With two and a half hours of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 
the stock market increased the gains it recorded at 10.30 this morning.
JMMB Group traded 9,935,904 shares at $7.50, up from $7.41 on Tuesday as 17 stocks recorded gains to only 1 declining as Jamaica Broilers traded at a 52 weeks’ high.
TheJSE Market Index that gained 600.58 points in the first hour is now up 845.96 to 97,442.47 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index which rose 671.29 points at 10.30 this morning has gone on to record gains of 945.56 points to 107,853.43 at and the JSE combined index that gained 618.66 points is now up 868.76 points to 100,162.53, the junior market index climbed from 5.78 points to 7.85 to 915.04.
JSE increased gains at midday
June 17, 2015 by
JSE up in early trading
June 17, 2015 by
With an hour of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange having passed, there are 
gains in all the main indices with the main market indices up a bit.
Helping the indices move up are National Commercial Bank trading at $29.99 for a 53 cents gain, Caribbean Cement adding 10 cent to $5.10 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund trading a $8. The prices of 9 stocks have gained and 3 declined as 16 securities has traded with a total volume of 1.36 million units. The main market has so far had 11 stocks being active while 5 stocks traded in the junior market.
TheJSE Market Index gained 600.58 points to 97,197.09 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 671.29 points to 107,579.16 at and the JSE combined index added 618.66 points to end at 99,912.43, the junior market index climbed 5.78 to 912.97.
Falling prices dominate with 15 down
June 16, 2015 by
Carreras dominated with $64.8M in value
TheJSE Market Index lost just 3.39 points to 96,596.51, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 3.79 points to close at 108,907.87 and the JSE combined index gained 28.63 points to end at 99,293.77.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 19 stocks with bids higher than
their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower, an indication that the number of stocks likely to gain on Wednesday should outnumber the ones declining.In trading, Cable & Wireless put on 2 cents with 431,297 units changing hands to close at 46 cents. Caribbean Cement rose 1 cent while trading 121,350 shares at $5, Carreras gained 28 cents in trading 1,341,078 to end at $48.35, with NCB Capital Market s being the main broker selling and Sagicor Investments the main broker buying. Grace Kennedy suffered a decline by 40 cents with 8,919 shares changing hands at $63.50, Hardware & Lumber traded 50,000 shares at $18, with just one trade. Jamaica Broilers slipped 30 cents with 23,654 shares trading to close at $5.20, followed by Kingston Wharves that fell 15 cents to $6.40 with only 725 units trading,
National Commercial Bank traded 528,170 units to close at $29.46 down from the last traded on Monday of $30, as the price slipped 54 cents. Sagicor Group fell 30 cents to $12.30 with 94,210 shares changing hands. The price of Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 10 cents, with 42,375 shares changing hands, to end at $7.70. Scotia Investments fell 72 cents as 25,291 shares traded to close at $26.28 and Proven Investments traded 595,502 shares at 21 US cents, down from 21.05 US cents on Monday, after 467,745 units were traded in the morning session, at 22 US cents.
JSE up slightly in early trading
June 16, 2015 by
With an hour of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange having elapsed, Proven Investments
Investments traded 467,745 shares at 22 US cents, up from 21.05 US cents on Monday. National Commercial Bank traded 524,170 units at $29.45, the stock last traded on Monday at $30 and Medical Disposables had 101,679 units changing hands at $2.20 for a loss of 10 cents.
The main market indices rose with a total of 5 stocks have declined and 4 are up. The main market has so far had 12 stocks being active while only 3 stocks traded in the junior market for a total of 15 securities trading accounting for 1.13 million shares as the market continued in a subdued manner since last week.
TheJSE Market Index lost 160.81 points to 96,760.71 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 179.74 points to 107,091.40 at and the JSE combined index dropped 190.63 points to end at 99,382.39.
JSE inches up on Monday
June 15, 2015 by
Sagicor traded at a new 52 weeks’ high on Monday
TheJSE Market Index gained 71.71 points to 96,599.90, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 80.16 points to close at 106,911.66 and the JSE combined index gained 34.45 points to end at 99,265.14.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.Stocks trading include, Cable & Wireless traded 830,959 units at 44 cents, Caribbean Cement ended with 42,304 shares changing hands at $4.99 after gaining 14 cents. Carreras closed with 47,127 stocks units trading and lost 93 cents at $48.07, Desnoes & Geddes gained 45 cents with just 1,404 units trading, to end at $8, Grace Kennedy had 3,560 shares changing hands after losing 5 cents to end at $63.90. Hardware & Lumber traded 20,000 stocks units with a loss of $1 to close at $18. Jamaica Broilers traded 250,000 shares at $5.50 after shedding 25 cents, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 9,331 shares to close unchanged at $6.35, JMMB Group closed with 23,587 shares changing hands at $7.45 for a 15 rise, Mayberry Investments had 11,195 units changing hands at $2.88,
National Commercial Bank traded 48,527 units to close at $30, after gaining 50 cents. Pulse Investments had 306,000 shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high of 55 cents, to record a gain of 10 cents. Radio Jamaica traded 25,185 stocks units with a loss of 1 cent, to close at $3, Sagicor Group traded 776,521 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.60, after putting on 54 cents, Scotia Group ended with 14,717 shares trading unchanged at $23.10. Seprod ended with 19,041 shares changing hands at $15.45 for a gain of 7 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 435,206 units at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 324,497 units at $3.
Mild decline at JSE in early trading
June 15, 2015 by
With an hour of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange having passed, the market 
indices fell with a total of 5 stocks have declined and 5 are up.
The main market has so far had 15 stocks being active while only 3 stocks have so far traded in the junior market for a total of 18 securities trading accounted for 2.27 million shares.
Cable & Wireless traded 830,959 units at 44 cents and Sagicor Group traded 689,489 shares at $12.15 to be the noted trades so far. Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $2 but has since slipped to $1.85 and Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $24 with 1,415 units.
TheJSE Market Index lost 101.99 points to 96,528.19 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 114 points to close at and the 106,717.95 JSE combined index dropped 190.63 points to end at 99024.44, the junior market index climbed 10.41 to a new high of 896.92 points.
AJ Index falls 3,000 points in 6 days
June 12, 2015 by
Scotia Group fell again on Friday to $23.10 from its recent 52 weeks’ high of $27, and is the major factor behind the 3,000 points fall in the market index.
Since last week Friday the main market has slipped 5 days out of the 6 trading days. The last three days recorded negative movements in the indices. The JSE Market Index lost 805.17 points to close at 96,528.19, and is down over 2,700 points from last week’s Thursday close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 899.97 points to close at 106,831.50 and has lost more 3,000 points since last week’s Thursday close. The JSE combined index dropped 989.73 points to end
at 99,230.69 on Friday and lost just over 2,600 points since Thursday, last week.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with offers that were lower, a negative indicator for Monday’s trading.
In trading, Cable & Wireless ended with 77,630 shares changing hands and closed unchanged at 44 cents, Carreras traded 213,902 shares to close at $49 after losing 50 cents, Desnoes & Geddes ended with 106,421 shares changing hands with the price declining 45 cents to $7.55, Grace Kennedy traded 10,133 units to close at $63.95. Jamaica Broilers closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.75 to gain 35 cents, with 431,083 units changing hands,
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 15,415 shares trading and closed at $6.35, to lose 15 cents. JMMB Group gained 8 cents to end at $7.30 with 134,900 shares, Kingston Wharves lost 49 cents with 8,000 shares trading at the close at $6.51, National Commercial Bank had 36,290 units trading unchanged at $29.50. Sagicor Group traded only 31,267 shares, was quoted at $12.06 when trading ended, with a loss of 34 cents. The stock traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.50 during the day. Scotia Group had 301,432 shares changing hands at $23.10 with a loss of 50 cents, Sterling Investments saw 11,660 units trading at $13.40 and put on 5 cents, Supreme Ventures had 46,994 units changing hands at $3.65 for a 5 cents gain and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 127,800 units at $5.
Market suffers losses in early trading
June 12, 2015 by
With 75 minutes of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the market indices fell 
with a tone of bearishness in the air, a total of 11 stocks have declined and 7 are up.
There are three new 52 weeks’ highs with Caribbean Cream traded at an all-time high of $1.85, Sagicor Group and Jamaica Broilers traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.50 and $5.75 respectively. The main market has so far had 17 stocks being active while 11 stocks have traded in the junior market, for a total of 28 securities, trading in the markets, accounting for 1.179 million shares.
TheJSE Market Index lost 388.63 points to 96,944.73 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 431.42 points to close at 107,300.05 JSE combined index dropped 508.18 points to 99712.24 and the junior market index fell 15.64 to 917.13 points.
JSE main market slips
June 11, 2015 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended with 13 stocks advancing, 10 declining as 30 securities changed hands, ending in 3,850,561 units trading, valued at $23,389,820. Trading closed with 7 stocks ending at new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 ending a new low, in all market segments.
The JSE Market Index lost 556.70 points to 97,333.36, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 622.25 points to close at and the 107,731.47 JSE combined index dropped 542.27 points to end at 100,220.42.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows only 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower, an indication of the markets softening in the short term. 
The junior market that recorded 3 gains to 2 declines showed weakness at the end with 3 stocks closing with lower offers than the last sale and only 1 with the bid that was higher.
Stocks trading include, Barita Investments trading 24,000 shares at $2.65 for an increase of 14 cents, Cable & Wireless with 290,187 shares changing hands closing at 44 cents, Gleaner trading 500,000 shares gained 7 cents to close at $1.07, Hardware & Lumber closed with 5,950 shares trading to end at $19. Investors pushed Jamaica Stock Exchange 50 cents to close at $6.50 with 78,000 units changing hands, in continued favourable response to the company’s increased first quarter profit and the payment of a 53 cents dividend. Jamaica Producers had 7,450 units trading 10 cents lower at $18.55, JMMB Group saw 13,200 shares trading, to close 4 cents down at $7.22, down 24 cents, Mayberry Investments traded 623,497 stock units and lost 19 cents to end at $2.88, at the close there was a bid by Mayberry to buy 1,198,980 units at $2.88.
National Commercial Bank had 315,733 shares trading with a gain of 10 cents to close at $29.50, Radio Jamaica traded 12,265 units at a new 52 weeks’ high of $3.01 by adding 1 cent, Sagicor Group trading at the close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.40 after putting on 10 cents with 113,740 shares changing hands. Scotia Group dropped 90 cents with only 5824 shares trading, to close at $23.50, Scotia Investments traded 7,000 stock units, to end at $26.28. Proven Investments traded 236,105 ordinary stock units at 21.05US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trading 500,850 units at $2 while losing 3 cents.
7 stocks up 5 down
June 11, 2015 by
With 75 minutes of trading the main market indices rose moderately but the junior 
market index climbed 3.44 to a new high of 938.13 points.
Trading has been moderate with just 17 securities being active and accounting for 834,000 units, there are three new highs and one low so far.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange stock traded at a new all-time high of $6.50 and now has a bid at $6.55, Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $1.75 and Sagicor Group traded at $12.35 for a new 52 weeks’ high and KLE Group traded at 70 cents for a new low.