DG Trades Big – J$33m Traded / Advances 0.25%. Is It Related To Expansion Plans? J$58m Traded on Market – Oct 29, 2012

Today J$57.60 million was traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange J$ Market (9.34 million shares) for 25 securities.

This was broken down as follows;
Main Market – J$56.20 million – 9,073,963 shares traded. 16 Stock(s).
Junior Market – J$1.40 million – 266,998 shares traded. 9 Stock(s).
Preference Shares – J$0.00 hundred – 00 shares traded. 0 Stock(s).
USD Market – US$0.00 – 00 shares traded. 0 Stock(s).

Top 5 % Increases
CHL ……. +8.33% or +J$1.00 to close at J$13.00 with 1,000 shares traded – Cargo Handlers Limited
LIME …… +4.76% or +J$0.01 to close at J$0.22 with 77,599 shares traded – LIME
CCC ……. +4.44% or +J$0.04 to close at J$0.94 with 1,000 shares traded – Caribbean Cement Company Ltd.
BPOW …… +4.27% or +J$0.18 to close at J$4.40 with 1,500 shares traded – Blue Power Group Limited
LASD …… +3.60% or +J$0.45 to close at J$12.95 with 3,500 shares traded – Lasco Distributors Limited

Top 5 Value Traded
DG …….. J$32,882,993.75 – +0.25% or +J$0.01 to close at J$4.01 with 7,737,175 shares traded – Desnoes and Geddes Ltd.
SGJ ……. J$19,113,844.00 – -0.14% or -J$0.03 to close at J$21.97 with 889,016 shares traded – Scotia Group Jamaica
NCBJ …… J$2,399,100.00 – -1.38% or -J$0.28 to close at J$20.03 with 119,955 shares traded – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd.
SLJ ……. J$1,180,022.10 – +1.89% or +J$0.19 to close at J$10.23 with 114,844 shares traded – Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited
CAR ……. J$739,759.50 – +0.02% or +J$0.01 to close at J$55.01 with 13,329 shares traded – Carreras Limited

Top 5 Volume Traded
DG …….. 7,737,175 shares – +0.25% or +J$0.01 to close at J$4.01 – Desnoes and Geddes Ltd.
SGJ ……. 889,016 shares – -0.14% or -J$0.03 to close at J$21.97 – Scotia Group Jamaica
KLE ……. 171,494 shares – +0.00% or +J$0.00 to close at J$4.00 – K.L.E. Group Limited
NCBJ …… 119,955 shares – -1.38% or -J$0.28 to close at J$20.03 – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd.
SLJ ……. 114,844 shares – +1.89% or +J$0.19 to close at J$10.23 – Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited

Top 5 % Decreases
PULS …… -37.50% or -J$0.60 to close at J$1.00 with 900 shares traded – Pulse Investments
SIJL …… -3.32% or -J$0.93 to close at J$27.07 with 13,963 shares traded – Scotia DBG Investments Ltd.
LASM …… -1.38% or -J$0.18 to close at J$12.82 with 38,929 shares traded – Lasco Manufacturing Limited
NCBJ …… -1.38% or -J$0.28 to close at J$20.03 with 119,955 shares traded – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd.
JBG ……. -0.63% or -J$0.03 to close at J$4.74 with 35,350 shares traded – Jamaica Broilers Ltd.

52 Week high / low
National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd. traded at its 52-week low of $19.5.
Pulse Investments traded at its 52-week low of $1.

Other News

• The Board of Directors of Carreras Limited will consider a dividend declaration at a meeting to be held on November 6, 2012.
• The Board of Directors of Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (JMMB) will consider an ordinary dividend at a meeting to be held on Thursday, November 29, 2012. JMMB has advised that Mr. Damion Brown has been appointed Group Risk
  Manager effective August 7, 2012.
• The Annual General Meeting of Radio Jamaica Limited will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, 81 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5, on Wednesday November 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
• LIME has advised that by Round Robin Resolution, the Jamaica Telephone Company Limited, approved the following resolution:
  • Dividends of 5 ½% per annum on the 100,000 5 ½% First Cumulative Preference Shares of $2.00 each numbered P1 to P100,000 and dividends of 6% per annum on the 200,000 6% First Cumulative Preference Shares of $2.00 each numbered P1 to P200,000 inclusive for the periods 1995 – 2003 and 2008 – 2012, to be paid on November 5, 2012 to preference shareholders on record as at October 29, 2012. The payment date is November 5, 2012.