740,137 units valued at $27,712,664 up 25 percent from 4,594,972 units valued at $22,321,170 on Thursday.

The average trade for the day was 197,936 units at $955,609 for each security traded, in contrast to 139,242 units for an average of $676,399 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 184,657 units valued at $846,809 and previously 181,805 valued at $823,437 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock closing with a higher bid than the last selling price and one closing with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging closed trading of 69,200 units and Stationery & Office Supplies hit a record high of $13.80 on Friday.gained 2 cents to end at $2.32, Blue Power declined 97 cents in trading 18,722 units at $8.53,

Stationery & Office Supplies hit a record high on Friday.

Stationery & Office Supplies – Montego Bay office.

Cargo Handlers dropped $1.05 trading 20,142 shares to close at $10.95, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 2,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $5. Caribbean Producers ended trading with 210,651 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries lost 5 cents in trading of 97,399 units at $2.35, Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at $1.85, with 50,351 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 12,715 shares, after rising 27 cents to end at a record high of $6.77. Fosrich Group fell 8 cents in trading of 43,831 units at $4.85, Fontana lost 20 cents trading 515,929 shares to close at $8.10, General Accident closed trading of 1,065,500 units and gained 59 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5.99, GWest Corporation dipped 10 cents in trading of 600 units at $1.30. iCreate closed trading of 24,831 units and gained 5 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma rose 21 cents to end at $3.51 while trading of 31,777 units, Iron Rock Insurance traded 48,900 shares and gained 10 cents to end at $4.10, Jamaican Teas exchanged 73,755 shares to close at $6 after falling 85 cents. Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $1.80, KLE Group climbed 57 cents after exchanging 100 shares at $2.30,

Limners and Bards lost 20 cents trading of 2,335,719 units at $3.50, Lasco Distributors exchanged 99,503 shares to close at $3.46 after falling 29 cents. Lasco Financial lost 50 cents in trading of 60,054 units to settle at $6, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 432,852 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.25, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $7 with 4,446 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Supplies climbed $1.80 to end at a record high of $13.80 with 55,145 shares changing hands after the company posted record half-year results and tTech Limited climbed 43 cents and exchanged 27,924 shares at $6.93, following the release of the half-year results.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market at new record close – Thursday

August 8, 2019 by IC Insider.com

A new record high for the JSE Junior Market.

The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resumed, in trading on Thursday, with the market index rising 39.90 points to end at a record close at 3,580.44 pushing the gain for the market in 2019 to 10 percent.
The Junior Market closed with 31 securities changing hands, down from 35 on Wednesday, as prices of 9 securities rose, 9 declined and 13 remained unchanged.
At the close, three stocks traded at intraday highs but backed off at the close. General Accident closed at a high of $5.41, Indies Pharma traded at a high of $4.10 but dropped back to $3.30 and Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.56 and ended at $6.50 at the close.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 4,594,972 units valued at $22,321,171 compared to 7,903,203 units at $35,396,687 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 139,242 units at $676,399 for each security traded, in contrast to 225,806 units for $1,011,334 for each security traded on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 181,805 units valued at $823,437 for each security and previously 195,575 valued at $871,008 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.30, with 11,920 stock units trading, Blue Power decline 50 cents in trading of 20,612 units at $9.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 144,938 units and gained 75 cents to end at $4.95, Caribbean Producers lost 1 cent to close at $4.79 with 121,182 stock units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries dipped 10 cents in trading of 24,773 units at $2.40. Derrimon Trading fell 25 cents in trading of 85,689 units at $2.75, Everything Fresh climbed 23 cents and exchanged 201,811 shares at $1.81. Fosrich Group closed trading of 3,500 units and gained 32 cents to end at $4.93, Fontana shed 20 cents trading of 598,550 units o end tat $8.30. GWest Corporation ended trading of 64,760 shares, after rising 6 cents to close at $1.40, Honey Bun climbed 60 cents and exchanged 464,000 shares at $6. Indies Pharma lost 41 cents in trading 151,509 shares to close at $3.30 after trading at 52 weeks’ intraday high of $4.10, Jamaican Teas declined $1.10 trading of 172,919 units to close at $6.85, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,029,798 shares to close at $3.70 after falling 24 cents. Lasco Distributors closed 29 cents higher at $3.75, with 557,503 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed $1 to settle at $8 with 17,000 shares changing hands. Main Event fell 50 cents trading of 48,978 units at $6.50 and tTech closed trading of 53,772 units and gained 50 cents to end at $6.50 after investors responded positively to half-year results showing a 62 percent rise in the second-quarter results to $15.7 million.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity, tTech

First drop in 12 days for Junior Market

August 7, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was halted, in trading on Wednesday, with the market index declining 28.31 points to close at 3,540.54 for the first fall in 12 days.
Junior Market ended trading with 35 securities changing hands, down from 32 on Monday, as prices of 13 securities rose, 15 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.94, but traded as high as $4.51, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.50, after trading as high as $7. Jamaican Teas traded at an intra-day record of $8 but closed at a record closing high of $7.95, Lasco Financial traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.50 and Lasco Manufacturing ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.16.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 7,903,203 units valued at $35,396,687 compared to 5,633,068 units valued at $25,345,257 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 225,806 units for an average of $1,011,334 in contrast to 176,033 units for an average of $792,039 on Monday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 195,575 valued at 871,008 in contrast to 179,783 shares valued at $797,704 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading| Access Financial dropped $4.75 to end at $43.2, after trading 288 shares, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents to settle at $2.25 with 123,847 shares changing hands, Blue Power shed 70 cents to end at $10 with 35,540 stock units trading, CAC 2000 fell $1 to end at $15 with 470 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents to end at $4.20 with 26,162 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours declined $2.10 trading of 500 units to close at $14, Cargo Handlers ended trading of 8,946 shares after rising $1 to end at $12, Caribbean Producers settled at $4.80 with 184,295 shares changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries added 30 cents trading of 82,874 units to close at $2.50, Dolphin Cove closed at $12.05 trading 2,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading climbed 40 cents in trading of 50,000 units to close at $3. Everything Fresh lost 1 cent in exchanging 56,359 shares at $1.58, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 121,813 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Express Catering shed 15 cents in trading 108,769 units at $6.35, Fontana lost 10 cents to settle at $8.50 with 424,202 shares changing hands. Fosrich Group closed trading with 142,396 units after falling 32 cents to end at $4.61, General Accident closed trading of 109,600 units at $5.40, Honey Bun climbed 40 cents to settle at $5.40 with 124,500 shares changing hands, iCreate closed at 80 cents, with 26,526 stock units trading, Indies Pharma rose 50 cents in trading of 326,867 units at $3.71. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 261,345 units at $4, ISP Finance jumped $2.15 in trading of 500 units at $13.65, Jamaican Teas rose 95 cents in trading 155,984 units at record closing high of $7.95, Jetcon Corporation climbed 4 cents in exchanging 2,287 shares at $2. Knutsford Express settled at $12 with 2,653 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards added 4 cents and exchanged 4,245,953 shares to end at a record close of $3.94. Lasco Distributors rose 31 cents trading 62,793 shares to close at $3.46, Lasco Financial closed trading of 192,840 units and gained 53 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 76 cents in exchanging 880,251 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.16. Medical Disposables ended trading of 32,090 shares, after rising $1.80 to end at $7 after the company reported slightly lower profit in the first quarter, to June. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 7,360 shares to close at $7 after falling 84 cents, Paramount Trading shed 40 cents trading of 2,000 units to close at $1.80, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 2,664 units and shed 59 cents to end at $12 and tTech settle at $6 with 43,529 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Market watch remains on Junior Market

August 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Focus on the entire Junior Market was the advised investors got last week, as the market remained severely undervalued with technical indicators pointing to a breakout.
The advice remains for the second week as investors switch their focus decidedly on the market that lagged the main market for most of 2019 to date. The market reversed the near 10 percent loss in the first half of the year and moved solidly into the black with a rise of 9 percent to the end of last week. Technical indicators suggest a huge rise in the market as it moves to close the valuation gap with the main market.
In the process, the market rose 152.80 points during the week and ended at a record close of 3,537.21 after breaking the old mark of 3,436.54 points set in September last year.

Jamaica Broilers has just two offers for sale at the close on Friday.

The main market also contributed its fair share of excitement with a new record close and a number of stocks hitting new highs. A number of main market stocks could be coming to a short-term peak as is evident in the pullback of NCB Financial and Caribbean Cement during the past week with the latest quarterly results not lending much fuel to the stock prices.
It will be interesting to see how investors react to announced terms of the rights issue for Barita Investments with the offer of 11 for every 100 units at $45 each.
Jamaica Broilers has just 2 offers to sell, suggesting that the price has a far way to go. Some buying came for Radio Jamaica in the past week but with the price closing at $1.35 on Friday. It is worth noting that supply is drying up with only four offers totaling 115,000 shares posted at the close on Friday.
Sygnus Credit Investments is coming into its own with a limited supply of the stock for sale, the price closed at a record high at the close of the past week and may move higher this week. Jamaica Stock Exchange stock could fall some more with the stock facing increased selling and reduced buying.
Some selling came into the market for Blue Power but buying interest remains at the close on Friday with buying interest around the $12 but with some selling just above. Caribbean Flavours has a limited supply of stocks for sale and is worth watching. Elite Diagnostic with rising demand and virtually no supplies could bounce again this week following last weeks’ rise. General Accident moved away from the $4.50 level to close at $4.95 on Friday against declining supplies for sale with just two offers posted on Friday. Jamaican Teas hit new records during the week with investors trying to buy at $8.40, a level over the 30 percent limitation set by the market. The stock last traded at $7.26. Lasco Financial price bounced above $5 last week. The stock remains undervalued and should see increased buying interest, with the release of June quarter results, due out shortly. Lasco Manufacturing released first-quarter numbers at the close of the week with net profit rising 19 percent to $282 million, enough to move the price higher. Lasco Distributors should release quarterly results this week and could move prices of the stocks higher. Limners and Bards climbed to a record high of $3.99 but closed at $3.75 on Friday. Buying interest remains strong but some investors are taking profits, it will be interesting to see which has the upper hand, this week. Medical Disposables looks poised to move higher with the first-quarter numbers, set to play an important role in further gains. Investors await the second-quarter results for Stationery and Office Supplies to determine if higher prices are on the cards anytime soon, but the supply of the stock remains low with only 43,000 units offered for sale at the close on Friday.

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Several IC TOP 10 changes

August 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange saw new record highs for the main and Junior Market, with attention moving decisively in favour of the latter that lagged the main market for the greater part of the year.
Prices of Consolidated Bakeries and Caribbean Flavours rose, pushing them out of the Junior Market Top 10. They were replaced, by Caribbean Cream that closed the week, with the price down at $4.25 and Everything Fresh.
In the Main Market TOP 10, Victoria Mutual Investments jumped to a record high of $9, after the company reported 9 cents in earnings per share for the June quarter and 17 cents for the half-year, just below IC Insider.com forecast of 50 cents for the full year. The stock closed at a record high of $8.20 and exited the TOP 10. Pulse Investments climbed to close the week at $3.26 and fell from the top list. Earnings for Sterling Investments were revised downwards to 23 cents per share, resulting in it leaving the TOP 10. New entrants are Grace Kennedy, Proven Investments and Scotia Group.
In the past week, the main market continued its record-breaking run, closing the week at an all-time high on its way to over 800,000 points for the All Jamaica Index as momentum continues to move the market away from long-term resistance at 520,000 points. The Junior Market rose during the week and recovered all of the 2019 losses and surpassing the previous all-time high of 3,436 points in September last year. Technical indicators point to the record be taken out soon and could happen this week with more results due. The market closed over 3,500 points for the first time in the past week.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 233 percent, followed by Iron Rock with projected gains of 196 percent and tTech with possible gains of 167 percent.
Berger Paints heads the main market with potential gains of 122 percent followed by Radio Jamaica with 122 percent and Palace Amusement in third spot and likely to gain 92 percent by March next year.
The main market closed the week with the overall PE at 16.4 and the Junior Market moved up from 11.4 last week to 12.3 as the market shifts from consolidation in the first half of the year to be bullish now. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 8.3 versus 7.6 last week and the main market PE is now 10 4 compared to 9 at the start of last week. These levels, point to big gains for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular as they lag, the values of the main market by a third.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 33 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.