Blue Power rose to a 52 weeks’ high of $20 on Thursday
At the end of trading only 1 stock rose and 8 declined out of 13 securities that traded. The market closed with 5,883,994 units valued at $16,028,801 changing owners. One stock traded to close at a new high and two traded at intraday highs.
Trading ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.At the close, Blue Power closed with a rise of 20 cents with 211 units changing hands at a new high of $20, Caribbean Cream closed with 7,500 shares changing hands at $7.01 after declining by 4 cents. Caribbean Producers after reporting a sharp fall in profit to only 10 US cents per share, had 3,539,137 units changing hands, to close with a loss of 53 cents, at $2.97, C2W Music traded 114,500 units at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries lost 14 cents in trading 43,245 shares to close at $2.20. General Accident traded 2,000,000 units at $2.05 after falling 25 cents,
Honey Bun declined by 50 cents with 4,500 shares changing hands, to close at $5.30, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 31 cents to end at $2.90 after first hitting a new intraday high of $3.23, with just 70,243 shares changing hands. Knutsford Express traded 19,435 shares to close at $25 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $26.11, Lasco Distributors fell 9 cents to end with 7,571 shares changing hands at $6.90, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.57 with 23,652 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 4,000 shares with the price declining by 30 cents to close at $3.20 and tTech had 50,000 shares trading to end at $4.50.
Price movement on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked on Wednesday with the all Jamaica Composite Index climbing more than 800 points over the close on Tuesday and 632.54 points more than at the end of July. A total of 2,531,618 units valued at $31,698,751, up from $27,344,934 on Tuesday, changed hands. Of the stocks trading in all market segments, the junior market accounted for 1,201,093 units valued at $5,410,798.
all Jamaica Composite Index rose 847.60 points to close at 178,203.70 and the JSE combined index moved up 870.87 points, to end at 171,517.24 as the junior market gained strongly, thus negating some of the main market fall.
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 18,034 units changing hands to close at $21.50, the announcement of a stock split could change investors’ perception of the stock when trading resumes on Thursday.
Foreign exchange inflows continue to exceed sales by wide margins for the past two months with authorized dealers buying another $10.8 million more than they sold on Tuesday, bringing the net inflows since the end of June, to US$265 million. In Tuesday’s trading, dealers bought US$42,556,485 and sold US$31,710,930 compared to US$63,176,140 purchased and US$47,394,596 sold on Monday, of all currencies. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 94 cents to $97.11, with dealers buying C$2,776,775 and selling C$2,485,227 at an average rate that dropped 49 cents to $98.19. The average rate for buying the British Pound rose 49 cents to $163.47 for the purchase of £1,564,410 while only £252,501 was sold with the rate climbed 13 cents to end at $165.81.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include a drop of 62 cents in the lowest buying rate for the Canadian Dollar to close at $78.44 and a fall of $1.30 in the lowest selling rate to $92. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a fall of $1 in the highest buying rate to $167, a fall of $1.58 in the lowest buying rate to close of $136.46 and a rise of $2 in the lowest selling rate to $162.
Foreign exchange inflows continue to exceed sales by wide margins for the past two months,as net inflows grew yet again, with authorized dealers buying another $15.8 million more than they sold on Monday, bringing the net inflows since the end of June, to US$254 million. In Monday’s trading, dealers bought US$63,176,140 and sold US$47,394,596 compared to US$40,765,078 purchased and US$32,968,997 sold on Friday, of all currencies. 
A total of US$44,268,643 was sold versus US$30,809,968 on Friday, with the selling rate rising 8 cents to end at $127.44. The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 55 cents to $96.17, with dealers buying C$2,398,362 and selling C$2,521,603 at an average rate that rose 14 cents to $98.68. The average rate for buying the British Pound fell $2.29 to $162.98 for the purchase of £1,111,668 while only £293,780 was sold with the rate dropped $1.99 to end at $165.68.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Monday, include a drop of $1.40 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian Dollar to close at $98.60 and a fall of $1.30 in the lowest selling rate to $93.30. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a fall of $1.20 in the highest buying rate to $168 and a fall of $2.50 in the lowest selling rate to close of $160.
As authorized dealers bought another $10 million more than they sold on Friday bringing the net inflows since the end of June, to US$238 million as dealers bought US$40,765,078 and sold US$32,968,997 compared to US$42,116,500 purchased and US$34,757,990 sold on Thursday, of all currencies. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 1 cent to $95.62, with dealers buying C$816,078 and selling C$789,840 at an average rate that rose 58 cents to $98.54. The average rate for buying the British Pound climbed 63 cents to $164.97 for the purchase of £1,167,267 while £1,014,519 was sold with the rate falling 30 cents to end at $167.97.
The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$109,799 being bought, while US$209,951, was sold.
The volumes and value of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up a bit on Friday with 1,918,263 units valued at $33,610,338, up from $15,554,439, changing hands on Thursday. Of the stocks trading in all market segments, the junior market accounted for 509,115 units, valued at $9,086,931.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
National Commercial Bank had 4,505 units changing hands to close at $40. Pan Jamaican Investments gained 39 cents to close at $24.99, after trading only 3,505 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 14 cents in trading 4,218 shares, to end at $1.56, Sagicor Group jumped $1 while 377,750 shares changed hands, at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 500 shares and gained 20 cents, to close at $10. Scotia Group gained 42 cents to close at $29.50 with 4,972 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 36,320 units changing hands at $25.50 for a rise of 50 cents, Seprod traded 13,078 shares and gained 50 cents to close at $20, Proven Investments traded 48,695 ordinary shares at 20 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 97,000 units to close at $2.10. 
The volumes and value of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell even lower on Thursday, than on Wednesday, with only 1,511,668 units valued at $15,554,439, down from $23,078,589 changing hands on Wednesday. Of the stocks trading in all market segments, the junior market accounted for 318,651 units, valued at $1,661,887.
At the close of the market prices of 12 securities gained out of a total of 26 that traded, with 10 declining in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 1 falling, in the junior market. Kingston Wharves traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $17.
Jamaica Stock Exchange had 1,300 units changing hands to close at $21.50, 
Analysis of the Central Bank’s balance sheet, shows a US$250 million build up in the foreign exchange reserves of between July 27th and August 10th. The amount is more than the net inflows into the system but with the compulsory surrender it is quite conceivable that just about all of the build-up of the country’s reserves, is from the local financial system.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for the Euro, fell 86 cents to close at J$144.40 from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$280,192 being bought, while US$270,648 was sold.
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose $1.35 to at $96.77, with dealers buying C$1,365,349 and selling C$833,472 at an average rate that dropped 36 cents to $98.76. The average rate for buying the British Pound climbed $1.56 to $163.53 for the purchase of £1,705,938, while £644,243 was sold with the rate climbing 24 cents to end at $167.23.
the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include a jump of $6.76 in the highest selling rate for the US dollar to $141, a decline of $1.49 in the highest selling rate of Canadian Dollar to close at $102.19, a rise of 80 cents in the lowest selling rate to end at $92.80. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a leap of $5.10 in the highest buying rate to $171.50, a rise of 83 cents in the lowest buying rate to $134.88, a jump of $5.58 in the highest selling rate to end at $180, while the lowest selling rate declined by $2 to close of $160.
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 20 cents to end at $95.42, with dealers buying C$1,562,757 and selling C$1,018,193 at an average rate that dropped 16 cents to $99.12. The average rate for buying the British Pound dived $1.56 to $161.97 for the purchase of £1,165,893, while £859,281 was sold with the rate climbing 92 cents to end at $166.99.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Monday, include a drop of 66 cents in the lowest selling rate for the US dollar to $103.54, a rise of $1.40 in the highest buying rate of Canadian Dollar to close at $100.20, a drop of $3 in the lowest selling rate to end at $92. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a fall of $4.34 in the highest buying rate to $166.40, slippage of 83 cents in the lowest buying rate to $134.05, a slide of $1.08 in the highest selling rate to end at $174.42, while the lowest selling rate declined by $2 to close of $158.