JSE Daily: CCC, PURITY & CFF Lead Advancers. Market Closes Up – Apr 15, 2016

Stock market performance report for Friday 15th of April 2016 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 6.5m shares / $118.3m traded. (16 Advanced / 15 Declined / 8 Firm) .
• Analyst Rating Updates: As at Friday 8th of April 2016 we have updated our analyst ratings on stocks as follows. 35 companies were rated as BUYS, 8 as SELL and 18 as HOLD. You can view analyst ratings here
• There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 5,073,703 shares, 27 stocks traded, 19 not traded.
• Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 180,725 shares, 12 stocks traded, 8 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Junior Market – 0 shares, 0 stocks traded, 3 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 1,331,340 shares, 1 stocks traded, 11 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) shares advanced 18.26% or +3.61 to close at J$23.38 with 3,282 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$23.35 – J$23.40)
2. Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) shares advanced 16.83% or +0.17 to close at J$1.18 with 12,000 shares traded.
3. Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Ltd (CFF) shares advanced 14.00% or +1.05 to close at J$8.55 with 3,000 shares traded.
4. Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) shares advanced 9.88% or +1.24 to close at J$13.79 with 2,748 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$13.05 – J$15.00)
5. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) shares advanced 9.85% or +0.26 to close at J$2.90 with 594 shares traded.

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

1. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) traded at 9.52% above yesterday’s closing price of J$0.21. It closed at J$0.23.
2. Scotia Investments Jamaica Ltd (SIJL) traded between 1.44% and 8.05% above yesterday’s closing price of J$25.73 ( from J$26.10 to J$27.80) . It closed at J$27.78.
3. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between 1.19% and 7.14% above yesterday’s closing price of J$5.04 ( from J$5.10 to J$5.40) . It closed at J$5.36.
4. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded between -1.10% and 4.40% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.64 ( from J$3.60 to J$3.80) . It closed at J$3.68.
5. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) traded between 1.80% and 3.79% above yesterday’s closing price of J$5.01 ( from J$5.10 to J$5.20) . It closed at J$5.13.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares valued at J$69.1m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$32.00 with 2,139,600 units traded. (Today’s range: J$31.55 – J$33.00)
2. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at J$26.9m were traded. The stock moved -1.88% or -0.45 to close at J$23.49 with 1,156,805 units traded. (Today’s range: J$23.00 – J$23.50)
3. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$9.3m were traded. The stock moved -0.13% or -0.04 to close at J$30.02 with 303,949 units traded. (Today’s range: J$30.00 – J$31.05)
4. National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ) shares valued at J$6.6m were traded. The stock moved -0.64% or -0.26 to close at J$40.08 with 163,716 units traded. (Today’s range: J$40.00 – J$40.48)
5. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMB7.5) shares valued at J$2.9m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$2.15 with 1,331,340 units traded.

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) – 2.1m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$32.00 (Today’s range: J$31.55 – J$33.00)
2. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMB7.5) – 1.3m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$2.15
3. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) – 1.2m units traded. The shares moved -1.88% or -0.45 to close at J$23.49 (Today’s range: J$23.00 – J$23.50)
4. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) – 476.9k units traded. The shares moved +2.29% or +0.03 to close at J$1.34 (Today’s range: J$1.31 – J$1.35)
5. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 303.9k units traded. The shares moved -0.13% or -0.04 to close at J$30.02 (Today’s range: J$30.00 – J$31.05)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. (KEY) declined -10.33% or -0.31 to close at J$2.69 (trading between J$2.65 and J$2.81) with 91,930 shares traded
2. Knutsford Express Services Ltd (KEX) declined -8.83% or -1.84 to close at J$19.00 (trading between J$19.00 and J$19.00) with 406 shares traded
3. Mayberry Investments Ltd (MIL) declined -7.00% or -0.28 to close at J$3.72 (trading between J$3.60 and J$3.90) with 17,795 shares traded
4. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) declined -6.43% or -0.18 to close at J$2.62 (trading between J$2.62 and J$2.63) with 46,756 shares traded
5. (JETCON) declined -4.83% or -0.13 to close at J$2.56 (trading between J$2.55 and J$2.68) with 70,611 shares traded

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

1. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) traded between -1.84% and -3.93% below yesterday’s closing price of J$23.94 (from J$23.00 to J$23.50) . It closed at J$23.49.
2. Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) traded at -3.53% below yesterday’s closing price of J$11.61. It closed at J$11.20.
3. (TTECH) traded between -2.63% and -3.34% below yesterday’s closing price of J$4.19 (from J$4.05 to J$4.08) . It closed at J$4.07.
4. Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) traded between -0.50% and -2.99% below yesterday’s closing price of J$4.02 (from J$3.90 to J$4.00) . It closed at J$3.96.
5. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) traded between 3.13% and -1.41% below yesterday’s closing price of J$32.00 (from J$31.55 to J$33.00) . It closed at J$32.00.

52-Week High/Lows

0 stock(s) hit 52-week highs today.

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