1 stock trade so far

Grace Kennedy was the sole stock trading at 10 on Thursday morning on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. JSE 10am 12-3-15

NCB closes at $25

NCB closed up by $1.50 at $25 on Wednesday

NCB closed up by $1.50 at $25 on Wednesday

Wednesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with National Commercial Bank (NCB) closing at $25 has demands picks up for the stocks and supply of stocks seems limited. NCB closed with only six offers to sell between $25.50 and $33. Trading resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising, 9 declining as 18 securities changed hands, ending in 5,386,223 units trading, valued at $35,347,255 in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 507.16 points to 82,624.62, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell rose 567.03 points to close at 91,096.46 and the JSE combined index gained 594.16 points to close at 84,419.09.
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.
JSE sum 11-3-15 Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes in contributing 60,988 shares closed 35 cents higher to $5.50, National Commercial Bank closing with 65,060 shares changing hands $1.50 higher at $25, Supreme Ventures finishing trading with 87,600 shares, 3 cents up to $2.30
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless was the only ordinary stock to remained unchanged in price at the end of trading and closed with 103,000 shares changing hands at 50 cents
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement finishing with 11,500 units to close lower by 5 cents at $2.26. Carreras closing with 4,000 units, the price slipped 36 cents to $43.15, Grace Kennedy finishing trading with 9,344 shares to close 54 cents lower at $60.52, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading with 88,276 shares and closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers in exchanging 306,475 units, ended with a decline of 1 cent to $7.10. Sagicor Group had dealing in 2,143,526 shares trading with a loss of 8 cents to $10.42,
Scotia Investments lost $ to close at $23.50

Scotia Investments lost $ to close at $23.50

Scotia Group contributing 500 shares trading at 1 cent to close at $20.80 and Scotia Investments concluding trading with 1,200 shares and lost $4 less to close at $23.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,770,782 units and lost 4 cents to $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference shares traded 489,374 units at $2.

JSE market closed up

JSE fn cl - 11-3-15Trading picked up after a slow morning session when only 4 stocks traded on the Jamaican Stock Exchange in early Wednesday, after more than an hours trading.
Buying interest seemed to have picked up with National Commercial Bank trading to close at $25 with more than a half of the volume trading at the closing price and Sagicor Group had trading in more than 2 million shares, to end at $10.42 with no stock on offer at the close.
The JSE Market Index gained 507.16 points to 82,624.62, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 567.03 points to close at 91,096.46.

Trading in only 4 stocks on JSE

Trading took place in only 4 stocks on the Jamaican Stock Exchange in early Wednesday morning trading, as buying interest remains subdued with most companies already releasing 2014 results. JSE int 10.45-11-3-15

6 stocks up 7 down on JSE Tuesday

Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 7 declining as only 20 securities changed hands, ending in 2,017,463 units trading, valued at only $10,345,649, in all market segments.
JSe sum 10-3-15strong> Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 584.74 points to 82,117.46, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 653.76 points to close at 90,529.43 and the JSE combined index declined 580.75 points to close at 83,824.93.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy ending with 45,972 shares, gained 6 cents to $61.06, Jamaica Broilers closing with 88,054 shares changing hands, 1 cent higher to $4.01. Mayberry Investments concluding trading with 51,020 shares while gaining 14 cents, to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 and Sagicor Group trading 118,785 units to close with a gain of 9 cents at $10.50.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Ciboney concluding trading with only 2,400 shares at 7 cents, Desnoes & Geddes had 13,346 shares changing hands at $5.15. There was dealing in 1,100 Hardware & Lumber shares, trading at $7.40, Kingston Wharves closing with a mere 300 shares changing hands and ended at $6.40 followed by National Commercial Bank finishing trading with 1,900 shares at $23.50.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finishing with 177,779 units to close lower by 4 cents to 50 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers trading 9,185 ordinary shares and closed with a loss of 4 cents to $7.11, Proven Investments trading with 9,675 and lost 0.49 to 18 US cents, there was dealing in 151,041 Scotia Group shares with a loss of $1.19 to $20.81.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trade 394,300 shares close at $2.

JSE Tuesday’s closing prices

The Jamaica Stock market closed with the main indices declining on Tuesday as Scotia Group shed value to close at $20.81. JSE mm nd-10-3-15

Moderate trading continues on JSE

>Trading continues to be moderate on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday as Mayberry hits $2.50 a new 52 weeks high and Scotia Group fell back to $21.15.JSE 1045-10-3-15</a

Low trading on JSE Monday

Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was moderate, resulting in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 4 declining as only 14 securities changed hands, ending in 2,002,875 units trading, valued at $10,729,312 in all market segments. Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 314.15 points to 82,702.20, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 351.23 points to close at 91,183.19 and the JSE combined index gained 329.13 points to close at 84,405.68.
JSE sum 9-3-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator is indicating a sideward movement for the market, with 8 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 309,275 ordinary shares changing hands, closing higher by 15 cents at $7.15. Radio Jamaica in conducting trading with 7,025 shares, gained 1 cent to $1.38, Sagicor Group while exchanging 519,047 shares ended gaining 10 cents to close at $10.41 and Scotia Group had dealing in 24,576 shares and added $1 in closing at $22.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Barita Investments in trading 2,159 shares closed at $2.25, Caribbean Cement trading 8,900 shares ended at $2.31 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund in dealing with 7,220 shares closed at $6.70.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finishing with 701,220 units to close lower by 1 cent to 54 cents, Grace Kennedy closing with 2,400 units as the price slipped $1 $61, Jamaica Broilers ending trading with 288,969 shares and lost 5 cents to $4 and Mayberry Investments concluded trading with 1,470 shares and suffered a loss of 13 cents to $2.36.

Only 14 stocks trade on Monday

JSE cl 9-3-15There not a great deal of activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on the first trading of the week. When the market closed a mere 2,002,875 valued at just $10,729,312 changed hands. Five securities account for the bulk of the stocks trading. The all Jamaica Composite index put on 351.23 to end at 91,183.19 and the JSE Index added 314.15 points to end at 82,702.20. Scotia Group closed at $22 after adding $1 and Grace Kennedy lost $1 to end at $61.

Slow trading continues on JSE

JSE intra 12-09-3-15The Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to reflect slow trading with only 1 hour left to trade and resulted in moderate slippage of the main indices. All but one share that have traded so far are from the main market.