JSE Daily: MEEG, PJX & JETCON Lead Decliners – Jan 29, 2018

January 29, 2018

Stock market performance report for Monday 29th of January 2018 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 7.6m shares / $48.8m traded. (20 Advanced / 19 Declined / 9 Firm) .
  • There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 7,597,993 shares, 48 stocks traded, 22 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 0 shares, 48 stocks traded, 21 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) shares advanced 15.11% or +0.42 to close at J$3.20 with 110,020 shares traded.
  2. Caribbean Cream Ltd (KREMI) shares advanced 10.76% or +0.54 to close at J$5.56 with 112,841 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$5.50 – J$6.00)
  3. K.L.E. Group Ltd (KLE) shares advanced 9.78% or +0.22 to close at J$2.47 with 87,602 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$2.30 – J$2.53)
  4. Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) shares advanced 6.28% or +0.27 to close at J$4.57 with 10,000 shares traded.
  5. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) shares advanced 5.42% or +0.13 to close at J$2.53 with 26,311 shares traded.

Top 5 (Intra-Day) Advancing Stocks (Not including the top 5 advancers above)

  1. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between 1.98% and 6.23% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.53 ( from J$3.60 to J$3.75) . It closed at J$3.60.
  2. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded between -1.02% and 5.84% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.94 ( from J$3.90 to J$4.17) . It closed at J$4.12.
  3. Cargo Handlers Ltd (CHL) traded at 4.48% above yesterday’s closing price of J$10.05. It closed at J$10.50.
  4. Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) traded at 4.17% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.32. It closed at J$4.50.
  5. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) traded between 0.56% and 2.78% above yesterday’s closing price of J$18.00 ( from J$18.10 to J$18.50) . It closed at J$18.27.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) shares valued at J$12.4m were traded. The stock moved +1.98% or +0.07 to close at J$3.60 with 3,366,216 units traded. (Today’s range: J$3.60 – J$3.75)
  2. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) shares valued at J$9.4m were traded. The stock moved +1.80% or +0.19 to close at J$10.72 with 900,281 units traded. (Today’s range: J$10.15 – J$10.75)
  3. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$8.9m were traded. The stock moved -0.07% or -0.07 to close at J$100.60 with 88,617 units traded. (Today’s range: J$99.60 – J$100.85)
  4. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) shares valued at J$4.10m were traded. The stock moved -0.25% or -0.01 to close at J$4.06 with 1,225,416 units traded. (Today’s range: J$4.00 – J$4.15)
  5. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) shares valued at J$2.9m were traded. The stock moved -0.09% or -0.01 to close at J$11.50 with 254,605 units traded. (Today’s range: J$11.50 – J$11.55)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) – 3.4m units traded. The shares moved +1.98% or +0.07 to close at J$3.60 (Today’s range: J$3.60 – J$3.75)
  2. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) – 1.2m units traded. The shares moved -0.25% or -0.01 to close at J$4.06 (Today’s range: J$4.00 – J$4.15)
  3. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) – 900.3k units traded. The shares moved +1.8% or +0.19 to close at J$10.72 (Today’s range: J$10.15 – J$10.75)
  4. Mayberry Investments Ltd (MIL) – 419.1k units traded. The shares moved -0.35% or -0.02 to close at J$5.75 (Today’s range: J$5.75 – J$5.85)
  5. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) – 294.10k units traded. The shares moved -1.13% or -0.06 to close at J$5.24 (Today’s range: J$5.24 – J$5.43)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) declined -11.29% or -0.70 to close at J$5.50 (trading between J$5.50 and J$5.50) with 4,363 shares traded
  2. Portland JSX Limited (PJX) declined -8.00% or -0.88 to close at J$10.12 (trading between J$10.00 and J$11.00) with 814 shares traded
  3. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -4.00% or -0.18 to close at J$4.32 (trading between J$4.25 and J$4.50) with 51,030 shares traded
  4. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) declined -3.64% or -0.04 to close at J$1.06 (trading between J$1.05 and J$1.10) with 18,744 shares traded
  5. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) declined -3.16% or -0.09 to close at J$2.76 (trading between J$2.72 and J$2.86) with 20,000 shares traded

Top 5 (Intra-Day) Declining Stocks (Not including the top 5 decliners above)

  1. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) traded as low as -8.70% below yesterday’s closing price of US$0.2300 (between US$0.2100 and US$0.2300) . It closed at US$0.2300.
  2. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) traded between -1.00% and -4.59% below yesterday’s closing price of J$6.97 (from J$6.65 to J$6.90) . It closed at J$6.86.
  3. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) traded between -0.97% and -3.80% below yesterday’s closing price of J$24.74 (from J$23.80 to J$24.50) . It closed at J$24.05.
  4. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) traded between 2.09% and -3.61% below yesterday’s closing price of J$10.53 (from J$10.15 to J$10.75) . It closed at J$10.72.
  5. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) traded between 0.14% and -3.31% below yesterday’s closing price of J$14.48 (from J$14.00 to J$14.50) . It closed at J$14.11.

52-Week High/Lows

Note:

  • JSE Combined Index (J$) includes Ordinary Shares – Main Market and Ordinary Shares – Junior Market
  • JSE Market Index (J$) includes Ordinary Shares – Main Market, Preference Shares – Junior Market, and Preference Shares – Main Market
  • JSE Junior Market Index (J$) includes Ordinary Shares – Junior Market, and Preference Shares – Junior Market
  • JSE US Equities Index (US$) includes Ordinary Shares – US Market, and US Denominated Shares – Main Market

 

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