3.5m Units Valued at Over $33.1m Traded for 23 Stocks. 7 Up, 11 Down and 5 Firm – Oct 5, 2012

Today J$33.05 million was traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange J$ Market (3.53 million shares) for 23 securities.

This was broken down as follows;
Main Market – J$31.91 million – 3,250,865 shares traded. 14 Stock(s).
Junior Market – J$1.14 million – 275,557 shares traded. 9 Stock(s).

Top 5 % Increases
SGJ ……. +9.63% or +J$2.06 to close at J$23.45 with 662,050 shares traded – Scotia Group Jamaica
HONBUN …. +4.32% or +J$0.13 to close at J$3.14 with 5,000 shares traded – Honey Bun (1982) Limited
CPJ ……. +1.38% or +J$0.03 to close at J$2.21 with 106,700 shares traded – Caribbean Producers Jamaica
SVL ……. +0.42% or +J$0.01 to close at J$2.41 with 1,562,477 shares traded – Supreme Ventures Limited
JMMB …… +0.25% or +J$0.02 to close at J$8.02 with 2,705 shares traded – Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd.

Top 5 Value Traded
SGJ ……. J$14,972,260.75 – +9.63% or +J$2.06 to close at J$23.45 with 662,050 shares traded – Scotia Group Jamaica
NCBJ …… J$9,982,803.00 – -0.09% or -J$0.02 to close at J$22.00 with 454,280 shares traded – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd.
SVL ……. J$3,789,006.73 – +0.42% or +J$0.01 to close at J$2.41 with 1,562,477 shares traded – Supreme Ventures Limited
TCL ……. J$1,833,000.00 – +0.05% or +J$0.01 to close at J$18.33 with 100,000 shares traded – Trinidad Cement Ltd.
LASM …… J$360,000.00 – +0.00% or +J$0.00 to close at J$12.00 with 30,000 shares traded – Lasco Manufacturing Limited

Top 5 Volume Traded
SVL ……. 1,562,477 shares – +0.42% or +J$0.01 to close at J$2.41 – Supreme Ventures Limited
SGJ ……. 662,050 shares – +9.63% or +J$2.06 to close at J$23.45 – Scotia Group Jamaica
NCBJ …… 454,280 shares – -0.09% or -J$0.02 to close at J$22.00 – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd.
LIME …… 376,197 shares – -4.76% or -J$0.01 to close at J$0.20 – LIME
CPJ ……. 106,700 shares – +1.38% or +J$0.03 to close at J$2.21 – Caribbean Producers Jamaica

Top 5 % Decreases
PCFS …… -8.59% or -J$1.89 to close at J$20.10 with 1,000 shares traded – Pan Caribbean Financial Services
LIME …… -4.76% or -J$0.01 to close at J$0.20 with 376,197 shares traded – LIME
SLJ ……. -1.28% or -J$0.13 to close at J$10.06 with 12,000 shares traded – Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited
BPOW …… -1.01% or -J$0.05 to close at J$4.90 with 5,798 shares traded – Blue Power Group Limited
DCOVE ….. -0.86% or -J$0.06 to close at J$6.94 with 4,687 shares traded – Dolphin Cove Limited

52 Week high / low
Trinidad Cement Ltd. traded at its 52-week high of $18.33.

Other News

• GraceKennedy Limited (GK) has advised that it has acquired the 33 1/3% interest of the minority shareholder in GraceKennedy (Belize) Limited (GK Belize) effective September 28, 2012 with the GK now owning all of the shares in GK Belize. GK’s operations in Belize started 30 years ago and was the result of a collaboration between GK and its former Chairman, Mr. A. Rafael Diaz and the Espat family in Belize.
• The Board of Directors of Dolphin Cove Limited has declared a dividend of $0.10 per share payable on November 7, 2012 to shareholders on record as at October 19, 2012. The ex-dividend date is October 17, 2012.