The records kept on Jamaica Stock Exchange just kept on being broken on Friday as the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed to intraday high 352,806.34 as the market chalked no less than 9 record highs during trading.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,162.81 points to end above the 350,000 market for the first time and finally finished at a record close of 351,071.01 and the JSE Index rose 1,948.70 points to end at record close of 319,865.36. 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 31 securities trading including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 30 securities trading on Thursday.
At the end of trading, the prices of 12 stocks rose, 13 declined and 6 traded unchanged. Trading in the main market ended with 3,900,466 units valued $77,632,786 versus 2,800,039 units valued $52,538,433 on Thursday.
Trading resulted in an average of 139,302 units valued at an average of $2,772,600 for each security traded, in contrast to 107,694 units valued at an average of $2,020,709 on Thursday. For the month to date an average of 231,683 shares valued at an average of $4,230,129 versus 237,871 shares valued at an average of $4,333,974 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756, for each security traded.
The day’s volume was led by, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 726,521 shares accounting for 18.6 percent of the volume traded, followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 610,068 units and 15.6 percent of the day’s volume and PanJam Investment with 497,356 units and 12.8 percent of the main market volume.
Stocks with major price changes| Berger Paints gained 42 cents and settled at $19.02, in exchanging 73,786 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $2.40 to finish at $47.50, trading 47,600 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading 83,590 shares falling 50 cents to close at $58.50, Jamaica Broilers gained 38 cents to close at $23.50, trading 19,403 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading 442,125 units in losing 69 cents to end at $17.30, JMMB Group ended at $29, in exchanging 169,455 shares after rising 69 cents, NCB Financial Group jumped $4.99 and ended trading of 15,077 shares at $110, 
Portland JSX fell 52 cents to end at $9.48, trading 5,000 units, Sagicor Group lost 35 cents and settled at $37.65, with 78,045 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.84 and settled at $11, exchanging 726,521 shares, Salada Foods gained 75 cents and ended trading 4,223 stock units to close at $17.50, Scotia Group fell 30 cents to $52.00, after trading 95,271 units, Seprod jumped $5 and finished trading 23,700 shares at $45, Supreme Ventures lost 49 cents and ended at $15.50, in the trading of 52,446 shares and Stanley Motta closed with 3,000 units changing hands after falling 31 cents to close at an all-time low of $5.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 606,470 units valued at US$128,831 as Proven Investments accounting for 600,000 shares and closed at 22 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments traded 4,913 shares rose 0.05 cents to 9 US cents and Sterling Investments traded 1,557 units at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 2.30 points to close at 166.03.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Modest gain for Junior Market – Friday
Lasco Manufacturing traded 7 million shares
The Junior Market, closed with the market index rising 15.28 points to 3,192.42, during Friday’s session the index rose as much 51 points but receded towards the end.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
The market closed with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Thursday, resulting in the prices of 10 advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading ended with 15,120,642 units valued at over $55,182,607 changing hands, compared to 15,342,524 units valued at $89,754,042 on Thursday. While the traded volume was dominated by Caribbean Producers with 11.58 million shares and Indies Pharma with nearly 2.48 million units, Friday closed with Lasco Manufacturing contributing 7 million units followed by Key Insurance with 3.68 million units, Lasco Distributors with 2.59 million shares while Indies Pharma chipped in with 887.7 thousand shares.
Trading closed with an average of 687,302 units for an average of $2,508,300 in contrast to 590,097 units for an average of $3,452,079 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 280,667 units at $1,375,747, compared to 256,357 units at $1,308,040 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, Blue Power concluded trading 500 units at $47, Caribbean Cream lost 32 cents and closed at $5.30, trading 71,500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 50 cents higher at $16, with 6,481 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,740 units and rose 19 cents to $6.79, Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of $1.57 down to $21, exchanging 74,100 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3, trading 296,533 units, Everything Fresh traded 141,505 shares and ended at $2.20, Express Catering traded 3,965 shares and rose 30 cents to $8.30, General Accident closed 19 cents higher at $3.80, with 197,170 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended at $2, trading 29,592 units. Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50, with 10,205 shares, 
Indies Pharma pulled back 6 cents in trading 887,723 shares to end at $2.54, after trading at an all-time high of $2.70 during the day, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 6,032 stock units, Jetcon Corporation added 2 cents at $4.01 and traded 53,353 shares, Key Insurance traded 3,684,607 shares and rose 1 cent to $3.06. Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.85, while exchanging 2,589,994 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 40 cents higher at $5.90, with 26,226 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing settled 12 cents higher at $3.85, with 7,001,050 shares, Medical Disposables closed at $5.10, as 16,166 shares changed hands. Paramount Trading finished trading 10,000 stock units at $3, Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $8.60, exchanging 1,600 units and tTech concluded trading of 9,600 shares while rising 49 cents higher to $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Just 1 stock rose 4 fell on TTSE – Friday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday in 14 securities against 8 on Thursday, with 1 advancing, 4 declining and 9 trading unchanged at the close as republic closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
Market activity resulted a slippage of volume traded to 169,268 shares at a value of $11,763,279, compared to 55,296 shares at a value of $1,271,791.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index lost 0.23 points on Friday to 1,245.42, the All T&T Index gained 0.01 points to 1,713.10, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.06 points to close at 104.65.
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 3 stock ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Massy Holdings gained 5 cents and concluded trading at $47.00, after exchanging 29,007 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| JMMB Group fell 2 cents and concluded trading at $1.78, after exchanging 2,049 
shares, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 2 cents and completed trading 195 units at $65, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 4 cents and settled at $30.01, after exchanging 1,662 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and completed trading at $88.54, with 113,000 units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments ended market activity at $20, with 4,020 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading 210 units at $8.49, First Citizens settled at $34.91, after exchanging 763 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $2.90, with 2,330 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 8,803 units at $16.60, LJ Williams B share settled at 75 cents, after exchanging 3,680 shares, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.14, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading at $103.50, after exchanging 400 shares and Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 2,149 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica index jumps to record 352,258 points
The All Jamaican Composite Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange having cleared the 351,000 points mark after just 5 minutes of opening, with NCB Financial trading at $110 has now broken the 352,000 after 42 minutes of trading.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,325.45 to a record 352,257.65 and the JSE Index climbed 3,029.87 points to 320,946.53 points while the Junior Market rose 50.08 to cut sharp fall on Thursday of more than 57 points and now sits at 3,227.22 points.
Apart from a sharp rise in the price of NCB shares, Grace Kennedy rose to $60, and JMMB Group climbed to $29. Kingston Wharves has a bid of $60 compared to a last price of $53 and could add quite a bit to the indices when it trades.
All Jamaica index at record 351,774 points
The All Jamaican Composite Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, having cleared the 350,000 points mark on Thursday, broke the 351,000 level after just 5 minutes of the market’s opening, with NCB Financial trading at $110.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,853.46 to a record 351,774,75 and the JSE Index rose 2,589.88 points to 320,506.54 points while the Junior Market rose 39.61 to cut sharp fall on Thursday of more than 57 points and now sits at 3,216.75 points.
The movement in NCB price brings narrows gap in the price the stock trades at in Trinidad at J$129 and Jamaica to from around $24 to $19 currently.
JSE main market just below record – Thursday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,925.09 points to close at 348,932.20 and the JSE Index rose 1,753.98 points to close at 317,916.66 to sit a few hundred points below the record close on August 16.
Market activities resulted in 28 securities trading including 2 in the US dollar market compared to 30 securities trading on Wednesday.
At the end of trading, the prices of 11 stocks rose, 11 declined and 6 traded unchanged. Trading in the main market ended with 2,800,039 units valued $52,538,433 versus 4,269,995 units valued at $54,515,031 on Tuesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 164,231 units valued at an average of $2,096,732 for each security traded, in contrast to 679,456 units valued at an average of $6,783,172 on Tuesday. For the month to date an average of 246,505 shares valued at an average of $4,497,856 versus 246,505 shares valued at an average of $4,497,856 on Tuesday. July closed with an average of 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756, for each security traded.
The day’s volume was led by, Carreras with 654,882 shares accounting for 23.4 percent of the traded volume, followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 369,237 units and 13 percent of the day’s volume and Victoria Mutual Investments strong> WISYNCO Group with 325,849 units and 11.6 percent of the main market volume.
Stocks with major price changes| Berger Paints gained 42 cents and settled at $19.02, in exchanging 73,786 shares, Caribbean Cement fell 70 cents and finished at $45.10, trading 36,012 shares, Grace Kennedy rose 35 cents in trading 118,814 units at $59, Jamaica Producers finished trading 39,100units at $18 after gaining 80 cents,
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1 trading 31,500 units in closing at $8, JMMB Group fell 50 cents and ended at $28.50, exchanging 20,679 shares, Mayberry Investments climbed 75 cents to settle at $8.24, trading 947,406 units, Mayberry Jamaica Equities lost 25 cents to settle at $9.70, trading 115,853 units,
Scotia group added 30 cents to close at $52.30, trading 20,486 shares, Seprod dropped $5 to $40, trading 840 shares and Supreme Ventures rose $1.04 to close at $15.99 in trading 5,800 shares and WISYNCO Group closed with 325,849 units changing hands after falling 40 cents to $9.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with just 8,460 units trading valued $1,852, as Margaritaville traded 460 shares rose 2 cents and ended at 20 US cents and Proven Investments traded 8,000 shares, and rose 2.05 cents and closed at 22 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index jumped over 6 percent by 9.70 points to close at 168.33.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 closing with lower offers.
Republic at new high on TTSE – Thursday
Republic Financial Holdings closes at 52 weeks’ high.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday in 8 securities against 13 on Wednesday, with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 3 trading unchanged at the close as Republic Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
Market activity resulted a slippage of volume traded to 55,296 shares at a value of $1,271,791, compared to 206,792 shares at a value of $3,374,659.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 2.01 points on Thursday to 1,245.65, the All T&T Index gained 1.80 points to 1,713.09, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.30 points to close at 104.71.
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 1 stock ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| JMMB Group gained 10 cents and concluded trading at $1.80, after exchanging 10,000 shares,
National Flour finished trading 2,000 units and gained with 5 cents and to end at $1.75 and Republic Financial Holdings closed with an increase of 49 cents after exchanging 3,446 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $103.50.
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings fell 5 cents and ended at $46.95, after exchanging 14,099 shares and NCB Financial Group lost 1 cent and settled at $6.14, exchanging 430 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments ended at $20, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 23,176 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank completed trading of 145 units at $65.02.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market pulls back sharply – Thursday
Indies closed at a new high on Thursday.
The Junior Market, closed with the market index diving 57.30 points to 3,177.14 but volume soared with Carib Producers trading 11.58 million shares and Indies Pharma with nearly 2.48 million units.
Thursday’s pull back does not change the bullish sentiment of the market as both market sentiment and technical indicators remain positive.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Wednesday, resulting in the prices of 8 advancing, 7 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading ended with 15,342,524 units valued at $89,754,042 changing hands, compared to 4,168,953 units valued at $12,484,663, on Wednesday.
Trading closed with an average of 590,097 units for an average of $3,452,079 in contrast to 114,533 units for an average of $433,954 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 256,357 units at $1,308,040, compared to 242,183 units valued at $1,213,417 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, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,000 units at $47, Cargo Handlers settled 6 cents higher at $11, in trading 357 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 15,514 shares and gained 32 cents to $5.62, Caribbean Flavours traded 8,225 stock units at $15.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 11,582,757 units with a loss of 40 cents at $6.60. Derrimon Trading rose $1.57 to end at $22.57, with 107,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, trading 500 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 15 cents higher at $3.15, in exchanging 430,597 units, Eppley ended trading at $10.18, with 16,950 shares. Everything Fresh traded 31,800 shares and ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.20, Express Catering traded 17,496 shares with a loss of 65 cents to end at $8, FosRich Group finished trading at $3, exchanging 62,070 shares, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 17 cents at a all-time low of $2, with 38,360 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50, with 5,800 shares. 
Indies Pharma traded 2,476,772 shares and rose 11 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished 15 cents higher at $3.50, trading 50,000 shares, ISP Finance settled at $16, with 1,087 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 500 stock units and rose 10 cents to $4.30, Jetcon Corporation traded 2,653 units with a loss of 15 cents to end at $3.99. KLE Group closed at $3, with 22,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 11,800 stock units at $3.95, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 40 cents at $5.50, with 225,431 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 27 cents at $3.73, in exchanging 134,940 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7, with 4,777 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded at $5.10, with 82,038 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $8.50, with 11,100 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More record high for JSE
The All Jamaican Composite Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange cleared the 350,000 points mark for the first time in rising 3,091.53 points at minutes after mid-day on Thursday to reach 350,098.64.
The JSE Index rose 2,816.73 points to 318,979.73 points but the Junior Market dropped a sharp 61.57 points to 3,172.87 points.
The main market pulled back somewhat after 12:15 and the junior market cut some of its losses, as Indies Pharma traded 2.2 million shares at $2.60 but Caribbean Producers traded 11.6 million units at $6.60.
