JSE Stocks Tumble For 2nd Day. Closes Down -1.9%, 55 Decline – Apr 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Stock market performance report for Thursday 16th of April 2020 below.

Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

Today’s Highlights

  • Combined Market (All Securities) – 160.6m Shares ($329.0m) Traded.
  • PJX, CHL & XFUND Lead Advancers
  • CPJ, MPCCEL & SML Lead Decliners
  • Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) Lead Market Volumes With 95.1m Shares Traded

Top 5 Advancing Stocks (view all advancing stocks here)

  1. Portland JSX Limited (PJX) shares advanced 11.11% or +0.89 to close at $8.90 with 1 shares traded.
  2. Cargo Handlers Ltd (CHL) shares advanced 10.65% or +0.64 to close at $6.65 with 7,750 shares traded.
  3. Sagicor X Fund (XFUND) shares advanced 3.92% or +0.29 to close at $7.68 with 600 shares traded. (Today’s range: $7.25 – $7.90)
  4. Sterling Investments Ltd JMD (SIL) shares advanced 3.26% or +0.09 to close at $2.85 with 8,250 shares traded.
  5. Lasco Distributors Ltd (LASD) shares advanced 2.03% or +0.06 to close at $3.01 with 5,763 shares traded. (Today’s range: $3.00 – $3.02)

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

  1. Indies Pharma Jamaica Ltd (INDIES) traded between -6.98% and 17.67% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.15 ( from $2.00 to $2.53) . It closed at $2.15.
  2. QWI Investments Ltd (QWI) traded between -2.74% and 8.22% above yesterday’s closing price of $0.73 ( from $0.71 to $0.79) . It closed at $0.73.
  3. Honey Bun (1982) Ltd (HONBUN) traded as high as 6.31% above yesterday’s closing price of $6.02 (between $6.02 and $6.40) . It closed at $6.04.
  4. Caribbean Assurance Brokers Ltd (CABROKERS) traded between -8.92% and 5.95% above yesterday’s closing price of $2.69 ( from $2.45 to $2.85) . It closed at $2.56.
  5. Knutsford Express Services Ltd (KEX) traded as high as 5.85% above yesterday’s closing price of $8.04 (between $8.04 and $8.51) . It closed at $8.14.

Top 5 Value Traded

  1. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) shares valued at $129.3m were traded. The stock moved -8.45% or -0.12 to close at $1.30 with 95,068,515 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.30 – $1.42)
  2. Jamaica Broilers Ltd (JBG) shares valued at $76.8m were traded. The stock moved +1.21% or +0.35 to close at $29.35 with 2,615,694 units traded. (Today’s range: $29.00 – $29.75)
  3. Transjamaican Highway Ltd JMD (TJH) shares valued at $49.4m were traded. The stock closed firm at $1.38 with 36,606,076 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.31 – $1.39)
  4. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) shares valued at $19.5m were traded. The stock moved -3.47% or -0.07 to close at $1.95 with 10,010,575 units traded. (Today’s range: $1.80 – $2.09)
  5. Fontana Limited (FTNA) shares valued at $6.3m were traded. The stock moved -8.97% or -0.54 to close at $5.48 with 1,117,583 units traded. (Today’s range: $5.20 – $6.00)

Top 5 Volume Traded

  1. Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) – 95.1m units traded. The shares moved -8.45% or -0.12 to close at $1.30 (Today’s range: $1.30 – $1.42)
  2. Transjamaican Highway Ltd JMD (TJH) – 36.6m units traded. The shares closed firm at $1.38 (Today’s range: $1.31 – $1.39)
  3. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) – 10.0m units traded. The shares moved -3.47% or -0.07 to close at $1.95 (Today’s range: $1.80 – $2.09)
  4. Wigton Windfarm Ltd (WIG) – 7.7m units traded. The shares moved -4.29% or -0.03 to close at $0.67 (Today’s range: $0.65 – $0.70)
  5. Transjamaican Highway Ltd USD (TJHUSD) – 6.9m units traded. The shares closed firm at $0.0100

Top 5 Declining Stocks (view all declining stocks here)

  1. Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) (CPJ) declined -17.08% or -0.62 to close at $3.01 (trading between $2.75 and $3.25) with 216,602 shares traded
  2. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd JMD (MPCCEL) declined -16.23% or -29.30 to close at $151.28 (trading between $150.00 and $156.40) with 499 shares traded
  3. Stanley Motta Ltd (SML) declined -14.92% or -0.81 to close at $4.62 (trading between $4.62 and $4.62) with 4,200 shares traded
  4. Salada Foods Ltd (SALF) declined -12.46% or -4.06 to close at $28.53 (trading between $26.00 and $29.25) with 10,299 shares traded
  5. Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd (VMIL) declined -10.43% or -0.89 to close at $7.64 (trading between $7.41 and $8.36) with 420,041 shares traded

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

  1. Fontana Limited (FTNA) traded between -0.33% and -13.62% below yesterday’s closing price of $6.02 (from $5.20 to $6.00) . It closed at $5.48.
  2. Lasco Manufacturing Ltd (LASM) traded between -0.25% and -13.22% below yesterday’s closing price of $4.01 (from $3.48 to $4.00) . It closed at $3.72.
  3. Eppley Ltd (EPLY) traded as low as -12.94% below yesterday’s closing price of $17.00 (between $14.80 and $17.00) . It closed at $16.98.
  4. FosRich Company Ltd (FOSRICH) traded between -2.69% and -11.08% below yesterday’s closing price of $3.34 (from $2.97 to $3.25) . It closed at $3.04.
  5. Derrimon Trading Company Ltd (DTL) traded between 3.47% and -10.89% below yesterday’s closing price of $2.02 (from $1.80 to $2.09) . It closed at $1.95.

52-Week High/Lows

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

  1. Caribbean Assurance Brokers Ltd – $2.85. (Today’s range: $2.45 – $2.85)

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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