Stock market performance report for Thursday 7th of April 2016 below.
Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)
Summary
- JSE Combined Index – 4.5m shares / $58.4m traded. (8 Advanced / 16 Declined / 6 Firm) .
- Analyst Rating Updates: View ratings for KEY, ROC, JETCON & ISP. You can view analyst ratings here.
- There were no new 52-week highs and 1 52-week lows today.
Market Performance
- Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 4,561,165 shares, 21 stocks traded, 25 not traded.
- Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 391,441 shares, 9 stocks traded, 11 not traded.
- Preference Shares – Junior Market – 0 shares, 0 stocks traded, 3 not traded.
- Preference Shares – Main Market – 10,000 shares, 19 stocks traded, 11 not traded.
Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)
- Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) shares advanced 4.90% or +0.14 to close at J$3.00 with 1,700 shares traded.
- Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) shares advanced 4.56% or +0.48 to close at J$11.00 with 969 shares traded.
- Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) shares advanced 1.72% or +0.06 to close at J$3.55 with 54,100 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$3.51 – J$3.75)
- Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) shares advanced 1.38% or +0.20 to close at J$14.70 with 323,265 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$14.70 – J$14.80)
- Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares advanced 1.37% or +0.41 to close at J$30.41 with 336,878 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$29.66 – J$30.50)
Top 5 (Intra-Day) Advancing Stocks (Not including the top 5 advancers above)
- Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between -0.66% and 8.83% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.53 ( from J$4.50 to J$4.93) . It closed at J$4.59.
- Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) traded between -6.00% and 5.00% above yesterday’s closing price of J$1.00 ( from J$0.94 to J$1.05) . It closed at J$0.96.
- (KEY) traded between 0.35% and 3.81% above yesterday’s closing price of J$2.89 ( from J$2.90 to J$3.00) . It closed at J$2.90.
- Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) traded as high as 2.30% above yesterday’s closing price of J$10.02 (between J$10.02 and J$10.25) . It closed at J$10.03.
- Kingston Wharves Ltd (KW) traded between -0.09% and 1.68% above yesterday’s closing price of J$11.31 ( from J$11.30 to J$11.50) . It closed at J$11.30.
Top 5 Value Traded
- GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$22.9m were traded. The stock moved -0.06% or -0.05 to close at J$80.00 with 286,469 units traded. (Today’s range: J$80.00 – J$80.10)
- Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$10.1m were traded. The stock moved +1.37% or +0.41 to close at J$30.41 with 336,878 units traded. (Today’s range: J$29.66 – J$30.50)
- National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ) shares valued at J$6.8m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$40.50 with 169,634 units traded. (Today’s range: J$40.16 – J$40.60)
- Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) shares valued at J$4.8m were traded. The stock moved +1.38% or +0.20 to close at J$14.70 with 323,265 units traded. (Today’s range: J$14.70 – J$14.80)
- Pan Jamaican Investments Trust Ltd (PJAM) shares valued at J$3.9m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$93.00 with 41,878 units traded.
Top 5 Volume Traded
- Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) – 2.1m units traded. The shares moved -4% or -0.04 to close at J$0.96 (Today’s range: J$0.94 – J$1.05)
- Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) – 483.6k units traded. The shares moved -5.56% or -0.0100 to close at US$0.1700 (Today’s range: US$0.1500 – US$0.1800)
- (JETCON) – 363.3k units traded. The shares moved -1.38% or -0.04 to close at J$2.86 (Today’s range: J$2.80 – J$2.90)
- Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 336.9k units traded. The shares moved +1.37% or +0.41 to close at J$30.41 (Today’s range: J$29.66 – J$30.50)
- Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) – 323.3k units traded. The shares moved +1.38% or +0.20 to close at J$14.70 (Today’s range: J$14.70 – J$14.80)
Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)
- Margaritaville (Turks) Ltd (MTL) declined -16.67% or -0.0300 to close at US$0.1500 (trading between US$0.1500 and US$0.1500) with 1,750 shares traded
- Hardware & Lumber (HL) declined -13.58% or -2.05 to close at J$13.05 (trading between J$13.05 and J$13.05) with 294 shares traded
- General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) declined -13.33% or -0.36 to close at J$2.34 (trading between J$2.33 and J$2.40) with 93,021 shares traded
- Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) declined -6.65% or -0.25 to close at J$3.51 (trading between J$3.50 and J$3.76) with 62,542 shares traded
- Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) declined -6.50% or -0.08 to close at J$1.15 (trading between J$1.15 and J$1.21) with 55,367 shares traded
Top 5 (Intra-Day) Declining Stocks (Not including the top 5 decliners above)
- Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) traded as low as -16.67% below yesterday’s closing price of US$0.1800 (between US$0.1500 and US$0.1800) . It closed at US$0.1700.
- Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) traded between 0.80% and -8.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$1.25 (from J$1.15 to J$1.26) . It closed at J$1.20.
- Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) traded between 5.00% and -6.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$1.00 (from J$0.94 to J$1.05) . It closed at J$0.96.
- Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between -0.42% and -5.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$24.00 (from J$22.80 to J$23.90) . It closed at J$23.20.
- (JETCON) traded as low as -3.45% below yesterday’s closing price of J$2.90 (between J$2.80 and J$2.90) . It closed at J$2.86.
52-Week High/Lows
1 stock(s) hit 52-week lows today. (more about these stocks here)
- Proven Investments Ltd traded at its 52-week low of US$0.1500. (Today’s range: US$0.1500 – US$0.1800)
Note:
- JSE Combined Index (J$) 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