JSE Daily: Market Up On Low Volumes. 15 Down, 12 Up – Mar 23, 2016

Stock market performance report for Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 3.10m shares / $47.4m traded. (12 Advanced / 14 Declined / 7 Firm) .
  • Analyst Rating Updates: As at Friday 18th of March 2016 our analyst ratings were updated as follows. KEX, LASD, were downgraded. 34 companies were rated as BUYS, 7 as SELL and 18 as HOLD. You can view analyst ratings here
  • There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 2,477,414 shares, 22 stocks traded, 20 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 142,839 shares, 11 stocks traded, 9 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Junior Market – 0 shares, 0 stocks traded, 3 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 1,421,333 shares, 19 stocks traded, 9 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) shares advanced 9.91% or +0.45 to close at J$4.99 with 334,200 shares traded.
  2. Caribbean Cream Ltd (KREMI) shares advanced 6.95% or +0.26 to close at J$4.00 with 5,000 shares traded.
  3. Scotia Investments Jamaica Ltd (SIJL) shares advanced 5.70% or +1.54 to close at J$28.56 with 2,000 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$28.00 – J$29.49)
  4. Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) shares advanced 3.23% or +0.42 to close at J$13.42 with 2,151 shares traded.
  5. Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) shares advanced 2.86% or +0.32 to close at J$11.50 with 8,000 shares traded.

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

  1. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) traded between -0.57% and 6.53% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.52 ( from J$3.50 to J$3.75) . It closed at J$3.57.
  2. Knutsford Express Services Ltd (KEX) traded at 2.18% above yesterday’s closing price of J$21.53. It closed at J$22.00.
  3. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) traded between 1.30% and 1.80% above yesterday’s closing price of J$10.02 ( from J$10.15 to J$10.20) . It closed at J$10.16.
  4. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) traded between -0.38% and 1.65% above yesterday’s closing price of J$23.61 ( from J$23.52 to J$24.00) . It closed at J$23.91.
  5. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) traded as high as 0.92% above yesterday’s closing price of J$10.90 (between J$10.90 and J$11.00) . It closed at J$10.99.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at J$19.4m were traded. The stock moved +1.27% or +0.30 to close at J$23.91 with 816,999 units traded. (Today’s range: J$23.52 – J$24.00)
  2. National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ) shares valued at J$7.7m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$41.00 with 187,106 units traded. (Today’s range: J$41.00 – J$41.03)
  3. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$7.5m were traded. The stock moved -0.29% or -0.09 to close at J$30.44 with 245,381 units traded. (Today’s range: J$30.39 – J$30.80)
  4. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$3.4m were traded. The stock moved -0.68% or -0.56 to close at J$81.44 with 42,388 units traded. (Today’s range: J$80.10 – J$82.00)
  5. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMB7.5) shares valued at J$3.1m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$2.15 with 1,421,333 units traded.

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% (JMMB7.5) – 1.4m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$2.15
  2. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) – 816.10k units traded. The shares moved +1.27% or +0.30 to close at J$23.91 (Today’s range: J$23.52 – J$24.00)
  3. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) – 611.1k units traded. The shares moved -2.99% or -0.04 to close at J$1.30 (Today’s range: J$1.30 – J$1.34)
  4. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) – 334.2k units traded. The shares moved +9.91% or +0.45 to close at J$4.99 (Today’s range: J$4.54 – J$4.99)
  5. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 245.4k units traded. The shares moved -0.29% or -0.09 to close at J$30.44 (Today’s range: J$30.39 – J$30.80)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Jamaican Teas Ltd (JAMT) declined -9.66% or -0.48 to close at J$4.49 (trading between J$4.49 and J$4.49) with 500 shares traded
  2. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) declined -9.52% or -0.02 to close at J$0.19 (trading between J$0.19 and J$0.19) with 28,000 shares traded
  3. Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) declined -5.21% or -0.22 to close at J$4.00 (trading between J$4.00 and J$4.01) with 32,327 shares traded
  4. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) declined -3.91% or -0.43 to close at J$10.57 (trading between J$10.57 and J$10.57) with 4,548 shares traded
  5. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) declined -3.56% or -0.21 to close at J$5.69 (trading between J$5.51 and J$5.89) with 43,440 shares traded

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

  1. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) traded as low as -2.99% below yesterday’s closing price of J$1.34 (between J$1.30 and J$1.34) . It closed at J$1.30.
  2. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) traded as low as -2.32% below yesterday’s closing price of J$82.00 (between J$80.10 and J$82.00) . It closed at J$81.44.
  3. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between 0.17% and -2.00% below yesterday’s closing price of J$22.96 (from J$22.50 to J$23.00) . It closed at J$22.58.
  4. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) traded at -1.79% below yesterday’s closing price of J$13.44. It closed at J$13.20.
  5. (CAC) traded at -1.33% below yesterday’s closing price of J$7.50. It closed at J$7.40.

52-Week High/Lows

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

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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