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Junior market jumps 8.7% to new high

January 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Junior market stocks is racing into resistance at 2,200 points, raising questions about the rally’s pace

Investors pushed the junior market to one of the highest moves in a day, with an 8.72 percent increase or 167.78 points to land at 2,092.37 or just over 100 points from the next resistance level around 2,200 points. The move was helped in no uncertain manner by big moves in the prices of the three Lasco companies and to a big move up in the price of Caribbean Cream following release of financial results showing earnings of 33 cents or $124 million for the nine months to November compared with just 8 cents in 2014.
The market closed with 18 securities trading 10 of which advanced, 3 declined with 8 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 10,672,995 units changed hands, valued at $46,214,999, with big volumes from Caribbean Cream 1,647,902 shares with a value of $7,340,719 and Lasco Manufacturing with 7,260,133 units valued at $29,899,891.
At the close, 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, newly listed CAC 2000 shares, rose 25 cents to end at $5.68 compared to its IPO price of $4.85 with 15,000 shares trading and tTech that issue shares tin its IPO at $2.50 traded at a new high of $3.60 with a gain of 56 cents from Thursday’s close, with 69,981 shares changing hands. Elsewhere, AMG Packing gained $1.69 to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $9.05 with 200 shares trading, C2W Music ended with a rise of 6 cents to close at 51 cents while 20,500 units changed hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 1,647,902 shares changing hands as the price rose 50 cents to end at $4.68. Caribbean Flavours traded 7,000 units to close with a gain of 12 cents at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 104,165 units and gained 2 cents to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents and ended at $1.40, with 159,245 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading Company had 503,000 units trading, to close at $4.05. Dolphin Cove ended at $15.60 with 4,846 shares trading, General Accident traded 89,100 shares to close with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $2, Honey Bun gained 20 cents with

16,683 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.70, Jamaican Teas had 27,000 shares trading, to close at $5.50, KLE Group ended with a fall of 2 cents to $1.85, with 15,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 525,060 shares changing hands for a gain of 89 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.40, Lasco Financial rose 89 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5 with 153,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.15, Medical Disposables ended with 4,000 shares changing hands to close with a loss of 25 cents at $3.30 and Paramount Trading closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10 with 66,180 units changing hands to gain $1.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, Honey Bun, Knutsford Express, Lasco Financial, Medical Disposables, tTech

Junior market soars in morning session

January 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The junior market jumped sharply by more than 151 points in the first 75 minutes of trading on Friday but the main market slipped as Scotia Group traded at $22.51 and Caribbean cement fell back to $22 from a closing price of $26.50 on Thursday.
Trading as been quite hectic with 34 securities trading amounting to 5,923,247 shares well over the 1,003,134 units changing hands on Thursday and with 15 rising, while 13 declined.
Investors continue to push junior market stocks with Lasco Distributors jumping to a new high of $7.25 with 214,820 shares as the price jumped 74 cents to a new high, Lasco Finance following its big brother traded at a new high of $5, Paramount Trading also traded at a new high of $10 and tTech opened trading at $3.60 with 50,000 shares to gain 56 cents. Caribbean Cream traded 1,240,402 shares with a gain of 32 cents to $4.50 as the company released results of 33 cents per share for the nine months to November.
The all Jamaica Composite Index declined 832.08 points to 173,674.87 the JSE Market Index fell 744.55 points to 156,339.83 the JSE combined index 664.99 points to 166,166.41 and the junior market index jumped 151.35 points to 2,075.94.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Paramount Trading, tTech

Big jump in junior stocks as tTech & CAC trade

January 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

tTech gained 22% on the first day of trading to close at $3.04.

Trading commenced on Thursday, in tTech and CAC 2000 shares, with the former rising 22 percent or 54 cents to end at $3.05 and CAC rose 12 percent or 43 cents to close at $5.43. The companies were enjoying the first day of trading following successful IPO offerings at $2.50 and $4.85 at the IPO stage. The junior market continued its bull run with a big 77.67 points move in the index to end at 1,924.59 for yet another new record close.
The market closed with 19 securities trading 10 of which advanced, 4 declined with 7 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 3,272,184 units changed hands, valued at $17,503,527.
At the close, 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 7 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 3 closed with lower offers.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed at $16 after losing 6 cents with 22,300 units changing hands, AMG Packing gained 16 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.36 with 1,000 shares trading and closed with the bid at $8.10 to buy 1,140 units. CAC rose 58 cents to close at $5.43 with 6,000 units changing hands, but the stock was offered at $5.43 at the close to sell 5,000 units. C2W Music ended with a rise of 2 cents to close at 45 cents while 114,000 units changed hands, Cargo Handlers lost 15 cents to end at $37.50 with 589 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 379,183 shares changing hands as the price rose 29 cents to end at $4.18. Caribbean Flavours traded 75,871 units to close with a gain of 38 cents at $8.88, Caribbean Producers traded 9,500 units but gain 80 cents to close at $5.48, Consolidated Bakeries ended at $1.50, with 3,050 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading Company had 27,000 units trading, to close at $4.05. General Accident traded 23,600 shares to close with a loss of 10 cent, to end at $2.10, Honey Bun gained 22 cents with 114,652 shares changing hands and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, KLE Group ended with a fall of 2 cents at $1.85 with 15,000 shares changing hands.

Lasco Distributors closed with 1,354,455 shares changing hands for a gain of 50 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.51, Lasco Financial rose 16 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.11 with 55,598 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing rose 20 cents to $3.80 with 349,634 shares trading, Medical Disposables ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at the close at $3.55, tTech had 257,952 units changing hands to gain 54 cents to close at $3.04, at the close there were no stocks on offer, while bids ranged from a low of $2.33 to a high of $3.05, Eppley 2019 preference shares traded 42,000 shares at $6.10 and Eppley 9.5% preference shares had 416,800 changing hands at $6.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, CAC 2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Eppley, Honey Bun, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

tTech gains 20% to trade at $3 as JSE moves higher

January 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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The junior market was joined by two new listings on Thursday, following the successful IPO of CAC 2000 and tTech shares bringing the total junior market listings to 29. tTech opened trading at $3 with 7,809 shares to gain 50 cents on the IPO price, trading in the stock was halted with the price having exceeded the 15 percent circuit breaker rule before it reopened after an hour. CAC 2000 traded 1,000 units at $4.94 to record an increase of 9 cents from the IPO price of $4.85.
The Jamaican stock market is off to more strong start in early Thursday trading with all major indices recording gains in mid-morning session leading to a number of stocks recording new 52 weeks’ highs up to 10.45 am. A total of 32 securities traded amounting to 1,003,134 units changing hands with 15 rising, while 7 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,050.43 points to 172,392.77 the JSE Market Index gained 939.93 points to 155,192.59 the JSE combined index added 1,376.19 points to 163,505.92 and the junior market index is up 54.24 points to 1,901.16.
The big trade of the day is Lasco Distributors with 274,787 shares as the price jumped 49 cents to a new high of $6.50 and Sagicor Group with 34,368 shares at a new 52 weeks’ of $22.50.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: CAC 2000, Lasco Distributors, Sagicor Group, tTech

tTech & CAC 2000 trades on Thursday

January 6, 2016 by IC Insider.com

tTech’s executives

Trading commences on Thursday, in tTech and CAC 2000 shares, following successful IPO offerings as the junior market continued its bull run with the index gaining 7.95 points to end at 1,846.92 for a new record close. The market closed with 15 securities trading 9 of which advanced, 4 declined with 7 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 3,347,529 units changed hands, valued at $9,025,299.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging gained 16 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.36 with 1,000 shares trading and closed with the bid at $8.10 to buy 1,140 units. C2W Music closed with 64,290 units changing hands at 43 cents for a 52 weeks’ high, having risen 3 cents, Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $37.65 with 126 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 54,293 shares changing hands as the price slipped by 11 cents to end at $3.89. Caribbean Producers traded 1,500 units but lost 82 cents to close at $4.68, Consolidated Bakeries rose 8 cents to end at $1.50, with 355,700 units changing hands,

Derrimon Trading Company had 4,930 units trading, to close up 25 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.05. General Accident traded 1,318,600 shares to close with a loss of 1 cent, to end at $2.18, Honey Bun gained 10 cents with 1,150 shares changing hands and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.28, Jamaican Teas rose 45 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.50 while 1,689 units were traded, KLE Group ended at $1.87 with 49,632 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with only 4,538 shares changing hands for a gain of 31 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.01, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents to close at a $3.95 with 4,200 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $3.60 with 1,483,881 shares trading and Medical Disposables ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at the close at $3.55.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, CAC 2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Honey Bun, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Juniors move to higher heights

January 5, 2016 by IC Insider.com

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $7.20 on Tuesday.

The junior market started 2016 with the index gaining 24.19 points to end at 1,838.97 for a new record high. The market closed with 17 securities trading 7 of which advanced, 5 declined with 3 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high and 2 at an intraday 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 1,801,000 units changed hands, valued at $7,668,101.
At the close, 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 4 closed with lower offers.
The junior market will have two new listing when trading commences on Thursday with tTech and CAC 2000 being added following successful IPO offerings. The listings were approved today by the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 6 cents at $16.06 with 5,900 units changing hands, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.20 with 9,954 shares trading, C2W Music closed with 174,441 units changing hands at 40 cents. Caribbean Cream ended with 153,300 shares changing hands as the price slipped by 8 cents to end at $4, Caribbean Flavours traded 11,474 units to close with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, Caribbean Producers traded 3,636 units to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 7 cents to end at $1.42 with 8,000 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading Company had 16,550 units trading at $3.80 but ended the day with a bid at $4. Dolphin Cove ended at $15.60 with only 4,000 shares trading to gain 10 cents, General Accident traded 63,115 shares to close with a gain of 14 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.19.

Jamaica Teas ended at $5.05 with a while 39,500 units traded, but rose earlier to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $5.25, KLE Group ended at $1.87 with 123,397 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express rose $1.05 with 7,678 shares trading to end at $10.65. Lasco Distributors closed with 750,787 shares changing hands for a gain of 20 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.70, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4 with 64,737 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing dipped 5 cents to $3.55 with 388,215 shares trading and Paramount Trading ended with 2,916 shares changing hands at the close at $9 after it traded at an intraday high of $9.10.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity, tTech

BUY RATED top Carib markets with 830%

January 4, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The JSE stock racked up huge gains in 2015

IC BUY RATED stocks were top of the Caribbean markets in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago for 2015, with Jamaica Stock Exchange share, chalking up a massive gain of 830 percent since IC Insider elevated it to BUY RATED status.Caribbean Cement followed with gains of 640 percent, Caribbean Cream with 444 percent and Trinidad Cement with a 299 percent increase on the Trinidad market.
While it was easy to make money in Jamaica, with profits rising and interest rates falling, developments in Trinidad went in the opposite direction, with interest rates rising and profits under pressure with the economy ended in recession.
At the beginning of 2015 of the 14 junior market selections, few recorded gains and only Knutsford Express with a 17 percent increase reflecting any meaningful positive movement. Losses were large, with AMG Packaging down 39 percent, Blue Power 31 percent, Caribbean Cream 23 percent, Jamaica Teas 28 percent, Lasco Financial 37 percent and Lasco Manufacturing 32 percent. What a difference a year can make? By the end of 2015, gains were all over the place with the list having 17 companies with two being dropped. There were no losing stocks in the list that had a new addition, tTech which could be listed this week. Honey Bun was added to the listing in November and gained 9 percent since. Eight stocks have more than doubled, four gained 40 percent to 91 percent. Caribbean Cream jumped 292 percent to be the top selection in this market, followed by Lasco Distributors up 274 percent. Blue Power was removed from the list in July with a small gain.
In the JSE main market, at the start of 2015, Hardware and Lumber was the best performing stock with gains of 62 percent followed by Cable & Wireless with 47 percent and Jamaica Broilers had the worst performance with a loss of 24 percent. In all, 7 of the 15 selections were lower than at the time they were BUY RATED.
By year-end, all selections in the JSE main market were up, with Scotia Investments having a mere 15 percent increase, being the poorest performer. This stock is being moved to Market Watch as the 2015 profit performance was far too disappointing to warrant buying now, while Hardware and Lumber remains a hold. The rest, present opportunities for continuing profit making. JMMB Group ended with just 28 percent gain, but seems undervalued at the current price. While the list had a few lousy performers, the same can’t be said about a 640 percent gain in Caribbean Cement and 830 percent increase for Jamaica Stock Exchange share. In all, 9 stocks posted gains in excess of 100 percent and 4 below 100 percent but with a 50 percent increase and more.
There were 13 selections in the Trinidad market with Trinidad Cement being the best performer with gains of 150 percent, the next was Point Lisas with 11 percent at the start of 2015. Five stocks suffered losses with the highest being 22 percent and the next 18 percent. For 2015 the price of Trinidad Cement is up 299 percent followed by National Flour with a 59 percent gain.
Looking ahead, the junior stocks should continue to grow, with several of the companies actively expanding resulting in profits climbing at a fast pace. There are a few stocks to be cautious of just now. Lasco Distributors selling at almost 16 times 2016 March earnings. Growth should be strong but unless investors have a long term objective they should be careful buying at current price level, the same applies to Lasco Financial that is selling at 15 times earnings. Dolphin Cove remains a hold at this time.
The Trinidad market needs to be watched at this stage, with the country needing to adjust to the lower price of oil and the recession now being endured.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Stocks to watch Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, C&WJ, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, D&G, Dolphin Cove, Hardware & Lumber, Honey Bun, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, JSE Company, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, National Flour Mills, Point Lisas, Trinidad Cement, tTech

Near 20% tTech shareholders

December 30, 2015 by IC Insider.com

tTEch’s the technology company that offered shares to the public in December has released details of the successful offer of 25,652,000 ordinary shares at $2.50 each that closed on December 16, 2015.
The issue attracted 289 applications, valued at approximately $172.395 million.
Based on the level of oversubscription, applications for the general pool (57 percent of the shares offered) will receive 100 percent up to 10,000 shares applied for and the remaining shares will be allocated on a proportional basis equivalent to approximately 19.96 percent of the total application amount. Reserve share applicants (35 percent of the shares offered) will receive 100 percent of the number of shares they applied for.
The shares are expected to be listed on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in January.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Initial Public Offers, Stock Market Tagged With: junior market, tTech

Poor Carib capital market regulation

December 22, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Anyone with more than a passing interest in the Caribbean capital markets must be concerned at lax nature of how the system is regulated, in spite of having the oversight bodies in the form of the Financial Services Commissions in the region.
The glaring case of the abuse of power exercised by the Trinidad Cement board in the handling of the company’s right issue earlier this year, stands out as a clear case for regulatory action to protect investors. In this matter the company failed to properly inform shareholders of a strong improvement in the profit of the a for the first quarter and made it worse with Price Waterhouse Coopers signing a report that gave the impression that there was no profit for the quarter.
In Jamaica, we have a Financial Services Commission (FSC) that is said to be the regulator for the financial entities not regulated by Bank of Jamaica, much is lacking from them, their inaction in matters of critical import makes one wonder what taxpayers money given to them is really being used for?
When it comes to the FSC, one is reminded of a police station located across from a house of crime but does nothing, unless the neighbours complain about it. Here is a case be it small. One of the FSC regulated entities is late with its 2015 results, the company issued a statement to the stock exchange to say they would be late in releasing the audited statements and the audited figures would be released on December 4. They also had the lateness of the audited accounts in 2014, with December 5th being the promised date. Now the public is being told that Barita Investments Limited (BIL) the entity involved has advised that the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year-end 2014/2015 will be submitted to the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)on or before December 29, 2015. That is a major shift in the time frame. No reason was given in the notice on the stock exchange site. The investing public has a right to know the reason for the lateness. The FSC that regulates the market, should be interested in knowing what the reasons are as well, but there is not even a peep out of them?
IC Insider spoke with Mrs Rita Humphries, Chairman of the company on Wednesday December 9, about the issues affecting the release and subsequently, the last posting was made on the JSE website. According to the Chairman, there were issues relating to reconciliation of a few accounts which required adjusting entries to be made. Barita had them reconciled and the auditors needed to go through the information and transactions to satisfy themselves that the end result is correct. Additionally, the auditors advised of none receipt of confirmation from clients some of which had already been sent on to the auditors we are advised. Last year the audit was held up by a difference of opinion between the auditors and the Barita over the issue of fully providing for the value of shares Barita held in Scotia Group on the basis the auditors said was the impairment of the investment. This was after they fully provided for the value of Barita’s investment in National Commercial Bank shares.
All this bring one back to the glaring errors in the audited accounts for Knutsford Express audited accounts for 2014 and 2015 for which there have been no request for revision of the reports, why? Are these regulators really serious in protecting investors? Take the most recent case of tTech. The prospectus for the company’s shares, made no mention of subscribers being asked to pay the JCSD fees. One day before the issue opens, a note is placed on the JSE website that the fee is to be paid by subscribers, even as the prospectus states that investors would not be paying any more than the $2.50, the shares were offered to the general public at. The JSE clearly did not intervene to prevent a chaotic situation from happening with some applicant including the fee and others did not as they were unaware of it. Thankfully, the management and brokers were sensitive to the issue and agreed to refund those who paid.
The FSC and the Stock Exchange police the system when companies are going to the public to raise money, but what happens after, very little? Goodyear was delisted from the JSE, shareholders got two payments form liquidation of the assets but about three years after, no information but there are no regulators dealing with the issue anymore, leaving many small investors to fend for themselves. That is not good enough.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Bank Of Jamaica, Barita Investments Limited, Financial Services Commission, GoodYear, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Mrs Rita Humphries, National Commercial Bank, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Scotia Group, Trinidad Cement, tTech

tTech allocation by Monday

December 18, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The allocation formula for the recent Initial public offering of tTech shares which closed shortly after opening on Wednesday with more than 300 percent over subscription, should be known by Monday coming.
The likely date was obtained by IC Insider today from a spokesperson at NCB Capital Markets. The recommended formula has been passed on to the company for the approval the spoke person stated. tTech offered more than 25.65 million shares for purchase up to $2.50 each and was well received by investors raising over $50 million that they went to the market.
The spokesperson also indicated that they will be looking into the matter of investor being asked to pay the central depository fee, although it was not included in the prospectus.