The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaica Composite Index made another record run and hit 341,378.20 after rising 2,697 points as NCB Financial traded at $102.
Investors were responding to the third quarter results to June, showing net profit attributable to stockholders of $20.7 billion, an increase of 40% or $5.9 billion over the prior year’s nine months to June. The group recorded $4.4 billion in one off gains from the acquisition of the majority shares in Clarien bank in Bermuda.
The previous high was reached during trading in the morning sessions oon friday July 20 when the market surged to a then new record high of 340,893.72 points on the all Jamaica Index while the JSE index rose to a record high of 310,624.04 but then closed down at the close.
All Jamaica index breaks 341,000
9 all for Junior Market – Thursday
The evenness of the advance decline ratio in trading on Thursday pretty much sums up trading on the Junior Market as the market index hardly moved, closing just 1.20 points down to close at 3,086.75 after the prices of 9 securities advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
At the close of market activities,22 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of just 2,324,843 units valued at $12,333,157 compared to 737,126 units valued at $3,562,822 on Wednesday.
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 and 4 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of just 105,675 units for an average of $560,598 in contrast to 40,951 units for an average of $197,935 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 169,372 units valued at $694,911 and previously, 172,947 units valued at $702,449. Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Cargo Handlers traded 106,070 shares and gained 35 cents to $10, Caribbean Cream ended trading 20,600 units, rising b 30 cents to $5.80, 
Caribbean Flavours traded with a rise of 10 cents to $12.10, with 2,900 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers added 30 cents in exchanging 5,000 units at $5.80, C2W Music ended at $2, with 10,200 shares traded. Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, with 1,500 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 10 cents higher at $2.90, with 29,004 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 10 cents at $7.70, with 2,538 shares changing hands, FosRich Group fell 13 cents to $2.42, trading 34,309 shares. Honey Bun concluded trading 30 cents higher at $5, with 8,300 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 6,406 stock units at $5, Jetcon Corporation closed at $4.10, with 29,139 units, Key Insurance climbed 45 cents to $3.47, exchanging just 1,000 shares. KLE Group closed at $2.90, with 72,767 shares, 
Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $11.55, with 3,133 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 20 cents to $3.80, trading 1,227,017 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5.10, with 2,100 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 86,223 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7.45, after 3,079 shares crossed over the exchnage, Medical Disposables jumped 98 cents to $6, with just 200 shares being traded, while Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8, as investors sold off 656,458 shares and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $5.25, with 16,900 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Falling JSE stocks beat out gainers
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered moderate losses in the main indices with just over 30 points drop at the close on Thursday as advancing stocks out-paced decliners.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index lost just 38.40 points to close at 337,480.52 and the JSE Index fell a mere 34.99 points to close at 307,482.85.
Trading in the main market ended with 12,872,984 units valued at $191,208,699 compared to 12,872,984 units valued at $191,208,699 on Wednesday.
Market activities resulted in 26 securities trading including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 26 securities trading on Wednesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 11 stocks advanced, 13 declined and 7 closed unchanged.
NCB Financial released third quarter results to June, after the market closed, with net profit attributable to stockholders increasing 40 percent to $20.7 billion, from $5.9 billion in the prior year’s nine months period. The group recorded $4.4 billion in one off gains from the acquisition of the majority shares in Clarien bank in Bermuda.
The day’s volume was led by, PanJam Investment that closed at $52.65, with 2,20,403 stock units, Radio Jamaica with 1,082,403 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share trading 943,000 units, Carreras with 791,670 units and Berger Paints with 600,602 shares.
Stocks with major price changes are, Berger Paints with 600,602 shares changing hands with the price gaining 68 cents to $19.50 Caribbean Cement dropped 99 cents in trading 11,500 shares at $40.01, Carreras with 791,670 units but fell 50 cents to $9, Grace Kennedy lost 93 cents to $52.07, with just 6,600 stock units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange shed 49 cents and closed trading at $7.50 trading 6,857 shares. JMMB Group 59,948 shares but fell $1.49 to $28.51, Kingston Wharves jumped $2.09 to $52.99 in trading 10,715 units. NCB Financial Group rose 50 cents and ended trading with 17,389 shares at $97, Sagicor Group settled at $38.99, after rising 49 cents in trading 31,626 shares, Sterling Investments rose 98 cents and end at $11.50, with 1,141 units and Supreme Ventures ended at $16, after gaining 90 cents in trading 26,089 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 328,462 units valued at US$40,221 as Margaritaville rose 0.10 cent and ended at 16.90 US cents with 900 shares and Productivity Business ended trading 6 cents lower to 50 cents with 541 shares, Proven Investments lost 1.09 cents to 17.01 US cents with 72,171 shares trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 254,850 units trading with a decline of 1.5 cents to 10.50 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 9 points to 142.29.
Trading resulted in an average of 252,649 units valued at an average of $5,757,925 compared to 559,695 units valued at an average of $8,313,422 for each security traded on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 170,611 units valued at $3,337,283 compared to 165,957 units valued at $3,192,366 on Wednesday. June closed with an average of 250,168 shares with a value of $5,895,281, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
5 TTSE stocks fall 1 rise
Trading remained moderate on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Thursday with less volume and value that on Wednesday leading to modest decline in the market indices.
At the close the Composite Index lost 0.03 points to 1,217.98, the All T&T Index declined 0.07 points to 1,708.97 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 97.63.
Market activity ended on Thursday with 14 securities trading against 15 on Wednesday, with just 1 advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. The volume traded declined from Wednesday’s level to 149,502 units valued $7,746,067, compared to 263,410 units valued $10,262,782 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| West Indian Tobacco concluded trading and rose 1 cent to close at $87.01, with 4,086 units changing hands.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended trading 1 cent lower at $15.74, with 6,460 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents and ended at $19.94, after 29,390 stock units changed hands, Guardian Holdings fell 1 cent and completed trading at $16.60, with 1,723 units, Prestige Holdings declined 1 cent and completed trading at $10, in exchanging 1,000 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 1 cent and settled at $29.74, after exchanging 66 shares.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s concluded market activity at $21.11, after exchanging 396 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 740 units at $16, First Citizens settled at $34.91 exchanging 1,247 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 2,094 shares at $1.84, One Caribbean Media closed at $12.10, after exchanging 1,400 shares, Republic Financial Holdings traded 532 shares at $102.81, Scotiabank completed trading 100,300 units at $65.02 and Trinidad Cement ended trading at $2.90, after exchanging 68 shares.
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Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Jamaican dollar gains
Dealers in the foreign market bought US$36.76 million in US currency at an average rate of J$132.05, down $1.24 from Tuesday’s rate of $133.29.
The selling rate for the US dollar declined from J$134.05 on Tuesday as US$50.77 million was sold at an average rate of J$133.60 including US$5 million sold to Bank of Jamaica in the B-FXITT Standard Intervention Tool – buy operation, at an average J$133.65. At mid-day on Wednesday the average selling rate was $133.49 with only US$12.3 million then sold.
Overall foreign currencies purchased by dealers amounted to US$41.44 million, while selling accounted for $58 million for a net outflow of just under US$17 million. On Tuesday, net inflows of US$14 million came into the market, but for the US dollar currency, net inflows amounted to US$17 million.
For the next four weeks, the central bank will buy US$5 on Wednesday July 31 and August 8 and will sell $10 million to the market on August 19.
14 JSE stocks rise 7 fall on Wednesday
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered moderate losses in the main indices with just over 30 points drop at the close on Wednesday as advancing stocks out-paced decliners.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index lost just 38.40 points to close at 337,480.52 and the JSE Index fell a mere 34.99 points to close at 307,482.85.
Trading in the main market ended with 12,872,984 units valued at $191,208,699 compared to 2,446,501 units valued $62,753,272 on Tuesday.
Market activities resulted in 26 securities trading including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 27 securities trading on Tuesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 14 stocks advanced, 7 declined and 5 closed unchanged.
Supreme Ventures released second quarter results after the market closed with lower profit in the second quarter of $432 million from $502 million in the 2017 quarter. For the half year, profit of $1.05 billion was realized versus $920 million in 2017. Quarterly reports are expected from NCB Financial and Caribbean Cement on Thursday but Proven Investments that was also expected to report, will not do so until August.
The day’s volume was led by, Jamaica Broilers with 3,750,148 units and 29.13 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 2,659,680 units 20.66 percent, Carreras with 2,607,344 units, accounting for 20.25 percent of the day’s volume, Wisynco Group concluded trading with 1,894,754 stock units and Jamaica Producers traded 1,291,459 shares.
Stocks with major price changes are, Caribbean Cement rising $1 and finished trading 24,225 shares at $41, Grace Kennedy jumped $1.24 to $53, with just 100 stock units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 59 cents and closed trading at $7.99, NCB Financial Group fell 50 cents and ended trading with 20,560 shares at $96.50, PanJam Investment lost 55 cents and closed at $52.45, with 7,553 stock units, Sagicor Group settled at $38.50, after falling 33 cents in trading 9,418 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 90 cents and end at $14.95, with 11,661 units. Salada Foods climbed 90 cents, trading 10,000 stock units at $12.50, Scotia Group climbed $1.75 to end at $52.00, in exchanging 9,281 units and Supreme Ventures ended at $15.10, after gaining 59 cents as 240,095 shares traded.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 45,640 units valued at US$11,330 as JMMB 6% ended with a gain of 2 cents and closed at $1.05 in trading 4,070 stock units, 
Proven Investments rose 1.1 cent to 18.10 US cents with 33,900 shares trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 7,670 units trading with a gain of 1 cent t0 12 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 4.60 points to 151.29.
Trading resulted in an average of 559,695 units valued at an average of $8,313,422 compared to 106,370 units valued at an average of $2,728,403 for each security traded on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 165,957 units valued at $3,192,366 compared to 145,966 units valued at $2,917,169 on Tuesday. June closed with an average of 250,168 shares with a value of $5,895,281, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
Junior Market climbs 30 points – Wednesday
Junior market volume contracting as selling volume decline.
At the close of market activities,18 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of just 737,126 units valued at $3,562,822 compared to only 1,131,911 units valued $4,659,737, from 23 securities changing hands on Tuesday. C2W Music traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, as was the case at the close on Thursday signs continue to be good for a continuation of gains when trading resumes, with a very positive Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading of 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of just 40,951 units for an average of $197,935 in contrast to 49,214 units for an average of $202,597 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 172,947 units valued at $702,449 and previously, 179,299 units valued at $726,731. Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 172,947 units valued at $702,449 and previously, 179,299 units valued at $726,731. Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.At the close of trading, Access Financial closed in trading 550 shares at $46.70, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 99 cents at $5.50, with 25,461 units, C2W Music ended 50 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2, with 10,200 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $21, with 27,855 stock units, Dolphin Cove climbed $1 higher at $17, trading 2,800 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.80, with 51,331 units being traded, Everything Fresh traded 106,055 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $2.
Express Catering traded 123,443 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7.80, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 16 cents at $2.55, exchanging 35,905 shares,
General Accident closed at $3.10, with 200,000 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun concluded trading 1,005 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.70, ISP Finance settled at $16 after $1 with 5,597 shares trading, Jamaican Teas ended trading 13,938 stock units at $5, Jetcon Corporation traded 31,940 units at $4.10. Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents to close at $4, in exchanging 58,355 stock units, Lasco Financial close with 6,069 units trading and rose 20 cents to end at $5.20, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, exchanging 36,120 shares and Stationery and Office closed 55 cents higher at $8.50, with 502 units changing hands.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE flashing negative signals
Ansa Mcal price dropped $3 on Wednesday to test the 52 weeks’ low reached in June.
Ansa Mcal dropped $3 in trading a mere 200 units to close back at a recent 52 weeks’ low of $55, reached on June 11 and helped to spark a sharp decline in the two main market indices of Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Wednesday.
The signals from a number of stocks suggest that a downward bias is present as a number of prices have moved down to test recent 52 weeks’ lows. This is a development worth watching going forward for a while.
At the close the Composite Index lost 5.79 points to 1,218.01, the All T&T Index declined 10.93 points to 1,709.04 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.07 points to close at 97.63.
Market activity ended on Wednesday with 15 securities trading against 13 on Tuesday, with 5 advancing, 6 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. The volume traded declined from Tuesday’s level but the value more than doubled as 263,410 units valued $10,262,782 changed hands compared to 704,242 units valued $4,324,693 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading on Wednesday, Guardian Holdings gained 1 cent and closed at $16.61, trading 400 units, LJ Williams B share rose 1 cent and ended at 70 cents, after exchanging 13,295 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed with a gain of 1 cent and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $102.81, after exchanging 2,120 shares, Scotiabank gained 1 cent and ended trading 100,600 units at $65.02 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading with a rise of 15 cents and ended at $29.75, after exchanging 63,510 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 20 cents and settled at $20, with 72,130 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended trading 1 cent lower at $34.91, after exchanging 598 shares, 
National Enterprises concluded trading of 1,000 stock units with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $9.50, in testing the 52 weeks’ low reached June 13 of $9.49. National Flour traded 50 shares and fell 1 cent to $1.79 and Sagicor Financial fell 5 cents and settled at $7.70, to test the 52 weeks’ low for the third time in weeks, with 2,277 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant ended at $40, after exchanging 1,394 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $46.95, after exchanging 409 shares, but traded earlier at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $46.93, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12.10, after exchanging 328 shares and Point Lisas settled at $3.70, with 5,099 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Motta shares fully allocated
%8 Half Way Tree Road owned by Stanley Motta.
According to a release from the brokers to the deal, the offer of reserve shares and those the general public were full allocated.
The Company intends to apply to the Jamaica Stock Exchange for the listing on the main market of the JSE of all the Shares and to make such application as soon as is conveniently possible following the close of the offer. The offer opened on July 6 and was scheduled to close on July 20, but an notice in Friday the 20th in the Daily Gleaner, disclosed that the issue was closed suggesting that the issue was fully taken up with minimal take up by the NCB Capital Markets as underwriters.
The offer covered 757 million shares with 227,348,547 reserved mostly for family members of the majority shareholders of the Musson Group and 529,970,315 units for the General Public for purchase at $5.31 per share, meant to raise $4 billion.
BOJ buys $5m at J$133.65
The rate Bank of Jamaica paid on Wednesday, July 25 to purchase US$5 million in the B-FXITT Standard Intervention Tool – buy operation average J$133.65.
Eligible dealers placed bids to buy only $5.5 million with the highest priced offer at 137.24 to sell $200,000 and the lowest at $126 for $200,000. BOJ purchased funds as high as $137.10 amounting 40 percent of the amount offered while the amount of $350,000 that was offered at $137 was fully taken up. Eligible Offers were received from 19 sellers while 18 had funds bought.
The central bank will buy US$5 on Wednesday July 31 and August 8 and will sell $10 million to the market on August 19.
