The last trade of Supreme Ventures took place on Friday April 10 at 12:56:23, less than five minutes before trading closed. The official trading data showed the trade as valid but the 1,435 shares that were involved took place at $2.31 with a value of just $3,314.85, but the fall was outside of the price movement restriction of 15 percent from the opening price placed on stocks.
The trade was not valid and was cancelled sometime after trading closed, but not before the stock exchange reported the results for the public. The shares were sold by Sagicor Investments with the buying broker being Victoria Mutual Wealth Management traded on behalf of clients.
The stock exchange rules will permit daily price movements of 30 percent but there would be initial freeze of one hour if the attempted price exceeds 15 percent from the opening price. For further trading in the stock to be effected would have required an hour to elapse before the trade could take place.in the case of the above trade, there would be no time left in trading for the stock to resume trading. As a result of the cancellation of the trade, the closing price for Supreme Ventures officially ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.95.
The changes meant that JSE index ended at 85,647.64 instead of the 85,620.15 originally reported, The all Jamaica composite was reported at 94,445.60, is in fact 94,476.33 and the combined index reported as closing at 87,355.58 in fact ended at 87,381.44. The volume traded is marginally adjusted down to 9,744,758 units and the value $155,258,896 and resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising 8 declining and 7 trading firm.
The market was closing at the highest level for 2015 and the highest level since mid-May 2012, based on the all Jamaica Composite Index which is up 12 percent since the end of 2014. The local market seems heading towards the next major resistance level around 99,000 point which is less than 5,000 points away. Breaking the resistance level is important but it is the ability to take out the resistance level and move further up wards that more important if the rally is to be sustained.
Cancelled SVL trade changes closing data
Jamaica Producers trades 5m shares
JPG traded 5 million shares but the price dropped $1.50
Main Market| At the close the JSE Market Index gained 717.53 points to 85,620.15, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose index 802.23 points to close at 94,445.60 and the JSE combined index gained 674.14 points to close at 87,355.58.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.Jamaica Producers traded 5,003,044 shares and lost $1.50 to end at $17 with 5 million units being bought by Stocks and Securities on behalf of clients, the selling broker was Proven Investments. Sagicor Group traded 2,288,352 shares, between $10.45 and $10.50 but closed at $10.50 for a small gain, National Commercial Bank had 1,167,359 units changing hands to close at $25.50. Carreras traded 101,583 units at $43 and suffered a lost $1.05, Scotia Group traded 244,951 shares, between $22 and $22.50 before settling at $22.05 for a loss of 45 cents and
Proven Investments finished with 201,102 shares at 18 US cents.
Desnoes & Geddes traded just 1,700 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.55 by posting a 5 cents gain. Grace Kennedy traded 3,850 shares at $65 for new 52 weeks’ highs and Supreme Ventures with 20,435 traded as high as $2.95, a new intraday 52 weeks’ high but ended down, at the close at $2.31 after shedding 49 cents from Thursday’s last price and Barita Investments suffered a fall of 27 cents to $1.95 for a new 52 weeks low. Proven 8% preference share traded 13,260 units to close at $5.05 after dropping 45 cents.
SGJ trades 2.2m shares & NCB 674K
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange is off to a moderate start up to 10:45 Friday and was dominated by Sagicor Group trading 2,226,502 between $10.45 and $10.50, while National Commercial Bank traded 673,941 shares at $25.50, with a bid to buy 492,000 units at $25.50, the offer is at $26 for just over 24,000 shares.
Grace hit a new 52 weeks’ high of $65 while trading a small volume.Only 8 securities has traded so far, with one form the junior market.
The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed back well above the 94,000 mark with a 491 points rally to reach 94,134.38 while the main market index rose 439.16 points to 85,341.78. The junior market index is unchanged at 733.67.
Obama’s visit affected trading Thursday
On Thursday, with more than one and a half hours of opening, only two stocks traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, reflecting some of the business interruptions that attended the USA President’s short visit to the Jamaica. 
Trading picked up somewhat after but never got to a robust levels, resulting in the prices of 8 stocks rising, 4 declining as 20 securities changed hands, ending in 790,398 units trading, valued at $4,636,761, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 262.35 points to 84,902.62, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 293.32 points to close at 93,643.37 and the JSE combined index dropped 231.14 points to close at 86,681.44 as trading closed with three stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
National Commercial Bank traded up to $25.50 with a gain of 50 cents with 91,911 units changing hands, there were 673,941 shares on offer at $25.50 with buying for 32,402 units at $25.01. Jamaica Producers put on $1.50 to end at $18.50 but with just 2,000 shares trading.
IC Insider Buy Rated RJR closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2 with 190,399 shares as the price puts on 50 cents and Supreme Ventures is also at a new 52 weeks high of $2.80, up 50 cents but with 30,000 shares trading. Sagicor X Fund was down by 40 cents to $6.50 as increased selling is overwhelming demand, trading accounted for 50,000 units but still left 1.4 million units on offer for sale at $6.90 with bids in to buy only 111,053 units at $6.50. Scotia Group traded 26,721 between $21.56 and $22.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 134,000 shares to gain 10 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.20.
Trading picks up on JSE after 11am
Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange after the very slow start up to 11am on Thursday with 18 securities trading resulting in 733,909 units changing hands. The junior market had only 2 securities trading while the US market had one.
The all Jamaica Composite Index had once more climbed back well above the 94,000 mark but a fall in Scotia fell by $1 to $21.56 and then back to $22.50 on small volume, but not even the $1.50 rise in Jamaica Producers to $18.50 could stave off 293.32 points to reach 93,643.37 while the main market index slipped 262.35 points to 84,902.62. The junior market index rose 0.33 points to 731.31.
IC Insider Buy Rated RJR closed at a new 52 weeks high of $2 with just over 190,000 shares as the price puts on 50 cents and Supreme Ventures is also at a new 52 weeks high of $2.80, up 50 cents but with 30,000 shares trading. Sagicor X Fund was down by 40 cents to $6.50 as increased selling is over whelming demand.
Obama’ JSE shut out
There were only 2 stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday up to 11AM, with Scotia Group Jamaica posted only 845 units and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% traded 134,000 units on a day that seems disrupted by closures of businesses resulting from the visit of President of the United States head of state President Obama.
Carreras up $2.54 close to pre-taxed price
Carreras gained $2.54 in reach of recent highs
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 195.37 points to 85,164.97, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 218.43 points to close at 93,936.69 and the JSE combined index gained 130.82 points to close at 86,912.58. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Cable & Wireless traded 623,636 shares to close at 52 cents, Carreras jumped $2.54 with only 2,365 shares trading to end at $44.05 almost recovering the losses suffered after investors dumped the stock in March, following hike taxes on cigarettes.
Jamaica Broilers traded 269,910 shares at $4.51 and had an offer, to sell 215,000 units at $4.69, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $17 while 6,004 units traded.
National Commercial Bank had 231,819 shares changing hands, to close at $25.50, with a gain of 50 cents, but traded as low as $25 and ending with 679,541 units on the offer at $25.50, with bids for 62,175 units at $25.01.
Sagicor Group had 56,189 units trading to close 30 cents higher at $10.50 after trading as low as $10.25, at the close, 29,402 units were on offer at $10.50 and just above that, 1 million units for sale at $10.60. Scotia Investments traded 81,250 units at $23.80 with a gain of 22 cents but closed with a bid of $23.60 to buy 52,510 units while offers were at $23.80 to sell 199,850 units. Supreme Ventures closed trading with 153,850 at $2.30 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% traded 370,000 shares at $2.
Trading picks up on JSE
Jamaica Stock Exchange’s activity has been more robust on Wednesday than on Tuesday, with the main market having 13 securities trading and the junior market 4, as 1.7 million units have so far traded.The all Jamaica Composite Index put on 340 points to reach 94,058.36 while the main market index is up 304 points to 85,273.80 and the junior market index slipped 2.32 points to 734.36.
JSE off to a slow start
Tuesday’s trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was lukewarm at best with the prices of 5 stocks rising, 4 declining as 19 securities changed hands, ending in 1,142,877 units trading, valued at a mere $3,840,399, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 136.32 points to 84,969.60, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 152.41 points to close at 93,718.26 and the JSE combined index declined by 6.16points to close at 86,781.76.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Stocks of interest include Carreras that traded only 1,100 shares to close at $41.51 with a gain of 43 cents, the bid is at $41.50 for 5,000 shares and the offer is at $44.50 for 3,978 shares.
Grace Kennedy traded 18,162 shares to gain $1 to $63, the stock closed with the offer at $63 for a small volume. Sagicor Group lost 20 cents to end at $10.20 while 65,291 units were traded between $10.20 and $10.45. At the close there were 1 million units on offer at $10.60.
Some of the stocks with bids that are higher than the last selling price are Jamaica Stock Exchange with a bid of $2.30 to buy 100,000 units against the last sale price of $2 and Radio Jamaica with a bid for 5,000 shares by Mayberry for in house purposes at $1.60 last selling price $1.50.
JSE off to very slow start
The Jamaica stock exchange continues it seems to be in holiday mode with only a four stocks trading up 11:05 on Tuesday morning, with one coming from the junior market.
There were mixed movements in the indices, but changes were very moderate to negligible.
