The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange enjoyed heavy trading on Thursday with 1,412,439 shares at a value of $53,377,248, compared to just 65,448 shares at a value of $1,366,823, previously traded as several securities traded in relatively large volumes.
At the close, 18 securities changing hands against 12 on Wednesday, 3 advanced, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged resulting in the, Composite Index falling 4.05 points to 1,237.16, the All T&T Index declining 6.99 points to 1,701.30, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.14 points to close at 104.01.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments closed with a gain of 1 cent at $20, with 14,028 stock units changing hands, First Citizens gained 84 cents and settled at $34.85, after exchanging 1,003 shares and Grace Kennedy rose 2 cents and ended at $2.82, with 73,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of $1 in trading 429,098 units at $56, Ansa Merchant closed with a loss of $2 and settled at 52 week’s low of $38, after exchanging 120,750 shares, JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $1.70, after exchanging 287,285 shares, Massy Holdings lost 10 cents to close at $46.90, after exchanging 202,274 shares, 
One Caribbean Media shed 7 cents and concluded market activities at $12.11, exchanging 100 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading of 15,274 shares with a loss of 25 cents and settled at $29.50, Unilever Caribbean traded with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $26.75, with 153 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco fell 10 cents and completed trading of 131,900 units at $87.90.
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holding ended at $15.75, with 614 stock units changing hands, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 400 units to close at $15.80, First Caribbean International Bank closed trading at $8.49, with 300 units, Guardian Holdings completed trading at $17, with 24,548 units, National Flour completed trading of 1,500 units at $1.75, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 94,482 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank traded 15,730 units at to close at $65.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Archives for August 2018
$53m of stocks trade on the TTSE – Thursday
Losses = gains in Junior Market trading – Wednesday
The Junior Market closed trading on Wednesday in a tug of war between advancing and declining stocks with the market ending with 12 each being up and down, as advancing stocks just having the upper hand in steering the market index higher.
At the close, the market index rose 15.68 points to close at 3,220.77, with 28 securities changing hands, the same number on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
The market closed with the prices of 12 advancing, 12 declining and 4 remaining unchanged and resulted in an exchange of 9,172,835 units valued at $44,109,271, compared to 2,149,308 units valued at $9,485,152 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with an average of 92,758 units for an average of $861,650 in contrast to 327,601 units for an average of $1,575,331 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 262,510 units at $1,306,941, compared to 273,263 units at $1,335,149 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial traded 1,150 shares and fell $5 to $40, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents to end at $1.90, trading 23,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with 510 shares trading to end at $11.20, Caribbean Cream traded 3,590 shares at $5.30, Caribbean Flavours traded 536,025 stock units to close at $18 after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 12,500 units but fell 25 cents at $6.65. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a rise of 13 cents at $2.50, with 112,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading dropped $1.50 and ended at $23.50, with 374,140 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents in trading just 238 shares at $16.50, Elite Diagnostic lost 10 cents and finished at $3, exchanging 308,958 stock units. Everything Fresh fell 8 cents in trading 89,500 shares to end at $2.12, Express Catering ended trading 16,022 shares and rose 1 cent to close at $8.01, FosRich Group traded 25 cents down to $2.75, while exchanging 424,072 shares, General Accident lost 5 cents and finished trading of 73,296 shares at $3.80. 
Honey Bun lost 7 cents and ended at $4.43, with juts 1,000 units trading, Indies Pharma traded 269,311 shares and rose 20 cents to end the highest level since its recent listing at $2.70, Iron Rock concluded trading of 100,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.25, Jamaican Teas added 4 cents and settled at $3.99, with 3,430 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 39,658 stock units with a gain of 10 cents to end at $4.10, Key Insurance traded 2,000 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $3.08, KLE group rose 5 cents to $3.05 trading 3,500 shares, Knutsford Express climbed $1 to close at $12.50, with 9,690 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors rose 10 cents to $4, trading 21,231 shares, Lasco Financial rose 20 cents with 16,313 stock units trading at $5.80. Lasco Manufacturing rose 4 cents and closed at $3.90, with 81,358 units, Main Event settled at $7, in trading 3,000 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading 69,158 stock units after falling 50 cents to close at $8.35 and tTech closed 3 cents higher to $5.10, trading 2,172 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica at record close of 354,683
The Jamaica Stock Exchange traded within a few hundred points of Tuesday’s record but pulled back to close just under 355,000 points on the all Jamaica Index, but well ahead of Tuesday’s record close.
The market did not hold to the lofty highs reached in the early session and closed trading with the All Jamaican Composite Index climbing by a lower 2,962.57 points to end at a closing record high of 354,683.56 and the JSE Index advancing by 2,699.24 points to finish at a closing record high of 323,156.80.
Market activities resulted in 32 securities trading including 2 in the US dollar market compared to 35 securities trading on Tuesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 15 stocks rose, 8 declined and 9 closed trading unchanged.
Stanley Motta had 22,188 units changing hands to close unchanged at $4.60 but only after trading at an all-time low of $4.50, Jamaica producers closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.50, while Kingston Wharves jumped to a new record closing high of $61.01.
Trading in the main market ended with 2,745,464 units valued at $42,524,217 compared to 5,240,001 units valued $81,075,944 on Tuesday.
The day’s volume was led by, Victoria Mutual Investments with 984,214 shares accounting for 35.85 percent of the volume traded, followed by Sagicor Real Estate X Fund with 373,447 units and 13.60 percent of the main market volume Radio Jamaica with 187,582 units and 6.8 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 91,515 units valued at an average of $1,417,474, in contrast to 169,032 units for an average of $2,615,353, on Tuesday. For the month to date an average of 213,393 units valued at $3,829,031 versus 220,691 units valued at $3,981,020 on Tuesday. July closed with an average of 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756, for each security traded.
Stocks with major price changes| Berger Paints jumped $1.50 and ended at $19.50, trading 20,721 shares, Jamaica Producers finished trading 12,154 stock units with a rise of 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of at $18.50, JMMB Group fell 50 cents to $28.50, in exchanging 133,143 shares, Kingston Wharves finished trading with a rise of $1.10 to end at a new closing high of $61.01, with 150 stock units, Mayberry Investments rose 60 cents and settled at $7.80, with 36,242 units, Mayberry Jamaica Equities gained 35 cents and closed at $8.75 trading 13,374 shares, 
NCB Financial Group lost $1 and ended trading 84,110 shares at $108.00. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $1.03, in settling at $11 in trading 373,447 shares, Scotia Group traded 119,050 shares and gained 94 cents to end at $53, Seprod finished trading 4,760 shares after rising $1 to close at $46, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and ended at $15, with 101,251 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 156,310 shares and rose 33 cents to $11.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 4,896,606 units valued $567,284. Trading ended with Proven Investments trading 1,000 shares and rose 1 cent to close at 23 US cents and Sygnus Credit trading 4,895,606 shares rose 1.6 cents to close at 11.6 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 5.62 points to close at 173.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
No gains on TTSE stocks 5 fall – Wednesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday with 12 securities changing hands against 13 on Monday, none advanced, 5 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Market activity resulted a slippage of volume traded to a mere 65,448 shares at a value of $1,366,823, compared to 46,796 shares at a value of just $656,926, previously traded.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index lost 2.44 points to 1,241.21, the All T&T Index declined 5.63 points to 1,708.29, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.11 points to close at 104.15.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 1 cent to end at $19.99, with 125 stock units changing hands, First Citizens closed with a loss of 90 cents in trading 1,000 shares at $34.01, JMMB Group shed 7 cents and settled at $1.71, after exchanging 6,720 shares,
National Enterprises lost 5 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $8.95, with 1,500 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading of 29,973 shares, falling 25 cents to $29.75.
Stocks trading with no price change| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 3,000 units to close at $15.80, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.49, with 18,006 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $17, in exchanging 1,088 units, Massy Holdings settled at $47, after exchanging 10 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $103.50, in trading 1,409 shares, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.75, with 2,317 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88 after exchanging 300 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New record close for JSE – Tuesday
Kingston Wharves jumped to close at $60 on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 6,070.62 points to a record high of 356,437.50 in early trading, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, on Tuesday, with Kingston Wharves jumping to a record high of $61 up from $53, NCB Financial that rise by $1 and Seprod climbing from $45 to $53.
With just 17 minutes of trading elapsing, the JSE Index was also reaching record high, jumping 5,531.02 points, to a record 324,754.83.
The market did not hold to the lofty highs reached in the early session and closed trading with the All Jamaican Composite Index climbing by a much lower 1,354.11 points to end at a closing record high of 351,720.99. and the JSE Index advancing by 1,233.75 points to finish at a closing record high of 320,457.56.
Strong gains by Caribbean Cement, JMMB Group, NCB Financial and Seprod overwhelmed declines in Grace Kennedy, Sagicor Real Estate Fund and Supreme Ventures to help propel the Indices to new highs.
Market activities resulted in 35 securities trading including 4 in the US dollar market compared to just 25 securities trading on Monday.
At the end of trading, the prices of 12 stocks rose, 13 declined and 10 closed trading unchanged. Stanley Motta closed with 2,211 units changing hands after falling 35 cents to close at an all-time low of $4.60 while Kingston Wharves jumped to a new record high of $60.
Trading in the main market ended with 5,240,001 units valued $81,075,944 compared to 1,995,601 units valued $33,005,256 on Monday.
The day’s volume was led by, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 1,500,000 shares accounting for 28.6 percent of the volume traded, followed by Radio Jamaica with 512,418 units and 9.8 percent of the day’s volume and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 441,937 units and 8.4 percent of the main market volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 169,032 units for an average of $2,615,353, in contrast to 83,150 units valued at $1,375,219, on Monday. For the month to date an average of 220,691 units valued at $3,981,020 versus 224,098 shares valued at an average of $4,076,157 on Monday. July closed with an average of 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756, for each security traded.
Stocks with major price changes| Berger Paints ended at $18 after falling 75 cents trading 1,879 stock units, Carreras fell 29 cents in trading 231,542 units at $9.20, Grace Kennedy rose 49 cents and ended trading of 52,614 shares at $58.50, Jamaica Broilers traded at $25.00, with 51,837 stock units, Jamaica Producers jumped $1.50 and finished trading 41,039 units at $18, Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped 75 cents and closed at $7.50 exchanging 57,973 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $7 to a record close of $60 with 59,336 stock units changing hands,
Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 60 cents and settled at $9.40 trading 82,449 units, 138 Student Living finished with a gain of 28 cents at $4.29, with 2,900 stock units, Portland JSX dived $1.48 and ended at $8, with 350 units, Scotia Group lost 44 cents in trading 30,342 shares to close at $52.06, Supreme Ventures fell 40 cents and ended at $14.60, with 140,992 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 158,549 units valued at US$109,501. Trading ended with JMMB Group 6 % preference share completed trading at $1.06 trading 95,820 stock units, Margaritaville traded just 1,000 shares but lost 0.095 cents to close at 19 US cents, Proven Investments trading 4,450 shares and fell 1 cent to close at 22 US cents and Sygnus Credit trading 57,279 shares to close at 10 US cents, The JSE USD Equities Index gained 3.05 points to close at 169.08.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
Junior Market trading jumps – Tuesday
Indies dominated trading on Tuesday.
Trading volume jumped sharply on the Junior Market, Indies Pharma traded 4,712,727 units or 51.38 percent of trading, followed by Caribbean Producers with 1,769,989 units and accounting for 19.30 percent of the volume traded and Lasco Financial Services with 1,638,268 units representing 17.86 percent of the day’s trade.
Blue Power 10 for 1 stock split took place today, but most investors were unaware as there was attempts to trade the stock at the old price of $47 which falsely push the index up by 557 points which was corrected at the close to reflect a decline.
At the close of the trading session the market index fell 34.25 points to close at 3,205.09, with 28 securities changing hands, down from 24 securities changing hands on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 3 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with the prices of 6 advancing, 6 declining and 16 remaining unchanged and resulting in an exchange of 9,172,835 units valued at $44,109,271, compared to 2,149,308 units valued at $9,485,152 on Monday.
Trading closed with an average of 327,601 units for an average of $1,575,331 in contrast to 89,555 units for an average of $395,215 on Monday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 273,263 units at $1,335,149, compared to 269,588 units at $1,318,905 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended at $1.95, trading 2,400 stock units, CAC 2000 finished at $9, exchanging 10,797 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with 1,000 shares trading and rose 20 cents to end at $11.20, Caribbean Flavours traded 513,596 stock units and gained $2 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 1,769,989 units at $6.90. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 13 cents at $2.37, with 20,388 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $25, with 1,400 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 5,885 shares at $17, Elite Diagnostic finished at $3.10, exchanging 24,500 stock units. Eppley settled at $10.18, with 500 units traded, Everything Fresh fell 1 cent in trading 135,831 shares and ended at $2.20, Express Catering ended trading 49,383 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded 5 cents higher at $3, while exchanging 51,984 shares, General Accident finished trading of 38,206 shares at $3.85. GWest Corporation closed 8 cents higher at $2.18, with 30,000 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $4.50, with juts 340 units trading, Indies Pharma dominated trading with 4,712,727 shares to end unchanged at $2.50, 
Iron Rock concluded trading of 5,000 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.30, Jamaican Teas settled at $3.95, with 5,000 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 84,527 stock units with a loss of 5 cents to end at $4, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of $1 at $11.50, with 5,648 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.90, with 7,868 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 1,638,268 stock units at $5.60. Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.86, with 3,935 units, Main Event settled at $7, in trading 30,439 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 21,349 stock units and gained 20 cents to close at $8.85, and Sweet River closed 16 cents higher at $3.86, with 875 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.52, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
2 TTSE stocks fall 11 trade firm -Tuesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with 13 securities changing hands against 9 on Monday, none advanced, 2 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
Market activity resulted a slippage of volume traded to a mere 46,796 shares at a value of just $656,926, compared to 279,181 shares at a value of $3,306,273, previously traded.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index lost 1.62 points to 1,243.65, the All T&T Index declined 0.89 points to 1,713.92, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.33 points to close at 104.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with losses| One Caribbean Media shares fell 11 cents and concluded trading at $12.18, after exchanging 2,039 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 54 cents and completed trading at $88 with 946 units
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 2,386 stock units changing hands, 
Clico Investments ended at $20, with 2,037 stock units changing hands, First Citizens settled at $34.91, after exchanging 899 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading at $17, with 146 units, JMMB Group traded down to $1.70 but concluded trading at $1.78, after exchanging 28,516 shares, Massy Holdings concluded at $47, after exchanging 2,085 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded at $103.50, after exchanging 1,580 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 546 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $65, with 325 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $30, after exchanging 3,031 shares and Trinidad Cement concluded at $2.90, after exchanging 2,000 shares
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
NCB on high watch alert
The stock worth watching this week is NCB Financial Group that jumped last week to $110, a price last seen last year November. With limited supply for sale and the year-end approaching, this stock seems set for $150 by early 2019, if not before.
NCB Financial Group recorded net profit of $20.9 billion for the nine months ended June, with profit attributable to stockholders of $20.7 billion, for an increase of 40 percent over the prior year. The figure includes one off gains of $4.4 billion from acquisition of a subsidiary. Importantly, third quarter profits rose a strong 30 percent to $6.8 billion over the 2017 quarter.
Grace Kennedy is another of the main market stocks to keep an eye on as it slowly tries to move higher. The price of Caribbean Cement has been seesawing between $45 and $52, but in a bull market one never knows when the break will come. Kingston Wharves close with the bid at $61 to but 58,300 shares and last traded at $53. In the Junior market, Indies Pharma continues to scale new highs with strong demand existing for the stock. General Accident could move higher as more demand comes in for it, with limited selling.
Caribbean Producers has been trading well with an upward bias and could continue in this vein until full year’s results are released. Caribbean Flavours seems to be following it parent, Derrimon Trading and continues to rise on limited selling volume. Medical Disposable sold down during the past week and could recover in the coming days.
Regardless of what happens to individual stocks, there is little doubt that the summer rally is on for Jamaica stocks and is being helped by some good results for a number of the companies. The rally is expected to continue until year end barring any major negative development.
Kingston Wharves stock price sets to hit $61
Stocks with scarce supplies that could spring surprises include, Barita Investments, Grace Kennedy, NCB Financial, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Kingston Wharves, PanJam Investment, Sagicor Group, Salada Foods, Seprod and Scotia Group. The main market is not the only segment with limited supplies. The Junior Market supplies continue to be limited for many of the listings. The list includes, Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Derrimon Trading, Express Catering, General Accident, Caribbean Cream, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office Supplies and tTech.
An overall view of stocks indicates that the main market continues to be steered higher by an upward sloping support line as well the 45 and 125 day moving averages, lending support just below. The Junior Market now at a 15 months’ high, is being steered by an upward rising long-term support line and a golden cross. The golden cross is a very strong bullish long-term signal.
All Jamaica jumps 6,070 points to record 356,437
The Jamaica Stock Exchange surged sharply in early trading on Tuesday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 6,070.62 to an intraday high 356,437.50, after just 17 minutes of trading.
At the same time, the JSE Index jumped 5,531.02 points to a record 324,754.83. Strong gains by Kingston Wharves that traded at $61 up from $53 when it traded previously, NCB Financial that rose by $1 and and Seprod that jumped from $45 to $50 were the main contributors to the gain.
The Junior Market index is showing a huge increase of 557.73 points to 3,797.07 is caused by Blue Power having split into 10 units with the adjusted price being $4.70 but trades were attempted at $47 thus distorting the index. Those trades will be cancelled at the close of the day.
