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12 stocks fall only 6 rise on JSE

December 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Pan Jam reached a new 52 weeks' high on Tuesday, closing at $56.10.

Pan Jam reached a new high on Tuesday, closing at $56.10.

In Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 6 stocks rose and 12 declined as 26 securities changed hands, ending in 7,178,648 units trading, valued at only $10,813,280, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dipped 480.86 points to 75,043.48, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 537.67 points to close at 82,620.35 and the JSE combined index gained declined by 477.17 points to close at 76,799.79.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Hardware & Lumber closing with 31,000 shares and rising 97 cents to $7.47. Jamaica Broilers concluded trading with 122,964 shares changing hands, with a gain of 5 cents to $4.05, Pan Jamaican closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $56.10 while 519 shares changed hands, $1.10 higher. Sagicor Group concluded trading with 34,742 units and put on 1 cent to $9.96 and Salada Foods ended with 20,000 units, to close with a gain of 30 cents to $7.80.

Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless ending trading with 21,759 shares at 45 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ended with 7,885 ordinary shares changing hands to close at $7, Jamaica Producers closed with 1,321 shares changing hands at $15.96. Mayberry Investments saw trading in 98,300 shares for $1.52, National Commercial Bank ended with only 580 shares changing hands to close at $18.20 and Proven Investments completed trading with 70,000 shares changing hands at 18.5 US cents.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement ended with 42,116 units as the price slipped 4 cents to $2.40, Desnoes & Geddes closed with 2,560 shares trading lower by 5 cents to $4.65, Grace Kennedy finished with 1,225 shares with a loss of $2 to $60, Radio Jamaica ended with 558,009 units and closed 3 cents down to $1.15, Scotia Group ended trading with 72,402 units as the price slipped 30 cents to $20.10 and Scotia Investments completed trading with 184,817 shares trading lower by $1.40 to $21.10.
Preference| There was no trading of preference shares.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, D&G, Grace Kennedy, Hardware & Lumber, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry, NCB, Pan Jam, Proven, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor, Salada Foods, Scotia, Trading Activity

6 junior stocks fell on JSE

December 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the Junior Market on Tuesday was more active than for some time, with 9 securities traded. Trading ended with 1,680,305 units valued at $1,661,213 being active. The JSE Junior Market Index lost 2.67 points to close at 667.42, with the price 2 stocks advancing and 6 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with offers lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
in trading C2W Music ended with 72,000 shares at 38 cents and lost 2 cents, Caribbean Cream ended at 68 cents after losing 2 cents while 881,000 shares changed hands, followed by Caribbean Producers with 182,000 shares at $2.20, Consolidated Bakeries traded 4,000 units at 82 cents, General Accident lost 1 cent to $1.59 with 123,899 shares. Lasco Distributors closed a cent off, at $1.44 while 40,000 shares changed hands, but the price fell 5 cents. Lasco Financial had 150,806 units closing at 96 cents with a gain of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing lost 2 cents to 98 cents with only 197,600 being active and Medical Disposables fell 10 cents to a new all-time low of $1.70, with 10,000 units traded.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Consolidated Bakeries, General Accident, Jamaican Stock, Lasco, Medical Disposables, Purity

Back to earth 2 up on TTSE

December 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 10 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 1 declined and 7 traded firm, with a total of 358,305 units, valued at $2,367,735 be active.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.02 points to close at 1,144.78, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.04 points to close at 1,971.65 and the Cross Listed Index is unchanged at 41.63.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa McAl traded 2,000 shares and gained 1 cent at $66.37 and First Citizens Bank traded 11,335 shares valued at $417,241 to close 1 cent higher at $36.81 up by 6 cents.
Declines| The only stock declining at the end of trading is National Enterprises that traded 1,000 shares and declined by 1 cent to close at $17.43.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged, at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings in trading 2,000 shares and closed at $12.78, Clico Investment Fund with 24,392 shares valued at $561,059, ended at $23. Massy Holdings had just 14 shares trading at $66.25, while National Commercial Bank traded 250,000 units, with a value of $277,500, to close at $1.11. Republic Bank with 20 shares, traded at $119.94, Scotiabank contributed 7,995 shares with a value of $74,916, the price closed at $59.40, Trinidad Cement with 58,823 shares valued at $152,940, closed at $2.60 and West Indian Tobacco traded 110 units at $121.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stock with the offer that was lower.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, clico, First Citizens, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB, Republic Bank, Scotia, Trinidad Cement, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

NCB 2014 profit trumps 2013 by a KM

December 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

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National Commercial Bank net profit for 2014 hit $11.6 billion, a big jump from the NDX affected $8.58 billion in 2013. Earnings per share for the year ended at $4.73 just below IC Insider forecast of $4.80.
The 2013 profit was negatively affected by a huge $1.5 billion charge, from losses picked up when they exchanged high yielding government bonds for lower yielding ones and $680 million written off relating to the attempt to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The group is reporting net profit of $2.87 billion, for the September quarter compared to $1.8 billion in 2013, the latter was affected by a number of one off charges.
The 2013 full year was also negatively impacted by a $281 million hit from receivership expenses, an increase over the amount spent in 2012 of $172 million and a healthy rise in Technical, consultancy and professional fees of $1.09 billion compared with $846 million in 2012.
This year results benefited from a few one off items as well. Gain on acquisition of subsidiary contributed $301 million and gain on sales of shares in Kingston Wharves added $349 million but this is in lieu booking their share of profits for the quarter had they not sold. The group suffered a loss of $200 million on securities impairment and critically, although loan loss provision is up $200 million, the large increase in the final quarter is $700 million more than at the same time in 2013. For the full year, loan losses amount to $2.2 billion versus $2.1 billion for the previous year.
Salaries allowances and benefits cost was down in the quarter to $2.6 billion from $2.9 in the similar quarter, and for the year to $11.5 billion versus $11.2 billion in 2013. Other operating cost was up to $10.4 billion for the full year, from $9.4 billion in 2013 and for the quarter $3.1 billion from $2.8 billion.
Growth| For 2014, loans grew pretty strongly by 12 percent, moving from $143.6 billion to $157 billion and customer deposits of $202 billion, increased by $23.8 billion, or 13 percent, resulting in net interest income being steady, in the September quarter, for both years, as well as in the June quarter at roughly $6 billion each. Net interest income was up $1 billion for the year over 2013 to reach $24.66 billion from $23.56 billion. Fees and commission income moved up to $10.6 billion net, compared to $9.7 billion in 2013. Premium income grew to $7 billion from $5 billion in 2013. Gains on sale of debt securities and foreign exchange trading gains jumped to $2.6 billion versus $1 billion in 2013.
Segment| Segment results were mixed with strong increases in some, while other areas fell below the 2013 performance. Retail & SME, reported improved profits for 2014 of $1.56 billion versus $793 million in 2013. Payment Services climbed down from $2.1 billion to $1.57 billion in 2014, Corporate Banking ended 2014 with $500 million versus $850 million previously, Treasury & Correspondent Banking jumped from $1.87 billion in 2013 to $3.7 billion in the latest year. Wealth, Asset Management and Investment Banking moved down from $3.88 billion to $3.6 billion, Life Insurance and Pension Fund Management climbed from $2.17 billion to $2.9 billion and General Insurance income of $557 million in 2013 jumped to $1.28 billion.
NCB hiked their final dividend for the year to 96 cents per shares. IC Insider’s forecast for the 2015 earnings is $5.75 per share and with the current price at just over $18 per share the stock is severely undervalued with significant upside potential.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Dividends, Insurance, NCB, wealth management

J$ loses vs US & Pound on Monday

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaican dollar lost value against the US dollar and the British pound but gained moderately against the Canadian dollar, on Monday. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$46,947,247 versus US$32,044,623 on Friday, and sold the equivalent of US$40,489,087 compared to US$24,934,600 on Friday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$42,320,091 compared to US$27,699,155 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar lost 3 cents to $113.19 and US$37,843,073 was sold versus US$22,601,816 on Friday. The selling rate rose 3 cents to $113.82. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 56 cents to $96.92 with dealers buying C$1,788,250 and selling C$1,065,374, at an average selling rate that erased 17 cents, to $99.38. The rate for buying the British Pound fell 81 cents to $175.41, for the purchase of £1,814,634, while £765,534 was sold, the rate rose 26 cents to $177.99. At the end of trading it took J$139.93 to purchase the Euro according to data from Bank Of Jamaica while dealers purchased at J$137.14. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$283,910 while the equivalent of US$518,653, was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, closed 10 cents higher at $114.10, the lowest buying and the highest selling rates were unchanged to $93.52 and $119.84 respectively, but the lowest selling rate fell 17 cents at $93.35. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar slipped 55 cents to end at $99.95. The lowest buying rate closed 30 cents lower, at $79.63. The highest selling rate remained at $103.04 and the lowest selling rate dipped 30 cents to $96. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, lost 30 cents to $178.20. The lowest buying rate slipped 8 cents to $143.59, the highest selling rate gained $3.24 to $185.22 and the lowest selling rate eased by 10 cents to $173.

Filed Under: FX Market, Stock Market Tagged With: BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, euro, FX Market, Jamaica dollar, US Dollar

Main market closed higher on Monday

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising and 6 declining as 21 securities changed hands, ending in 1,220,997 units trading, valued at $7,880,967, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 157.42 points to 75,524.34, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 176.02 points to close at 83,158.02 and the JSE combined index gained 124.88 points to close at 77,276.96.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless concluding trading with 469,204 shares, the price rose 1 cent to 45 cents. Desnoes & Geddes ended trading with 15,531 units and put on 1 cent to $4.70, Mayberry Investments finished with 7,140 shares while rising 2 cents to $1.52 and Sagicor Group ended with 1,494 units and put on 1 cent to $9.95.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Carreras with 18,918 shares changing hands to close at $37, Grace Kennedy finished with 25,000 shares trading at $62. Kingston Wharves ended trading with 3,000 shares at $6, National Commercial Bank saw trading in 190,112 shares at $18.20, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading with 49,750 shares changing hands to close at $7.25.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Broilers closed with 140,520 shares trading lower by 5 cents, at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished with 7,528 shares, with a loss of 6 cents to close at $7. Scotia Group ended trading with 9,000 units as the price slipped 10 cents to $20.40 and Scotia Investments completed trading with 3,036 shares trading lower by 5 cents to $22.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 103,000 units to close at $3.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C&WJ, Carreras, D&G, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry, NCB, Sagicor, Scotia

2 new 52 weeks’ low for juniors

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Kurk Boothe - Medical Disposables Managing Director. the company stock fell a new low on Monday, in spite of healthy profit gains.

Kurk Boothe – Medical Disposables Managing Director. The company’s stock fell to a new low on Monday, in spite of healthy profit gains.

Trading in the Junior Market closed with 7 securities trading, with the price 2 advancing and 2 declining, both losing stocks, closed at new 52 weeks’ low. Trading ended with 177,764 units valued at $294,489. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 2.48 points, to close at 670.09.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy, this is down from 11 a few weeks ago, as such sentiment is slowly on the mend. There were 4 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks that traded on Monday are, General Accident ended with 20,000 shares changing hands to gain of 3 cents to $1.60, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 30,000 units with a gain of 1 cent to $1. Caribbean Producers saw trading in 13,526 shares at $2.20, Dolphin Cove closed trading with only 108 shares changing hands at $8.50, Lasco Distributors completed trading with 13,130 shares changing hands at $1.49. Honey Bun ended trading with 15,000 units, the price slipped 22 cents to a new 52 weeks’ low of $1.90 and Medical Disposables ended with 86,000 units and closed at 20 cents lower to a new 52 week’ low of $1.80, and now trades lower than the issue price of $1.83, back in December 2013.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

Stocks mostly up on TTSE

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

TCL climbed back to $2.60 at the close on Monday.

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 14 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm, with a total of 593,232 units, valued at $2,541,131 be active.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 1.90 points to close at 1,144.80, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.69 points to close at 1,971.69 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.41 points to end at 41.63.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Angostura Holdings in trading 1,000 shares, closed with a gain of 1 cent at $12.78, First Citizens Bank traded 3,324 shares to close 3 cents higher at $36.80, National Commercial Bank traded 300,170 units with a value of $334,667 to close at $1.11, up by 6 cents. Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 6,575 units to close at $3.50 after gaining 10 cents, Scotiabank contributed only 43 shares as the price closed up 7 cents to $59.40 and Trinidad Cement with 182,745 shares valued at $475,137 closed at $2.60 after gaining 9 cents.

Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank with 32 shares, declined by 1 cent to close at $38.42, Clico Investment Fund with shares 49,397 shares valued at $1,136,169 lost 1 cent to end at $23 and Republic Bank with 400 shares traded at $119.94 and lost 2 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Flavorite Foods with 35 shares changing hands to end at $4.80, followed by Guardian Holdings with 17,666 shares valued at $234,075 to end at $13.25. Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 20,367 shares valued at $121,184 to close at $5.95, Scotia Investments contributed 11,368 shares at $1.45 and West Indian Tobacco traded 110 units to close at $121.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that was lower.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Ansa Merchant Bank, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Flavorite Foods, Guardian Holdings, NCB, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund, Republic Bank, Sagicor, Scotia, Trinidad Cement, West Indian Tobacco

More insider buying at Sagicor

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Sagicor Group have been enjoying trades by insider on several occasions this year. The group recently advised that a director purchased 249,648 shares between November 27 & December 1, this year.
The last time before this that an insider traded in the company’s stock was in October, when the company advised that an executive Purchased 417,016 shares under the SGJ Executive Long Term Inventive Scheme on October 24, 2014.
The financial group saw a sharp fall in profit in the quarter, from $1.56 billion to $1.1 billion and net profit of $3.84 billion, with $3.79 billion available to stockholders, for the nine months to September, which was 2.5 percent better than in 2013. the decline in profit in the September quarter is due primarily to cost associated with the acquisition of RBC Royal Bank local operation at the end of June this year. With staff reduction, branch closures and amalgamations, the losses in the acquired banking operation should be sharply reduced from that in the September quarter.

Filed Under: Company News, Insider Trades Tagged With: Inside Trades, Insider Trades, Sagicor Bank, Sagicor Group

US$ demand down $1B PA, supply up

December 8, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Buying of foreign currency demand fell sharply in the first 5 days of December, this year compared with the same period in 2013, at a level that would translate to over $1 billion per year, if sustained.
At the same time purchases by dealers climbed US$4 million, at a rate around US$300 million per annum. According to data compiled by IC Insider from the daily Bank of Jamaica trading reports, a total of $163 million were purchased this week, this compares favourably with the $159 million purchased by dealers in the 2013 period. While dealers sold US$175 million in the first 5 days of December, last year, this year only US$155 million was sold, a fall of US$20 million, this translates to just over $1 billion per year.
The near evenest of inflows and outflows has not stemmed the slippage in the exchange rate versus the US dollar, after a period of slight revaluation between August and October. Bank of Jamaica stepped in by increasing their take from the market from 15 percent per day to 20 percent from November and even intervened on a number of days our source informed us, thus reversing the appreciation of the Jamaican dollar.
The Jamaican dollar ended 2013 at $106.38 to one US dollar and reached $113.79 on Friday, to one US dollar. The slippage since the start of the year is just 7 percent, and is in line with inflation to October and would result in a slight gain in competitiveness in the currency based on inflation differential between Jamaica and the USA, if inflation were to remain around these levels.
Last year December the rate started at $105.87 and ended at $106.38 with most of the slippage occurring in the first half of the month. Flows of foreign exchange usually pick up in the second half of December and is likely to slow the rate of decline, unless Bank of Jamaica determines that the currency needs to slip some more, but they could wait until 2015 to effect any needed adjustment to the rate, with 2014 almost over. With the price of oil well under US$70 per barrel the demand for foreign currency will fall and should allow BOJ to lower interest rates while building up the reserves in the first half of 2015 at least.