Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday closed with the market indices falling with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 1,314.00 points to 318,833.12 and the JSE Index declining 1,197.20 points to close at 290,493.04.
Trading resulted in 24 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 8 declined and 9 traded firm with 894,417 units valued at $17,805,863 compared to 4,118,253 units valued at $67,698,071 on Friday. There were no security trading in the US dollar market, resulting in with the index remaining at 180.67.
Trading ended with an average of 37,267 units for an average of $741,911 in contrast to 164,730 units for an average of $2,707,923 on Friday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 159,395 units valued at $2,804,887 and previously, 200,104 units valued at $3,492,546. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
100th listing coming for JSE
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is set to continue to grow with an increase in listings continuing with more than 100 listings being achieved in 2018 for the very first time.
More trading activity is expected in the future as a result of new listings, and the impact of the fall in interest rates will have, on trading activities. The exchange now has 92 listings, with a few duplicated ones, in the main market and US dollar market will see and there could be four on the exchange suggest before the year ends with three of them regarded as definite. Brokers say they are working on 8 new ones for 2018 currently, Marlene Street Forrest, Managing Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange advised IC Insider.com.
The three are expected to be GWest, a medical complex out of Montego Bay, that is expected to raise over $400 million, the company’s income will come from a combination of rent, from the major part of the complex and fees from operating a small short term medical facility. The complex currently has a number of blue chip clients as tenants. Wisynco Group is looking to raise for itself $1 billion but some of its current shareholders wanting to cash out. Information suggests that shares are to be offered to a wide array of persons including the 700 staff members as well as a large number of customers hence the shares from the IPO could be pretty scarce. FosRich Group of Companies. Caribbean Insurance Brokers that is being handled by Mayberry Investments, is the fourth possible 2017 listings. Mayberry Investments has been working on Neveast Supplies but this seems to be a 2018 listing.
GWest complex in Montego Bay, its IPO is expected soon.
Others that should see their ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange include, Jamaica Plumbing and Supplies, the government’s owned Wighton Wind Farms, Jamaica Public Service Company, with the government wanting to dispose of its share in the power company, KIW International that has taken the decision to have the shares relisted, in preparation for this the company approved at its recently held annual general meeting, a 15 for 1 stock bonus to bring the issued ordinary share capital to just over $50 million. UCC Online, a segment of University College of the Caribbean was expected to have gone to the market this year but have been ironing out issues to facilitate the initial public offering, they could be ready in 2018 and Sygnus Capital Investments should list in the first quarter of 2018, probably by February, on the main market of the stock exchange. Sygnus is a relatively new company, established to undertake loans or make medium term investments in medium size businesses. The company which is registered in St Lucia will be managed by Sygnus Capital Management, a Cayman Island based corporation. The company raised US$15 million in capital and is aiming for another $5 million when they come to market, which could be as early as January next year. According to our source they have so far lent out US$11 million and generated a higher rate of return that originally expected. The company has a good stream of potential users of its funds.
10 stocks fall in moderate JSE trading – Friday
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, resulting in the market indices slipping as investors took profits in some large companies, leaving the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index suffering from a loss of 1,443.17 points in closing at 320,147.12.
At the close of a moderate day of market activity, 25 securities changed hands in the main market, 11 advanced, 10 declined and 4 traded firm with 4,118,253 units valued at $67,698,071. One stock ended at a 52 weeks’ low.
In the main activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8.90, with 100 units, Berger Paints traded with a loss of $2.29 to $14.01, with 45,751 shares, Cable & Wireless traded 5 cents higher at $1.15, with 152,300 shares, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of $3.95 at $31, as 87,207 stock units were traded. Carreras closed at $11.50, with 241,020 units, 
Grace Kennedy climbed 2 cents to close at $42.01, with 302 shares, Jamaica Broilers closed 39 cents higher at $18.99, with 23,290 stock units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 30 cents at $15.50, with 317,931 units.JMMB Group ended 74 cents higher at $29.25, with 19,084 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $32.50, with 54,654 units, Mayberry Investments traded 35 cents higher at $4.70, with 2,850 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of $1 to $108, with 246,979 shares. 1834 Investments finished 5 cents higher at $1.20, with 283,807 stock units, PanJam Investment traded $1 higher at $43, with 12,203 units, Portland JSX closed with a loss of $1.65 at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.50, trading 30,000 shares, Pulse Investments closed 6 cents higher at $1.96, with 85,822 shares, 
Radio Jamaica closed at $1.15, with 320,321 stock units. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 80 cents at $38.20, with 6,108 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 3,025 shares, Salada Foods Jamaica fell $1 to $7.50, with 321,960 shares, Scotia Group traded 1 cent higher at $51.80, with 345,796 stock units. Seprod finished $2 higher at $30, in exchanging 6,655 units and Supreme Ventures closed 20 cents higher at $12, with 219,836 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group concluded trading 74 cents higher at $29.25, with 19,084 stock units and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 21,525 units at 57.51 US cents, losing 0.49 cents in the process and Proven Investments traded 3,600 units at 23 US cents after slipping by 0.99 cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market falls back – Friday
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,443.17 points to close at 320,147.12 and the JSE Index declined by 1,314.89 points to close at 291,690.24.
At the close of market activity, 25 securities changed hands in the main market, 11 advanced, 10 declined and 4 traded firm with 4,118,253 units valued at $67,698,071 compared to 7,356,609 units valued at $123,516,599 on Thursday.
In US dollar market activity, the US dollar market index slipped 0.21 points to 180.67 as 3 securities traded with 2 declining and one remaining unchanged, leading to the 61,625 units trading with a value of US$54,145. Total trading in the two markets amounted to $74,574,532.
Trading ended with an average of 164,730 units for an average of $2,707,923 in contrast to 294,264 units for an average of $4,940,664 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 200,104 units valued at $3,492,546 and previously 218,920 units valued at $3,909,899. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors knocks Junior Market
Lasco’s ICool drinks.
The Junior Market Index declined by 53.97 points to close at 3,174.88 on Friday as investors reacted negatively to the interim court findings on the Lasco Distributors’ claim against Pfizer pulling the price down by $1.14 down to $7.
At the close of the Junior Market activities, 15 securities changing hands, versus 18 on Thursday as the prices of 4 securities advanced, 6 declined and 5 remained unchanged. Trading ended in an exchange of 1,983,899 units valued at $10,827,572, compared to 1,808,817 units valued at $8,566,954 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 132,260 units for an average of $721,838 in contrast to 100,490 units for an average of $475,942 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 80,157 units valued at $358,761 and previously 61,095 units valued at $292,203. 
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging settled at $3.50, with 17,905 stock units, Caribbean Flavours finished trading at $12, with 243 shares, Cargo Handlers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $10.80, with 2,819 stock units being exchanged, Caribbean Producers traded 5 cents higher at $3.75, with 5,000 units, Derrimon Trading slipped 1 cent to $6.99, with 131,130 shares changing hands. 
Express Catering ended with a loss of 9 cents at $4.66, trading 27,258 stock units, General Accident settled with a loss of 21 cents at $2.80, with 155,155 shares, Honey Bun closed at $4.60, trading 1,863 shares, Jetcon Corporation closed unchanged at $4.80, with 539,189 shares. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of $1.14 at $7, with 521,025 shares after the court handed down an interim ruling in the case against Pfizer, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5, with 502,835 stock units, after trading as high as $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 22,372 units, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, with 14,976 shares. Paramount Trading traded 1 cent higher at $3, with 15,325 units and Stationery and Office finished trading 15 cents higher at $5, with 26,804 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Lasco damages to be computed
Lasco Distributors who won the case against Pfizer for damages resulting from an injunction preventing Lasco from selling Salts of Las Amlodipine in Jamaica from 2005 until 2014 is awarded J$155,738 for disposal of inventories.
The major part of the claim, that of loss of profit, is to be computed and presented on the November 24. The court awarded interest to be computed at a rate of 8.23 percent from 2005 to 2017 on the disposal of the inventory at the time the injunction was made.
Medimpex has been awarded US$77,000 to be converted at the rate of J$69.06 to the US dollar, for inventories with interest to be computed. The Judge states that the claims by the two Jamaican firms are too high based on the evidence while the amount suggested by Pfizer was too low. Lasco’s claim was for US$300 million in lost sales plus interest and cost and Medimpex US$15 million. The award for partial damages was handed down by Justice Viviene Harris today after presentations by Pfizer, Lasco and Medimpex, a third party to the claim.
Lasco who won the case in the Jamaican courts ultimately won the matter after Pfizer appealed the decision to the Privy Council in the UK. Based on the ruling Lasco resumed sale of the product in 2012.
The suit claimed that Pfizer was the registered proprietor of Jamaican Patent No. 3247 granted by the Governor General of Jamaica on the 22nd January, 2002 to Pfizer’s agent, Maurice Robinson for the protection of the invention “Salts of Amlodipine/Amlodipine Besylate. 
Robinson assigned the Patent to Pfizer on the 22nd March 2000.
The Company began to sell “Las Amlodipine” which contained Salts of Amlodipine in Jamaica in May, 2002. In 2003 Pfizer joined the Company in a suite that Pfizer had commenced in Jamaica in 2002 under action No. P040 of 2002, to protect its rights under the Jamaican Letters Patent and the Company was constrained to cease selling Las Amlodipine by an injunction granted on the 31st March, 2005 in that action. The weight of the defense mounted by the company was that under the provisions of the Patent Act of Jamaica, the Jamaican Patent was not in force when the Company started to market its own product, Las Amlodipine since an earlier patent No. 18266 granted to Pfizer in Egypt had expired on the 30th March 1997.
Lasco Distributors products.
The court in 2009 found that the case for Pfizer for an infringement of Jamaican Patent No. 3247 failed for the reason that it was not valid and subsisting because Letters Patent 19266 for the same substance filed in Egypt in March, 1987 had expired on March, 1997 prior to the grant of Letters Patent 3247 in Jamaica on 22nd January, 2002. For this reason the court gave judgment in favour of the Company.
Lasco had previously committed to pay a portion of the amount to shareholders as dividend but has so far not stated the likely amount.
Lasco Distributors is listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and traded at $8.01 on Thursday and was priced for a big settlement.
Juniors resume rally
Trading picked up on the Junior Market on Thursday with almost three times the levels on Wednesday as 18 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,808,817 units valued at $8,566,954.
A total of 23 securities traded on Wednesday, accounting 696,098 units valued at $3,413,352. At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 7 declined and 6 remained unchanged, leading to the Junior Market Index advancing 19.87 points, to close at 3,228.85.
Trading ended with an average of 100,490 units for an average of $475,942 in contrast to 30,265 units for an average of $148,407 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 61,095 units valued at $292,202. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice| bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading at $45, with 1,000 units, CAC 2000 settled 45 cents higher at $6.95, with 1,103 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 10 cents higher at $12, with 3,205 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 27,500 units, Express Catering traded 25 cents higher at $4.75, with 18,300 stock units. General Accident settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.01, with 7,324 shares, 
Honey Bun finished with a loss of 30 cents at $4.60, with 500 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.10, with 25,971 units, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $4.80, with 159,841 shares. Knutsford Express ended trading at $14.80, with 4,226 shares, Caribbean Cream finished at $5.50, with 20,000 shares, Lasco Distributors settled 13 cents higher at $8.14, with 299,753 shares, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 145,831 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished 1 cent higher at $4.40, with 150,582 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 15 cents at $5.65, with 2,784 shares, Main Event finished at $5.60, with 82,039 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 1 cent to close at $2.99, with 684,249 units and Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 45 cents at $4.85, with 174,609 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica in major recovery – Thursday
NCB closes at new record high of $109 on Thursday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,455.94 points to close at 321,590.29 and the JSE Index advanced 2,237.64 points to close at 293,005.13 as NCB Financial jumped $2.99 to a record close of $109.
Trading ended on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, 8 advanced, 8 declined and 9 traded firm with 7,356,609 units valued at $123,516,599.
There was trading in 2 securities In the US dollar market leading to the JSE US dollar Index falling 4.82 points to 180.88 as 5,802 shares with a value of US$1,474, bringing the total trades in the two markets to J$123,703,808. Wednesday’s trading in contrast to the increase trading on Thursday was 2,932,638 units valued at $60,248,652 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 294,264 units for an average of $4,940,664 in contrast to 133,302 units for an average of $2,738,575 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 218,920 units valued at $3,909,899 previously.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main activity Berger Paints closed 30 cents higher at $16.30, with 16,296 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading at $1.10, with 530,316 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $3.44 higher at $34.95, with 2,500 stock units. Carreras settled at $11.50, with 712,762 units, Grace Kennedy ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $41.99, with 97,977 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded at $18.60, with 354,001 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $15.80 and with 4,035,262 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange settled 4 cents higher at $6.80, with 16,170 shares, JMMB Group ended with a loss of $1.19 at $28.51, with 84,297 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $8, with 15,950 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading with a loss of 15 cents at $32.50, with 35,770 units. 
Mayberry Investments finished trading 5 cents higher at $4.35, with 306,697 shares, NCB Financial Group ended $2.99 higher at a record close of $109, with 60,063 shares, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, with 22,900 shares, 1834 Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $1.15, with 109,594 stock units, PanJam Investment closed at $42, with 82,529 units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $1.90, with 4,064 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 161,673 stock units, Sagicor Group settled 95 cents higher at $39, with 407,273 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 30 cents higher at $14.50, with 75,122 shares, Salada Foods Jamaica settled with a loss of $1.30 at $8.50, with 10,000 shares. Scotia Group ended $1.28 higher at $51.79, with 131,230 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled at $11.80, with 42,177 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended with a loss of 1.19 cents at $28.51, with 84,297 stock units, and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 402 units at 58 US cents and Proven Investments traded 5,400 units at 23.99 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market suffers modest fall
Bulls pushing Jamaican stocks.
Trading fell sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday compared to Tuesday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of only 696,098 units valued at $3,413,352.
In contrast on Tuesday 1,359,763 units valued at $7,878,297 from just 17 securities trading. At the close of market activities on Wednesday, the prices of 7 securities advanced, 7 declined and 9 remained unchanged. After 12 consecutive days of advances the Junior Market Index declined 15.46 points to close at 3,208.98.
Trading ended with an average of 30,265 units for an average of $148,407 in contrast to 79,986 units for an average of $463,429 on Tuesday. In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling price and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $3.50, with 1,500 stock units trading, CAC 2000 traded with a loss of 45 cents at $6.50, with 2,130 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended trading 90 cents higher at $11.90, with 5,365 shares, Cargo Handlers finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $11, with 5,515 stock units, Caribbean Producers closed at $3.79, with 5,419 units. C2W Music finished at $0.42, with 2,500 stock units, Express Catering ended with a loss of 43 cents at $4.50, with 26,731 stock units, Eppley finished at $11.60, with 2,691 ordinary shares, General Accident traded at $3.11, with 79,509 units, Honey Bun finished at $4.90, with 2,400 shares. 
Iron Rock finished trading 4 cents higher at $3.25, with 19,247 shares Jamaican Teas concluded trading at $4.10, with 3,550 units, Jetcon Corporation closed 4 cents higher at $4.84, with 64,982 shares, Knutsford Express settled at $14.80, with 2,350 shares, KLE Group concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $2.50, with 121,100 units. Caribbean Cream finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, with 9,632 shares, Lasco Distributors settled 41 cents higher at $8.01, with 141,702 shares, Lasco Financial finished trading 50 cents higher at $5, with 154,030 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 6 cents at $4.39, with 40,545 units. Medical Disposables ended trading 5 cents higher at $5.80, with 3,000 shares and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $7.09, with 1,100 shares trading. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% traded 200 units at $7.20 after falling 5 cents and Eppley 10% ended trading at $6, with 900 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Main market pulls back on Wednesday
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,335.17 points to close at 319,134.35 on Wednesday as the JSE Index declined by 2,127.60 points to close at 290,767.49 and the JSE US dollar Index rose 0.43 points to 185.70.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with 22 securities changing hands, 10 advanced, 6 declined and 4 traded firm with 1 rising in the US dollar market. A total of 2,932,638 units valued at $60,248,652 traded compared to 7,565,517 units valued at $85,572,923 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 133,302 units for an average of $2,738,575 in contrast to 328,936 units for an average of $3,720,562 on Tuesday.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the main and US dollar market shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the main activity, Berger Paints concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $16, with 6,952 shares, Cable & Wireless ended 3 cents higher at $1.10, with 518,300 units, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $4.59 to $31.51, with 22,377 units, Carreras concluded trading 10 cents higher at $11.50, with 108,200 stock units, Grace Kennedy ended trading $2 higher at $42, with 110,784 units, Jamaica Broilers traded at $18.60, with 32,449 shares, Jamaica Producers finished with a loss of 10 cents at $15.90, with 560 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 14 cents at $6.76, with 18,180 stock units, 
JMMB Group traded $1.95 higher to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $29.70, with 11,000 units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading at $4.30, with 4,000 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 99 cents and ended at $106.01, with 317,087 shares, 138 Student Living ended trading 10 cents higher at $5.50, with 1,400,000 stock units, PanJam Investment settled 40 cents higher at $42, with 173,919 stock units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.96, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 21,330 units, Sagicor Group concluded trading 5 cents higher at $38.05, with 57,923 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 6 cents higher at $14.20, with 6,544 shares, Scotia Group closed 1 cent higher at $50.51, with 4,000 units and Supreme Ventures finished at $11.80, with 42,564 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded at $1.85, with 67,869 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.15, with 2,000 stock units and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 598 units and rose 0.50 cent to 58 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.