JSE Daily: SELECTF Closes Week Down, 5 Consecutive Days. BIL 4 Days Straight – Aug 23, 2019

August 23, 2019

Stock market performance report for Friday 23rd of August 2019 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

  • JSE Combined Index – 65.7m shares / $309.6m traded. (28 Advanced / 35 Declined / 6 Firm) .
  • There were 1 new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

  • Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 64,046,925 shares, 38 stocks traded, 12 not traded.
  • Ordinary Shares – Junior Market – 2,357,819 shares, 29 stocks traded, 7 not traded.
  • Preference Shares – Main Market – 8,300 shares, 21 stocks traded, 24 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) shares advanced 23.27% or +0.47 to close at J$2.49 with 100,500 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$2.20 – J$2.50)
  2. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd (GENAC) shares advanced 14.81% or +0.76 to close at J$5.89 with 150,889 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$5.62 – J$6.24)
  3. iCreate Ltd (ICREATE) shares advanced 6.17% or +0.05 to close at J$0.86 with 12,723 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$0.80 – J$0.89)
  4. EPLY7.50 (EPLY7.50) shares advanced 5.77% or +0.30 to close at J$5.50 with 6,000 shares traded.
  5. 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) shares advanced 5.00% or +0.20 to close at J$4.20 with 2,739 shares traded.

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

  1. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) traded between -5.66% and 14.35% above yesterday’s closing price of J$34.98 ( from J$33.00 to J$40.00) . It closed at J$33.44.
  2. Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) traded between -1.59% and 9.77% above yesterday’s closing price of J$26.42 ( from J$26.00 to J$29.00) . It closed at J$27.24.
  3. IronRock Insurance Company Limited (ROC) traded between -1.48% and 8.37% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.06 ( from J$4.00 to J$4.40) . It closed at J$4.20.
  4. Sygnus Credit Investments Limited USD Ordinary Shares (SCIUSD) traded as high as 7.14% above yesterday’s closing price of J$0.14 (between J$0.14 and J$0.15) . It closed at J$0.14.
  5. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) traded between -1.54% and 6.15% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.25 ( from J$3.20 to J$3.45) . It closed at J$3.34.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) shares valued at J$130.7m were traded. The stock moved -4.40% or -1.54 to close at J$33.44 with 3,581,466 units traded. (Today’s range: J$33.00 – J$40.00)
  2. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) shares valued at J$32.3m were traded. The stock moved -1.03% or -0.01 to close at J$0.96 with 33,816,612 units traded. (Today’s range: J$0.91 – J$1.00)
  3. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) shares valued at J$30.9m were traded. The stock moved +3.57% or +1.97 to close at J$57.21 with 550,220 units traded. (Today’s range: J$55.00 – J$57.50)
  4. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) shares valued at J$26.9m were traded. The stock moved -6.49% or -0.10 to close at J$1.44 with 19,082,235 units traded. (Today’s range: J$1.31 – J$1.51)
  5. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$22.4m were traded. The stock moved -1.06% or -2.23 to close at J$208.38 with 107,367 units traded. (Today’s range: J$207.00 – J$210.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 33.8m units traded. The shares moved -1.03% or -0.01 to close at J$0.96 (Today’s range: J$0.91 – J$1.00)
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) – 19.1m units traded. The shares moved -6.49% or -0.10 to close at J$1.44 (Today’s range: J$1.31 – J$1.51)
  3. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) – 3.6m units traded. The shares moved -4.40% or -1.54 to close at J$33.44 (Today’s range: J$33.00 – J$40.00)
  4. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) – 2.9m units traded. The shares moved +0.60% or +0.01 to close at J$1.67 (Today’s range: J$1.66 – J$1.70)
  5. Stanley Motta Ltd (SML) – 1.0m units traded. The shares moved -4.17% or -0.25 to close at J$5.75

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Kingston Properties Ltd (KPREIT) declined -20.00% or -1.50 to close at J$6.00 (trading between J$6.00 and J$6.00) with 2,000 shares traded
  2. ISP Finance Services Limited (ISP) declined -12.45% or -2.49 to close at J$17.51 (trading between J$16.00 and J$21.00) with 16,509 shares traded
  3. Blue Power Group Ltd (BPOW) declined -11.67% or -1.29 to close at J$9.76 (trading between J$9.50 and J$11.05) with 37,213 shares traded
  4. Elite Diagnostics Ltd (ELITE) declined -10.97% or -0.80 to close at J$6.49 (trading between J$6.40 and J$6.51) with 67,600 shares traded
  5. Stationery & Office Supplies Ltd (SOS) declined -7.90% or -1.12 to close at J$13.05 (trading between J$13.00 and J$14.20) with 20,687 shares traded

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

  1. FosRich Company Ltd (FOSRICH) traded between -0.17% and -17.38% below yesterday’s closing price of J$5.81 (from J$4.80 to J$5.80) . It closed at J$5.67.
  2. Sagicor Select Funds Ltd (SELECTF) traded between -1.95% and -14.94% below yesterday’s closing price of J$1.54 (from J$1.31 to J$1.51) . It closed at J$1.44.
  3. Kingston Wharves Ltd (KW) traded as low as -8.70% below yesterday’s closing price of J$69.00 (between J$63.00 and J$69.00) . It closed at J$63.66.
  4. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) traded between 0.90% and -8.11% below yesterday’s closing price of J$5.55 (from J$5.10 to J$5.60) . It closed at J$5.43.
  5. The Limners and Bards Limited (LAB) traded between -0.31% and -7.98% below yesterday’s closing price of J$3.26 (from J$3.00 to J$3.25) . It closed at J$3.16.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd – J$6.24. (Today’s range: J$5.62 – J$6.24)

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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