Stock market performance report for Monday 24th of February 2020 below.
Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)
Today’s Highlights
- EPLY, BPOW & SALF Lead Advancers
- EFRESH, FIRSTROCKJMD & JETCON Lead Decliners
- Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) Lead Market Volumes With 10.0m Shares Traded
- 1 New 52-Week High(s) & 2 52-Week Low(s) Today
Market Performance
- Combined Market (All Securities) – 1.0k Shares ($142.3m) Traded.
- Main Market (Ordinary Shares) – 17.5m Shares, 47 Stocks Traded.
- Main Market (Preference Shares) – 92.5k Shares, 21 Stocks Traded.
- Junior Market (Ordinary Shares) – 4.0m Shares, 33 Stocks Traded.
Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)
- Eppley Ltd (EPLY) shares advanced 11.17% or +1.79 to close at $17.81 with 27,680 shares traded. (Today’s range: $15.00 – $18.20)
- Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) shares advanced 11.11% or +0.50 to close at $5.00 with 24,353 shares traded. (Today’s range: $4.51 – $5.00)
- Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) shares advanced 7.79% or +2.06 to close at $28.50 with 34 shares traded.
- Mayberry Jamaican Equities Ltd (MJE) shares advanced 6.47% or +0.67 to close at $11.02 with 58,508 shares traded. (Today’s range: $11.00 – $11.35)
- Main Event Entertainment Group Ltd (MEEG) shares advanced 6.12% or +0.33 to close at $5.72 with 45,340 shares traded. (Today’s range: $5.40 – $5.97)
Top 5 (Intra-Day) Advancing Stocks (Not including the top 5 advancers above)
- Express Catering Ltd (ECL) traded between -7.58% and 10.91% above yesterday’s closing price of $5.41 ( from $5.00 to $6.00) . It closed at $5.03.
- Caribbean Cream Ltd (KREMI) traded between -8.22% and 9.59% above yesterday’s closing price of $3.65 ( from $3.35 to $4.00) . It closed at $3.44.
- Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) traded between 4.95% and 8.70% above yesterday’s closing price of $6.67 ( from $7.00 to $7.25) . It closed at $7.00.
- Pulse Investments (PULS) traded between -8.31% and 8.06% above yesterday’s closing price of $12.03 ( from $11.03 to $13.00) . It closed at $11.45.
- Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) (CPJ) traded between -12.34% and 8.01% above yesterday’s closing price of $4.62 ( from $4.05 to $4.99) . It closed at $4.47.
Top 5 Value Traded
- NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $44.6m were traded. The stock moved -0.29% or -0.55 to close at $187.09 with 238,395 units traded. (Today’s range: $185.00 – $189.00)
- Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares valued at $11.7m were traded. The stock moved -0.20% or -0.09 to close at $45.03 with 259,358 units traded. (Today’s range: $44.50 – $45.50)
- Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) shares valued at $10.6m were traded. The stock closed firm at $1.05 with 10,041,155 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.05 – $1.06)
- Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at $10.0m were traded. The stock moved -0.06% or -0.03 to close at $54.01 with 183,872 units traded. (Today’s range: $53.11 – $55.50)
- Fontana Limited (FTNA) shares valued at $9.8m were traded. The stock moved -3.96% or -0.27 to close at $6.54 with 1,507,245 units traded. (Today’s range: $6.00 – $6.95)
Top 5 Volume Traded
- Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Financial (SELECTF) – 10.0m units traded. The shares closed firm at $1.05 (Today’s range: $1.05 – $1.06)
- Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 2.8m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.80 (Today’s range: $0.80 – $0.82)
- Fontana Limited (FTNA) – 1.5m units traded. The shares moved -3.96% or -0.27 to close at $6.54 (Today’s range: $6.00 – $6.95)
- 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) – 1.1m units traded. The shares moved -4.39% or -0.39 to close at $8.50 (Today’s range: $8.00 – $8.99)
- Sagicor Select Funds Ltd – Man. & Dist. (SELECTMD) – 755.8k units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.92 (Today’s range: $0.92 – $0.93)
Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)
- Everything Fresh Ltd (EFRESH) declined -13.00% or -0.13 to close at $0.87 (trading between $0.80 and $1.04) with 285,337 shares traded
- FIRSTROCKJMD (FIRSTROCKJMD) declined -10.13% or -1.80 to close at $15.97 (trading between $14.15 and $16.60) with 23,916 shares traded
- Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -9.62% or -0.15 to close at $1.41 (trading between $1.40 and $1.56) with 22,600 shares traded
- Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) declined -8.33% or -0.01 to close at $0.11 (trading between $0.11 and $0.12) with 3,267 shares traded
- Express Catering Ltd (ECL) declined -7.02% or -0.38 to close at $5.03 (trading between $5.00 and $6.00) with 156,822 shares traded
Top 5 (Intra-Day) Declining Stocks (Not including the top 5 decliners above)
- Sterling Investments Limited (SILUS) traded as low as -33.33% below yesterday’s closing price of $0.03 (between $0.02 and $0.03) . It closed at $0.03.
- Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) (CPJ) traded between 8.01% and -12.34% below yesterday’s closing price of $4.62 (from $4.05 to $4.99) . It closed at $4.47.
- Fontana Limited (FTNA) traded between 2.06% and -11.89% below yesterday’s closing price of $6.81 (from $6.00 to $6.95) . It closed at $6.54.
- 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) traded between 1.12% and -10.01% below yesterday’s closing price of $8.89 (from $8.00 to $8.99) . It closed at $8.50.
- Pulse Investments (PULS) traded between 8.06% and -8.31% below yesterday’s closing price of $12.03 (from $11.03 to $13.00) . It closed at $11.45.
52-Week High/Lows
1 stock(s) hit 52-week highs today. (more about these stocks here)
- Portland JSX Limited – $10.00. (Today’s range: $9.93 – $10.00)
2 stock(s) hit 52-week lows today. (more about these stocks here)
- Everything Fresh Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $0.80. (Today’s range: $0.80 – $1.04)
- FIRSTROCKJMD traded at its 52-week low of $14.15. (Today’s range: $14.15 – $16.60)
Note:
- JSE Combined Index (J$) 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