JSE Daily: PULS, GENAC & JP Lead Advancers – Jul 19, 2016

Stock market performance report for Tuesday 19th of July 2016 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 6.6m shares / $106.1m traded. (12 Advanced / 13 Declined / 12 Firm) .
• There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 2,257,957 shares, 26 stocks traded, 11 not traded.
• Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 4,327,905 shares, 11 stocks traded, 17 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Junior Market – 5,000 shares, 1 stocks traded, 3 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 54,916 shares, 1 stocks traded, 11 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Pulse Investments (PULS) shares advanced 13.73% or +0.35 to close at J$2.90 with 7,000 shares traded.
2. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) shares advanced 5.94% or +0.12 to close at J$2.14 with 5,844 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$2.05 – J$2.15)
3. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares advanced 2.44% or +0.20 to close at J$8.40 with 13,800 shares traded.
4. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) shares advanced 2.15% or +0.07 to close at J$3.32 with 398,448 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$3.26 – J$3.35)
5. Supreme Ventures Ltd (SVL) shares advanced 1.58% or +0.07 to close at J$4.50 with 1,300 shares traded.

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

1. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) traded as high as 6.36% above yesterday’s closing price of J$1.10 (between J$1.10 and J$1.17) . It closed at J$1.11.
2. Pan Jamaican Investments Trust Ltd (PJAM) traded between -6.50% and 6.20% above yesterday’s closing price of J$23.53 ( from J$22.00 to J$24.99) . It closed at J$22.81.
3. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between 1.12% and 5.57% above yesterday’s closing price of J$22.26 ( from J$22.51 to J$23.50) . It closed at J$22.54.
4. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) traded between -0.33% and 5.45% above yesterday’s closing price of J$30.25 ( from J$30.15 to J$31.90) . It closed at J$30.15.
5. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between -1.27% and 5.08% above yesterday’s closing price of J$7.09 ( from J$7.00 to J$7.45) . It closed at J$7.08.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$54.1m were traded. The stock moved +1.30% or +1.58 to close at J$123.04 with 439,645 units traded. (Today’s range: J$123.04 – J$123.05)
2. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$16.10m were traded. The stock moved -0.33% or -0.10 to close at J$30.15 with 547,645 units traded. (Today’s range: J$30.15 – J$31.90)
3. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) shares valued at J$15.1m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$5.00 with 3,015,390 units traded. (Today’s range: J$5.00 – J$5.01)
4. National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ) shares valued at J$9.8m were traded. The stock moved +0.45% or +0.19 to close at J$42.00 with 231,433 units traded. (Today’s range: J$41.99 – J$42.50)
5. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) shares valued at J$1.6m were traded. The stock moved 0.00% or 0.00 to close at J$3.05 with 530,506 units traded.

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) – 3.0m units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$5.00 (Today’s range: J$5.00 – J$5.01)
2. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) – 547.6k units traded. The shares moved -0.33% or -0.10 to close at J$30.15 (Today’s range: J$30.15 – J$31.90)
3. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) – 530.5k units traded. The shares moved 0% or 0.00 to close at J$3.05
4. Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) – 520.2k units traded. The shares moved +0.91% or +0.01 to close at J$1.11 (Today’s range: J$1.10 – J$1.17)
5. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) – 439.6k units traded. The shares moved +1.3% or +1.58 to close at J$123.04 (Today’s range: J$123.04 – J$123.05)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Ciboney Group Ltd (CBNY) declined -19.05% or -0.04 to close at J$0.17 (trading between J$0.16 and J$0.17) with 42,000 shares traded
2. IronRock Insurance Company Limited (ROC) declined -7.89% or -0.28 to close at J$3.27 (trading between J$3.20 and J$3.35) with 9,000 shares traded
3. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) declined -5.88% or -0.0100 to close at US$0.1600 (trading between US$0.1500 and US$0.1700) with 10,067 shares traded
4. Pan Jamaican Investments Trust Ltd (PJAM) declined -3.06% or -0.72 to close at J$22.81 (trading between J$22.00 and J$24.99) with 8,167 shares traded
5. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) declined -1.75% or -0.42 to close at J$23.58 (trading between J$23.00 and J$24.00) with 11,831 shares traded

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

1. Scotia Investments Jamaica Ltd (SIJL) traded as low as -6.08% below yesterday’s closing price of J$27.79 (between J$26.10 and J$27.79) . It closed at J$27.72.
2. Kingston Wharves Ltd (KW) traded between 3.03% and -5.22% below yesterday’s closing price of J$15.52 (from J$14.71 to J$15.99) . It closed at J$15.30.
3. Margaritaville (Turks) Ltd (MTL) traded between 5.00% and -5.00% below yesterday’s closing price of US$0.2000 (from US$0.1900 to US$0.2100) . It closed at US$0.2000.
4. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between 5.08% and -1.27% below yesterday’s closing price of J$7.09 (from J$7.00 to J$7.45) . It closed at J$7.08.
5. Berger Paints Ltd (BRG) traded at -0.90% below yesterday’s closing price of J$4.45. It closed at J$4.41.

52-Week High/Lows

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