JSE Daily: US$ Stocks Lead Advancers. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) Lead Volumes – Apr 05, 2018

Stock market performance report for Thursday 5th of April 2018 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Summary

• JSE Combined Index – 13.10m shares / $433.7m traded. (19 Advanced / 23 Declined / 4 Firm) .
• There were no new 52-week highs and no 52-week lows today.

Market Performance

• Ordinary Shares – Main Market – 13,562,778 shares, 44 stocks traded, 27 not traded.
• Preference Shares – Main Market – 408,745 shares, 21 stocks traded, 19 not traded.

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

1. Margaritaville (Turks) Ltd (MTL) shares advanced 25.00% or +0.0500 to close at US$0.2500 with 237 shares traded.
2. Proven Investments Ltd (Proven) shares advanced 10.00% or +0.0200 to close at US$0.2200 with 11,391 shares traded.
3. Lasco Financial Services Ltd (LASF) shares advanced 9.75% or +0.50 to close at J$5.63 with 24,256 shares traded. (Today’s range: J$5.50 – J$5.70)
4. Kingston Properties Ltd (KPREIT) shares advanced 3.75% or +0.24 to close at J$6.64 with 13,000 shares traded.
5. Jetcon Corporation Limited (JETCON) shares advanced 2.22% or +0.09 to close at J$4.14 with 81,862 shares traded.

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

1. Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd (SJ) traded between -0.95% and 6.41% above yesterday’s closing price of J$36.65 ( from J$36.30 to J$39.00) . It closed at J$37.38.
2. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) traded between -3.15% and 6.05% above yesterday’s closing price of J$4.13 ( from J$4.00 to J$4.38) . It closed at J$4.05.
3. Seprod Ltd (SEP) traded between 0.03% and 5.29% above yesterday’s closing price of J$34.19 ( from J$34.20 to J$36.00) . It closed at J$34.48.
4. Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) traded between -1.79% and 3.02% above yesterday’s closing price of J$51.93 ( from J$51.00 to J$53.50) . It closed at J$52.79.
5. Elite Diagnostics Ltd (ELITE) traded between -0.30% and 2.72% above yesterday’s closing price of J$3.31 ( from J$3.30 to J$3.40) . It closed at J$3.36.

Top 5 Value Traded

1. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) shares valued at J$381.1m were traded. The stock moved +0.43% or +0.21 to close at J$48.91 with 7,778,385 units traded. (Today’s range: J$48.00 – J$50.00)
2. Carreras Ltd (CAR) shares valued at J$12.1m were traded. The stock moved -0.83% or -0.09 to close at J$10.80 with 1,133,057 units traded. (Today’s range: J$10.40 – J$10.90)
3. NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) shares valued at J$7.2m were traded. The stock moved +0.16% or +0.16 to close at J$98.91 with 73,521 units traded. (Today’s range: J$97.10 – J$99.25)
4. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Ltd (JMMBGL) shares valued at J$5.9m were traded. The stock moved -0.57% or -0.15 to close at J$26.14 with 223,718 units traded. (Today’s range: J$26.10 – J$26.50)
5. Wisynco Group Ltd (WISYNCO) shares valued at J$4.1m were traded. The stock moved +0.10% or +0.01 to close at J$10.40 with 389,901 units traded. (Today’s range: J$10.30 – J$10.58)

Top 5 Volume Traded

1. GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) – 7.8m units traded. The shares moved +0.43% or +0.21 to close at J$48.91 (Today’s range: J$48.00 – J$50.00)
2. Carreras Ltd (CAR) – 1.1m units traded. The shares moved -0.83% or -0.09 to close at J$10.80 (Today’s range: J$10.40 – J$10.90)
3. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) – 853.6k units traded. The shares moved -0.99% or -0.04 to close at J$4.00 (Today’s range: J$3.99 – J$4.05)
4. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) – 657.4k units traded. The shares moved -1.94% or -0.08 to close at J$4.05 (Today’s range: J$4.00 – J$4.38)
5. Key Insurance Company Limited (KEY) – 501.7k units traded. The shares moved -13.98% or -0.65 to close at J$4.00 (Today’s range: J$4.00 – J$4.05)

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

1. Palace Amusement Co. Ltd (PAL) declined -25.31% or -304.90 to close at J$900.00 (trading between J$900.00 and J$900.00) with 200 shares traded
2. Key Insurance Company Limited (KEY) declined -13.98% or -0.65 to close at J$4.00 (trading between J$4.00 and J$4.05) with 501,651 shares traded
3. (PROVEN8.25) declined -12.54% or -0.74 to close at J$5.16 (trading between J$5.15 and J$5.90) with 400,245 shares traded
4. AMG Packaging & Paper Company Ltd (AMG) declined -6.07% or -0.13 to close at J$2.01 (trading between J$2.00 and J$2.10) with 449,644 shares traded
5. Pulse Investments (PULS) declined -5.03% or -0.09 to close at J$1.70 (trading between J$1.70 and J$1.70) with 45,700 shares traded

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

1. Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Ltd (CFF) traded between 0.36% and -8.76% below yesterday’s closing price of J$10.96 (from J$10.00 to J$11.00) . It closed at J$10.93.
2. Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCC) traded between -1.30% and -7.38% below yesterday’s closing price of J$38.50 (from J$35.66 to J$38.00) . It closed at J$37.76.
3. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) traded as low as -7.17% below yesterday’s closing price of J$20.50 (between J$19.03 and J$20.50) . It closed at J$20.43.
4. Express Catering Ltd (ECL) traded as low as -5.56% below yesterday’s closing price of J$5.40 (between J$5.10 and J$5.40) . It closed at J$5.30.
5. Barita Investments Ltd (BIL) traded between -2.63% and -5.26% below yesterday’s closing price of J$9.50 (from J$9.00 to J$9.25) . It closed at J$9.07.

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