JSE Daily: GENAC Hits $8.65, Up 10 Days. SALF, KPREIT & MDS Lead Advancers – Oct 23, 2019

October 23, 2019
  • Stock market performance report for Wednesday 23rd of October 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 24.4m shares / $154.8m traded. (28 Advanced / 29 Declined / 10 Firm) .
  • There were 1 new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 22,123,204 shares, 40 stocks traded, 12 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 2,083,083 shares, 23 stocks traded, 13 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 253,329 shares, 22 stocks traded, 22 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) shares advanced 12.00% or +3.00 to close at $28.00 with 1,000 shares traded.
  2. Kingston Properties Ltd (KPREIT) shares advanced 11.32% or +0.60 to close at $5.90 with 200 shares traded.
  3. Medical Disposables and Supplies Ltd (MDS) shares advanced 9.91% or +0.73 to close at $8.10 with 100 shares traded.
  4. Stanley Motta Ltd (SML) shares advanced 5.13% or +0.28 to close at $5.74 with 7,250 shares traded. (Today’s range: $5.69 – $5.80)
  5. Access Financial Services Ltd (AFS) shares advanced 3.59% or +1.17 to close at $33.76 with 19,811 shares traded. (Today’s range: $32.50 – $34.00)

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

  1. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) traded as high as 8.13% above yesterday’s closing price of $8.00 (between $8.00 and $8.65) . It closed at $8.05.
  2. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) traded between 1.96% and 7.84% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.02 ( from $1.04 to $1.10) . It closed at $1.04.
  3. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) traded between -8.11% and 7.57% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.85 ( from $1.70 to $1.99) . It closed at $1.88.
  4. Fontana Limited (FTNA) traded between -1.12% and 6.86% above yesterday’s closing price of $7.14 ( from $7.06 to $7.63) . It closed at $7.18.
  5. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) traded between -1.64% and 6.56% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.22 ( from $1.20 to $1.30) . It closed at $1.22.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. PanJam Investment limited (PJAM) shares valued at $45.8m were traded. The stock moved -1.84% or -1.87 to close at $100.00 with 458,034 units traded.
  2. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) shares valued at $26.1m were traded. The stock moved -1.02% or -0.29 to close at $28.12 with 923,667 units traded. (Today’s range: $27.50 – $29.10)
  3. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $24.0m were traded. The stock moved +0.08% or +0.16 to close at $205.60 with 116,828 units traded. (Today’s range: $203.09 – $208.00)
  4. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) shares valued at $9.6m were traded. The stock moved -1.06% or -0.01 to close at $0.93 with 10,214,770 units traded. (Today’s range: $0.92 – $0.95)
  5. Carreras Ltd (CAR) shares valued at $8.5m were traded. The stock closed firm at $8.00 with 1,060,926 units traded. (Today’s range: $7.93 – $8.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 10.2m units traded. The shares moved -1.06% or -0.01 to close at $0.93 (Today’s range: $0.92 – $0.95)
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 7.1m units traded. The shares moved -0.86% or -0.01 to close at $1.15 (Today’s range: $1.15 – $1.16)
  3. Carreras Ltd (CAR) – 1.1m units traded. The shares closed firm at $8.00 (Today’s range: $7.93 – $8.00)
  4. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) – 923.7k units traded. The shares moved -1.02% or -0.29 to close at $28.12 (Today’s range: $27.50 – $29.10)
  5. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) – 789.4k units traded. The shares closed firm at $1.22 (Today’s range: $1.20 – $1.30)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -13.30% or -0.25 to close at $1.63 (trading between $1.60 and $1.85) with 206,970 shares traded
  2. Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) declined -12.12% or -0.24 to close at $1.74 (trading between $1.70 and $1.75) with 117,746 shares traded
  3. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) declined -7.04% or -0.05 to close at $0.66 (trading between $0.66 and $0.70) with 406,728 shares traded
  4. Everything Fresh Ltd (EFRESH) declined -6.40% or -0.08 to close at $1.17 (trading between $1.15 and $1.25) with 54,984 shares traded
  5. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund – Value Fund (CPFV) declined -5.47% or -2.08 to close at $35.92 (trading between $35.00 and $39.50) with 5,650 shares traded

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

  1. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) traded between 7.57% and -8.11% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.85 (from $1.70 to $1.99) . It closed at $1.88.
  2. 1834 Investments Limited (1834) traded as low as -4.63% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.08 (between $1.03 and $1.08) . It closed at $1.04.
  3. Mayberry Investments Ltd (MIL) traded between -4.19% and -4.43% below yesterday’s closing price of $8.35 (from $7.98 to $8.00) . It closed at $7.99.
  4. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) traded between 3.87% and -4.28% below yesterday’s closing price of $4.91 (from $4.70 to $5.10) . It closed at $4.99.
  5. Barita Investments Ltd (BIL) traded between -0.14% and -4.27% below yesterday’s closing price of $78.61 (from $75.25 to $78.50) . It closed at $77.62.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd – $8.65. (Today’s range: $8.00 – $8.65)

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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