JSE Daily: PJX, DCOVE & BPOW Lead Advancers. QWI Dips To $1.02 – Nov 08, 2019

Stock market performance report for Friday 8th of November 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 17.7m shares / $105.5m traded. (31 Advanced / 19 Declined / 12 Firm) .
• There were 1 new 52-week highs and 1 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 16,782,566 shares, 38 stocks traded, 14 not traded.
• Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 928,004 shares, 23 stocks traded, 13 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 2,000 shares, 33 stocks traded, 25 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Portland JSX Limited (PJX) shares advanced 11.25% or +0.91 to close at $9.00 with 100 shares traded.
2. Dolphin Cove Ltd (DCOVE) shares advanced 11.11% or +1.00 to close at $10.00 with 100 shares traded.
3. Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) shares advanced 10.96% or +0.79 to close at $8.00 with 4,456 shares traded.
4. Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) shares advanced 8.00% or +2.40 to close at $32.40 with 1,000 shares traded. (Today’s range: $32.00 – $32.50)
5. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) shares advanced 7.19% or +0.54 to close at $8.05 with 21,635 shares traded. (Today’s range: $7.90 – $8.15)

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

1. Pulse Investments (PULS) traded between 4.68% and 8.91% above yesterday’s closing price of $4.49 ( from $4.70 to $4.89) . It closed at $4.74.
2. ISP Finance Services Limited (ISP) traded between -15.00% and 8.00% above yesterday’s closing price of $25.00 ( from $21.25 to $27.00) . It closed at $25.41.
3. The Limners and Bards Limited (LAB) traded as high as 7.66% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.74 (between $2.74 and $2.95) . It closed at $2.87.
4. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) traded at 6.54% above yesterday’s closing price of $1.07. It closed at $1.14.
5. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded as high as 6.06% above yesterday’s closing price of $3.30 (between $3.30 and $3.50) . It closed at $3.42.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at $45.5m were traded. The stock moved +3.24% or +1.79 to close at $57.04 with 808,733 units traded. (Today’s range: $54.50 – $57.99)
2. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) shares valued at $9.9m were traded. The stock moved +0.23% or +0.15 to close at $64.17 with 153,230 units traded. (Today’s range: $63.85 – $66.00)
3. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) shares valued at $8.0m were traded. The stock moved -2.13% or -0.04 to close at $1.84 with 4,314,635 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.80 – $1.90)
4. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) shares valued at $7.5m were traded. The stock closed firm at $1.15 with 6,580,550 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.11 – $1.18)
5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at $5.6m were traded. The stock moved +1.10% or +2.23 to close at $204.11 with 27,625 units traded. (Today’s range: $203.00 – $205.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 6.6m units traded. The shares closed firm at $1.15 (Today’s range: $1.11 – $1.18)
2. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) – 4.3m units traded. The shares moved -2.13% or -0.04 to close at $1.84 (Today’s range: $1.80 – $1.90)
3. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 2.6m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.94 (Today’s range: $0.94 – $0.96)
4. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 808.7k units traded. The shares moved +3.24% or +1.79 to close at $57.04 (Today’s range: $54.50 – $57.99)
5. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) – 695.1k units traded. The shares moved -5.98% or -0.07 to close at $1.10 (Today’s range: $1.02 – $1.18)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) declined -8.63% or -0.17 to close at $1.80 (trading between $1.80 and $1.96) with 44,000 shares traded
2. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) declined -6.37% or -0.13 to close at $1.91 (trading between $1.90 and $2.04) with 52,000 shares traded
3. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) declined -5.98% or -0.07 to close at $1.10 (trading between $1.02 and $1.18) with 695,051 shares traded
4. Carreras Ltd (CAR) declined -5.81% or -0.50 to close at $8.11 (trading between $8.06 and $8.74) with 611,160 shares traded
5. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) declined -5.71% or -0.04 to close at $0.66 (trading between $0.65 and $0.70) with 101,598 shares traded

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

1. ISP Finance Services Limited (ISP) traded between 8.00% and -15.00% below yesterday’s closing price of $25.00 (from $21.25 to $27.00) . It closed at $25.41.
2. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd (MPCCEL) traded between -0.77% and -9.07% below yesterday’s closing price of $252.94 (from $230.00 to $251.00) . It closed at $246.83.
3. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) traded between 5.12% and -8.02% below yesterday’s closing price of $7.61 (from $7.00 to $8.00) . It closed at $7.53.
4. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) traded between 1.18% and -7.46% below yesterday’s closing price of $23.72 (from $21.95 to $24.00) . It closed at $22.73.
5. Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) (CPJ) traded as low as -6.04% below yesterday’s closing price of $4.80 (between $4.51 and $4.80) . It closed at $4.70.

52-Week High/Lows

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

1. ISP Finance Services Limited – $27.00. (Today’s range: $21.25 – $27.00)

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

1. QWI Investments Ltd traded at its 52-week low of $1.02. (Today’s range: $1.02 – $1.18)

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