JSE rise on reduced volume on Wednesday

February 28, 2018 by

Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained elevated on Wednesday, ending trading on with 5,402,156 units valued at $66,110,510 changing hands versus 8,204,593 units valued at $155,870,781 on Tuesday.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 27 securities traded ending with 11 securities rising, 8 falling, 8 trading firm. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,154.95 points to 321,207.65 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,052.29 points to 292,656.49.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of 70 cents at $7, with 20,270 shares, Berger Paints ended $1.50 higher at $20, with 71,216 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.21, with 109,384 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 54,081 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1 higher at $36, with 359,865 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at $0.10, with 658,995 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 25 cents higher at $44.25, with 4,213 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18.98, with 158,864 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 40 cents at $15.10, with 5,232 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 55 cents higher at $7, with 4,150 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $26, with 29,850 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 60 cents at $42, with 46,183 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 29 cents higher at $5.01, with 5,100 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 95 cents higher at $100, with 31,179 shares,138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 100 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment ended at $41, with 4,880 units, Portland JSX Fund concluded trading with a loss of 22 cents at $10, with 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 45,953 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $37.50, with 68,614 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $16, after hitting an intraday all-time high of $17, with 24,139 shares trading. Salada Foods traded $1 higher at $11.50, with 50,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1 at $52, with 39,787 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 3,240 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.95, with 21,100 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 7 cents higher at $4.46, with 247,305 units, Wisynco Group settled $1.19 higher at $11.49, with 3,266,124 shares and In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed a 52 weeks’ low of 85 cents higher after losing 15 cents, with 70,332 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “”JSE majors in month end jump – Wednesday.

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Junior Market trading picks up – Tuesday

February 27, 2018 by

Trading in GWest shares accounted for more than 3.7m units.

The Junior Market enjoyed robust trading on Tuesday with 27 securities changing hands, up from 23 on Monday.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,804,974 units valued at $25,440,524 compared to 1,526,211 units valued at $4,615,508 on Monday. The Junior Market index lost 19.93 points to 2,896.41 as the prices of 10 securities advanced, 11 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 252,036 units for an average of $942,242 compared to an average of 66,357 units for an average of $200,674 on Monday. An average of 272,715 units at an average value of $1,495,774 traded, and previously 274,310 units at an average value of $1,538,475. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped by $5 higher to $50, with 71,095 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 24 cents at $2.20, with 115,129 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.89, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $6.17, with 4,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $10.90, with 2,650 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 100 units, Derrimon Trading concluded market activity with a rise of 50 cents to $7.50, with 13,559 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $2.70, with 1,297,976 units, Eppley concluded trading at $10, with 80,000 units, Express Catering ended trading 3 cents higher at $4.33, with 8,000 shares. FosRich Group traded with a loss of 19 cents at $2.51, with 62,000 shares, General Accident finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.90, with 438,271 shares, GWest Corporation rose 40 cents and closed at $3, with 3,703,621 stock units, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 1.05 cents at $4.10, with 355,724 units. Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 3,300 shares, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, with 100,150 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.60, with 65,965 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.30, with 4,325 shares. Knutsford Express closed at $15, with 32,400 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.30, with 184,234 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.80, with 176,447 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 13 cents at $4.30, with 43,940 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 18 cents at $5.85, with 4,668 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $4.85, with 3,000 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 4 cents higher at $5.06, with 25,555 stock units and tTech ended 45 cents higher at $5.45, with an exchange of 7,465 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled 4 cents higher at $7.29, with 400 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE trading jumps higher on Monday

February 27, 2018 by

Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up sharply on Monday, ending with more than twice the volume and value of trading on Friday as 9,756,068 units valued at over $152,399,537 changed hands versus 4,322,228 units valued at over $69,892,327 Friday.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 27 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 10 falling, 8 trading firm, leading to market indices to just eking out a moderate fall. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 296.85 points to 318,961.81 and the JSE Index lost 270.46 points to 290,610.27.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended 50 cents higher at $17.75, with 8,158 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 14 cents higher at $1.39, with 1,106,514 units, Carreras finished $10.85 higher at $10.85, with 539,399 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.45 higher at $33, with 50,831 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 1,199,900 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 51 cents higher at $43.51, with 545,333 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18.55, with 905,895 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 14 cents at $15.01, with 1,748,275 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 55 cents at $6.45, with 750 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading 40 cents higher at $25, with 20,794 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 15 cents at $42.45, with 674 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.85, with 1,200 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 1.02 cents at $98.97, with 11,830 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 8 cents at $1.20, with 11,000 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $560, with 100 stock units, PanJam Investment ended 25 cents higher at $41, with 670 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.80, with 28,096 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 1,141,002 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 54 cents at $36.01, with 1,912,055 stock units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 5,150 shares Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $53, with 6,955 shares, Seprod closed at $29.05, with 2,879 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, with 75,366 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 9 cents at $4.30, with 141,829 units and Wisynco Group settled 10 cents higher at $10.50, with 96,567 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded with a loss of 5 cents at $1.95, with 9,365 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1, with 55,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 129,981 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market fell on Monday.”

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JSE main market lost ground again – Monday

February 26, 2018 by

NCB lost ground following the lapsing of the offer to acquire majority shares in Guardian Holdings.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on for the second time in two days on Monday, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 296.85 points to 318,961.81 and the JSE Index falling 270.46 points to 290,610.27.
Trading on Monday closed 28 securities changing hands with 8 advancing, 14 declining and 6 trading firm in the main and US dollar markets.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a gain of $1.45 to $33 and NCB Financial that traded with a loss of $1.02 to end at $98.97 after the acquisition deal to buy up to 62 percent of Guardian Holding was cancelled due to investigations into the deal being carried out by the securities commission of Trinidad.
Main market activity ended with 9,756,068 units valued at over $152,399,537 compared to 4,322,228 units valued at $69,892,327 on Monday. Sagicor Group accounted for 19.6 percent of shares traded with 1,912,055 units, followed by Jamaica Producers 17.9 percent with 1,748,275 units and Ciboney Group with 12.3 percent and ending trading with 1,199,900 shares.
Trading results in an average of 348,431 shares valued at $5,442,841 for each security traded, in contrast to 160,083 shares valued at $2,588,605 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 213,111 units valued at $3,322,294 and previously, 204,802 units valued at $3,183,567. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
There was no trading in the US dollar market.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading jumps higher on Monday.

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JSE main market fell on Friday

February 23, 2018 by

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on Friday, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 776.18 points to 319,258.66 and the JSE Index declining by 707.19 points to 290,880.73.
Trading on Friday closed 28 securities changing hands with 10 advancing, 10 declining and 8 trading firm in the main and US dollar markets.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a fall of $1.45 to $31.55, Grace Kennedy with a loss of $1.20 to $43, Salada Foods climbing $1 to $12, Scotia Group that rose by $1.50 to $53.50 and Seprod losing 94 cents to end at $29.05.
Main market activity ended with 4,322,228 units valued at $69,892,327 in contrast to 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635 on Thursday. Ciboney Group accounted for 1,385,481 units and 32 percent of total volume traded, followed by Jamaica Broilers Group accounting for 21 percent of volume traded with 904,680 units changing hands and Sagicor Group with 293,843 units or 6.8 percent.
Trading results in an average of 160,083 shares valued at $2,588,605 for each security traded, in contrast to 92,769 shares valued at $1,796,332 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 204,802 units valued at $3,183,567 and previously, 207,617 units valued at $3,223,626. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Traded in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments trading 667,350 shares at 21.99 US cents with a value of US$146,425 as the market index rose 1.03 points to 168.18.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading picks up on Friday.

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Elite Diagnostics grabs 77% of trades

February 23, 2018 by

Recently listed Elite Diagnostics dominated trading on Junior Market on Friday with 4 million shares, or 77 percent of trading, with no trade exceeding 172,000 units.
On Thursday the Elite accounted for just over 84 percent of volume of stocks trading, resulting in 6,672,725 units, up from 2,520,373 shares that were exchanged on Wednesday.
The market closed on Friday with 21 securities changing hands, up from 18 on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 5,241,602 units valued at $19,221,963, compared to 7,902,138 units valued at $25,165,370 on the prior trading day.
The Junior Market index advanced 12.59 points to close at 2,928.28 as the prices of 7 securities advanced, 7 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 249,600 units for an average of $915,332 compared to an average of 439,008 units for an average of $1,398,076 on Thursday. An average of 288,936 units at an average value of $1,632,571 traded, and previously 291,636 units at an average value of $1,681,793. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 40 cents higher at $2.45, with 20,000 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $34.87, with 910 units, CAC 2000 finished at $9, with 7,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading $1.53 higher at $7.52, with 296,348 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.40, with 70,595 units. C2W Music ended with a loss of 6 cents at $0.45, with 58,350 shares, Dolphin Cove finished 15 cents higher at $17, with 100,200 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 11 cents at $2.90, with 4,055,011 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $10.10, with 100 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.70, with 12,000 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.80, with 61,920 stock units, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 111,500 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 28 cents higher at $4.78, with 9,700 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.60, with 67,077 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.37, with 31,891 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 104,930 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4.43, with 2,783 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6, with 5,067 shares, Medical Disposables fell 15 cents to $4.85, with 16,950 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 6 cents at $5, with 24,091 units and tTech concluded trading 40 cents higher at $5.40, with 185,179 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE trading drops 87% on Thursday

February 22, 2018 by

JMMB Group accounted for 31% of volume traded.

Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended the total volume traded falling by 87 percent on Wednesday compared to Wednesday as 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635. JMMB Group accounted for 971,565 units or 36.11 percent of shares traded. Trading on Wednesday amounted to 20,208,278 shares valued at $255,279,222.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 29 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 9 falling, 11 trading firm, leading to market indices to just eking out a minute change. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index adding just 0.28 points to 320,034.84 and the JSE Index rising by a minute 0.25 points to 291,587.92.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended 5 cents higher at $17.05, with 1,680 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 11 cents at $1.25, with 156,030 units being exchanged Carreras finished at $10.95, with 205,552 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 2 cents at $33, with 8,520 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 4 cents close at 52 weeks’ low of 12 cents, with 322,400 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $44.20, with 81,830 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 93 cents at $18.07, while exchanging 240,916 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 15 cents at $15, with 38,889 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 49 cents higher at $6.70, with 3,634 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 971,565 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 3,899 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $42.60, with 27,033 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.80, with 3,500 shares. NCB Financial Group lost 10 cents to end at $99.90, with 33,214 shares, PanJam Investment ended 20 cents higher at $40.75, with 1,000 units changing hands, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 34,939 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $37, with 33,518 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.90, with 20,956 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1 at $11, with 77,119 units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 50,562 shares, Seprod closed at $29.99, with 143 shares, Sterling Investments ended 95 cents higher at $13, with 48,026 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading 15 cents higher at $11.80, with 709 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 10 cents higher at $4.40, with 126,721 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.50, with 143,855 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 5 cents higher at $2, with 300 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 300 shares, Productivity Business finished at $100, with 43,500 stock units, Proven Investments settled 10 cents higher at $5.15, with 10,000 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market in steady trading.”

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JSE main market in steady trading

February 22, 2018 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained steady at the close on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by a mere 0.28 points to 320,034.84 and the JSE Index advanced by just 0.25 points to 291,587.92.
Trading on Thursday closed with as 9 securities advancing, 9 declining and 13 trading firm for the main and US dollar markets.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a fall of $3 to $32, Jamaica Broilers fell 93 cents to $18.07, Salada Foods traded $1 down to $11 and Sterling Investments rose by 95 cents to higher to $13.
Main market activity ended with 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635 in contrast to 20,208,278 shares valued at $255,279,222 on Wednesday. JMMB Group accounted for 971,565 units and 36.11 percent of total volume traded.
Trading results in an average of 92,769 shares valued at $1,796,332 for each security traded, in contrast to 777,241 shares valued at $9,818,432 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 207,617 units valued at $3,223,626 and previously, 215,943 units valued at $3,334,894. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Traded in the US dollar market ended with Margaritaville closed at 19 US cents and with 220 shares and Proven Investments traded 109,220 shares at 21.99 US cents. Total trading in the US market came to 109,220 units with a value of US$23,719 as the market index fell by 1.63 points to 167.15.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading drops 87% on Thursday.

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Elite Diagnostics dominates trading with 84%

February 22, 2018 by

Elite Diagnostics accounted for 84.4% of Thursday’s Junior Market trading.

Recently listed Elite Diagnostics accounted for just over 84 percent of volume of stocks trading resulting from 6,672,725 units, up from 2,520,373 shares that were exchanged on the Junior Market, on Wednesday.
The market closed on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 7,902,138 units valued at $25,165,370 compared to 4,892,740 units valued at $17,902,241 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market index advanced 24.40 points to close at 2,915.69 as the prices of 4 securities advanced, 6 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 439,008 units for an average of $1,398,076 down from an average of 212,728 units for an average of $778,358 on Wednesday. An average of 291,636 units at an average value of $1,681,793 traded, and previously 282,425 units at an average of $1,699,526. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.05, with 302,021 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 99 cents at $9, with 13,372 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.90, with 2,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.99, with 109,883 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 2 cents at $3.01, with 6,672,725 units. Eppley ended trading at $10.50, with 1,356 shares, Express Catering traded 10 cents higher at $4.70, with 22,638 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.60, with 208,907 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 12 cents at $5.13, with 92,847 shares. Iron Rock finished at $3, with 2,099 shares, KLE Group closed at $2.30, with 60,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended $1.90 higher at $15, with 300 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.40, with 80,604 stock units. Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 170,459 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 3 cents higher at $4.43, with 57,395 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 22,170 shares, Stationery and Office closed at $5.06, with 34,000 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $5, with 49,362 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE main market enjoyed big bounce

February 21, 2018 by

Bulls may be lurching to pounce on Jamaican stocks.

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 2,161.69 points to 320,034.56 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,969.54 points to 291,587.67.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 9 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 11 trading firm.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement settled $3.80 higher at $35, Salada Foods traded $1 higher at $12, Seprod closing 99 cents higher at $29.99 and Sterling Investments rising $2.74 higher to $12.05.
Market activity ended with 20,208,278 shares valued at $255,279,222 in contrast to 2,910,640 shares valued at $68,467,853 on Tuesday.
Wisynco Group was the leading security trading with 16,421,906 units accounting for 81.26 percent of share traded, followed by Caribbean Cement with 1,663,767 units or 8.2 percent and Ciboney Group with 791,013 units or 3.91 percent of total volume traded.
December closed with average of 777,241 shares valued at $9,818,432 for each security traded, in contrast to 111,948 units for an average of $2,633,379 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 215,943 units valued at $3,334,894 and previously, 176,923 units valued at $2,847,692. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Traded in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business finished unchanged at 56 US cents with 54,799 shares and Proven Investments traded 544,500 units at 21.99 US cents down from 22 US cents before. Total trading in the US market came to US$150,012 as the market index inched higher by 0.18 points to 168.78.
For more details of market activities see – Wisynco Group corners 81% of trading.

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