1,071 trades on the JSE / $390 million in value traded – Nov 14 – Nov 18, 2011

For the period November 14, 2011 to November 18, 2011 market volume on the Jamaica Stock Exchange amounted to 60,851,149 units valued at $390,215,077.79. There were no block transactions for the period.

Volume Leaders
The Following Companies Represent the Overall Market Volume Leaders: –

• General Accident Insurance Co. (Jamaica) Ltd with 13,997,588 units, amounting to 23.00% of the market volume
• Supreme Ventures Limited with 10,329,945 units, amounting to 16.98% of the market volume
• Jamaica Broilers Group with 6,675,282 units, amounting to 10.97% of the market volume

Value Traded
In terms of value traded, the following companies were top performers:-

• National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd. – $75.2 million (2,523,440 units)
• Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited  –$50.3 million (4,881,832 units)
• Jamaica Broilers Group – $40.4 million (6,675,282 units)
• General Accident Insurance Co. (Jamaica) Ltd – $38.7 million (13,997,588 units)

There were 370 (346 last week) transactions on the Junior market, 701 (551 last week) on the regular market, and 0 Block transaction(s) making it a total of 1,071 (897 last week) transactions in total this week.

Top advancing companies
These were the top advancing companies increasing by more than 10% this week

• Honey Bun (1982) Limited advanced 15.06% (0.83) to 6.34
• Ciboney Group advanced 14.29% (0.01) to 0.08
• Jamaican Teas Limited advanced 14.19% (0.64) to 5.15

The stock that had the largest absolute increase in value was GraceKennedy Ltd closing at $64.26 advancing by $4.18 (6.96%).

Top declining companies
These were the top declining companies declining by more than 10% this week

• Mayberry Investments declined by -10.26% (-0.40) to 3.50
• Kingston Wharves declined by -11.82% (-0.69) to 5.15
• Scotia Investments Ja declined by -14.38% (-5.04) to 30.02
• Lasco Manufacturing Limited declined by -15.00% (-2.17) to 12.30
• Lasco Financial Services Limited declined by -20.58% (-1.14) to 4.40
• Caribbean Cement Co declined by -27.54% (-0.95) to 2.50

The stock that had the largest absolute decline in value was Scotia Investments Ja closing at $30.02 declining by -$5.04 (-14.38%).

Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Updates
The following Companies, listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) released their financial statements this week:

• Trinidad Cement Limited – 3rd Quarter
• Readymix (West Indies) Limited – 3rd Quarter
• ANSA McAL Limited – 3rd Quarter
• Sagicor Financial Corporation – 3rd Quarter

There were 242 (189 previously) trades valued at $21.1 million on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) stock market this week