JSE Daily: SELECTF Closes Up, Breaks 7 Day Decline – But Still Trades At A New Low of $1.15 – Aug 28, 2019

August 28, 2019

Stock market performance report for Wednesday 28th of August 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 32.4m shares / $189.8m traded. (22 Advanced / 37 Declined / 8 Firm) .
  • There was 1 new 52-week high and 1 52-week low today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 29,465,982 shares, 35 stocks traded, 15 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 2,962,876 shares, 30 stocks traded, 6 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 8,419 shares, 8 stocks traded, 24 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Ltd (PTL) shares advanced 22.70% or +0.37 to close at J$2.00 with 11,000 shares traded.
  2. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited USD Ordinary Shares (SCIUSD) shares advanced 8.33% or +0.01 to close at J$0.13 with 3,742 shares traded.
  3. GWest Corporation Ltd (GWEST) shares advanced 7.50% or +0.09 to close at J$1.29 with 10,500 shares traded.
  4. Stationery & Office Supplies Ltd (SOS) shares advanced 7.02% or +0.84 to close at J$12.80 with 36,935 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$12.01 – J$12.98)
  5. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) shares advanced 6.06% or +1.43 to close at J$25.04 with 9,755 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$25.00 – J$26.00)

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

  1. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) traded between -10.16% and 17.19% above yesterday’s closing price of J$1.28 ( from J$1.15 to J$1.50) . It closed at J$1.29.
  2. 1834 Investments Limited (1834) traded between -2.65% and 9.73% above yesterday’s closing price of J$1.13 ( from J$1.10 to J$1.24) . It closed at J$1.13.
  3. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) traded as high as 9.34% above yesterday’s closing price of J$1.82 (between J$1.82 and J$1.99) . It closed at J$1.91.
  4. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between -0.81% and 8.85% above yesterday’s closing price of J$82.67 ( from J$82.00 to J$89.99) . It closed at J$84.22.
  5. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) traded between -0.96% and 7.78% above yesterday’s closing price of J$34.33 ( from J$34.00 to J$37.00) . It closed at J$35.34.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. PanJam Investment limited (PJAM) shares valued at J$98.7m were traded. The stock moved -2.58% or -2.70 to close at J$102.03 with 953,690 units traded. (Today’s range: J$102.00 – J$105.00)
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) shares valued at J$21.1m were traded. The stock moved +0.78% or +0.01 to close at J$1.29 with 15,930,383 units traded. (Today’s range: J$1.15 – J$1.50)
  3. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) shares valued at J$8.6m were traded. The stock closed firm at J$0.93 with 8,949,645 units traded. (Today’s range: J$0.92 – J$1.00)
  4. Jamaican Teas Ltd (JAMT) shares valued at J$7.8m were traded. The stock moved -0.84% or -0.05 to close at J$5.89 with 1,270,862 units traded. (Today’s range: J$5.87 – J$6.38)
  5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$5.2m were traded. The stock moved -1.32% or -2.81 to close at J$210.70 with 24,688 units traded. (Today’s range: J$208.00 – J$217.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 15.9m units traded. The shares moved +0.78% or +0.01 to close at J$1.29 (Today’s range: J$1.15 – J$1.50)
  2. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 8.9m units traded. The shares closed firm at J$0.93 (Today’s range: J$0.92 – J$1.00)
  3. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) – 1.4m units traded. The shares moved +4.95% or +0.09 to close at J$1.91 (Today’s range: J$1.82 – J$1.99)
  4. Jamaican Teas Ltd (JAMT) – 1.3m units traded. The shares moved -0.84% or -0.05 to close at J$5.89 (Today’s range: J$5.87 – J$6.38)
  5. PanJam Investment limited (PJAM) – 953.7k units traded. The shares moved -2.58% or -2.70 to close at J$102.03 (Today’s range: J$102.00 – J$105.00)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Sterling Investments Ltd (SIL) declined -13.71% or -0.48 to close at J$3.02 (trading between J$3.01 and J$3.65) with 143,201 shares traded
  2. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) declined -7.87% or -0.07 to close at J$0.82 (trading between J$0.80 and J$0.88) with 111,925 shares traded
  3. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) declined -6.55% or -0.19 to close at J$2.71 (trading between J$2.70 and J$2.80) with 68,384 shares traded
  4. Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) declined -6.42% or -2.06 to close at J$30.01 (trading between J$30.01 and J$30.01) with 2,000 shares traded
  5. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) declined -5.24% or -0.30 to close at J$5.42 (trading between J$5.30 and J$5.80) with 9,759 shares traded

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

  1. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) traded between 5.31% and -13.65% below yesterday’s closing price of J$23.74 (from J$20.50 to J$25.00) . It closed at J$22.67.
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) traded between 17.19% and -10.16% below yesterday’s closing price of J$1.28 (from J$1.15 to J$1.50) . It closed at J$1.29.
  3. Jamaica Stock Exchange Ltd (JSE) traded between 5.63% and -8.45% below yesterday’s closing price of J$28.40 (from J$26.00 to J$30.00) . It closed at J$27.28.
  4. The Limners and Bards Limited (LAB) traded between -1.54% and -7.69% below yesterday’s closing price of J$3.25 (from J$3.00 to J$3.20) . It closed at J$3.08.
  5. Eppley Ltd (EPLY) traded between -3.24% and -5.60% below yesterday’s closing price of J$16.95 (from J$16.00 to J$16.40) . It closed at J$16.09.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. Radio Jamaica Ltd – J$1.99. (Today’s range: J$1.82 – J$1.99)

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

  1. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd traded at its 52-week low of J$1.15. (Today’s range: J$1.15 – J$1.50)

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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