JSE Daily: Market Up, But Decliners Still Outnumber Advancers – Mar 13, 2020

March 13, 2020

Stock market performance report for Friday 13th of March 2020 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Today’s Highlights

  • PULS, JBG & SCIUSD Lead Advancers
  • MEEG, AMG & CBNY Lead Decliners
  • Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) Lead Market Volumes With 26.7m Shares Traded
  • No New 52-Week High(s) & 9 52-Week Low(s) Today

Market Performance

  • Combined Market (All Securities) – 38.6m Shares ($270.5m) Traded.
  • Main Market (Ordinary Shares) – 34.3m Shares, 47 Stocks Traded.
  • Main Market (Preference Shares) – 150.0 Shares, 31 Stocks Traded.
  • Junior Market (Ordinary Shares) – 4.3m Shares, 31 Stocks Traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Pulse Investments (PULS) shares advanced 28.44% or +0.64 to close at $2.89 with 631,989 shares traded. (Today’s range: $2.58 – $2.97)
  2. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) shares advanced 15.64% or +4.13 to close at $30.53 with 220,193 shares traded. (Today’s range: $26.00 – $31.00)
  3. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited USD Ordinary Shares (SCIUSD) shares advanced 13.33% or +0.02 to close at $0.17 with 11,300 shares traded.
  4. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) shares advanced 10.61% or +0.07 to close at $0.73 with 302,345 shares traded. (Today’s range: $0.72 – $0.75)
  5. 1834 Investments Limited (1834) shares advanced 10.00% or +0.10 to close at $1.10 with 2,632 shares traded. (Today’s range: $1.09 – $1.10)

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 24.00% above yesterday’s closing price of $5.00 (between $5.00 and $6.20) . It closed at $5.39.
  2. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) traded between -2.04% and 22.45% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.49 ( from $0.48 to $0.60) . It closed at $0.50.
  3. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) traded between -8.56% and 20.53% above yesterday’s closing price of $12.03 ( from $11.00 to $14.50) . It closed at $11.04.
  4. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between -3.54% and 19.69% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.54 ( from $2.45 to $3.04) . It closed at $2.63.
  5. Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) traded between -0.33% and 16.28% above yesterday’s closing price of $3.01 ( from $3.00 to $3.50) . It closed at $3.00.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $127.7m were traded. The stock moved -0.10% or -0.17 to close at $172.08 with 728,772 units traded. (Today’s range: $168.00 – $182.50)
  2. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at $25.3m were traded. The stock moved -4.45% or -2.55 to close at $54.69 with 464,400 units traded. (Today’s range: $52.00 – $57.00)
  3. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) shares valued at $19.2m were traded. The stock closed firm at $0.70 with 26,703,109 units traded. (Today’s range: $0.70 – $0.74)
  4. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares valued at $15.4m were traded. The stock moved +0.93% or +0.35 to close at $37.89 with 413,291 units traded. (Today’s range: $36.00 – $38.75)
  5. Seprod Ltd (SEP) shares valued at $11.9m were traded. The stock moved +6.36% or +2.51 to close at $41.98 with 278,094 units traded. (Today’s range: $41.00 – $44.50)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 26.7m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.70 (Today’s range: $0.70 – $0.74)
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) – 1.1m units traded. The shares moved -6.58% or -0.05 to close at $0.71 (Today’s range: $0.65 – $0.76)
  3. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) – 1.0m units traded. The shares moved +4.17% or +0.05 to close at $1.25 (Today’s range: $1.15 – $1.25)
  4. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) – 919.3k units traded. The shares moved -0.69% or -0.01 to close at $1.44 (Today’s range: $1.35 – $1.50)
  5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) – 728.8k units traded. The shares moved -0.10% or -0.17 to close at $172.08 (Today’s range: $168.00 – $182.50)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) declined -13.27% or -0.65 to close at $4.25 (trading between $4.17 and $5.00) with 22,996 shares traded
  2. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) declined -12.97% or -0.24 to close at $1.61 (trading between $1.61 and $1.65) with 35,500 shares traded
  3. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) declined -10.00% or -0.01 to close at $0.09 (trading between $0.09 and $0.09) with 140,659 shares traded
  4. First Rock Capital Holdings Ltd (FIRSTROCKJMD) declined -9.64% or -1.15 to close at $10.78 (trading between $10.02 and $12.05) with 27,789 shares traded
  5. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) declined -8.51% or -0.16 to close at $1.72 (trading between $1.70 and $1.85) with 343,000 shares traded

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

  1. Caribbean Assurance Brokers Ltd (CABROKERS) traded between 13.47% and -17.10% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.93 (from $1.60 to $2.19) . It closed at $1.87.
  2. Mayberry Jamaican Equities Ltd (MJE) traded as low as -14.98% below yesterday’s closing price of $8.41 (between $7.15 and $8.41) . It closed at $7.94.
  3. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) traded as low as -14.47% below yesterday’s closing price of $0.76 (between $0.65 and $0.76) . It closed at $0.71.
  4. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) traded between 3.70% and -14.07% below yesterday’s closing price of $6.75 (from $5.80 to $7.00) . It closed at $6.57.
  5. Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Ltd (PTL) traded as low as -13.71% below yesterday’s closing price of $1.97 (between $1.70 and $1.97) . It closed at $1.83.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $1.70. (Today’s range: $1.70 – $1.85)
  2. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $20.00. (Today’s range: $20.00 – $20.50)
  3. Lasco Distributors Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $2.45. (Today’s range: $2.45 – $3.04)
  4. Mayberry Investments Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $6.51. (Today’s range: $6.51 – $7.00)
  5. Mayberry Jamaican Equities Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $7.15. (Today’s range: $7.15 – $8.41)
  6. Sagicor X Fund traded at its 52-week low of $5.80. (Today’s range: $5.80 – $7.00)
  7. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial traded at its 52-week low of $0.65. (Today’s range: $0.65 – $0.76)
  8. Access Financial Services Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $21.50. (Today’s range: $21.50 – $22.75)
  9. Caribbean Assurance Brokers Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $1.60. (Today’s range: $1.60 – $2.19)

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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