The number of bids posted in the Bank of Jamaica B-FXITT auction on Wednesday dropped from 42 bids totaling $62.6 million last week, to 36 this week for only US$20.55 million this week.
The central bank made US$10 million available for purchase on Wednesday this week, 18 bids were accepted, with rates ranging from $130.05 to $130.50, with the latter for US$1.2 million. The average rate came out at $130.28, down from an average of rate of J$131.36 last week.
Bank of Jamaica sold US$30 million in last week’s auction on Wednesday to eligible Authorised Dealers and Cambios.
Archives for September 2017
Forex demand drops
September 28, 2017 by
TOP 10 – SOS & Barita back in
September 28, 2017 by
The recently listed Stationery and Office Supplies is back in the Junior Market Top 10 stocks along with CAC 2000 with the price falling to $6.50 while Barita Investments with a fall in price to $8 is back in the Main market list.
Barita Investments has come in for increased selling and limited buying as investors await details of offer from Cornerstone for the majority of the company’ shares.
Investors should keep an eye on Berger Paints this week, as investors could push this one higher as they sense the continuation of listing for the stock and a bounce when offer by Ansa Coatings closes early in October. 
JMMB Group is itching to rise with limited supply and guarded buying.
The average PE ratio for the Junior Market Top stocks is at 7.7 and the PE for the main market TOP 10, ends the week at 6.8. The average PE for the overall main market trades at 13.1 and 13.4 for Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 43 percent to the average of the market for Junior Market Top stocks and it remains at 48 percent for the main market.
JSE main stocks eke out gains – Wednesday
September 27, 2017 by
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 25 securities changing hands, the same as on Tuesday and 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 11 advancing, 8 declining and 8 traded firm.
The market recorded modest gains in the two main indices, with the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 106.77 points to close at 282,019.56, the JSE Market Index inched 97.28 points to 256,951.71. The JSE US dollar market index slipped 0.73 points to 187.26.
Trading ended with 4,718,872 units valued at 99,127,989 with an average of 188,755 units for an average of $3,965,120 compared to 4,433,242 units valued at 88,443,093 on Tuesday,
with an average of 177,330 units at an average of $3,537,724. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to $273,638 units valued at $2,921,507 compared to 278,353 units valued at $2,866,580, previously. In contrast, August closed with average of 184,094 units with an average of $4,336,090, for each security traded. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 85,233 units at a value of US$21,022 and brought total trades in both markets to JS$101,860,817.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
NCB Financial listed a US dollar bond with a coupon rate of 6 percent, but no trades were executed.
50% of trade goes to JMMB
September 27, 2017 by
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JMMB Group accounted for half of the shares that traded on Wednesday.
The narrow difference between winners and losers continued on Wednesday with 11 securities rising an 8 declining out of 27 that traded, leading the market indices to record small gains around 100 points. JMMB Group traded 2.4 million units out of a total of 4.8 million units traded on Wednesday.
In the market activity, securities trading and volume exchanged at the last price trades took place at are, Berger Paints that closed with a loss of 10 cents at $11.40, trading 67,562 units, elsewhere, Cable & Wireless closed 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 149,655 units, Caribbean Cement settled $2 higher at $27.50, with just 100 stocks, Carreras closed with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 347,667 stocks changing hands, Ciboney traded with a loss of 1 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 15 cents, with 4,400 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy finished with a loss of 20 cents at $42.50, with 18,567 units, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 20 cents at $17.30, with 4,738 stock units, Jamaica Producers settled 50 cents higher at $15, with 810,000 shares trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 1 cent at $6.45, with 50,000 units, JMMB Group concluded trading with a gain of 39 cents to $22.89, with 2,406,969 stocks trading, Kingston Properties traded 20 cents higher at $7, with 4,758 stocks changing hands, Kingston Wharves finished 25 cents higher at $30.99, with 220,309 units. Mayberry Investments ended at $4.10, with 63,200 units, NCB Financial had a 145,037 shares trading with a rise of 50 cents to close at $88, 1834 Investments finished at $1.40, with 240 units, PanJam Investment ended 91 cents higher at $35.91, with 10,620 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.70, trading 55,000 units, 
Radio Jamaica finished at $1.12, with 23,555 shares, Sagicor Group traded at $34.25, with 106,100 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $12.05, with 8,938 shares, Scotia Group settled 91 cents higher at $45.01 trading 44,431 units and closed with the bid at $48 to buy500 units. Scotia Investments concluded trading at $35.50, with 6,160 stock units, Seprod lost $3 to close at $30, with 32,196 shares and Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $11.10, with 55,577 units changing hands.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished at $2.08, with 83,093 units trading.
In the US dollar market, Productive Business Solution US ordinary share closed at 65 US cents while trading 1,595 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, after rising 0.99 US cent, exchanging 83,638 units, while NCB Financial had a new listing of a US dollar bond, carrying a coupon rate of 6 percent, but no trades were executed.
Forex inflows upto US$49m – Wednesday
September 27, 2017 by
Inflows of all currencies into Jamaica’s forex market, rose on Wednesday to US$48.90 million from Tuesdays’ US$45.06 million, while dealers sold US$47.27 million versus US$49.48 million, previously.
Bank of Jamaica weekly auction scheduled for Wednesday would have pumped $10 million into the system and is expected to be included in the total inflows.
US currency purchases, accounted for US$40.57 million of the total inflows, at an average of J$129.40 versus J$129.26 for US$36.50 million on Tuesday, while dealers sold US$39.66 million at JS$130.37 compared to J$130.45 for US$41.60 million previously.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar dropped to J$105.80 from J$106.41 at the close on Tuesday. The British Pound was marginally more costly, with J$175.50 buying the British currency versus J$175.34 previously and the euro fell in value against the Jamaican dollar, with it taking J$154.06 to buy the European common currency, versus J$156.15 previously.
Junior market trading jumps – Wednesday
September 27, 2017 by
Main Event was the leading trade with more than 1 million shares on Wednesday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up by more than 300 percent on Wednesday with 21 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,043,273 units valued at $10,429,058 compared to 463,032 units valued at $2,269,157 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the Junior Market Index advanced by 13.65 points to close at 2,982.32 as the prices of 8 advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged based on last traded prices.
Trading ended with an average of 97,299 units for an average of $496,622 in contrast to 24,370 units for an average of $119,429 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, 
amounts to 122,095 units valued at $563,081 and previously, 123,473 units at $566,773. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed and having implications for the next day trading activity as 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging traded 30 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,632 units, Cargo Handlers finished with a loss of 1 cent at $11.08, with 95,394 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 20 cents at $11.60, with 4,273 stock units, Caribbean Producers closed 15 cents higher at $3.75, with 4,752 units, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 1 cent at $7.99, with 1,961 shares. Dolphin Cove closed at $17, with 326 stock units trading, 
Express Catering finished at $4.50, with 305,066 shares, Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $4.20, with 4,577 stocks trading, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 22 cents at $3.78, with 26,100 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation concluded trading at $4.50, with 69,020 units, Key Insurance settled 25 cents higher at a new high of $4.25, with just 100 units. KLE Group traded with a loss of 6 cents at $2.80, with 8,000 stock units, Knutsford Express gained 39 cents to $14.89, with 10,400 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $6.30, with 41,455 shares, Lasco Financial ended 6 cents higher at $4.06, trading 304,402 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended 40 cents higher at $4, with 1,000 shares, Medical Disposables ended 30 cents higher at $5.30, with 4,000 units, Main Event traded with a loss of 5 cents at $5, with 1,009,579 shares. Stationery and Office closed at $4.80, with 84,437 stocks, tTech traded with a loss of 1 cent at $7.59, with 46,799 shares and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2, with 20,000 shares changing hands.
Subdued trading on TTSE – Tuesday
September 27, 2017 by
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was moderate on Wednesday with 11 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Tuesday accounting for 137,807 shares traded at a value of $553,807.
On Tuesday the market traded 145,278 shares valued at $1,233,773.
On Wednesday trading ended with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 8 holding firm as
the Composite Index fell 0.05 points to 1,237.51, the All T&T Index declined by 0.50 points to 1,782.68 and the Cross Listed Index inched 0.06 points higher to close at 92.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy was the sole stock gaining to close 4 cents higher at $2.90 trading 15,045 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are Angostura Holdings with a loss 1 cent to settle at $15.24 with just 400 units and Trinidad Cement closing at $4.14, after losing 6 cents while exchanging 849 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are First Citizens that closed at $32 with 671 units, Guardian Holdings remaining at $15 with 4,875 shares, National Enterprises trading 409 units at $10.37,National Flour Mills ending at $2 in exchanging 100,000 shares. NCB Financial held firm at $5 trading 500 units, Readymix closed at $11 with 100 units trading, Sagicor Financial exchanged 13,158 shares at $8.01 andBourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar mutual shares traded 1,800 units at US$8.08.
3 T&T stocks rise in moderate trading
September 26, 2017 by
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 12 securities changing hands and resulted in 3 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 8 holding firm after the market was closed on Monday for public holiday.
Market activity ended with 145,278 shares traded at a value of $1,233,773 compared to 11 securities trading, resulting in 236,075 units valued at $4,854,889 on Friday changing hands.
The Composite Index gained 0.23 points to 1,237.56, the All T&T Index declined by 0.61 points to 1,783.18 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.15 points to close at 92.93.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with a mixed picture of the market as 5 stocks ended with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment that closed at $21.41, gaining 1 cent with 22,069 shares valued at $472,547, JMMB Group gaining 2 cents, closing at $1.35 with 900 units and 
Sagicor Financial closing at $8.01 and gaining 1 cent, exchanging 9,341 units.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings is the sole stock to trade lower and ended with a loss of 10 cents, at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.80 with 967 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are First Citizens that exchanged 3,108 units at $32, Grace Kennedy settling at $2.86 with 3,639 units traded. At the same time Guardian Holdings closed at $15 with 5,221 shares, National Enterprises traded 2,609 units at $10.37, National Flour Mills closed at $2 with 144 units, NCB Financial Group remained at $5 trading 50,711 shares, Scotia Investments closed at $2.25 with 40,000 shares and Trinidad Cement exchanged 6,569 shares at $4.20.
Scotia Group pushed JSE down – Tuesday
September 26, 2017 by
Scotiabank dropped $1.90 and helped put a sharp dent in the indices on Tuesday.
Main market stocks of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, continue to have small differences between the number of winners and losers, but another big fall in the price of Scotia Group shares along with 9 other stocks, pulled the market down on Tuesday as 25 securities changed hands.
The main and the US dollar markets traded 29 securities with 9 advancing and 11 declining based on the last price for the day, with Carreras hitting an intraday high of $13 after the recent 10 to one stock split and ended at new closing high of $12.50.
At the close of market activity, Berger Paints closed at $11.50 with gains of 25 cents trading 47,524 shares, as investors continue to buy above the Ansa Coatings offer price of $10.88. Cable and Wireless exchanged 1,173,288 units at $1, Carreras advanced $1 to $12.50 with 492,727 shares, after it traded at an intraday high of $13, Grace Kennedy ended at $42.70, after losing 80 cents with 11,605 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.50 with 653,854 shares trading, 
Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close at $14.50 with 23,685 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 4 cents, to $6.46 with 61,389 units trading, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $22.50 trading 158,134 shares. Kingston Properties exchanged 200 units at $6.80, having lost 20 cents, Kingston Wharves traded $2.23 higher to $30.74 with just 2,700 units, Mayberry Investments settled at $4.10 with 12,135 units, NCB Financial gained 62 cents to close at $87.50 trading 193,108 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.75 with trades of 12,334 units. PanJam Investment exchanged 123,149 shares at $35, Portland JSX lost 5 cents, in trading 1,500 units at $9.25, Pulse Investments closed at $1.80 with 47,470 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.12 trading 103,200 shares, Sagicor Group rose 25 cents, to settle at $34.25 with 346,129 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 55 cents, closing at $12.05 with 41,155 shares, Scotia Group closed $1.90 lower to $44.10 exchanging 631,765 stock units, after it traded at $49, the high for the day. Scotia Investments lost 1 cent and closed at $35.50 with 1,845 units, Seprod declined by $1 to $33 with 3,000 units, Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents to close at $11 with 218,690 shares trading.
In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group US 6% preference share traded at US$1.12 with 2,697 units, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2.08, gaining 8 cents trading 20,630 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share exchanged 51,846 units at $1.19.
In the US dollar market, Margaritaville Turks US ordinary shares gained 2 US cents, closing at 32 US cents with trades of 42,500 units, Productive Business Solution US ordinary shares with gains of 3 US cents, closed at 65 US cents trading 171 units, Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 23 US cents losing 0.99 US cent exchanging 64,882 units,
Juniors drop again – Tuesday
September 26, 2017 by
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 40 cents to push Junior Market down.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Tuesday with 19 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 463,032 units valued at $2,269,157.
Tuesday’s trading compares well to the 20 securities changing hands on Monday, leading to a total of 394,030 units valued at $1,640,793. The Junior Market Index declined by 22.93 points to close at 2,968.67. At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 advanced, 6 declined and 8 remained with the prices unchanged as shown by the last traded price for the day.
Trading ended with an average of 24,370 units for an average of $119,429 in contrast to 20,738 units for an average of $86,358 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 123,473 units valued at $566,773 and previously 129,302 shares with an average value of $593,087. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded. 
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking weak and having implications for the upcoming trading session as 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Access Financial that finished at $42, with just 241 stocks changing hands, AMG Packaging settling with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, while trading 236 shares, Cargo Handlers concluding trading at $11.09, with 22,554 stock units trading. Caribbean Producers finished at $3.60, 
trading 32,489 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $8, with 7,550 shares, Dolphin Cove settled $1 higher at $17, with 5,273 units changing hands, Express Catering concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 37,609 units, Eppley ended with a loss of 20 cents at $11.80, with 5,915 shares, General Accident closed at $2.60, with 9,551 units. Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4, with 575 units, Jetcon Corporation finished at $4.50, with 11,900 shares, Key Insurance concluded trading at $4, with 15,383 shares, KLE Group traded at $2.86, with 3,457 units, Lasco Distributors settled with a loss of 15 cents at $6.60, with 5,550 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4, with 30,058 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 40 cents at $3.60, with 180,667 shares, Main Event ended 60 cents higher at $5.05, with 5,940 stocks changing hands, Stationery and Office settled 5 cents higher at $4.80, with 69,149 units and tTech concluded trading 5 cents higher at $7.60, with 18,935 shares.
