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Banks push TTSE index higher

May 13, 2020 by IC Insider.com

First Citizens rose $3 on Wednesday.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange registered a bounce on Wednesday with First Citizens Bank jumping $3 and heavyweight Republic Financial Holdings put in a gain of 30 cents on a day with three stocks rising and four declining and five ending with prices unchanged.
The T&T Composite Index advanced 7.76 points to 1,269.46. The All T&T Index soared 13.91 points to 1,701.51, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.21 points to 113.23.
The market closed with twelve securities trading, leading to 225,594 shares valued at $2,886,944 crossing the exchange, compared to 222,052 shares for $3,973,067 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gainers│ First Citizens Bank climbed $3 to $45, with an exchange of 12,373 stock units, NCB Financial gained 5 cents trading 81,540 shares and closed at $7.50 and Republic Financial Holdings finished 30 cents higher at $132.50 exchanging 1,173 units.
Losers│ Clico Investments ended at $23.75, with a loss of 25 cents in transferring 114 units, L.J Williams B share shed 12 cents to settle at $1.50, in trading 2,000 units. One Caribbean Media lost 1 cent exchanging 100 units and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.99 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL finished 7 cents lower at $16.80, with 8,907 stock units crossing the market.
Firm Trades│ Angostura Holdings closed at $14 trading 1,714 units, Guardian Holdings held firm at $18 with an exchange of 2,275 units, JMMB Group swapped 3,125 stock units at $1.95. Point Lisas transferred 5,000 stock units at $3.45 and West Indian Tobacco remained at $31.40, with 22,722 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Cinemaone, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, LJ Williams, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Republic Financial Holdings, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Rising stocks dominate Junior Market

May 13, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The number of securities advancing far outnumbering those declining on Wednesday in trading on the Junior Market, but the Index slipped 1.15 points to close at 2,464.04. At the conclusion of market activities, the prices of 21 securities advanced, 6 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading closed with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,008,593 units valued at $9,244,861 compared to 4,739,302 units valued at $9,995,916 from 32 securities on Tuesday. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9 based on 2020-21 earnings.
Trading ended with an average of 91,169 units at $280,147 for each security traded in contrast to 148,103 units for an average of $312,372 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 133,330 valued at $367,276 and previously 139,654 units valued at 380,345. In contrast, April closed with an average of 447,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with the bid higher than its last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 4,113 units and gained 7 cents to end at $22.08, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents in the swapping of 60 shares to close $1.78, Blue Power closed trading of 25,000 units and added 5 cents to finish at $3.45. Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 1 cent to $2.20 with 18,768 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed 9 cents higher at $2.60 trading 23,300 stock units, Caribbean Flavours climbed 50 cents and exchanged 600 shares to settle at $9.50. Caribbean Producers rose 13 cents to end at $2.48 with 583,415 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove dipped 80 cents in the trading of 500 units to close at $7, Elite Diagnostic climbed 42 cents and exchanged 3,650 shares to settle at $3.62. Everything Fresh ended the day rising 12 cents to 82 cents after investors switched ownership of 19,950 shares, Express Catering jumped 11 cents and exchanged 2,819 shares to finish at $3.51, Fontana closed 3 cents higher at $5.48 with 74,481 units traded. Fosrich ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79 with 2,314 shares changing hands, General Accident rose 26 cents in exchanging 630,068 stock units to close at $5, Honey Bun rose 6 cents to $5.55 with 7,596 shares trading. iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 44 cents with 25,000 stock units switching owners, Indies Pharma climbed 5 cents and exchanged 42,298 shares to settle at $2.30, Jetcon declined by 9 cents to settle at 80 cents with 33,915 units crossing the market. Knutsford Express exchanged 9,900 shares to finish at $7.50 after falling $1.47, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 76,558 units and gained 15 cents to end at $3.25, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents to close at $2.70 with an exchange of 7,707 shares. Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent to close at $3.99 with 64,598 shares traded, Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 32,912 shares to settle at $1.95, Lumber Depot slipped 1 cent to $1.13 with 199,124 stock units changing hands. MailPac Group ended 3 cents higher at $1.92 in the exchange of 711,639 shares, SSL Venture jumped 15 cents and swapped 4,286 shares to finish at 90 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 6 cents higher at $6.26, with 22,645 stock units crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, KLE Group, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market climbs 46 points – Tuesday

May 12, 2020 by IC Insider.com

After posting a moderate decline on Monday the Junior Market followed up Fridays good 50.7 points rise with another solid rally on Tuesday with the market index jumping 45.91 points to close at 2,465.19 resulting from a rise in the prices of 15 securities and a fall in the prices of 11 stocks while six remained unchanged.

Junior Market had a month of consolidation but maybe setting to breakout.

The day’s activities ended with 32 securities changing hands similar to the number on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 4,739,302 units at $9,995,916 compared to 3,532,717 units valued at $11,173,927, on Monday.
Trading closed with an average of 148,103 units for $312,372 for each security traded in contrast to 110,397 units at $349,185 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 139,654 units valued at 380,345 and previously 138,216 valued at $391,915. In contrast, April closed with an average of 447,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stock ended with bids higher than its last selling prices and two with lower offers. One technical indicator is pointing to a big break out of the Junior Market soon.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 24 cents in exchanging 30,455 shares to end at $1.89, Blue Power slipped 10 cents to $3.40 with 7,103 units traded, Cargo Handlers finished 40 cents higher at $6.50 with 5,000 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Cream climbed 22 cents in exchange of 138,754 shares to settle at $2.51, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents to close at $2.35 with an exchange of 789,589 shares, Consolidated Bakeries fell 18 cents to $1.51 with 3,900 shares crossing the market. Dolphin Cove jumped 58 cents and swapped 5,000 units to end at $7.80, Elite Diagnostic dropped 30 cents to $3.20 with 32,800 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh ended with a loss of 19 cents at 70 cents trading 78,160 stock units. Fontana closed 45 cents higher trading 101,458 shares to finish at $5.45, Fosrich gained 35 cents in the exchange of 27,788 shares to settle at $3.80, General Accident closed trading of 164,716 units with the adding of 4 cents to end at $4.74. Honey Bun fell 10 cents to $5.49 with the swapping of 1,000 units, iCreate closed at 42 cents, after slipping 1 cent and trading 395,149 stock units, Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in exchanging of 6,847 shares to finish at $2.25.Jamaican Teas climbed 5 cents trading 34,755 shares to settle at $4, Jetcon Corporation jumped 24 cents to bounce back from yesterday’s 52-week low and finished at 89 cents with 45,500 units changing hands, KLE Group closed 5 cents higher at $1.70 with an exchange of 31,459 shares. Knutsford Express leaped $1.33 in the trading just 150 units to finish at $8.97, Lasco Distributors closed 11 cents lower at $3.10 with 15,957 stock units crossed the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing added 13 cents after an exchange of 3,131 shares to end at $3.98. Limners and Bards dropped 15 cents in trading 24,385 units to end at $1.80, Investors responded strongly to strong increased revenues and profit at Mailpac Group by moving the price higher by 4 cents to $1.89 in exchanging 2,498,396 shares, Main Event slid 39 cents in swapping 1,817 units to settle at $4.50. Medical Disposables lost 5 cents trading 20,204 units to close at $6.20 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 5 cents to $6.20 with 16,906 stock units crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, KLE Group, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

No rising JSE US$ stocks – Tuesday

May 12, 2020 by IC Insider.com

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The JSE US Market resulted in a lower number of companies trading on Tuesday that delivered a higher turnout of volume and value of stocks crossing through the market.
Market activity saw investors exchanging just three securities, two of which declined and one closed unchanged. Trading resulted in 1,096,566 units with a value of US$45,400 changing hands, in contrast to 69,985 units for US$12,007 on Monday.
At the close, the market index fell by 3.17 points to 189.45. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 12.9 times 2020 earnings.
Proven Investments exchanged 42,566 shares at 23 US cents, Trans Jamaican Highway lost 0.1 of a cent to end at 0.94 US cents, in trading 1,040,000 shares and JMMB Group 5.75% preference share shed 15 cents to close at US$1.85, with 14,000 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, JSE US dollar market, Proven Investments, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway

JSE Main market rolls on up

May 12, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange stretched the unbroken run into its sixth day, with modest gains in the market indices on Tuesday, but the market is still more than 26 percent adrift from the 2020 opening position.
At the close of the market, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,038.41 points to 412,412.95, the JSE Market Index added 828.05 points to close at 375,776.02 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.14 points to 100.97.
The market closed with 43 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 23 stocks advancing, 8 declining and 12 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 40 securities accounting for 10,234,687 units valued at $74,845,819, down from 13,635,712 units valued at $96,460,473 from 44 securities on Monday.
Trans Jamaican Highway led trading with 4.9 million shares for 48 percent of total main market volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.7 million units for 16.2 percent of the day’s trade and Trans Jamaican Highway US$ with 1 million units for 10 percent of the market’s volume.
The Market closed with an average of 255,867 units at $1,871,145 for each security traded, down from 309,903 units valued at an average of $2,192,283 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 327,294 units valued at $2,813,578 for each security changing hands, compared to 336,031 units with an average of $2,945,387. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.1, while the Main Market ended at 14.3 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.97 to $47, while trading 24,815 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $2.28 to $32.28 in exchange of 100 units, First Rock Capital gained 30 cents to end at $11.30 after transferring 5,173 units. Grace Kennedy closed 40 cents higher at $57.90, with an exchange of 26,542 stock units, Jamaica Broilers shed 50 cents in trading 116,728 shares and closed at $25, Jamaica Producers ended $1.65 higher at $21, after swapping 9,212 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell $1.40 to $19.50, with 4,138 units changing hands, Kingston Wharves gained $2 and ended at $46, with the trading of 88,025 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities declined by $2.20 transferring 50,119 stock units and closed at $8.80. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $25.50 to close at $150, in swapping 666 units, NCB Financial Group closed $4 higher at $149.01, after transferring 76,046 shares, 138 Student Living rose 40 cents to settle at $6.45, in trading a mere 28 units. Pan Jam Investment gained 30 cents to settle at $78, with 115,267 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group closed 49 cents higher trading 152,383 shares to finish at $45.99, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended the day with gains of $1.44 to hit $7.94, in swapping 250 units. Salada Foods advanced $1 to $30, in transferring 354 units, Scotia Group closed at $48, with gains of $1 after an exchange of 14,705 stock units, Seprod traded $1.50 higher at $49 with 19,359 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at $17.48, after rising $1.28 and trading 80,501 shares and Wisynco Group rose 37 cents to close at $17.90, with 560,921 shares crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

More cash chased TTSE stocks – Tuesday

May 12, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The volume of stocks trading dropped on Tuesday, but the more important measure, the value of stocks changing hands rose over Monday’s levels as the prices of most stocks declined compared to those increasing.
At the close of the market, the T&T Composite Index gained 3.33 points to close at 1,261.70. The All T&T Index advanced 9.02 points to 1,687.60, while the Cross Listed Index pulled back 0.33 points to 113.02.
Investors exchanged eleven securities while driving the prices of three stocks higher and pushed down prices of five and left three unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 222,052 shares at $3,973,067 compared to 357,881 shares for $2,297,587 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Gainers│ Angostura Holdings closed 15 cents higher to $14, in transferring 7,193 stock units, First Citizens Bank jumped $1.50 to $42, with 6,762 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco gained 40 cents trading 1,565 units to end at $31.40.
Losers│ Ansa McAL shed 9 cents transferring 8,399 stock units at $54.40, JMMB Group lost 1 cent with an exchange of 27,042 shares to finish at $1.95, NCB Financial closed 5 cents lower at $7.45, with 25,102 shares crossing the market. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $132.20, with a loss of 52 cents in trading 1,651 units and Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to close at $16.87 after swapping 1,540 units.
Firm Trades│ Clico investments traded 7,820 stock units at $24. Guardian Holdings exchanged 133,783 shares at $18 and National Enterprises was unchanged at $4.15, with 1,195 units crossing the market.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Ansa Mcal, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, Republic Financial Holdings, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Junior Market closed with 19 winners

May 11, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 19 securities rising, six stocks declining, seven remained unchanged, leaving the Junior Market Index to slip 1.20 points to 2,419.28.
The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.8 based on 2020-21 earnings. Investors exchanged 3,532,717 units valued at $11,173,927 compared to 4,856,519 units at $16,938,454 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 110,397 units at $349,185 for each security trading in contrast to 138,758 units at an average of $483,956 Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 138,216 valued at $391,915 and previously 143,923 units valued at $400,680. In contrast, April closed with an average of 447,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power closed trading of 10,191 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.50, Caribbean Assurance Brokers had 2,000 shares changing hands and added 1 cent to close at $2.19, Caribbean Cream ended exchanging 24,266 stock units, after rising 29 cents to end at $2.29. Derrimon Trading lost 10 cents, with 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $2.05, Elite Diagnostic climbed 39 cents to $3.50, trading 3,617 stock units. Everything Fresh gained 9 cents in transferring ownership of 11,541 shares at 89 cents. Express Catering inched 6 cents higher after exchanging 23,000 shares at $3.40, Fontana fell 25 cents to close at $5, after swapping 898,165 shares, Fosrich climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,500 shares at $3.45. General Accident closed trading of 167,388 units and gained 19 cents to end at $4.70, Honey Bun rose 44 cents higher to $5.59, with 48,863 stock units trading, iCreate inched 1 cent up and after an exchange of 11,551 shares at 43 cents. Indies Pharma ended trading with 79,992 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $2.30, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 53 cents and exchanged 124,398 shares at $2.69, Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 65, in swapping of 14,398 shares. Knutsford Express dipped 1.34 cents in trading of 4,000 units at $7.64, Lasco Distributors climbed 16 cents and exchanged 5,216 shares at $3.21, Limners and Bards closed 16 cents higher at $1.95, with 9,633 stock units trading. Lumber Depot closed trading of 135,602 units and gained 3 cents to end at $1.14, Mailpac Group closed trading of 1,075,563 units and gained 20 cents to end at $1.85, Main Event closed trading of 11,089 units and gained 39 cents to end at $4.89. Medical Disposables close with a loss of 5 cents at $6.25, swapping of 25,576 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies closed 10 cents higher at $6.15, with 3,603 stock units changing hands and tTech gained 2 cents and exchanged 18 shares at $4.75.
In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading lost 16 cents in trading 434 shares to close at $1.50.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Main Market pushes higher on Monday

May 11, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed higher for the fifth consecutive days, but investors failed to push the majority of stocks with price changes, higher at the close.
The market closed with 48 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 14 stocks rising, 17 declining and 17 securities trading unchanged. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index ended 830.48 points higher at 411,374.54, the JSE Market Index added 751.79 points to close at 374,947.97 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.16 points higher to 100.83.
The JSE Main Market activity ended with 44 securities changing hands, accounting for 13,635,712 units valued at $96,460,473, down from 15,759,687 units at $268,967,167, from 40 securities on Friday.
Trans Jamaican Highway led trading with 5.6 million shares for 41 percent of total volume followed by Wisynco Group with 1.85 million units for 13.6 percent of the day’s trade and Pulse Investments with 1.6 million units for 11.5 percent market share. Other stocks trading more than one million units were Supreme Ventures with 1 million shares and Wigton Windfarm with 1.5 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 309,903 units at $2,192,283 for each security traded, in contrast to 393,992 units, valued at an average of $6,724,179 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 336,031 units valued at $2,945,387 for each security changing hands, compared to 340,094 units with an average value of $3,082,315. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 13.9, while the Main Market ended at 14.1 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments advanced to $53, gaining $2 in exchanging 4,850 units, Caribbean Cement fell $2.03 in trading 33,286 shares to close at $49.97, First Rock Capital saw the transfer of 1,540 units at $11, after losing 40 cents. Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents swapping 1,972 units to close at $19.35, JMMB Group shed 52 cents to finish at $33.46, in an exchange of 151,331 shares, Key Insurance added 50 cents to close at $10, with 40,888 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments picked up 42 cents trading 8,200 units to end at $5.75, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed $1.10 higher at $11, with 26,000 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial Group fell 49 cents to settle at $145.01, in transferring 85,741 shares. 138 Student Living shed 45 cents swapping 16,048 units and closed at $6.05, Palace Amusement fell by $50 to $1,400, with 93 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended $1.45 lower at $6.50, after transferring 10,367 units. Scotia Group closed at $47, with a loss of 99 cents exchanging 8,863 units, Seprod jumped $3.49 in trading 70,599 shares at $47.50 after the company reported first quarter profits that doubled that of last year and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 73 cents to end at $16.20, with 4,189 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Low trading for JSE US$ stocks

May 11, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Trading remained subdued on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, resulting in just four securities changing hands, with one stock rising and three unchanged.
At the close, the market Index gained 3.93 points to end at 192.62 and the PE ratio closed with an average of 13.1 times 2020 earnings.
Investors exchanged just 69,985 units valued US$12,007, down from 95,096 units for US$15,597 trading on Friday.
First Rock Capital traded 2,120 units at 8 US cents, Proven Investments ended at 23 US cents, with an exchange of 49,841 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments traded 1,519 units at 13 US cents and Trans Jamaican Highway added 0.1 of a cent to settle at one US cent with 16,505 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JSE US dollar market, Proven Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway

6 TTSE stocks rise 2 fall

May 11, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Investors pumped in $2,297,587 in trading 357,881 shares on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, compared to the exchanging of 271,971 shares for $5,721,186 on Friday.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of six stocks rising, two declining and seven left unchanged.
Trading ended with the T&T Composite Index adding 0.40 points to end at 1,258.37. The All T&T Index advanced 3.29 points to 1,678.58, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.35 points to 113.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Gainers│ Calypso Macro Index Fund closed 13 cents higher to $15.88, in swapping 630 units, JMMB Group gained 1 cent trading 20 units to finish at $1.96, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy closed at 52 weeks’ high of $1.10, after with 500 units changed hands. National Flour rose 5 cents to end at $1.30, after exchanging 140,613 shares, Prestige Holdings jumped 56 cents to $8.06, with a transfer of 6,898 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent to $16.88, in exchanging 25,030 shares.
Losers│ Guardian Holdings lost 40 cents in closing at $18, with 8,018 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement fell 28 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.62.
Firm Trades│ Agostini’s exchanged 99 units at $24, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $37 with 200 units changing hands, Clico investments traded 47 units at $24. First Citizens Bank remained at $40.50 with 3,041 stock units, NCB Financial was unchanged at $7.50, after swapping 150,579 shares, Scotiabank ended at $54.99 and trading 100 units and West Indian Tobacco held firm at $31, with 6,068 stock units crossing the market.