The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange seems to be stuck around the 320,000 points level and needs a catalyst to moving it.
NCB Financial was expected to have done so but they their full year’s results although up strongly was already baked into the price as such it never moved the market much as investors were very constrained in trading it on Friday.
In trading, 22 securities changed hands with the market indices rising moderately at the close, as 6 securities rose, 8 declined and 8 traded firm with 5,777,201 units valued at $107,680,730 trading while 2 securities traded in the US dollar market.
In the main activity, Berger Paints finished trading at $15, with 57,707 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless closed at $1.05, with 136,005 shares, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of $1.99 at $31.01, with 4,936 stock units trading. Carreras settled at $11.50, with 469,478 units, 
Grace Kennedy ended with a loss of 20 cents at $42.50, while 17,221 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers fell 40 cents to $18.50, with 53,740 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended with a loss of 60 cents at $15.20, with 4,061,507 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 1 cent to $6.99, with 53,928 shares, JMMB Group finished $1 higher to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $30.50, with 58,275 stock units, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 10 cents at $32.50, with 70,928 units, Mayberry Investments traded at $5, with 139,224 shares. NCB Financial Group concluded trading $1.15 higher at $108, with 160,919 shares, 138 Student Living 
finished trading at $6, with 8,500 shares, 1834 Investments settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1.30, with 1,281 stock units, PanJam Investment finished at $43, with 2,000 units, Portland JSX ended 45 cents higher at $9.10, with 2,000 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.80, with 3,048 shares. Sagicor Group traded 2 cents higher at $38, with 226,496 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended at $15, with 7,000 shares, Scotia Group concluded trading with a gain of 36 cents to $51.86, with 87,257 stock units, Seprod ended $1.99 higher at $30, with 828 units and Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 13 cents at $11.77, with 154,923 shares. In the US equity market, JMMB Group 6 percent preference share ended trading with 15,000 units $at US$1.121 and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 14,583 stock units at 23 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market ends with losses Wednesday
More stocks closed with gains than with losses, on Wednesday on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange as 25 securities changed hands, with 12 advancing, 8 declined and 5 traded firm as 6,096,729 units valued at $100,198,639 traded.
Price movements resulted in moderate fall in the market indices at the close.
In the main activity, Barita Investments traded with a loss of 2 cents at $8.88, with 28,307 units, Berger Paints concluded trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 19,008 shares, 
Cable & Wireless closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 1,256,447 shares, Caribbean Cement traded $1 higher at $33, with 14,395 stock units. Carreras concluded trading at $11.50, with 1,097,819 units, Ciboney Group settled 2 cents higher at $0.17, with 4,000 shares, Grace Kennedy finished at $43, with 32,084 shares, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $18.90, with 22,921 stock units. Jamaica Producers traded 20 cents higher at $15.80, with 32,668 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished trading 1 cent higher at $7, with 35,412 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 14 cents higher at $29.50, with 199,909 shares, Kingston Wharves ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 3,491 units. Mayberry Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $5, with 1,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 1 cent higher at $108.01, with 279,573 shares changing hands, 1834 Investments finished 5 cents higher at $1.35, with 400 stock units, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 45 cents at $42.55, with 21,820 units, Radio Jamaica ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.15, with 3,500 stock units. Sagicor Group settled 40 cents higher at $38, with 54,460 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 20 cents higher at $15.20, with 546,470 shares, Scotia Group traded with a loss of 80 cents at $51, with 502,155 stock units, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 75 cents at $29, with 103,599 units and Supreme Ventures concluded trading 50 cents higher at $13, with 426,660 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers7.25% preference share ended 14 cents higher at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers7.5% preference share ended 14 cents higher at $1.85, with 399,000 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended at $1.10, with 1 million stock units and Proven Investments traded 45,180 units in the US dollar market unchanged at 57.51 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica index surges 1,973 points
Bulls still at large in down town Kingston
At the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 1,972.76 points to close at 320,805.88 while the JSE Index jumped by 1,797.41 points to 292,290.45.
A total of 23 securities changed hands in the main market leading to 11 advancing, 4 declining and 6 traded firm while the US dollar market saw 4 securities trading resulting in 84,731 units changing hands valued at US$48,586 with the index remaining unchanged.
In the main activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 1 cent at $14.50, with 92,500 shares, Cable & Wireless ended at $1.10, with 158,331 units, Caribbean Cement ended 99 cents higher at $32, with 17,500 stock units. Carreras ended at $11.50, with 289,081 shares, Grace Kennedy closed $1 higher at $43, with 95,433 shares,
Jamaica Broilers ended at $18.99, with 68,325 stock units, Jamaica Producers traded at $15.60, with 33,353 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 17 cents higher at $6.99, with 66,743 shares, JMMB Group ended trading 86 cents higher at $29.36, with 175,289 shares, Kingston Wharves ended trading 50 cents higher at $33, with 5,600 units, Mayberry Investments settled 5 cents higher at $5.05, with 1,811,830 shares. NCB Financial Group finished trading $1.70 higher at $108, with 96,989 shares, 138 Student Living settled at $6, with 6,634 shares, 1834 Investments closed 10 cents higher at $1.30, with 9,934 stock units, PanJam Investment traded at $43, with 338,780 units, Radio Jamaica ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.13, with 45,746 stock units, 
Sagicor Group finished with a loss of 60 cents at $37.60, with 45,779 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 36 cents higher at $15, with 9,883 shares, Scotia Group finished 81 cents higher at $51.80, with 392,849 stock units, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $29.75, with 400,000 units and Supreme Ventures traded 70 cents higher at $12.50, with 193,750 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.85, with 1,000 units traded. In the US dollar market, JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at $1.121, after a modest gain with 26,500 units, Margaritaville traded just 100 units at 30 US cents, Productivity Business Solutions end up with 15,881 shares trading at 57.51 US cents and Proven Investments traded 42,250 units at 23 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Stationery & Office Supplies back in TOP 10
Stationery & Office Supplies back in IC Insider.com TOP 10
There is just one change in and out of the IC Insider.com TOP 10. Lasco Distributors dropped out, resulting from the Judge’s ruling in their claim against Pfizer, suggesting that damages will be substantially lower than the amount claimed.
Lasco is replaced by Stationery and Office Supplies returning after just one week out of the top list. The company should report results for the nine months during the coming week. BUY RATED Caribbean Cement that was expected to exit the top list during the past week remains with the price retreating to close the week at $31 as investors failed to follow through on the pick up in price in the prior week in response to the third quarter results to September. Berger Paints also slipped back, with the price falling from $17 last week to end at $14 this past week, 
but it traded during the week as high as $18.
At the close of Friday, the average PE ratio for Junior Market Top stocks is at 8.4 and a PE at 7.3 for the main market TOP 10. The average PE for the overall main market At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 43 percent to the average of the market for Junior Market Top stocks and 48 percent for the main market.
Market Watch| Investors should keep a keen eye for, Cable & Wireless that is expected to post improved profit in the latest quarter from increasing revenues, 
NCB Financial, Berger Paints that should release September results early this week, Jamaica Broilers, JMMB Group, Access Financial, General Accident that is expected to benefit from a rise in premium rates, Paramount Trading after the company announced new expansion into chlorine and bleach production and Stationery and Office with September results early this week.
JSE main market falls back – Friday
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,443.17 points to close at 320,147.12 and the JSE Index declined by 1,314.89 points to close at 291,690.24.
At the close of market activity, 25 securities changed hands in the main market, 11 advanced, 10 declined and 4 traded firm with 4,118,253 units valued at $67,698,071 compared to 7,356,609 units valued at $123,516,599 on Thursday.
In US dollar market activity, the US dollar market index slipped 0.21 points to 180.67 as 3 securities traded with 2 declining and one remaining unchanged, leading to the 61,625 units trading with a value of US$54,145. Total trading in the two markets amounted to $74,574,532.
Trading ended with an average of 164,730 units for an average of $2,707,923 in contrast to 294,264 units for an average of $4,940,664 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 200,104 units valued at $3,492,546 and previously 218,920 units valued at $3,909,899. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
All Jamaica in major recovery – Thursday
NCB closes at new record high of $109 on Thursday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,455.94 points to close at 321,590.29 and the JSE Index advanced 2,237.64 points to close at 293,005.13 as NCB Financial jumped $2.99 to a record close of $109.
Trading ended on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, 8 advanced, 8 declined and 9 traded firm with 7,356,609 units valued at $123,516,599.
There was trading in 2 securities In the US dollar market leading to the JSE US dollar Index falling 4.82 points to 180.88 as 5,802 shares with a value of US$1,474, bringing the total trades in the two markets to J$123,703,808. Wednesday’s trading in contrast to the increase trading on Thursday was 2,932,638 units valued at $60,248,652 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 294,264 units for an average of $4,940,664 in contrast to 133,302 units for an average of $2,738,575 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 218,920 units valued at $3,909,899 previously.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main activity Berger Paints closed 30 cents higher at $16.30, with 16,296 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading at $1.10, with 530,316 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $3.44 higher at $34.95, with 2,500 stock units. Carreras settled at $11.50, with 712,762 units, Grace Kennedy ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $41.99, with 97,977 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded at $18.60, with 354,001 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $15.80 and with 4,035,262 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange settled 4 cents higher at $6.80, with 16,170 shares, JMMB Group ended with a loss of $1.19 at $28.51, with 84,297 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $8, with 15,950 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading with a loss of 15 cents at $32.50, with 35,770 units. 
Mayberry Investments finished trading 5 cents higher at $4.35, with 306,697 shares, NCB Financial Group ended $2.99 higher at a record close of $109, with 60,063 shares, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, with 22,900 shares, 1834 Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $1.15, with 109,594 stock units, PanJam Investment closed at $42, with 82,529 units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $1.90, with 4,064 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 161,673 stock units, Sagicor Group settled 95 cents higher at $39, with 407,273 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 30 cents higher at $14.50, with 75,122 shares, Salada Foods Jamaica settled with a loss of $1.30 at $8.50, with 10,000 shares. Scotia Group ended $1.28 higher at $51.79, with 131,230 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled at $11.80, with 42,177 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended with a loss of 1.19 cents at $28.51, with 84,297 stock units, and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 402 units at 58 US cents and Proven Investments traded 5,400 units at 23.99 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Main market pulls back on Wednesday
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,335.17 points to close at 319,134.35 on Wednesday as the JSE Index declined by 2,127.60 points to close at 290,767.49 and the JSE US dollar Index rose 0.43 points to 185.70.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with 22 securities changing hands, 10 advanced, 6 declined and 4 traded firm with 1 rising in the US dollar market. A total of 2,932,638 units valued at $60,248,652 traded compared to 7,565,517 units valued at $85,572,923 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 133,302 units for an average of $2,738,575 in contrast to 328,936 units for an average of $3,720,562 on Tuesday.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the main activity, Berger Paints concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $16, with 6,952 shares, Cable & Wireless ended 3 cents higher at $1.10, with 518,300 units, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $4.59 to $31.51, with 22,377 units, Carreras concluded trading 10 cents higher at $11.50, with 108,200 stock units, Grace Kennedy ended trading $2 higher at $42, with 110,784 units, Jamaica Broilers traded at $18.60, with 32,449 shares, Jamaica Producers finished with a loss of 10 cents at $15.90, with 560 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 14 cents at $6.76, with 18,180 stock units, 
JMMB Group traded $1.95 higher to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $29.70, with 11,000 units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading at $4.30, with 4,000 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 99 cents and ended at $106.01, with 317,087 shares, 138 Student Living ended trading 10 cents higher at $5.50, with 1,400,000 stock units, PanJam Investment settled 40 cents higher at $42, with 173,919 stock units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.96, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 21,330 units, Sagicor Group concluded trading 5 cents higher at $38.05, with 57,923 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 6 cents higher at $14.20, with 6,544 shares, Scotia Group closed 1 cent higher at $50.51, with 4,000 units and Supreme Ventures finished at $11.80, with 42,564 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded at $1.85, with 67,869 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.15, with 2,000 stock units and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 598 units and rose 0.50 cent to 58 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE suffers temporary relapse
Trading on the Main and US dollar markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 26 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 13 declined and 6 traded firm as the main market indices dropped.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,137.38 points to close at 321,469.52 and The JSE Index declined by 1,947.39 points to close at 292,895.09 with 7,565,517 units valued at $85,572,923 trading.
In the main activity, Berger Paints finished trading $2 higher at $18, with 26,175 stock units, but closed with an offer at $16.90. Cable & Wireless rose 4 cents to $1.07, with 115,615 shares, Caribbean Cement finished trading with a loss of 85 cents to $36.10, with 12,250 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $11.40, with 649,192 shares, Grace Kennedy traded $3 lower at $40, with 144,598 
stock units, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading 10 cents higher at $18.60, with 188,364 shares. Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 6,919 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 45 cents higher at $6.90, with 1,800 units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 35 cents at $27.75, with 908,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 35 cents at $32.65, with 59,517 shares, Mayberry Investments settled at $4.30, with 16,385 units. NCB Financial Group lost $1 to end at $107, with 159,165 shares trading, 1834 Investments concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.35, with 21,592 units, PanJam Investment fell $2.40 to end at $41.60, with 110,977 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments concluded trading 7 cents higher at $1.97, with 22,705 stock units trading, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.15, with 1,732,474 units. Sagicor Group 
traded with a loss of $1 at $38, with 46,295 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished with a loss of 26 cents at $14.14, with 20,818 units, Scotia Group finished with a loss of $1.50 at $50.50, with 112,944 stock units, Seprod ended with a loss of $2 at $28, with 3,800 shares and Supreme Ventures finished with a loss of 20 cents at $11.80, as 237,350 units traded. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% concluded trading at $1.85, with 2,769,878 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.15, with 198,200 units. In the US dollar market Proven Investments rose 0.49 US cents in trading 415,521 ordinary shares at 23.99 US cents and Productivity Business traded 15,881 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 57.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 6,300 units at $1.12.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE record sharp gains
Sharp gains in the prices of NCB Financial, PanJam Investments and Scotia Group ensured the continuation of the bull run in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday.
At the close 20 securities traded in the main market, 10 advanced, 4 declined and 6 traded firm with 1,993,979 units valued at $25,589,860. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,606.73 points to close at a record 323,606.90 and the JSE Index jumped 2,375.03 points for a record close of 294,842.48.
In the market activity, Barita Investments lost 1 cent to end at $8.99, with 1,000 units trading, 
Berger Paints fell $1 to end at $16, with 55,939 stock units trading, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.03, after trading 372,654 units, Caribbean Cement traded 85 cents higher at $36.95, with 27,939 shares, Carreras concluded trading at $11.50, with 323,179 stock units. Grace Kennedy traded 17 cents higher at $43, with 3,100 shares, Jamaica Broilers closed 44 cents higher at $18.50, with 84,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 12,221 units, JMMB Group closed 10 cents higher at a new closing high of $28.10, with 177,182 shares, after it traded at a new intraday high of $29.99 in early trading activities. Kingston Wharves settled at $33, with 2,980 stock units, a $3 jump in the price of 
NCB Financial pushed it to a record close of $108 while trading 25,163 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $1.99 to $44, with 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 526,148 stock units at $1.15, Sagicor Group closed at $39, with 30,015 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 8,498 shares, Scotia Group traded $2 higher at $52, with 107,093 shares, Seprod finished trading at $30, with 3,884 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $12, with 161,330 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.85, with 14,454 shares, JMMB Group settled 1 cent higher at $1.11, with 54,700 stock units changing hands and 8,700 units of JMMB 6% US dollar preference shares traded with a gain of 2 cents at US$1.12.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Cement to head out of TOP 10
Caribbean Cement increased sales by 14% in Q3 2017.
IC Insider.com BUY RATED Caribbean Cement that showed all the signs of a big pay day is set to break out of the TOP this coming week as investors belated respond to this year’s results.
The company posted earnings of 88 cents for the September quarter, from a 15 percent increase in volume sales and should earn over $3 per share for 2017 and seems set to earn more than $4 in 2018 as it benefits from an upsurge in construction activity that will accelerate next year. The stock climbed to trade at a 52 weeks’ high of $40 on Friday, but closed at $36.10, a strong 33 percent ahead of the close of the previous week. Berger Paints is up 21 percent from last week’s close and is heading higher with very good prospects for increased profits this fiscal year and the next, as construction activity continues to benefit from increased demand, helped by falling interest rates that will make home ownership less costly than before.
Pulse Investments dropped out of the Top tier and Cable and Wireless has returned, the next set of results should help to move this stock higher. The Junior Market saw one change with Main Event entering, just edging out Stationery and Office Supplies.
The main market enjoyed the fourth consecutive weekly record close, driving the All Jamaica Composite Index to a record 321,000.17. 
The market is well clear of resistance around 300,000 points on the all Jamaica Index and continues heading to the next major resistance at the 360,000 points range, on its way to the 500,000 points mark in 2018.
At the close of Friday, the average PE ratio for Junior Market Top stocks is at 8.3 and a PE at 8 for the main market TOP 10. The average PE for the overall main market trades at 14.2 and 13.8 for Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 40 percent to the average of the market for Junior Market Top stocks and 44 percent for the main market.
Market Watch| Investors should keep a keen eye for Caribbean Cement, Cable & Wireless, NCB, Berger Paints, Jamaica Broilers, JMMB Group, Access Financial, General Accident, Paramount Trading and Stationery and Office.
