Eight consecutive days of record close, for the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended last week, but that did not prevent new additions to the main market IC Insider.com’s TOP 10.
At the same time, the Junior Market recorded strong gains in the week and reduced the year to date loss of nearly 10 percent to April down to just 5.3 percent. While a number of companies released profit results last week many more are due this past and the market could get a jolt from some of them.
At the end of the past week, Jamaica Broilers and Stanley Motta moved out of the main market TOP 10 while Lasco Manufacturing and tTech moved up in price and left the Junior Market TOP 10.
Consolidated Bakeries and Main Event are the new additions to the Junior Market TOP 10 while IC Insider’s long standing TOP 10 main market stock, welcomed back, Sygnus Credit Investments that dropped out the previous week returns to the main market TOP 10 along with Grace Kennedy that reported below average first quarter results.
The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are, Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 248 percent, Elite Diagnostic with likely gains of 233 percent, followed by AMG Packaging with potential gains of 216 percent.
Radio Jamaica with potential gains of 173 percent leads main market stocks, followed by Sterling Investments with 151 percent likely gain and Victoria Mutual Investments in third spot with potential to gain 148 percent.
Wigton Windfarm, Jamaica’s latest initial public share offer, sits in at the 4 position on the main market stock list. 
The stock comes to the market at 50 cents per share and boast a PE of 8.3 times normalized earnings for the year to March 2019. With the heavy oversubscription, the top investors will get just a fraction of what they applied for will certainly pushed the price higher when it lists and start trading.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 14.4 and the Junior Market at just 10.4. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 6.7 and the main market PE is now 8.5. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 36 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 41 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 interest in the securities commented on.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading took place in 17 securities against 12 on Thursday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 
shares, Clico Investments shed 3 cents and settled at $23, with 80,145 units, Republic Financial Holdings declined $2.89 to close at $120.11 in trading 3,329 shares and West Indian Tobacco dropped $2 to $110, with 350 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed lower on Friday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 795.98 points to 453,102.99 and the JSE Index declined by 723.33 points to 412,740.30. 
Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Scotia Group traded 109,267 units after rising 69 cents in closing at $50.99, Supreme Ventures finished with a rise of $2 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of at $33, with 70,840 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 40 cents to close at $12 with an exchange of 53,679 shares and Wisynco Group ended trading of 269,465 shares with a rise of 35 cents to end at $14.90.
closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma ended trading of 53,782 stock units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.20. Iron Rock exchanged 2,576 units with a gain of 40 cents to $3.90, ISP Finance a lost $1.30 cents to close at $11.20 while trading 78,500 shares with, Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with an exchange 18,290 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended 18 cents higher at $2.48, in trading 300 shares. Key Insurance concluded trading of 100 stock units and rose 45 cents higher to $3.70, Knutsford Express added 5 cents to end at $13, with 5,600 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 55,252 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial gained 50 to end at $5, with an exchange of 26,163 shares. Lasco Manufacturing traded 14,145 stock units, and closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.52, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 25,572 shares, and lost 10 cents to close at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished 10 cents higher at $1.70, with 1,800 shares changing hands and tTech traded 446,052 shares and led to a 95 cents jump to close at $6.20.
After 8 consecutive days of record close, the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended down on Thursday, along with a sharp decline in volume traded, compared to Wednesday’s level.
$2.50, with 281,094 shares, Sagicor Group declined $1 to end at $47 trading 44,572 stock units, Salada Foods lost 99 cents to end at $31.01 after trading 2,060 shares. Scotia Group traded 9,476 units and lost 70 cents in closing at $50.30, Seprod declined 46 cents trading 122,514 shares to close at $44.05, Supreme Ventures finished with a rise of $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of at $31, with 158,160 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 58 cents to close at $12.40 with an exchange of 7,200 shares and Wisynco Group ended trading with 421,521 shares with a rise of 30 cents to end at $14.55.
The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Thursday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Wednesday. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 933 shares and closed at $43.20, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 209,065 units, leading to a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, Caribbean Cream ended trading 11,753 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $5.30. Caribbean Flavours closed at $16.50, with an exchange of 4,600 stock units, Caribbean Producers exchanged 173,900 units, with a loss of 37 cents to end at $4.61, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $1.85, with 4,400 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.75, trading 4,425 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.55 with trading in 6,000 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 1,200 shares, with a loss of 34 cents to close at $3.01, FosRich Group rose 30 cents to $4.40, in exchanging 22,123 shares. Fontana closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 183,502 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended with a loss of 29 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 299,246 units, GWest Corporation ended trading of 10,000 shares and rose 4 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished 25 cents higher at $4.05, trading 700 shares. iCreate settled at 85 cents, trading 10,000 shares, Iron Rock traded 7,492 units at $3.50,
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with an exchange of 10,493 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 2,939 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 335,790 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial traded 19,887 shares and rose 10 cents to $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.60, with an exchange of 454,922 stock units, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 65 cents at $6.85, with 393 shares trading. Paramount Trading concluded trading of just 100 shares and rose 16 cents to $2.20, Stationery and Office settled at $7.01, trading 7,000 stock units, Sweet River ended trading with 503 units and rose 2 cents higher to $3.02 and tTech traded a mere 100 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.25.
First Citizens Bank gained $2 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $40, after exchanging just 424 shares. One Caribbean Media added 5 cents and completed trading of 16,000 shares at $10.30, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents in trading 11,555 units to end at $30 and West Indian Tobacco jumped $2 to a 52 weeks’ high of $112, with 940 stock units changing hands.
to close at $22.21. JMMB Group added $2 trading 56,642 shares in closing at $34, Mayberry Investments rose 25 cents to end trading of 112,194 shares at $9.50, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 80 cents trading 59,107 shares at $10.50, NCB Financial Group climbed $3, in trading 12,616,011 shares, to close at $150.01. PanJam Investment concluded trading of 3,287 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $90, after trading at a record high of $100, Sagicor Group gained $1 to end at $48 trading 42,680 stock units, Salada Foods rose 99 cents to end at $32 after trading 140 shares and Seprod declined 49 cents trading 23,101 shares to close at $44.51.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains in trading on Wednesday, leading to a strong 45.43 points rise in the market index to close at 3,060.54 but with 52 percent less volume than on Tuesday. 
Trading ended with an average of 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 in contrast to 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,262 units valued at $359,706 and previously, 115,060 units valued at $366,988. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
9,174 shares and lost 35 cents to end at $3.80, iCreate closed trading of 10,200 shares with a gain of 7 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 603,300 shares at $3.35, Iron Rock settled with a loss of 40 cents at $3.50, with 256 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 21 cents higher at $4.15, with 32,934 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.30, in exchanging 17,863 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 116,192 units for 1 cent higher, at $3.90, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 124,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a rise of 39 cents to $3.64, with the trading of 116,121 shares, 
trading of 1,625 shares at $10.25, Sagicor Financial closed 16 cents lower and completed trading of 124 shares at $8.74 and Scotiabank concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $63.51, with 2,500 stock units changing hands.
