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Juniors market up 21% to Friday

January 29, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Junior market stocks had big gains in January.

The junior market closed on Friday with 18 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 5 declined but the market index rose 27.11 points to end at 2,174.81 as the market gained a strong 21 percent for January. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 1,176,492 units changed hands, valued at $6,265,417. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. Trading could end with a strong gain at the close on Friday with a total of 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last traded prices while none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed at $16.80 with 9,500 units changing hands, AMG Packaging jumped $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $15 with 5,514 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with only 385 units changing hands at $11, C2W Music closed with 9,935 units changing hands to close at 49 cents. Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 15 cents as 25,562 shares changed hands to close at $4.65, Caribbean Flavours traded 43,830 units to end with a loss of 5 cents at $8.95, Caribbean Producers traded 11,000 units to gain 50 cents and closed at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 21,500 shares at $1.30. Dolphin Cove traded 5,560 units but fell 31 cents to close at $15.69,

General Accident rose 8 cents while trading 47,541 shares to close at $2.15, Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $9 with 28,500 units trading with a gain of 30 cents. Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents with 61,245 shares trading to close at a $4.90, KLE closed with 21,800 units changing hands at $2.22, after losing 28 cents, Knutsford express ended with 700 shares changing hands at $15.20, Lasco Distributors closed with 214,200 units trading and ended at $7.20, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 166,857 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 484,867 shares to close at $5 and tTech closed with a gain of 5 cents at $4.75 with 17,996 shares trading.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, C2W Music, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

JSE up 8% for 2016 to Friday

January 29, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Jamaican stock market gained 8% in January

Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with gains in the indices on Friday with light trading volumes. Market activities closed with 43 securities changing hands in all market segments, 15 of which gained in the combined markets and 19 declined. At the end of the January trading accounted for $2.45 billion with the combined market index rising 8 percent, since the start of the year.
Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs one at a 52 weeks’ low and one traded at intraday highs as 3,047,233 units valued at only $19,756,390 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,176,492 units changed hands, valued at $6,265,417.
The JSE Market Index fell sharply by 2,439.44 points to 159,591.63 the all Jamaica Composite Index closed with a big decline of 2,726.20 points to end at 177,308.95 and the JSE combined index dropped 3,176.12 points to close at 169,880.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 19 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 5 cents to end at $3.70 as 106,008 units traded, Cable and Wireless ended with 1,116,925 units changing hands to close 1 cent lower at $1.59, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.65 to close at $26.65, with 9,011 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy fell 49 cents and closed at $83, with 1,378 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers gained 39 cents to $14.49 with 37,753 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers gained 3 cents to $29.15 with 100,420 units trading, JMMB Group traded 47,742 units but fell by 10 cents to end at $10.90, Kingston Wharves traded 9,700 units to close with the loss of 5 cents at $11.09. Mayberry Investments had 20,000 shares changing hands and fell 16 cents to $4.35, National Commercial Bank traded only 1,200 shares but rose $1.10 to close at $41.10 after the banking group released interim results to December, last year with a 12 percent increase in aftertax profit to $2.4 billion, up from $2.1 billion. Pan Jamaican Investment gained $1.50 with just 100 units changing hands to close at $98, Pulse Investments traded 29,583 shares with a rise of 25 cents to close at $3.25. Sagicor Group lost 55 cents to close at $22.90 with 40,900 units changing hands, Scotia Group had 9,70 shares changing hands to close with a rise of 30 cents at $31, Scotia Investments had 150,000 shares trading to close with a loss of $2 at $28. Supreme Ventures closed at $6.20 and gained of 20 cents with 105,730 units changing hands, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 75,000 units at $2.10 after slipping 15 cents and 138 Student Living preference share traded at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.90 while trading 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Pulse Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Supreme Ventures

JSE make gains on Friday morning

January 29, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange is recording gains after it retreated on Thursday but with varying price movements with declining stocks in the supremacy over advancing ones. AMG Packaging traded at a new high of $15, Caribbean Cement jumped $5 back to $30 but with only 7,500 units trading, Honey Bun trading at a new high of $9, Lasco Manufacturing was pulling back 46 cents to $4.54.
After 90 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 954.95 points to 178,263.90, the JSE Market Index rose 854.50 points to 160,446.13, the JSE combined index gained 999.13 points to 170,879.96 and the junior market index fell 21.42 points to 2,169.12. In trading, 35 securities were active and accounted for 2,203,876 units changed hands with 11 stocks rising and 15 falling.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Cement, Daily Trading, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Lasco Manufacturing

JSE in big pull back on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with sharp fall in the indices on Thursday with trading volumes being relatively light. Market activities closed with 42 securities changing hands in all market segments, 16 of which gained in the combined markets and 11 declined.
Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and one traded at intraday highs as 8,147,718 units valued at $82,326,591 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 2,952,252 units changed hands, valued at $17,175,945.
The JSE Market Index fell sharply by 2,439.44 points to 159,591.63 the all Jamaica Composite Index closed with a big decline of 2,726.20 points to end at 177,308.95 and the JSE combined index dropped 3,176.12 points to close at 169,880.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 16 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints gained 35 cents to end at $3.75 as 403,923 units traded, Cable and Wireless ended with 1,768,646 units changing hands to close at $1.60, Caribbean Cement dropped $3 to close at $25, with 176,469 shares changing hands. Ciboney traded 502,865 units but fell 3 cents to 24 cents, Grace Kennedy jumped $2.69 and closed at $83.49, with 20,140 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers dropped $1.45 to $14.10 with 186,932 shares changing hands, JMMB Group traded 80,650 units to end at $11. Kingston Wharves traded 27,407 units to close with the loss of 1 cent at $11.14, Margaritaville Turks traded 151,100 shares at 11.05 US cents. Mayberry Investments traded 24,568 shares at $4.51 with a rise of 1 cent, National Commercial Bank traded with a fall of $1 to close at $40,
with 654,604 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investment gained $2.50 with 3,346 units changing hands to close at $96.50, Pulse Investments traded 102,235 shares with a rise of 40 cents to close at $3. Sagicor Group gained 45 cents to close at $23.45 with 4,170 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 40,881 shares at $11.60, Scotia Group had 8,387 shares changing hands to close with a loss of $1.30 at $30.70, Scotia Investments had 1,920 shares changing hands to close with a gain of $3.50 at $30. Supreme Ventures closed at $6 to record a loss of 55 cents with 221,810 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share gained 2.98 US cents in trading 691,400 units to close at 22.98 US cents, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 70,222 units at $2.25 and Proven Investments preference share traded 49,000 units at $5.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Desnoes and Geddes’, Gleaner, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures

FX trading jumps sharply on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market ended on Thursday at levels that is usually occurs on days when the Bank of Jamaica intervenes in the market. Trading ended with dealers buying the equivalent of US$71,660,961 and selling US$66,585,264, in stark contrast with US$33,911,551 purchased and US$32,180,833 sold on Wednesday.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$69,317,642 compared to US$30,531,051 on Wednesday with the buying rate for the US dollar rising 50 cents to $121.07. A total of US$65,470,747 was sold versus US$28,521,777 on Wednesday as the selling rate climbed by 3 cents to $121.34. The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $1.80 to end at $82.96 with dealers buying C$1,004,415 and selling C$661,128, at an average rate that fell $2.37 to $85.62. The rate for buying the British Pound slipped 82 cents to $169.56 for the purchase of £1,117,479, while £359,952 was sold, with the rate falling 29 cents to $171.83. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a gain of 38 cents at J$131.88, from Wednesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$129.10 for a rise of 39 cents from Wednesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$90,020 being bought, while US$138,299 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at are, a fall of $1.25 in the highest buying rate for the US dollar that ended at $120.75 and a hike of $16.97 in the lowest selling rate to $116. The highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar rose $1.50 to $88.20, the lowest buying rate rose $1 and ended at $68.81 and lowest selling rate climbed $1.50 to $80.50. The highest buying rate for the British Pound jumped $4.80 to $178.70, the lowest buying rate jumped by $4.64 to $142.84, the highest selling rate leapt $7.16 to $184.15 and the lowest selling rate was up $5.50 to $170.70.

Filed Under: FX Market, Stock Market Tagged With: BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Daily Trading, euro, FX Market, J$ vs euro, Jamaica dollar, Trading Activity, US Dollar

Moderate TTSE trading on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued to reflect moderate trading with 10 securities being active on Thursday. The market closed with 1 stock gaining, 2 declining with the prices of 7 remaining unchanged. A total of 214,069 shares changed hands valued at $1,814,892.
The Composite Index closed unchanged at 1,162.44, the All T&T Index lost 0.01 points to 1,933.38 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 51.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with only 6 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Guardian Holdings had 760 units changing hands and gained 1 cent to close at $14.18.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with 110 shares changing hands but lost 2 cents to end at $13.60 and National Flour lost 2 cents to end with 100 shares changing hands at $2.33.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund had 1,207,633 shares changing hands for a value of $30,190,825 to close at $25, Clico Investment Fund traded 15,450 shares to close at $22.51. JMMB Group with 308,559 shares changing hands, closed at 55 cents, Massy Holdings ended with 20,000 shares changing hands to close at $59.89, Prestige Holdings contributed 147,379 shares with a value of $1,501,792 while closing at $10.19. Sagicor Financial Corporation added 41,290 shares valued at $268,385 and closed at $6.50 and West Indian Tobacco traded 100 units to close at $126.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Calypso Macro Index Fund, clico, Clico Investment Fund, Daily Trading, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour Mills, Prestige Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Trading Activity, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Juniors’ big drop on Thursday

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

AMG Packaging closed at a new high of $14 on Thursday.

The junior market closed on Thursday with 15 securities trading, 5 of which advanced, 3 declined but the market index dived 96.98 points to end at 2,147.70 as falls by Caribbean Producers, Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing during the day, had a telling drag on the market index. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 2,952,252 units changed hands, valued at $17,175,945. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. Trading could end with a strong gain at the close on Friday with a total of 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging jumped by $1.10 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14 with 36,761 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 15,040 shares changing hands to close at $4.80. Caribbean Flavours traded 4,000 units to end at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 140,190 units but fell 50 cents to close at $5, Consolidated Bakeries traded 194,406 shares at $1.30, General Accident rose 2 cents while trading 138,984 shares to close at $2.07. ICI -JM 28-01-16

Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70 with 3,000 units trading with a gain of 20 cents. KLE closed with 11,700 units changing hands at $2.50, to record a 30 cents rise, Lasco Distributors closed with 1,602,277 units trading and ended with a fall of 60 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial closed at $4 with 98,302 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 651,154 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables fell 27 cents and closed at $3.23 with 30,716 shares trading, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents to end with 5,014 shares changing hands at $11.50 and tTech closes at $4.70 with 18,908 shares trading.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, KLE, Lasco Financial, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity, tTech

NCB increases profit & dividend

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

National Commercial Bank (NCB) enjoyed a 12 percent increase in profits for the quarter to December last year, of $2.4 billion up from $2.1 billion in 2014 for earnings per share of 97 cents.
Profit before taxation came in at $3 billion compared with $2.9 billion in 2014. The improved numbers came from growth in revenues net of interest cost, fee and commission expenses of $12.68 billion, up from $11.96 billion in 2014. Net interest income rose $530 million and insurance premium increased $5000 million but foreign exchange trading contributed $300 million less than in 2014.
Provision for credit losses declined to $424 million from $587 million while asset tax swelled other operating expenses by an estimated $700 million based on 2014 figures, to $3.87 billion for the quarter compared with the September 2015 quarter of $3 billion.
NCB’s assets grew from $500 billion at the end of 2014 to $538 billion with loans accounting for $172 billion, an increase of 9 percent from $157 billion in 2014.
In December 2015, NCB entered into an agreement to purchase a 29.99 percent stake in Trinidad’s Guardian Holdings.
The banking group seems on target to record profit around $5.80 per share for the full year on existing business operations.The stock last traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at $40 for a PE of 6.9 times earnings based on the profit estimate and with some room for increased value.
Based on the results the dividend was raised from 45 cents per share paid last year to 50 cents per share to be paid on February 26 with the record date of February 15.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Guardian Holdings, National Commercial Bank, NCB

Juniors down 5% as JSE retreats

January 28, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock market retreated in the morning session on Thursday but the junior market fell sharply by more than 5 percent as Lasco Manufacturing was pulled back $1.10 to $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 1,035,826 while dropping 60 cents to $7.20 which would have pulled down the index by a sizable amount while Caribbean Producers that traded 140,190 units slipped by 50 cents to $5.
The juniors are not the only one to suffer a fall as the major fell close to 900 points and the combined market by more than 2,200 points. After 90 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 1,393.59 points to 178,641.56, the JSE Market Index dropped 1,247.00 points to 160,784.07, the JSE combined index dived 2,205.87 points to 170,851.08 and the junior market index fell 114.04 points to 2,130.64. In trading, 33 securities were active and accounted for 3,272,579 units changed hands with 14 stocks rising and 8 falling.
Scotia Group traded 7,160 units with the price falling by $1 to $31, Proven Investments ordinary shares climbed back from 20 us cents to 22.98 US cents in trading 645,989 units and Jamaica Broilers traded at with 153,671 shares but dropped $2.05 to end at $13.50. Mayberry Investments have put up 20 million Radio Jamaica shares for sale at $5 each.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JSE Company, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Mayberry, Radio Jamaica, Scotia Group

Ground lost on TTSE – Wednesday

January 27, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued to reflect a negative tone with moderate trading with 13 securities being active on Wednesday. The market closed with 2 stocks gaining, 4 declining with the prices of 7 remaining unchanged while 2 securities closed at 52 weeks’ low and 1 at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 954,766 shares changed hands valued at $19,909,947.
The Composite Index slipped 0.06 points to 1,162.44, the All T&T Index lost 0.25 points to 1,933.39 and the Cross Listed Index remained rose 0.02 to close at 51.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator remains with a high degree of negativity with only 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks or 22.5 percent of listings with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy traded 170,732 units valued at $703,415, to close with a rise of 2 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.12 and Guardian Holdings had 8,857 units changing hands and gained 2 cents to close at $14.17
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 416,690 shares valued at $9,378,525 but lost 9 cents to close at $22.51, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to end with 25 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.89. National Flour lost 3 cents to close at $2.35 with 25,000 shares trading at $2.35 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL contributed 1,828 shares but lost 11 cents, in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $19.99.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 197 units at $25, First Citizens had 528 shares to end at $35, JMMB Group contributed 72,361 shares at 55 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 43,315 shares changing hands to end at $2.28, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 as 18,250 shares valued at $2,044,000 changed hands. Sagicor Financial ended with 93,983 shares with a value of $610,890 changing hands at $6.50 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 100,000 shares valued at $6,782,000 changing hands at $67.82.