EFRESH, KREMI, PURITY & ICREATE Lead Decliners. But Market Slide Seems To Be Slowing – Apr 17, 2020

Stock market performance report for Friday 17th of April 2020 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Today’s Highlights

• 1 52-Week Low(s) Today
• Combined Market (All Securities) – 28.2m Shares ($102.9m) Traded.
• MPCCEL, AFS & SML Lead Advancers
• EFRESH, KREMI & PURITY Lead Decliners
• Transjamaican Highway Ltd JMD (TJH) Lead Market Volumes With 15.1m Shares Traded

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd JMD (MPCCEL) shares advanced 16.85% or +25.49 to close at $176.77 with 494 shares traded. (Today’s range: $140.00 – $180.58)
2. Access Financial Services Ltd (AFS) shares advanced 9.33% or +2.24 to close at $26.25 with 100 shares traded. (Today’s range: $25.00 – $27.50)
3. Stanley Motta Ltd (SML) shares advanced 8.87% or +0.41 to close at $5.03 with 6,000 shares traded.
4. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) shares advanced 8.43% or +1.12 to close at $14.40 with 2,500 shares traded. (Today’s range: $14.00 – $14.50)
5. Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) shares advanced 7.71% or +2.20 to close at $30.73 with 7,102 shares traded. (Today’s range: $28.00 – $35.00)

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

1. Indies Pharma Jamaica Ltd (INDIES) traded between 2.33% and 15.81% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.15 ( from $2.20 to $2.49) . It closed at $2.20.
2. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) traded between -3.85% and 14.62% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.30 ( from $1.25 to $1.49) . It closed at $1.32.
3. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) traded between -18.18% and 12.73% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.55 ( from $0.45 to $0.62) . It closed at $0.49.
4. First Rock Capital Holdings Ltd USD (FIRSTROCKUSD) traded as high as 11.11% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.0900 (between $0.0900 and $0.1000) . It closed at $0.0900.
5. Jamaican Teas Ltd (JAMT) traded between -4.76% and 8.81% above yesterday’s closing price of $4.20 ( from $4.00 to $4.57) . It closed at $4.06.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at $21.6m were traded. The stock moved -0.64% or -0.32 to close at $49.76 with 434,646 units traded. (Today’s range: $48.98 – $50.25)
2. Transjamaican Highway Ltd JMD (TJH) shares valued at $20.5m were traded. The stock moved -0.72% or -0.01 to close at $1.37 with 15,108,327 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.32 – $1.39)
3. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $16.4m were traded. The stock moved -0.40% or -0.63 to close at $155.04 with 105,674 units traded. (Today’s range: $155.00 – $156.00)
4. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) shares valued at $5.7m were traded. The stock moved -3.25% or -0.55 to close at $16.37 with 341,913 units traded. (Today’s range: $16.00 – $17.49)
5. Fontana Limited (FTNA) shares valued at $4.2m were traded. The stock moved -6.02% or -0.33 to close at $5.15 with 775,111 units traded. (Today’s range: $5.00 – $5.95)

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Transjamaican Highway Ltd JMD (TJH) – 15.1m units traded. The shares moved -0.72% or -0.01 to close at $1.37 (Today’s range: $1.32 – $1.39)
2. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 2.8m units traded. The shares moved -1.49% or -0.01 to close at $0.66 (Today’s range: $0.62 – $0.69)
3. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) – 1.4m units traded. The shares moved +1.33% or +0.01 to close at $0.76 (Today’s range: $0.72 – $0.78)
4. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) – 1.3m units traded. The shares moved -3.77% or -0.06 to close at $1.53 (Today’s range: $1.48 – $1.63)
5. Fontana Limited (FTNA) – 775.1k units traded. The shares moved -6.02% or -0.33 to close at $5.15 (Today’s range: $5.00 – $5.95)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Everything Fresh Ltd (EFRESH) declined -13.16% or -0.10 to close at $0.66 (trading between $0.65 and $0.76) with 405,728 shares traded
2. Caribbean Cream Ltd (KREMI) declined -13.13% or -0.44 to close at $2.91 (trading between $2.91 and $2.91) with 2,000 shares traded
3. Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) declined -11.93% or -0.21 to close at $1.55 (trading between $1.50 and $1.73) with 7,800 shares traded
4. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) declined -10.91% or -0.06 to close at $0.49 (trading between $0.45 and $0.62) with 334,179 shares traded
5. Medical Disposables and Supplies Ltd (MDS) declined -10.34% or -0.76 to close at $6.59 (trading between $6.50 and $7.00) with 110,822 shares traded

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

1. Caribbean Assurance Brokers Ltd (CABROKERS) traded between -0.78% and -14.06% below yesterday’s closing price of $2.56 (from $2.20 to $2.54) . It closed at $2.33.
2. The Limners and Bards Limited (LAB) traded between 1.53% and -13.27% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.96 (from $1.70 to $1.99) . It closed at $1.87.
3. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded between -3.23% and -12.37% below yesterday’s closing price of $3.72 (from $3.26 to $3.60) . It closed at $3.36.
4. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) traded between -1.96% and -11.76% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.02 (from $0.90 to $1.00) . It closed at $0.93.
5. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited JMD (SCIJMD) traded between 3.81% and -10.77% below yesterday’s closing price of $16.81 (from $15.00 to $17.45) . It closed at $16.11.

52-Week High/Lows

1 stock(s) hit 52-week lows today. (more about these stocks here)

1. Jetcon Corporation Limited traded at its 52-week low of $0.90. (Today’s range: $0.90 – $1.00)

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