JSE Daily: 3.9m Shares, $33.7m Traded – Jan 25, 2018

January 25, 2018

Stock market performance report for Thursday 25th of January 2018 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 3.9m shares / $33.7m traded. (24 Advanced / 13 Declined / 6 Firm) .
  • There were no new 52-week highs and 1 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 4,861,928 shares, 41 stocks traded, 29 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 8,598 shares, 38 stocks traded, 19 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) shares advanced 19.21% or +0.97 to close at J$6.02 with 72,257 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$5.10 – J$6.20)
  2. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) shares advanced 8.46% or +0.23 to close at J$2.95 with 20,000 shares traded.
  3. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) shares advanced 7.74% or +0.39 to close at J$5.43 with 351,340 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$5.40 – J$5.50)
  4. Barita Investments Ltd (BIL) shares advanced 6.67% or +0.50 to close at J$8.00 with 14,825 shares traded.
  5. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares advanced 5.50% or +0.83 to close at J$15.93 with 57,020 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$15.70 – J$17.00)

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

  1. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) traded between -0.47% and 4.80% above yesterday’s closing price of J$17.08 ( from J$17.00 to J$17.90) . It closed at J$17.59.
  2. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) traded at 4.76% above yesterday’s closing price of J$0.21. It closed at J$0.22.
  3. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) traded as high as 4.55% above yesterday’s closing price of US$0.2200 (between US$0.2200 and US$0.2300) . It closed at US$0.2200.
  4. Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) traded at 4.41% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.31. It closed at J$4.50.
  5. PanJam Investment limited (PJAM) traded at 3.85% above yesterday’s closing price of J$39.00. It closed at J$40.50.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$6.7m were traded. The stock moved -0.30% or -0.13 to close at J$42.55 with 157,692 units traded. (Today’s range: J$42.50 – J$42.75)
  2. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$6.0m were traded. The stock moved +0.45% or +0.45 to close at J$100.01 with 59,911 units traded. (Today’s range: J$99.90 – J$100.85)
  3. Carreras Ltd (CAR) shares valued at J$3.5m were traded. The stock moved -1.14% or -0.13 to close at J$11.23 with 310,261 units traded. (Today’s range: J$11.20 – J$11.34)
  4. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at J$2.8m were traded. The stock moved +0.80% or +0.28 to close at J$35.17 with 78,695 units traded. (Today’s range: J$34.75 – J$36.00)
  5. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) shares valued at J$1.9m were traded. The stock moved +7.74% or +0.39 to close at J$5.43 with 351,340 units traded. (Today’s range: J$5.40 – J$5.50)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) – 1.0m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.0000 to close at US$0.2200 (Today’s range: US$0.2200 – US$0.2300)
  2. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) – 830.3k units traded. The shares moved +0.74% or +0.01 to close at J$1.36 (Today’s range: J$1.35 – J$1.36)
  3. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) – 440.0k units traded. The shares moved +2.8% or +0.03 to close at J$1.10
  4. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) – 351.3k units traded. The shares moved +7.74% or +0.39 to close at J$5.43 (Today’s range: J$5.40 – J$5.50)
  5. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) – 323.7k units traded. The shares moved -1.87% or -0.07 to close at J$3.68 (Today’s range: J$3.65 – J$3.75)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Key Insurance Company Limited (KEY) declined -12.00% or -0.42 to close at J$3.08 (trading between J$3.01 and J$3.25) with 103,972 shares traded
  2. Mayberry Investments Ltd (MIL) declined -7.28% or -0.44 to close at J$5.60 (trading between J$5.60 and J$5.60) with 4,080 shares traded
  3. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) declined -4.27% or -0.12 to close at J$2.69 (trading between J$2.60 and J$2.77) with 92,459 shares traded
  4. Access Financial Services Ltd (AFS) declined -4.14% or -1.82 to close at J$42.10 (trading between J$42.10 and J$42.10) with 1,750 shares traded
  5. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) declined -2.31% or -0.06 to close at J$2.54 (trading between J$2.40 and J$2.60) with 24,900 shares traded

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

  1. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) traded as low as -4.76% below yesterday’s closing price of J$52.50 (between J$50.00 and J$52.50) . It closed at J$51.71.
  2. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded as low as -2.67% below yesterday’s closing price of J$3.75 (between J$3.65 and J$3.75) . It closed at J$3.68.
  3. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded as low as -2.51% below yesterday’s closing price of J$3.59 (between J$3.50 and J$3.59) . It closed at J$3.52.
  4. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) traded between 0.74% and -1.96% below yesterday’s closing price of J$4.08 (from J$4.00 to J$4.11) . It closed at J$4.09.
  5. FosRich Company Ltd (FOSRICH) traded between 1.89% and -1.51% below yesterday’s closing price of J$2.65 (from J$2.61 to J$2.70) . It closed at J$2.68.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd traded at its 52-week low of J$2.40. (Today’s range: J$2.40 – J$2.60)

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

 

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