Massy trades at a new low on Wednesday
The market closed with the Composite Index declined by 5.30 points to close at 1,130.15, the All T&T Index fell by 10.53 points to close at 1,805.98 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 60.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy, a clear sign of a weakness.
Gains| Unilever Caribbean gained 1 cent to close at $66 with 48 shares trading and West Indian Tobacco traded 350 shares and gained 1 cent in ending at $126.28.
Losses| Agostini’s traded 1,000 shares at $17.02 with a fall of 2 cent in trading at $17.01, Clico Investments Fund ended with a volume of 23,885 shares valued at $538,607 to end with a gain of 1 cent at $22.55, Guardian Holdings ended trading 10,703 shares but declined by 15 cents to close at $13.80. Massy Holdings ended with 72,398 shares valued at $3,981,164 changing hands as the price dropped $1.01 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $54.98,
National Enterprises closed with 7,388 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $9 after falling by 49 cents. Republic Financial Holdings dropped 1 cent to close at $111.99 with 150 shares changing hands and Scotiabank closed with 392 shares changing hands with a loss of 6 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $57.43.Firm Trades| Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 114,000 units valued at $741,000 changing hands and National Commercial Bank traded 43,862 shares to end at $2.40.
Trading resulted in the Jamaican dollar mostly gaining value on Wednesday as the market ended with dealers buying the equivalent of US$40,064,336 and selling US$40,071,060, in contrast to US$42,863,013 purchased and US$47,456,165 sold on Tuesday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell $1.23 to end at $89.34 with dealers buying C$840,296 and selling C$496,721, at an average rate that dropped $3.15 to $91.54. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed $1.05 to $172.21 for the purchase of £1,967,596, while £301,680 was sold, as the rate fell $2.70 to $170. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, fell 33 cents to close at J$136.96, from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$134.17 for a fall of 38 cents from Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$309,670 being bought, while US$269,807 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at on Wednesday are, a rise of $1.15 in the highest buying rate of the US dollar to $123.30 and a rise of $1.97 in the lowest selling rate to $101.75. The highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar dropped $3.15 to $92.50 while a decline of $1.29 in the lowest buying rate took the final rate to $73. There was a rise of $1.30 in the highest buying rate to $175.90 for the British Pound while the lowest buying dipped $1.99 to $138.61.
hands and resulted in a low volume overall. 
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Tuesday as trading ended with 891,703 shares valued at $8,121,426 changing hands. A total of 16 securities traded with 5 falling, 8 gaining while 3 remained unchanged. Two stocks closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
Republic Financial Holdings dropped 19 cents to close at $112 with 13,447 shares valued at $1,506,251 changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 3,300 shares valued $416,691 but lost 1 cent in ending at $126.27.
Trading resulted in the Jamaican dollar losing value on Tuesday as the market ended with dealers buying the equivalent of US$42,863,013 and selling US$47,456,165, in contrast to US$51,988,256 purchased and US$42,767,826 sold on Monday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate gained 31 cents to end at $90.57 with dealers buying C$1,596,098 and selling C$618,347, at an average rate that climbed $1.34 to $94.69. The rate for buying the British Pound dipped by 54 cents to $171.16 for the purchase of £1,927,091, while £618,347 was sold, as the rate gained 22 cents to $172.70. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, fell 45 cents to close at J$137.29, from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$134.55 for a fall of 35 cents from Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$88,067 being bought, while US$183,721 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at on Tuesday are, a rise of $2.05 in the highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar to $95.65. A decline of $2.20 in the highest buying rate of the British Pound to $174.60, slippage of $2.34 to $181.26 in the highest selling rate while the lowest selling rate was down $1.20 to $165.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered losses on Tuesday, as declining stocks beat out advancing stocks. Indications continue to show weakness in the overall market. The number of stocks participating is down to lower levels compared to more recent trading and with the IC Indicator reflecting a weak signal. 
all Jamaica Composite Index lost 478.85 points to end at 170,111.01 and the JSE combined index fell 530.26 points to close at 161,848.77.
Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of $3 at $30 while trading only 2,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped $1.90 in trading 17,993 units to close at $21, Kingston Wharves traded 7,400 shares to close at $11.45. Mayberry Investments traded 40,000 shares to end at $4.45, National Commercial Bank lost 3 cents with 200,254 shares changing hands to close at $41, Sagicor Group fell 14 cents with 2,146,337 shares changing hands to close at $23.60, Scotia Group traded 7,781 shares to close at $30.90. Scotia Investments lost $2.40 with 4,750 shares changing hands to end at $27, Supreme Ventures closed with a rise of 50 cents at $5 with 34,223 units changing hands and JMMB 5.75% preference share traded 40,972 units at $1.20 and 39,116 preference share of JMMB Group 7.5% traded to end at $2.15. 
At the end of trading, the junior market index ended Tuesday with a small loss of 13.91 points to close at 1,930.73. The market closed with 11 active securities, 3 of which declined and 1 advanced as 934,404 units changed hands, valued at $3,657,423.
Consolidated Bakeries had 2,500 units trading firm at $1.30, General Accident traded at $3 with 3,000 shares changing hands. Honey Bun traded 19,500 units at $13, Iron Rock Insurance traded 456,960 shares and closed unchanged at $4, Jamaican Teas closed at $4.99 after trading 11,119 units for the loss of 1 cent. Lasco Distributors closed with 5,457 units trading with a fall of 1 cent at $5.89, Lasco Financial ended at $3.03 with 272,427 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 151,621 shares changing hands to close at $3.50 with a fall of 30 cents and tTech traded 2,000 shares but rose by 10 cents to $4.30. 
Interest rates payable on government of Jamaica latest Treasury bills fell for the 28 and 91 days instruments but the rate for the 182 days that was below the 91 days instrument normalized by going above it this time compared to lower rates for the longer term instrument at the close of the February auction. 
Executive chairmen are dangerous
Mr. Golding has some major assets and may well be able to make his wealth of knowledge in government and in is personal business contribute in a significant way to the fortunes of the Housing Trust.
If news item is correct, the decision would not a good one and it is not based on competence. Good corporate practise suggests that executive responsibilities should never be merged with that of head of the board. There are a number of good reasons for this separation. There must always be someone to appeal to when things may not be going well in aspects of the business. When someone has a problem with the top executive, to whom does he or she appeal?
Separation is even more critical when it comes to governmental appointments, where many of the board members are political appointments with party interest being placed ahead of the national interest, as such boards are often just another arm of the party. The developments re Outameni operation that was acquired by the NHT is one such case in point that when executives or chairmen have too much power how that it can be inimical to the interest of an organisation..
One hopes that the new report is not true as it would be a really terrible move by the new Prime Minister.