Ending trading at a new record close on the first trading day of September, the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed new intraday high on the second trading day of the month, with the All Jamaican Composite Index surging over 366,000 points level.
At 12 minutes after opening the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 2,142.96 points to a record 365,464.29 and by 28 minutes after opening it jumped 2,697.72 points to 366,019.05 and the JSE Index climbed 1,952.48 points to a record 332,979.28 and within 2 minutes of 10 o’clock it jumped 2,457.93 to a record 333,484.73
Later on, the market pulled back, with the all Jamaica Index up 1,751.53 to 365,072.86 and the JSE index gaining 1,595.84 to 332,622.64 as NCB Financial pulled back to $112.
The Junior Market lost 17.36 points to 3,255.01.
Major contributor to the early gains, is NCB Financial with a rise to $114.95 from a close of $112 on Monday.
All Jamaica breaks 366,000 points
All Jamaica leaps to record 363,496
The Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to scale new heights on the last trading day of August as the bulls take control of the market. At midday the All Jamaican Composite Index has surged more than 8,829 points to pass 363,000 points.
The All Jamaican Composite Index has jumped 8,829.47 points to an intraday high 363,496.38 and the JSE Index surged 8,044.65 points to a record 331,186.28. The Junior Market index rose 36.05 points to 3,253.63.
NCB Financial had jumped earlier to a record $115 from a close of $113 on Thursday, to make the first big move on the index, but Caribbean Cement climbed to $50 from $46.50 on Thursday, Sagicor Group rose from $38.05 to $39.75 while Kingston Wharves jumped from $63 to a record $65 and helped push sharply higher beyond the 363,000 mark.
In the Junior Market, Derrimon Trading having just over 1 million shares trading at $24 and Caribbean Producers traded 1.26 million shares at $6.50.
All Jamaica leaps 7,789 points to cross 362,000
The All Jamaican Composite Index has surged more than 7,789 points at 20 minutes past 11 am on Friday morning on the Jamaica Stock Exchange to break through the 362,000 points mark.
NCB Financial had jumped earlier to a record $115 from a close of $113 on Thursday, to make the first big move on the index, but Caribbean cement climbed to $50 from $46.50 on Thursday, Sagicor Group rose from $38.05 to $39.75 and helped push sharply higher beyond the 362,000 mark.
The All Jamaican Composite Index has jumped 7,789.19 to an intraday high 362,456.10 and the JSE Index surged 7,096.83 points to a record 330,238.46. The Junior Market index rose 35.93 points to 3,253.51 with Derrimon Trading having just over 1 million shares trading at $24 and Caribbean Producers traded 1.25 million shares at $6.50.
All Jamaica jumps to record 361,000 points
the All Jamaican Composite Index has surged more than 6,310 points at 2 minutes past 11 am in the morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday to break through the 360,000 points level for the first time and is just 23 points short of the 361,000 mark.
NCB Financial had jumped earlier to a record $115 from a close of $113 on Thursday, to make the first big move on the index, but Caribbean cement climbed to $50 from $46.50 on Thursday and Sagicor Group rose from $38.05 to $39.75 modest volume and helped push sharply higher in early trading on Friday to reach another record high.
The All Jamaican Composite Index has jumped 6,310.05 2 to an intraday high 360,976.96 at 11.01 am and the JSE Index surged 5,749.17 points to a record 328,890.80. The Junior Market index rose 43.01 points to 3,260.59. Derrimon Trading had just over 1 million shares trading at $24.
Subsequently, to the above moves the main market all Jamaica Index just crossed over the 361,000 points mark but pulled back a bit to sit just below.
NCB pushes All Jamaica to record 359,696 points
NCB Financial jumped to a record $115 on modest volume and helped push the Jamaica Stock Exchange sharply higher in early trading on Friday to reach another record high.
Within just 17 minutes after the market opened, the All Jamaican Composite Index was peeping at the 360,000 points mark by jumping 5,029.92 to an intraday high of 359,696.83 and the JSE Index surged 4,582.83 points to a record 327,724.46. The Junior Market index rose 15.80 points to 3,233.38.
1990’s Jamaican like interest rates in Argentina
Argentina pushed interest rates to a record high of 60% today.
Argentina’s central bank on Thursday raised its benchmark interest by 15 percentage points to 60 percent, the highest in the world, after the peso plummeted to a new record low, Bloomberg news reported today.
According to the report, “the move comes one day after President Mauricio Macri announced he had requested the International Monetary Fund to speed up disbursements from a $50 billion credit line, in order to demonstrate the country had enough cash on hand to fund the 2019 budget without going further into debt.”
Earlier on Thursday the peso fell to a fresh record low of 40 to the U.S. dollar. It pared some of its declines following the central bank announcement. The peso is down 49 percent this year, the report concluded.
The move is reminiscent of moves by the Bank of Jamaica and sanctioned by the ministry of finance heading then by Dr. Davies that did enormous damage to the Jamaican economy from which the country has not fully recovered.
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.
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.
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.