JSE Daily: JMMBGL Jumps 14%, Leads Volume, Value On Alignvest/Sagicor News – May 16, 2019

Stock market performance report for Thursday 16th of May 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 9.9m shares / $293.2m traded. (34 Advanced / 18 Declined / 9 Firm) .
• There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 9,082,824 shares, 32 stocks traded, 16 not traded.
• Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 1,367,152 shares, 25 stocks traded, 10 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 184,476 shares, 8 stocks traded, 20 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Kingston Properties Ltd (KPREIT) shares advanced 16.67% or +1.00 to close at J$7.00 with 100 shares traded.
2. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares advanced 13.61% or +4.61 to close at J$38.48 with 5,078,196 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$33.94 – J$39.95)
3. ISP Finance Services Limited (ISP) shares advanced 11.61% or +1.30 to close at J$12.50 with 430 shares traded.
4. Eppley Ltd (EPLY) shares advanced 11.34% or +1.27 to close at J$12.47 with 24,757 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$12.00 – J$12.50)
5. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) shares advanced 10.82% or +0.21 to close at J$2.15 with 1,000 shares traded.

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

1. Express Catering Ltd (ECL) traded between -4.56% and 13.96% above yesterday’s closing price of J$7.02 ( from J$6.70 to J$8.00) . It closed at J$7.54.
2. Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) traded between -0.98% and 11.55% above yesterday’s closing price of J$5.11 ( from J$5.06 to J$5.70) . It closed at J$5.54.
3. Stationery & Office Supplies Ltd (SOS) traded between 2.86% and 10.86% above yesterday’s closing price of J$8.75 ( from J$9.00 to J$9.70) . It closed at J$9.27.
4. Cargo Handlers Ltd (CHL) traded as high as 9.50% above yesterday’s closing price of J$10.00 (between J$10.00 and J$10.95) . It closed at J$10.13.
5. Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) traded between -1.25% and 8.75% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.00 ( from J$3.95 to J$4.35) . It closed at J$4.09.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares valued at J$187.6m were traded. The stock moved +13.61% or +4.61 to close at J$38.48 with 5,078,196 units traded. (Today’s range: J$33.94 – J$39.95)
2. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares valued at J$25.1m were traded. The stock moved +8.42% or +1.94 to close at J$24.97 with 1,024,941 units traded. (Today’s range: J$24.00 – J$25.00)
3. Proven Investments Limited (ProvenJA) shares valued at J$19.6m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$31.00 with 626,638 units traded. (Today’s range: J$31.00 – J$31.50)
4. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$14.3m were traded. The stock moved +0.13% or +0.08 to close at J$60.48 with 236,269 units traded. (Today’s range: J$60.00 – J$60.80)
5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$9.5m were traded. The stock moved +0.74% or +1.09 to close at J$147.65 with 64,092 units traded. (Today’s range: J$146.00 – J$150.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) – 5.1m units traded. The shares moved +13.61% or +4.61 to close at J$38.48 (Today’s range: J$33.94 – J$39.95)
2. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) – 1.0m units traded. The shares moved +8.42% or +1.94 to close at J$24.97 (Today’s range: J$24.00 – J$25.00)
3. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) – 699.6k units traded. The shares moved +4.35% or +0.0100 to close at US$0.2400 (Today’s range: US$0.2300 – US$0.2400)
4. Proven Investments Limited (ProvenJA) – 626.6k units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$31.00 (Today’s range: J$31.00 – J$31.50)
5. Elite Diagnostics Ltd (ELITE) – 366.4k units traded. The shares moved +5.74% or +0.19 to close at J$3.50 (Today’s range: J$3.40 – J$3.50)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Pulse Investments (PULS) declined -9.59% or -0.26 to close at J$2.45 (trading between J$2.45 and J$2.46) with 100,000 shares traded
2. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) declined -7.64% or -0.34 to close at J$4.11 (trading between J$4.10 and J$4.49) with 9,800 shares traded
3. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) declined -6.15% or -0.22 to close at J$3.36 (trading between J$3.34 and J$3.60) with 29,767 shares traded
4. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMBGL7.50) declined -5.15% or -0.05 to close at J$0.92 (trading between J$0.90 and J$0.95) with 63,666 shares traded
5. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) declined -3.91% or -0.40 to close at J$9.84 (trading between J$9.50 and J$10.25) with 12,376 shares traded

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

1. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) traded as low as -6.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$2.50 (between J$2.35 and J$2.50) . It closed at J$2.49.
2. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) traded as low as -5.56% below yesterday’s closing price of J$0.90 (between J$0.85 and J$0.90) . It closed at J$0.88.
3. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) traded as low as -5.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$20.00 (between J$19.00 and J$20.00) . It closed at J$19.76.
4. Express Catering Ltd (ECL) traded between 13.96% and -4.56% below yesterday’s closing price of J$7.02 (from J$6.70 to J$8.00) . It closed at J$7.54.
5. Indies Pharma Jamaica Ltd (INDIES) traded between 3.29% and -3.29% below yesterday’s closing price of J$3.34 (from J$3.23 to J$3.45) . It closed at J$3.34.

52-Week High/Lows

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