Archives for May 2018

Strong price gains on TTSE

May 2, 2018 by IC Insider.com

First Citizens Bank trades at 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.

Financial stock prices rose sharply in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as 15 securities changed hands against 13 on Tuesday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 387,240 shares with a value of $7,802,674 compared to 186,598 shares with a value of $1,863,064 on Tuesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index jumped 11.36 points on Wednesday to 1,241.47, the All T&T Index gained 10.52 points to 1,708.94, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.67 points to close at 104.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| First Citizens gained $1.45 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $34, after exchanging 6,552 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 25 cents and ended at $5.75, trading 100,000 shares, Scotiabank closed with a gain of 22 cents at $63.23, after exchanging 45,567 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 1 cent and settled at $28.01, with 51,967 units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 14 cents at $20, with 56,523 units, JMMB Group shed 4 cents and completed trading at $1.75, with 20,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and closed at $88.50, with 2,000 stock units traded.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $15.72, with 22,002 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading at $8.90, after exchanging 62,320 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.30, in exchanging 100 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47.40, with 2,100 stock units changing hands, National Flour concluded market activity at $1.80, after exchanging 2,900 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.60, with 1,466 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.80, with 13,249 units and Unilever Caribbean ended at $33.50, after exchanging 494 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

All Jamaica crosses 330,000 level

May 2, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange that closed at record high on Monday and went on to close higher on Tuesday, at yet another record, is again trading in record territory at the start of trading on Wednesday.
With just 25 minutes of trading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed by 1,043.56 points to a record close of 330,011 and the JSE Index gained 950.80 points to record 300,677.31.
Trading was light so far but NCB Financial climbed to $98 to be the only stock with a rise in price of note.

Filed Under: Breaking News, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, NCB Financial Groups

Jamaican$ falls in value – Tuesday

May 1, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica dollar slipped moderately in value at the close of foreign currency trading on Tuesday against all the main currencies it mostly trade against, except the pound.
Inflows of all currencies amounted to the equivalent US$37.57 million compared to US$63.21 million bought on Monday and sold US$42.54 million compared to US$63.48 million sold on Monday.
At the close of foreign currency trading, dealers sold US$40.38 million, 5 cents more than on Monday with the US dollar selling rate closing at J$125.37, compared to J$125.32 in the sale of US$46.64 million on Monday. Purchases of the US currency by dealers, amounted to US$35.51 million, with the average rate falling 33 cents to $124, compared to US$58.09 million, with the average rate of $124.33 on Monday.
At mid-day on Tuesday dealers purchased US$13.07 million at an average rate of J$124.36 and sold $14.19 million at an average of J$125.26. At mid-day on the previous trading day, dealers purchased US$25.27 million at an average rate of J$124.58 and sold $19.78 million at an average of J$125.24.
The Jamaican dollar closed trading, with the selling rate for the Canadian dollar, rising to J$100.50 from J$98.23 at the close on Monday. The selling rate for the British Pound declined to J$171.54 from J$172.28 previously and the euro rose versus the Jamaican dollar to J$152.19 to buy the European common currency, versus the prior selling rate of J$151.70.

Filed Under: FX Market Tagged With: Bank Of Jamaica, BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Daily Trading, Emerging market, euro, euro v J$, FX trading, jamaican dollar, US Dollar

Lasco Distributors lifts Junior Market

May 1, 2018 by IC Insider.com

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Lasco Distributors traded 4.4 million shares.

The Junior Market Index declined 12.20 points and closed at 2,976.62 as 18 securities changed hands from 26 trading on Monday, following 7 stocks rising, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Market activities closed, resulting in an exchange of 5,405,843 units valued at $23,297,183 compared to 1,467,297 units valued at $6,334,954 on Monday. Lasco Distributors accounted for 4.4 million units of Tuesday’s volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 300,325 units for an average of $1,294,288 in contrast to 56,435 units for an average of $243,652 on Monday. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 10 cents higher at $47.10, with 250 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended at $1.93, with 2,500 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.20, with 57,474 units, Eppley ended trading 5 cents higher at $9.65, with 688 shares, Express Catering traded with a loss of 1 cent at $5.99, with 57,176 shares. FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 7 cents at $2.38, with 7,029 shares, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 2 cents at $2.40, with 27,695 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 20 cents higher at $4.80, with 21,380 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 3,500 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.25, with 100,300 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 25 cents higher at $4.30, with 4,423,848 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.62, with 34,210 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 1 cent higher at $4.09, with 42,844 shares. Main Event ended trading at $7, with 16,018 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 35,681 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 100,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 4 cents higher at $6, with 470,750 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 4,500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostics, Emerging markets, Eppley, Express Catering, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Increased demand for Republic on TTSE

May 1, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Demand rises for Republic Financial Holdings

Bids increased sharply for Republic Financial Holdings on Monday, with 208,394 on the highest bid which was in line with the last traded price of $101.60 and carried over to Tuesday with bids for 35,032 units at $101.60.
The improved demand follows improved results to March for the banking group and IC Insider.com’s report over the week-end that the stock was poised to go higher. Trinidad Cement came in for increased demand, following a report by this publication that profits for the quarter to March was up over 2017. The stock has a bid to buy 4,615 share at $2.65 which is higher than the last traded price of $2.62. O Monday the bid was at $2.62 to buy 13,353 shares.
In other market activities on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 13 securities changed hands against 15 on Monday, with 2 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 186,598 shares with a value of $1,863,064 compared to 138,553 shares at a value of $4,411,178 on Monday.

Unilever Caribbean jumped $1.50

At close of the market the, Composite Index slipped 0.37 points on Tuesday to 1,230.11, the All T&T Index gained 0.93 points to 1,698.42, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.23 points to close at 102.52.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Republic Financial Holdings rose 2 cents and ended at $101.60, with 4,631 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean jumped $1.50 in concluding trading at $33.50, having exchanged 400 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $20.14, with 2,564 shares trading and JMMB Group share fell 1 cent and ended at $1.79, with 122,995 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank settled trading at $40, after exchanging 10,944 shares, First Citizens closed at $32.55, in exchanging 500 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.40, with 51 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.80, after exchanging 6,790 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.40, with 50 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings settled at $10.01, after exchanging 209 shares, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.80, with 21,000 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading at $28, with 16,200 units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88.51, with 264 stock units changing hands. Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.