JSE Daily: Over $870m Traded. LUMBER On Its 5th Day Of Decline – Dec 24, 2019

December 24, 2019

Stock market performance report for Tuesday 24th of December 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 111.2m shares / $879.2m traded. (33 Advanced / 29 Declined / 12 Firm) .
  • There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 37,386,272 shares, 42 stocks traded, 10 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 74,120,155 shares, 31 stocks traded, 8 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 3,730 shares, 28 stocks traded, 25 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Express Catering Ltd (ECL) shares advanced 21.15% or +1.29 to close at $7.39 with 340,500 shares traded. (Today’s range: $6.70 – $7.50)
  2. Pulse Investments (PULS) shares advanced 17.62% or +0.74 to close at $4.94 with 1,094,824 shares traded. (Today’s range: $4.64 – $4.96)
  3. Sterling Investments Ltd (SIL) shares advanced 13.22% or +0.39 to close at $3.34 with 10,000 shares traded.
  4. 1834 Investments Limited (1834) shares advanced 9.91% or +0.11 to close at $1.22 with 16,459 shares traded. (Today’s range: $1.20 – $1.22)
  5. Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd (PURITY) shares advanced 6.92% or +0.11 to close at $1.70 with 550,260 shares traded. (Today’s range: $1.70 – $1.80)

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

  1. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) traded between -4.64% and 13.40% above yesterday’s closing price of $3.88 ( from $3.70 to $4.40) . It closed at $3.95.
  2. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between -1.93% and 12.54% above yesterday’s closing price of $3.11 ( from $3.05 to $3.50) . It closed at $3.12.
  3. Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Ltd (PTL) traded as high as 11.11% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.80 (between $1.80 and $2.00) . It closed at $1.89.
  4. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) traded between -10.42% and 10.42% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.96 ( from $0.86 to $1.06) . It closed at $0.87.
  5. Everything Fresh Ltd (EFRESH) traded between -1.85% and 10.19% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.08 ( from $1.06 to $1.19) . It closed at $1.08.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at $300.2m were traded. The stock moved +2.33% or +1.25 to close at $55.00 with 5,496,099 units traded. (Today’s range: $53.75 – $55.50)
  2. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) shares valued at $151.5m were traded. The stock moved -11.50% or -0.26 to close at $2.00 with 71,133,534 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.96 – $2.30)
  3. Seprod Ltd (SEP) shares valued at $147.3m were traded. The stock moved +2.78% or +1.35 to close at $49.91 with 2,931,938 units traded. (Today’s range: $49.00 – $51.50)
  4. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at $100.5m were traded. The stock moved +2.32% or +1.57 to close at $69.20 with 1,455,867 units traded. (Today’s range: $68.50 – $69.50)
  5. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares valued at $64.4m were traded. The stock moved +3.34% or +0.78 to close at $24.10 with 2,650,883 units traded. (Today’s range: $24.10 – $24.50)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) – 71.1m units traded. The shares moved -11.50% or -0.26 to close at $2.00 (Today’s range: $1.96 – $2.30)
  2. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 9.0m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.97 (Today’s range: $0.95 – $0.99)
  3. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 5.5m units traded. The shares moved +2.33% or +1.25 to close at $55.00 (Today’s range: $53.75 – $55.50)
  4. SELECTMD (SELECTMD) – 4.6m units traded. The shares moved +4.26% or +0.04 to close at $0.98 (Today’s range: $0.95 – $1.00)
  5. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 3.1m units traded. The shares moved +0.89% or +0.01 to close at $1.13 (Today’s range: $1.12 – $1.13)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Mailpac Group Ltd (MAILPAC) declined -11.50% or -0.26 to close at $2.00 (trading between $1.96 and $2.30) with 71,133,534 shares traded
  2. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -11.11% or -0.20 to close at $1.60 (trading between $1.60 and $1.80) with 300,821 shares traded
  3. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) declined -9.38% or -0.09 to close at $0.87 (trading between $0.86 and $1.06) with 205,100 shares traded
  4. tTech Limited (TTECH) declined -5.21% or -0.31 to close at $5.64 (trading between $5.50 and $5.95) with 3,785 shares traded
  5. LUMBER (LUMBER) declined -4.66% or -0.09 to close at $1.84 (trading between $1.80 and $1.90) with 1,720,435 shares traded

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

  1. Mayberry Investments Ltd (MIL) traded between 2.78% and -11.35% below yesterday’s closing price of $9.34 (from $8.28 to $9.60) . It closed at $9.24.
  2. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) traded between 8.33% and -8.33% below yesterday’s closing price of $0.12 (from $0.11 to $0.13) . It closed at $0.12.
  3. Kingston Properties Ltd (KPREIT) traded between 1.17% and -8.03% below yesterday’s closing price of $5.98 (from $5.50 to $6.05) . It closed at $5.87.
  4. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited USD Ordinary Shares (SCIUSD) traded as low as -7.14% below yesterday’s closing price of $0.14 (between $0.13 and $0.14) . It closed at $0.14.
  5. Mayberry Jamaican Equities Ltd (MJE) traded between 8.24% and -6.84% below yesterday’s closing price of $12.14 (from $11.31 to $13.14) . It closed at $12.90.

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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