JSE Daily: Express Catering Ltd (ECL) Jumps 16% On Opening Day (With Small Volumes) – Jul 21, 2017

Stock market performance report for Friday 21st of July 2017 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 6.6m shares / $70.0m traded. (19 Advanced / 14 Declined / 9 Firm) .
• There were no new 52-week highs and 1 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 1,948,832 shares, 23 stocks traded, 13 not traded.
• Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 4,588,385 shares, 19 stocks traded, 10 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Junior Market – 30,000 shares, 1 stocks traded, 3 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 26,364 shares, 3 stocks traded, 13 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Express Catering Ltd (ECL) shares advanced 16.00% or +0.24 to close at J$1.74 with 100 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$1.74 – J$3.00)
2. 1834 Investments Limited (1834) shares advanced 5.26% or +0.07 to close at J$1.40 with 78,774 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$1.35 – J$1.40)
3. ISP Finance Services Limited (ISP) shares advanced 4.91% or +0.54 to close at J$11.54 with 5,858 shares traded.
4. Eppley Ltd (EPLY) shares advanced 4.60% or +0.57 to close at J$12.95 with 3,481 shares traded.
5. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMB7.5) shares advanced 3.45% or +0.07 to close at J$2.10 with 9,890 shares traded.

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

1. Pulse Investments (PULS) traded as high as 10.67% above yesterday’s closing price of J$2.25 (between J$2.25 and J$2.49) . It closed at J$2.31.
2. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) traded as high as 7.00% above yesterday’s closing price of J$14.00 (between J$14.00 and J$14.98) . It closed at J$14.09.
3. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) traded between -3.85% and 4.01% above yesterday’s closing price of J$6.24 ( from J$6.00 to J$6.49) . It closed at J$6.01.
4. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) traded between -0.19% and 3.77% above yesterday’s closing price of J$31.56 ( from J$31.50 to J$32.75) . It closed at J$31.96.
5. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between 2.75% and 3.75% above yesterday’s closing price of J$25.06 ( from J$25.75 to J$26.00) . It closed at J$25.79.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Ltd (CFF) shares valued at J$16.8m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$12.00 with 1,400,000 units traded.
2. Seprod Ltd (SEP) shares valued at J$13.7m were traded. The stock moved -0.67% or -0.20 to close at J$29.75 with 460,673 units traded.
3. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) shares valued at J$10.3m were traded. The stock moved +1.05% or +0.05 to close at J$4.80 with 2,260,729 units traded. (Today’s range: J$4.30 – J$4.80)
4. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$6.7m were traded. The stock moved +1.10% or +0.45 to close at J$41.51 with 161,924 units traded. (Today’s range: J$41.00 – J$42.09)
5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$3.4m were traded. The stock moved +3.14% or +2.28 to close at J$74.92 with 45,368 units traded. (Today’s range: J$73.00 – J$75.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) – 2.3m units traded. The shares moved +1.05% or +0.05 to close at J$4.80 (Today’s range: J$4.30 – J$4.80)
2. Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Ltd (CFF) – 1.4m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$12.00
3. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) – 635.5k units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$4.54 (Today’s range: J$4.50 – J$4.54)
4. Seprod Ltd (SEP) – 460.7k units traded. The shares moved -0.67% or -0.20 to close at J$29.75
5. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) – 412.3k units traded. The shares moved -3.69% or -0.23 to close at J$6.01 (Today’s range: J$6.00 – J$6.49)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) declined -9.16% or -1.09 to close at J$10.81 (trading between J$10.65 and J$11.24) with 11,000 shares traded
2. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) declined -8.09% or -0.22 to close at J$2.50 (trading between J$2.45 and J$2.70) with 9,637 shares traded
3. Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) declined -4.64% or -0.26 to close at J$5.34 (trading between J$5.18 and J$5.60) with 11,972 shares traded
4. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) declined -3.69% or -0.23 to close at J$6.01 (trading between J$6.00 and J$6.49) with 412,335 shares traded
5. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) declined -2.82% or -0.10 to close at J$3.45 (trading between J$3.40 and J$3.55) with 15,048 shares traded

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

1. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded between 1.05% and -9.47% below yesterday’s closing price of J$4.75 (from J$4.30 to J$4.80) . It closed at J$4.80.
2. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) traded between -0.06% and -6.25% below yesterday’s closing price of J$16.00 (from J$15.00 to J$15.99) . It closed at J$15.68.
3. Kingston Wharves Ltd (KW) traded between 1.81% and -4.76% below yesterday’s closing price of J$30.45 (from J$29.00 to J$31.00) . It closed at J$29.70.
4. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) traded as low as -3.85% below yesterday’s closing price of J$7.80 (between J$7.50 and J$7.80) . It closed at J$7.68.
5. Knutsford Express Services Ltd (KEX) traded between 1.40% and -2.10% below yesterday’s closing price of J$14.30 (from J$14.00 to J$14.50) . It closed at J$14.27.

52-Week High/Lows

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

1. PROVEN8.25 traded at its 52-week low of J$4.98.

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