Montego Bay Ice traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $20 with 193,900 units, to gain $1.37 cents, having risen by $3.73 on Tuesday. Trading, early Wednesday morning on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues the slow pace evident for the early summer month, with moderate volumes with a few stocks trading over 100,000 shares.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Wednesday, the junior market had just four securities trading, but junior market index jumped by 2 percent with Lasco Distributors regaining most of Tuesday’s lost ground. The main market indices declined moderately.
Only three stocks traded over 100,000 shares, with Cable & Wireless trading 306,113 at $1.20 and Pan Jamaican Investment traded 313,590 to close down to $25.50.
Trading resulted in activity in 21 securities, accounting for a volume of 1,110,845 shares compared to as 7 stocks gained and 9 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 52,897 units compared to an average of 28,363 units on Tuesday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 170.62 points to 177,113.24, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dipped 152.56 points to 159,412.55 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 320.95 to close at 170,568.46 points andthe junior market index jumped 44.84 points to 2,212.43.
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MoBay Ice jumps to new high
Jamaican$ gains 10% vs Pound
The Jamaica dollar gained just under 10 percent in value against the severely battered Pound sterling, at the close of forex trading on Tuesday, from the closing level last Thursday, when it was sold for J$184.68, compared to J$167.22 on Tuesday. The local dollar lost ground against the US dollar but made some gains versus the Canadian dollar.
The foreign exchange market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$3 million more than the amount sold in all currencies, bringing the surplus purchased in two days to $13.5 million, with the total bought by dealers amounting to US$56,629,059 while they sold US$53,695,732, in contrast to US$53,067,021 purchased and US$42,684,340 sold on Monday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$53,017,555 compared to US$49,249,650 on Monday as the buying rate for the US dollar rose 23 cents to $125.99. A total of US$52,006,860 was sold versus US$40,553,474 on Monday with the selling rate rising 1 cent to $126.38. The Canadian dollar buying rate climbed by 98 cents to end at $93.76 with dealers buying C$970,519 and selling C$463,363, at an average rate that fell 55 cents to $96.23. The average rate for buying the British Pound dived $2.06 to $166.81 for the purchase of £1,991,457, while £575,709 was sold, with the rate dropping $4.07 to $167.22.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, dropped $1.74 cents to close at J$138.70 from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$135.97, for a decline by $1.53 from Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$252,500 being bought, while US$574,305 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, a decline of $1.24 in the lowest buying rate of the Canadian Dollar to $75.78, a fall of $2.46 in the highest selling rate to end at $99.60 and a fall of $1 in the lowest selling rate to $90. The highest buying rate for the British Pound dived $5.70 to $180, the lowest buying rate dropped $5.64 to $131.31 and the lowest selling rate dropped by $2.80 to end at $155.20.
Moderate trading hits JSE – Tuesday
Kingston Wharves traded at a new high of $14 on Tuesday.
The junior market accounted for 829,809 shares valued at $2,684,479 of all trades.
The JSE Market Index slipped 237.38 points to end at 159,565.11. The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 265.49 points to close at 177,283.86 and the JSE combined index dipped 612.10 points, to end at 170,247.51.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.At the end of market activities, Barita Investments lost 8 cents to close with 288,042 shares changing hands at $3, Berger Paints ended at $4.50 while 3,274 units were traded, Cable & Wireless dropped 4 cents with 48,800 units traded to close at $1.25, Caribbean Cement declined by 50 cents to close at $22.50 after trading 39,312 units. 1834 Investments traded 110,958 shares but rose 2 cents to close at $1.02, Grace Kennedy added $1.15 to close at $124.25 with 17,283 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers ended with 168,743 units changing hands to close at $14.50. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1.20 with 5,000 shares changing hands at $22, JMMB Group traded 17,855 units to close at $9.72. Kingston Wharves traded 12,100 units and gained 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $14, Montego Bay Ice jumped $3.73 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $18.63 but only 200 shares were traded. A trade for 94,100 units executed by Stocks and Securities at $20, was cancelled in the morning session as the price exceeded the 30 percent price movement limited permitted for one day.
National Commercial Bank ended with only 2,710 units changing hands at $42.01, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust fell 45 cents and closed with 6,755 shares trading at $26. Pulse Investments closed with 3,000 shares changing hands at $2.55, Sagicor Group ended with 4,500 shares changing hands at $23.01 after adding 1 cent to the price. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 129,243 shares to close at $10.15, Scotia Group had 19,118 shares changing hands to close at $30.80, Scotia Investments ended with 8,055 shares trading to close at $26. Supreme Ventures ended trading with 31,000 units at $4.54 with a gain of 5 cents and Proven Investments traded 765,000 units at 15.1 US cents, after falling from 15.29 US cents previously.
TTSE ends higher – Tuesday
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market accounted for 731,354 shares valued at $2,437,546 changing hands. At the close, 14 securities traded with 2 gaining, 2 declining, while 10 remained unchanged.
The Composite Index advanced by 0.16 points or to close at 1,136.07, the All T&T Index fell 0.24 points to close at 1,788.72 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.08 points to 64.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Praetorian Property Mutual Fund contributed 465,450 shares valued at $1,172,780 to end at $2.51 after rising by 1 cent and Sagicor Financial traded 14,300 units to gain 8 cents and ended at $7.25.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings declined by 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $107.19 with just 30 shares changing hands and Scotiabank lost 2 cents to close at $53.82 with 442 shares traded.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 8,820 shares changing hands to end at $22.66, Guardian Holdings closed trading at $12.80, with 5,555 shares changing hands, 
JMMB Group traded 202,344 shares at 60 cents, Massy Holdings closed at $55.25 with 11,920 shares changing hands valued at $658,580. National Commercial Bank traded 18,514 shares to close at $2.60, National Flour Mills had 1,915 shares changing hands at $2.30, One Caribbean Media traded 30 shares to end at $21.24. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.25 with 1,000 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement had 1,000 shares changing hands ended at $3.42 and West Indian Tobacco closed trading with 34 shares at $126.28.
Juniors dented – Tuesday
The junior market closed trading on Tuesday with the market index dropping sharply by 38.02 points to 2,167.59. Only 11 active securities with the volume at 829,809 shares valued at $2,684,479 changed hands. 
At the close, 3 stocks advanced and 5 declined while one closed at a new low.
At the end of trading 9 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Blue Power Group traded 900 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $13.70, CAC 2000 had 500 shares trading firm at $6.95, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents with 44,500 shares changing hands to close at $5.10, Caribbean Producers traded 
4,000 units to end at $4.06 with a gain of 6 cents. C2W Music had 268,277 shares changing hands, but fell 6 cents to close at an all-time low of 28 cents, Honey Bun lost 40 cents to close at $5.20 with 4,412 units changing hands, Key Insurance closed at $2.50 with 3,600 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors dropped 60 cents in trading 184,611 units to end at $7, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 1 cents at $3.49, with 800 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 17,607 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 300,602 shares to close with a loss of 25 cents at $3.
JSE down in early trading
Trading, early Tuesday morning on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues the slow pace evident for early summer month with moderate volumes with few stocks trading over 100,000 shares. After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the main market indices gave up ground while the junior market gained moderately.
Only three stocks trade over 100,000 units, with 1834 Investments trading 110,958 shares at $1.02, Proven Investments 262,000 ordinary shares at 17.98 US cents, Sagicor Real Estate X Fund traded 126,843 but fell 3 cents to $10.12.
Grace Kennedy jumped $1.40 to $124.50, Montego Bay Ice jumped $2.60 to $17.50 and Scotia Investments climbed $1.70 to $27.70.
Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for a volume of 652,351 shares compared to as 7 stocks gained and 6 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 28,363 units compared to an average of 83,135 units on Monday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 105.04 points to 177,444.31, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dipped 93.92 points to 159,708.57 the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index fell 63.58 to close at 170,778.93 points andthe junior market index rose 2.28 points to 2,207.89.
JSE majors ends week with a fall – Monday
Carreras climbed $3 to close at $66.50 on Monday.
The JSE Market Index rose 344.86 points to end at 159,802.49. The all Jamaica Composite Index advanced 385.69 points to close at 177,549.35 and the JSE combined index gained 216.35 points, to end at 170,859.61.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Barita Investments gained 3 cents to close with 4,545,322 shares changing hands at $3.08, Berger Paints gained 15 cents to end at $4.50 while 21,726 units were traded, Cable & Wireless rose 9 cents with 39,140 units traded to close at $1.29, Caribbean Cement jumped $1.39 to close at $23 after trading 5,000 units. Carreras surged $3 to $66.50 with 44,656 shares traded, 1834 Investments traded 60,000 shares but lost 2 cents to close at $1, Grace Kennedy lost $1.87 to close at $123.10 with 440,788 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers ended with a rise of 27 cents with 168,743 units changing hands to close at $14.50, Jamaica Producers traded 13,353 shares changing hands to close at $49, JMMB Group traded 4,503 units but lost 8 cents to close at $9.72. Kingston Wharves traded 7, 463 units and gained 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $13.50, National Commercial Bank ended with 45,681 units changing hands at $42.01, up 1 cent, 
Pan Jamaican Investment Trust rose 45 cents and closed with 3,600 shares trading at $26. Pulse Investments fell 44 cents to close with 3,000 shares changing hands at $2.55,Radio Jamaica lost 17 cents in trading 20,000 shares to close at $1.68, Sagicor Group ended with 4,796,270 shares changing hands at $23. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 29,763 shares to close with a rise of 3 cents at $10.15, Scotia Group had 13,762 shares changing hands but rose 19 cents to close at $30.80, Scotia Investments ended with 31,800 shares trading and falling 45 cents, to close at $26. Supreme Ventures ended trading with 15,500 units at $4.49 with a gain of 9 cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 18,580 units at US$1.05, after falling 10 cents.
7% gain for Jamaican dollar in days
The British pound lost more than 7% vs the Jamaican dollar since Friday last.
The foreign exchange market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$10.4 million more than the amount sold in all currencies, with the total bought by dealers amounting to US$53,067,021 while they sold US$42,684,340, in contrast to US$33,009,765 purchased and US$37,738,632 sold on Friday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$49,249,650 compared to US$29,701,874 on Friday as the
buying rate for the US dollar rose 18 cents to $125.76. A total of US$40,553,474 was sold versus US$36,125,031 on Friday with the selling rate rising 2 cents to $126.37. The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $1.46 to end at $92.78 with dealers buying C$1,050,754 and selling C$756,067, at an average rate that fell $2.41 to $96.78. The average rate for buying the British Pound dived $5.95 to $168.87 for the purchase of £1,951,573, while £724,364 was sold, with the rate dropping $5.48 to $171.29.At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, dropped $2.84 cents to close at J$140.45 from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$137.50, for a decline by $2.80 from Friday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$421,722 being bought, while US$569,954 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Monday, include, a sharp drop of $18.26 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to close at $102.74, a decline of $1.70 in the highest buying rate of the Canadian Dollar to $97.70, a fall of $1.42 in the lowest buying rate to end at $77.02 and a surge of $3.80 in the lowest selling rate to $91. The lowest buying rate for the British Pound dived $11.67 to $136.95, the highest selling rate dropped $3.65 to $189.71 and the lowest selling rate dropped by $6.80 to end at $158.
Juniors close down on Monday
The junior market closed trading on Monday with only 9 active securities as the volume climbed to 3,510,504 shares valued at $14,348,452 changing hands as the market saw a number of relatively large trades taking place. At the close the junior market index fell by 10.02 points to 2,205.61. Only 3 stocks advanced and 2 declined.
At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Consolidated Bakeries traded 623,874 units to end at $1.85, Derrimon Trading closed with 100,000 shares changing hands at $3.20 after declining by 10 cents, General Accident traded at $2.06, with 85,500 shares changing hands, Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $5.60 with 1,011,707 units changing hands.
A total of 987,000 of the Honey Bun shares traded between $5 and $5.20. Iron Rock Insurance closed at $3.26 with 187,915 units changing hands for a gain of 6 cents, at the close the bid is at $3.20 to buy 4.67 million units. Jamaican Teas ended with 96,271 shares but lost 40 cents to close at $3.40, Knutsford Express closed trading with 1,033 shares, to end at $17.50, Lasco Distributors traded 27,017 units to end with a gain of 10 cents, at $7.60. Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 11 cents at $3.50, with 385,735 shares changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to close at $5 with 1,083,723 shares trading.
Firstcaribbean jumps 43c on TTSE – Monday
First Caribbean traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday
The Composite Index advanced by 6.92 points or to close at 1,135.91, the All T&T Index rose fell 0.17 points to close at 1,788.96 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 1.91 points to 64.27.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Firstcaribbean International Bank traded 9,390 shares and gained 43 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7 and Sagicor Financial traded 35,743 units to gain 3 cents and ended at $7.14.
Losses| One Caribbean Media traded 1,500 shares and fell 5 cents to end at $21.44, Prestige Holdings with 20,474 units changing hands ended at $10.90 to record a loss of 5 cents, Scotiabank lost 1 cent to close at $53.84 with 328 shares traded and West Indian Tobacco shed 1 cent in trading 26 shares at $126.28.Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 314,708 shares changing hands valued at $7,131,283 to end at $22.66, Guardian Holdings closed trading at $12.80, with 9,333 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $55.25 with 3,250 shares changing hands. National Commercial Bank traded 39,690 shares, to close at $2.60 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.25 with 1,000 units changing hands.
