JSE Daily: Loss Making GWEST Up 23%. Most Resilient Stock Of 2019? – Dec 20, 2019

December 20, 2019

Stock market performance report for Friday 20th of December 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 47.4m shares / $$115.6m traded. (23 Advanced / 41 Declined / 8 Firm) .
  • There were 1 new 52-week highs and 3 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 42,745,637 shares, 43 stocks traded, 9 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 4,970,992 shares, 29 stocks traded, 10 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 48,915 shares, 39 stocks traded, 24 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) shares advanced 23.26% or +0.20 to close at $1.06 with 650 shares traded.
  2. Dolphin Cove Ltd (DCOVE) shares advanced 16.84% or +1.60 to close at $11.10 with 2,694 shares traded.
  3. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd (MPCCEL) shares advanced 10.58% or +22.10 to close at $231.00 with 175 shares traded.
  4. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited JMD Ordinary Shares (SCIJMD) shares advanced 9.02% or +2.25 to close at $27.20 with 72,065 shares traded. (Today’s range: $26.00 – $30.00)
  5. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) shares advanced 5.71% or +0.12 to close at $2.22 with 5,541 shares traded.

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

  1. Indies Pharma Jamaica Ltd (INDIES) traded between 1.12% and 16.10% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.67 ( from $2.70 to $3.10) . It closed at $2.71.
  2. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) traded between -14.72% and 10.43% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.63 ( from $1.39 to $1.80) . It closed at $1.41.
  3. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) traded between -2.74% and 9.59% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.19 ( from $2.13 to $2.40) . It closed at $2.31.
  4. Proven Investments Limited (ProvenJA) traded between -1.69% and 8.35% above yesterday’s closing price of $49.84 ( from $49.00 to $54.00) . It closed at $50.51.
  5. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMBGL7.50) traded between -2.67% and 8.00% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.75 ( from $0.73 to $0.81) . It closed at $0.75.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) shares valued at $17.4m were traded. The stock closed firm at $0.97 with 17,798,120 units traded. (Today’s range: $0.96 – $1.00)
  2. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $17.3m were traded. The stock moved -0.35% or -0.72 to close at $202.63 with 86,379 units traded. (Today’s range: $196.00 – $204.00)
  3. SELECTMD (SELECTMD) shares valued at $9.7m were traded. The stock moved -6.06% or -0.06 to close at $0.93 with 10,028,086 units traded. (Today’s range: $0.90 – $1.04)
  4. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares valued at $9.0m were traded. The stock moved +0.32% or +0.15 to close at $47.11 with 189,281 units traded. (Today’s range: $47.00 – $47.95)
  5. 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) shares valued at $8.6m were traded. The stock moved +0.50% or +0.02 to close at $4.04 with 2,080,661 units traded. (Today’s range: $4.03 – $4.25)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 17.8m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.97 (Today’s range: $0.96 – $1.00)
  2. SELECTMD (SELECTMD) – 10.0m units traded. The shares moved -6.06% or -0.06 to close at $0.93 (Today’s range: $0.90 – $1.04)
  3. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 6.2m units traded. The shares closed firm at $1.13 (Today’s range: $1.12 – $1.14)
  4. LUMBER (LUMBER) – 4.3m units traded. The shares moved -1.99% or -0.04 to close at $1.97 (Today’s range: $1.90 – $2.10)
  5. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) – 3.8m units traded. The shares moved +5.48% or +0.12 to close at $2.31 (Today’s range: $2.13 – $2.40)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -13.50% or -0.22 to close at $1.41 (trading between $1.39 and $1.80) with 12,700 shares traded
  2. Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) declined -11.67% or -0.21 to close at $1.59 (trading between $1.52 and $1.68) with 4,720 shares traded
  3. Mayberry Jamaican Equities Ltd (MJE) declined -8.75% or -1.15 to close at $12.00 (trading between $12.00 and $12.00) with 36,200 shares traded
  4. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) declined -8.67% or -0.86 to close at $9.06 (trading between $8.80 and $9.91) with 15,800 shares traded
  5. Sterling Investments Ltd (SIL) declined -7.78% or -0.26 to close at $3.08 (trading between $2.95 and $3.35) with 7,921 shares traded

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

  1. Knutsford Express Services Ltd (KEX) traded between -4.31% and -11.77% below yesterday’s closing price of $10.45 (from $9.22 to $10.00) . It closed at $9.65.
  2. Everything Fresh Ltd (EFRESH) traded between 0.84% and -11.76% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.19 (from $1.05 to $1.20) . It closed at $1.13.
  3. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between 0.29% and -11.50% below yesterday’s closing price of $3.39 (from $3.00 to $3.40) . It closed at $3.31.
  4. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded as low as -10.97% below yesterday’s closing price of $77.50 (between $69.00 and $77.50) . It closed at $74.97.
  5. SELECTMD (SELECTMD) traded between 5.05% and -9.09% below yesterday’s closing price of $0.99 (from $0.90 to $1.04) . It closed at $0.93.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited JMD Ordinary Shares – $30.00. (Today’s range: $26.00 – $30.00)

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

  1. Jetcon Corporation Limited traded at its 52-week low of $1.39. (Today’s range: $1.39 – $1.80)
  2. Knutsford Express Services Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $9.22. (Today’s range: $9.22 – $10.00)
  3. SELECTMD traded at its 52-week low of $0.90. (Today’s range: $0.90 – $1.04)

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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