Prices of several stocks bounced sharply on the JSE Main Market as the year came to an end with 43 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 24 advancing, 11 declining and the prices of 8 stocks remaining unchanged after four stocks ended at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,992.76 points to end at 559,853.26, for a rise of 34.3 percent for the year, the JSE Market Index climbed 2,888.49 points to 509,916.44, up 34.3 percent for the year and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.51 points to close at 137.55, a gain of 37.6 percent for the year.
The JSE Main Market activity ended, with 37 securities accounting for 29,187,937 units valued at $201,537,949 in contrast to 15,775,842 units amounting to $99,372,463, on Monday, from 40 securities.
Sagicor Select – Manufacturing and Distribution Fund dominated market activity, with 10.3 million units and 35 percent of the volume changing hands, Sagicor Select – Financial Fund followed, with 5.2 million stock units for 18 percent of the market volume and Wigton Windfarm with 4.8 million shares for 16 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 788,863 units valued at an average of $5,446,972 for each security traded, in contrast to 394,396 units valued at $2,484,312 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 595,143 units for $9,344,514 and previously, an average of 585,624 units for $9,023,435 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 17 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices with none closing, with a lower offer. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.7, with the Main Market ending at 19.2 times the current year’s earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments jumped $3.99 to $74.99, with 194,683 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement climbed $3.50 to end at $84.50 in trading of 59,762 stock units, Eppley traded 500 shares but lost 90 cents to end at $14.10, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund jumped $2.40 to close at $42 with an exchange of 15,320 units. Grace Kennedy jumped $4 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $73, after exchanging 424,336 shares, Jamaica Producers rose $4.15 to end at $28.50, with 32,218 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group added $1 to finish at $47.50 with an exchange of 167,483 units. Mayberry Investments rose 55 cents to end at $9.55, in trading 141,785 stock units Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $1.96 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14.01, trading 34,484 shares, NCB Financial declined $1.50 to close at $200 in the transferring of 39,197 stock units. PanJam Investment gained $1 to end at $101, with 2,551 units crossing the exchange, Pulse Investments climbed 28 cents with 2,009,538 shares changing hands, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.25, after trading at an all-time high of $6.20. Salada Foods jumped $4.05 to close at $35 with 10,295,911 changing hands. 
Scotia Group rose 49 cents to close at $55.50 with an exchange of 90,476 stock units, Seprod recovered $1.50 previously lost to end at $51.50 with a transfer of 12,116 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to end at $25, after exchanging 2,916,863 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 88,733 units amounting to $28,589. The market index advanced 2.82 points to close at 226.23 and is up 41.7 percent in 2019. Margaritaville gained half a cent trading 1,200 shares to close at 52 weeks’ high of 36 US cents, Productive Business Solutions traded 10,000 shares to end at 65 US cents, an increase of one cent. Proven Investments gained 2.8 cents in exchanging 57,203 units to close at 34.8 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 9,338 units to close at 2.5 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments transferred 9,332 stock to close at 15 US cents and in the preference segment, JMMB Group 6.0% preference share traded 10,000 units at US$1.01.
Modest 2019 Junior Market gain
The Junior Market recovered nearly 45 of 77 points fall suffered at the close on Monday, with investors pushing the prices of 15 securities higher against eight that declined, leaving 12 stocks trading unchanged.
The Junior Market Index gained 44.93 points to close at 3,348.97, just holding on to a moderate 3.1 percent gain for the year, well off the 18.8 percent rise in 2018. Trading ended with the average PE of the market falling to 14.4.
Market activity ended with 35 securities trading, resulting in 3,973,357 units valued at $16,004,427 compared to 23,350,277 units changing hands, valued at $88,019,533 from 29 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 113,524 units for an average of $457,269 for each stock traded, in contrast to 805,182 units at $3,035,156 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 compared to an average of 546,686 shares at $1,400,086 for each security traded. November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
By the close of trading, activity picked sharply for Access Financial, with 117,884 stock units changing hands with the price rising by 44 to end at $36. AMG Packaging added 4 cents to settle at $2.09 with 11,682 shares changing hands, Blue Power traded 14,000 units and lost 50 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.95 with a fall of 55 cents while exchanging 7,161 shares. Caribbean Cream lost 20 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.60, trading 23,160 stock units. Caribbean Producers rose 42 cents to end at $5.30 with 34,704 stock units crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove increased 11 cents to settle at $11.11 with 4,100 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh added 12 cents to end at $1.22 in trading 297,735 stock units. Express Catering rose 6 cents to close at $6.66, with an exchange of 6,820 stock units, Fontana added 70 cents to end at $7.30, trading 117,826 shares. 
FosRich swapped 55,290 stock units and rose 2 cents to close at $4.32, GWest Corporation fell 1 cent to end at $1, with 14,464 units crossing the market, Honey Bun jumped $1.90 to settle at $7.90, after trading 21,220 shares. Iron Rock Insurance gained 7 cents to close at $3.52 with 31,434 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 30 cents and closed at $3.50 with 361,999 stock units crossing the exchange. Jamaican Teas exchanged 30,265 shares and rose 20 cents to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents trading 55,060 shares to end at $1.65, Lasco Financial gained 9 cents to end at $4.49, with 387,091 stock units changing hands Lasco Manufacturing jumped 54 cents to settle at $4.69 with 8,731 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to end at $1.61 with a transfer of 1,212,706 stock units. MailPac slipped 1 cent trading 281,140 shares to settle at $2.11, Medical Disposables lost 10 cents to end at $6.80 with 92,777 stock units trading and Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to end at $2.10, in transferring 104,000 shares and tTech climbed $1.02 to close at $6.52 with 46,414 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE stocks gain 9.6% for 2019
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed 2019 with gains for the three leading indices with the All T&T Index gaining nearly 10 percent for the year and reversing five consecutive years’ of decline.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, the Composite Index lost 10.11 points to end at 1,468.41, on the last day of the year but gained 12.73 percent for 2019. The All T&T Index rose 3.67 points, but ended the year up 9.61 percent for the year at 1,868.97, while the Cross Listed Index declined 3.28 points to close at 144.65 and end out the year with a rise of 19 percent. The Small and Medium Enterprise index dropped over 32 percent for the year at 67.76 points.
Trading ended with just 13 securities changing hands, similar to the number trading on Monday, with seven rising, four declining and two closed with prices unchanged, as 229,238 shares traded at a value of $3,637,335 compared to 169,650 shares trading at $2,829,522 on Tuesday. The market had two stocks hitting 52 weeks’ high at the close of trading.
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.
Gains| Agostini’s concluded trading of 500 units with a gain of $1 to close at 52 weeks’ high of $25, Guardian Holdings closed with a gain of 15 cents at $21.65, with 5,331 stock units changing hands, National Flour gained 4 cents to end at $1.35, with 27,346 stock units trading.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 75 cents in trading 18,298 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 25 cents and concluded at $41.25, with investors exchanging 1,633 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 10 cents to end at 52 weeks’ low of $7.90, with 210 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95, after swapping of 1,000 shares and NCB Financial lost 43 cents to end at $10.86, with 100,000 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed at $28.50, exchanging 45,937 units, First Citizens settled at $44.50, with 550 units crossing the exchange, National Enterprises ended at $5.76, trading 25,300 units, Republic Financial closed at $131.10, with 2,898 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $61, after trading with 250 units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Big gains for JSE Main Market
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered sharply on Monday’s from a sharp fall on Friday, with lower volume, valued 70 percent less than on Friday.
At the close, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 3,212.19 points to end the day at 556,860.50, the JSE Market Index climbed 3,095.40 points to close at 507,027.95 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.68 points to close at 137.04.
The market closed, with 44 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 17 advancing, 16 declining and the prices of 11 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 40 securities accounting for 15,775,842 units amounting to $99,372,463 in contrast to 81,729,915 for $324,228,411, from 39 securities trading on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading, with 7.8 million shares and 49.4 percent of the day’s volume. Pulse Investments followed with 2.4 million units for 15 percent of the day’s trade, after trading 60 million shares on Friday and Sagicor Select Funds – Financial completing the top three with 2.2 million shares for 14 percent of market share.
The market closed, with an average of 394,396 units valued at $2,484,312 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,095,639 units valued at $8,313,549 on Tuesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 585,624 units for $9,023,435 and previously, an average of 596,352 units for $9,410,939 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and three closed, with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.3, with the Main Market ending at 18.9 times the current year’s earnings.
In the prime market, Caribbean Cement climbed $2.50 to end at $81 in trading of 85,932 stock units; Eppley traded 500 shares but lost 90 cents to end at $14.10, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund jumped $7.60 to close at $39.60 with an exchange of 25,455 stock units. Grace Kennedy fell 99 cents to close at $69, after exchanging 31,888 shares, Jamaica Producers rose 46 cents to end at $24.96, with 14,597 shares changing hands. JMMB Group fell 44 cents to end at $46.50 with an exchange of 127,208 shares, Kingston Properties rose 70 cents to $6.90 with 200 stock units trading. Mayberry Investments lost 34 cents to end at $9, in trading 3,338 shares Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost $1.05 to end at $12.05, trading 49,733 shares, NCB Financial declined 50 cents to close at $201.50 in the transferring of 10,806 stock units, PanJam Investment gained 50 cents to $100, with 40,041 shares crossing the exchange. 
Pulse Investments climbed 87 cents to end the day at $4.97, with 2,364,988 shares changing hands, Scotia Group dropped 49 to close at $55.01 with an exchange of 6,888 shares, Seprod lost $1.50 to end at $50 with a transfer of 125,952 shares, Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents to end at $25.50, after exchanging 51,287 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments rose by 86 to end at $26 with 52,067 stock units trading.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 224,246 units for US$61,055, with the market index declining 1.87 points to close at 223.41. Proven Investments close trading of 15,214 shares to end at 32 US cents after rising 1 cent, Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 71,520 stock units gaining 1 cent to close at 15 US cents. Sterling Investments traded 17, 812 units and rose half of a cent at 2.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 10,000 units at US$1.01.
Big fall for Junior Market stocks
Caribbean Cream closed at 52 weeks’ low of $3.80
The Junior Market suffered a significant fall at the close of trading on Monday as investors pushed down the prices of 18 securities and just ten up, leaving four stocks trading unchanged.
The Junior Market Index dived 77.01 points to close at 3,304.04, just holding on to a moderate 1.8 percent gain for the year. Trading ended with the average PE of the market, falling to 13.8 from 14.4 at the close on Friday.
Market activity resulted in a big jump in trading levels with 29 securities trading resulting in 23,350,277 units changing hands, valued at $88,019,533, compared to on 3,410,056 shares, valued $8,477,900, from 32 securities trading on Friday. FosRich dominated trading with 18 million units, accounting for $75 million.
Trading ended with an average of 805,182 units at $3,035,156 for each stock traded, in contrast to 106,564 shares at $264,934 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 546,686 shares at $1,400,086 compared to an average of 532,595 shares at $1,310,956 for each security traded. November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell $1.30 to end at $32 after an exchange 2,996 stock units, AMG Packaging shed 5 cents to settle at $2.05 with 14,065 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.80, trading 21,229 stock units. Caribbean Flavours lost 64 cents to end at $15, after exchanging 3,000 shares, Caribbean Producers fell 7 cents to end at $4.88 with 16,217 stock units crossing the exchange, Consolidated Bakeries declined 9 cents to settle at $1.66 with 4,000 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent to end at $2.60 while exchanging 22,988 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 10 cents to settle at $11 with 9,000 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh shed 9 cents and ended at $1.10 in trading 211,000 stock units, Express Catering rose 10 cents to end at $6.60, with an exchange of 8,200 stock units, Fontana shredded 79 cents to end at $6.60, trading 134,258 shares. FosRich exchanged with 18,067,482 stock units and rose 5 cents to close at $4.30, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.01, with 77,000 units crossing the market, Honey Bun dropped $1.50 to settle at $6, after trading 100,000 shares, iCreate traded with 294,701 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 70 cents. 
Indies Pharma gained 29 cents and closed at $3.20 with 22,227 stock units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas transferred 315,700 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $6.10, Lasco Distributors traded 14,000 stock units after falling 29 cents to end at $3.21, Lasco Manufacturing dived 85 cents to settle at $4.15 with 49,928 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to end at $3 with 23,000 stock units crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to end at $1.68 with a transfer of 2,090,343 stock units, MailPac gained 4 cents in trading 1,725,404 shares to settle at $2.12 changing hands, Main Event dropped 35 cents to settle at $6.15 with 94,667 shares crossing the exchange. Medical Disposables lost 10 cents to end at $6.90 with 2,000 stock units trading and Paramount Trading slipped 5 cents to end at $2 in transferring 2,500 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading picks upon TTSE
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed trading with mixed indices movement on Monday, as rising stocks outnumbered declining ones as trading picked up from Friday’s levels.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 2.99 points to end at 1,478.52. The All T&T Index rose 1.22 points to 1,865.30 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.99 points to close at 147.93.
Trading ended with just 13 securities changing hands, against 10 on Friday, with seven rising, four declining and two closed with prices unchanged, as 169,650 shares traded at $2,829,522, compared to 80,428 shares traded at $1,196,495 on Friday. The market had two stocks hitting 52 weeks’ high at the close of trading.
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.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund concluded trading of 17,026 units with a gain of $1.25 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $28.50, Ansa McAl rose 20 cents and closed at $55.20, with 1,753 units crossing the exchange. CinemaOne gained 5 cents in closing at $6.55, with 503 units changing hands, Point Lisas added 5 cents and completed trading of 2,000 shares at $3.60, Republic Financial rose 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $131.10, after exchanging 3,953 shares. 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 25 cents trading 5,323 shares at $23.25 and Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents to end at $2, with 1,837 stock units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed 25 cents down at $44.50, with 2,495 units clearing the exchange, JMMB Group declined 25 cents and settled at $2.50, with investors exchanging 33,000 shares, Prestige Holdings closed 25 cents lower at $9, with 50 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco shed 60 cents t $o end at $41, trading 10,195 units.
Firm Traded| National Enterprises ended at $5.76, with 83,955 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $61 trading 8,063 units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Sharp fall for JSE Main Market
With trading resuming on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday after the two days break for the Christmas holidays, investors pushed the market down on higher volume but lower value than on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,216.87 points to 553,648.38, the JSE Market Index sank 2,016.26 points to close at 503,932.55 and the JSE Financial Index declined by 0.22 points to 136.36.
The market closed, with 42 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 17 advancing, 10 declining and the prices of 15 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 39 securities accounting for 81,729,915 units amounting to $324,228,411 in contrast to 35,380,225 valued at $722,803,611 from 39 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Pulse Investments dominated trading, with 60 million shares and 73 percent of volume traded followed by Wigton Windfarm with 14.2 million units for 17 percent of the day’s trade, and Sagicor Select Funds – Financial with 2.7 million shares for 3 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 2,095,639 units valued at $8,313,549 for each security traded, in contrast to 907,185 units valued at $18,533,426 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 596,352 units for $9,410,939 and previously, an average of 509,598 units for $9,478,232 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed, with a lower offer. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.3, with the Main Market ending at 18.9 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Caribbean Cement lost 48 cents to end at $78.50 in transferring of 222,406 stock units; Grace Kennedy gained 49 cents to close at $69.99, after exchanging 185,514 shares, Jamaica Producers rose 46 cents to end at $24.96, with 4,616 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves fell 60 cents to $61 with 605 stock units trading. NCB Financial climbed $1 to close at $202 in the transferring of 30,245 stock units, 
PanJam Investment fell 60 cents to $99.50, with 64,308 shares crossing the exchange. Pulse Investments dropped 86 cents to end the day at $4.10, with a whopping 60,013,935 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group dropped $3 to close at $66 with an exchange of 13,050 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to end at $25, after exchanging 65,195 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments lost $1.86 to end at $25.14 with 34,783 stock units trading.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 314,514 amounting to $94,537, with the market index declining 1.97 points to close at 221.54. Margaritaville rose 1 cent in trading 250,000 shares to end at 52 weeks’ high of 31.02 US cents, Proven Investments slipped 1 cent in trading 44,316 shares to close at 31.01 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 20,198 stock units and held firm at 14 US cents.
Big surge for Junior Market
The Junior Market Index surged 69.58 points to close at 3,381.05, after 32 securities traded and ending with the prices of 20 stocks gaining, nine declining and three remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE of the market at 14.4.
Market activity, resulted in 3,410,056 shares, valued $8,477,900 changing hands, well down on the 75,841,257 units costing $156,402,048, from 32 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 106,564 shares at $264,934 for each stock traded, in contrast to 2,370,039 units for $4,887,564 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 532,595 shares at $1,310,956 compared to an average of 559,861 shares at $1,177,902 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $2.30 to end at $33.30 after exchanging 400 stock units, Blue Power fell 50 cents to settle at $5 with 3,500 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 2 cents to end at $4.30, trading 5,000 stock units. Caribbean Flavours gained $2.64 to end at $15.64, after exchanging 100 shares, Caribbean Producers gained 10 cents to end at $4.95 with 22,684 stock units crossing the exchange. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents to settle at $1.75 with 200 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading gained 6 cents to end at $2.61, while exchanging 95,351 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 1 cent to settle at $11.10 with 515 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic added 6 cents to settle at $4.99 with 6,052 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 9 cents and ended at $1.19 in trading 607 stock units, Express Catering dropped $1 to end at $6.50, with an exchange of 41,870 stock units, Fontana gained 39 cents to end at $7.39, trading 125,259 shares. GWest Corporation closed 10 cents higher at 96 cents, with 3,846 stock units crossing the market, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to settle at $7.50 with 75,634 shares changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 3,370 shares, after declining 3 cents to end at 68 cents, Jamaican Teas transferred 10,460 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $6.20. Jetcon Corporation gained 20 cents to end at $1.80 while exchanging 9,500 shares, Knutsford Express climbed 95 cents to $10.25 with 950 shares Lasco Distributors gained 39 cents to close at $3.50 while trading 46,707 stock units.
Lasco Financial rose 40 cents to end at $4.40, trading 10,600 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents to settle at $5 with 41,544 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to end at $2.90 with 75,820 stock units crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot lost 8 cents to end at $1.75, transferring 1,704,385 stock units, MailPac traded 882,679 shares to settle at $2.08 changing hands after falling 22 cents, Main Event climbed 35 to settle at $6.50 with 9,000 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables lost 40 cents to end at $7 with 35,328 stock units trading, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents to end at $2.05, in transferring 13,706 shares and SSL Venture Capital rose 2 cents to end at $1.13 with 121,562 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
3 TTSE stocks rise 1 fall
The All Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index closed up on Friday, as rising stocks outnumbered declining ones after the market resumed trading after the Christmas holidays break.
Trading ended with just 10 securities changing hands, against 12 on Tuesday, with three rising advancing, one declining while the prices of six closed unchanged, as 80,428 shares traded at $1,196,495, compared to 125,924 shares traded for $913,114 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 1.15 points to close at 1,481.51. The All T&T Index rose 3.48 points to end at 1,864.08, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.16 points to close at 148.92.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of six stocks higher than their last selling prices and just two with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank gained 40 cents and closed at $35.90, with 16,776 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings rose $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $61, with 200 units changing hands and Prestige Holdings gained 75 cents and completed trading of 54 stock units at $9.25.
Losses| West Indian Tobacco fell 41 cents to settle at $41.60, with investors exchanging 39 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl ended at $55, with 544 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank closed at $44.75, after exchanging 1,360 shares, Guardian Holdings concluded trading of 1,109 shares at $21.50. JMMB Group closed at $2.75 with 45,527 stock units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank completed trading at $61, after exchanging just 8 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL had 14,811 shares changing hands at $23.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Big jump in JSE Main Market trading
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in moderate gains in the two primary market indices on Tuesday as advancing stocks subdued decliners with a surge of cash passing through the market.
The market closed, with 42 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 17 advancing, 10 declining and the prices of 15 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 39 securities accounting for 35,380,225 units valued at $722,803,611, in contrast to 15,783,620 units for a consideration of $75,868,402 on Monday, from 39 securities changing hands.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 992.44 points to 555,865.17, the JSE Market Index climbed 908.94 points to close at 505,948.81 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.21 points to 136.57.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading, with 9 million shares and 25.5 percent of volumes traded followed by Scotia Group with 5.4 million units for 15 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution fund rounding out the top three with 4.6 million shares for 13 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 907,185 units valued at an average of $18,533,426 for each security traded, in contrast to 404,708 units valued at an average of $1,945,344 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 509,598 units for $9,478,232 and previously, an average of 485,179 units for $8,886,686 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closed, with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.4, with the Main Market ending at 19 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Barita Investments lost 62 cents to settle at $71.02, with 6,925 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement jumped $1.48 to $78.98 in transferring of 5,901 stock units, Grace Kennedy gained $1.30 to end at $69.50, after exchanging 1,455,867 shares, Kingston Wharves gained 59 cents to end at $61.60 with 1,495 stock units trading. Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 39 cents to end at $13.14, with 1,020,626 stock units trading, MPC Caribbean jumped $15 to close at $210 to end at $210 with an exchange of 100 stock units, PanJam Investment fell 90 cents to end at $100.10, with 64,578 shares crossing the exchange.
Proven Investments dropped $4 to land at $50 while trading 4,696 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 99 cents to $69 with 193,572 shares changing hands. Seprod jumped $3 in exchanging 2,931,938 shares to close at $51.50, Sterling Investments added 39 cents to close at $3.34 with an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Supreme Ventures added 560cents to end at $2550., while trading 58,057 shares and Wisynco Group lost 95 cents to $23.50, with 133,370 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 288,675 units amounting to $43,882, with the market index adding 2.71 points to close at 223.51. Productive Business Solutions traded 500 shares to close 1 cent higher at 64 US cents, Proven Investments had 18,304 shares changing hands to end at 32 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 261,871 stock units to close at 14 US cents.
