The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market made gains at the close of trading on Friday, but pulled back sharply after as much as 6,551.54 on the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index that touched 485,516.89 after just 11 minutes of opening.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 1,368.67 points to 480,334.02 and the JSE Index advanced 1,243.76 points to 437,486.49.
At the close market activity, on the main and US markets, the prices of 14 securities advanced, 12 declined and 7 traded firm, as a total of 33 securities traded, compared to 29 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 96,408,959 units valued $1,106,187,077, in contrast to 39,807,927 units valued $250,698,516 on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 55.9 million units or 58 percent of total main market volume, Sagicor Group closed with 17.8 million shares changing hands equating to 18.5 percent of total trades, followed by Stanley Motta with 15 million stock units and 16 percent of the day’s trades. Also coming in with good volumes are Mayberry Jamaica Equities trading 2.38 million shares and Wisynco Group with 2.86 million shares.
The market closed with average of 3,213,632 units valued at over $36,872,903, in contrast to 1,531,074 shares valued at $9,642,251 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,430,601 shares, with a value of $13,110,955, compared to 1,268,507 shares, with a value of $10,702,650 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closing with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments lost 60 cents and closed at $43.50, trading 4,405 shares, Berger Paints shed 50 cents to close at $18, trading 2,450 stock units, Grace Kennedy declined $1.35 while trading 226,753 stock units to end at $60.15, Jamaica Broilers finished trading of 30,077 units with a fall of $2to end at $31.50. Jamaica Producers traded 79,828 shares and lost $1.50 to close at $25, JMMB Group lost $1.60 in trading 58,706 shares to end at $38, Kingston Wharves jumped $4.99 to close at $70, trading 950 stock units, Mayberry Investments gained 25 cents, trading 38,040 shares at $8.75. Mayberry Jamaica Equities rose 79 cents to end at $12.10, with 2,382,293 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group rose 99 cents trading 175,511 shares to end at $173.99, PanJam Investment climbed 60 cents to conclude trading of 42,454 shares at $94. Proven Investments exchanged just 100 units and rose $1 in closing at $35, Pulse Investments lost 28 cents to close at $2.65, trading 47,375 shares, Sagicor Group traded 17,794,498 units with a rise of 40 cents to close at $48, Scotia Group climbed $2.25 to close at $52.25, with an exchange of 502,721 shares. Seprod rose $1.98 to end at $49.98, in trading 168,276 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 40 cents trading 151,529 shares to settle at $29.40 and Wisynco Group traded 2,859,714 shares and rose $1 to end at a record close of $19.50.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 422,452 units valued at $96,845 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville Turks trading 3,869 units at 25 US cents, Proven Investments exchanging 344,925 units, rising 1 cent, in closing at 26 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 73,658 units to end at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.69 points to close at 189.34.
TTSE stocks make headway on Friday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose modestly at the close on Friday with the three main market indices rising with advancing stocks be dominant movers.
The market closed with 13 securities trading similar to Thursday, leading to 6 advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged as 260,178 shares valued $3,039,820 changed hands, compared to 228,214 shares valued $4,565,216 from 13 securities trading on Thursday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.57points on Friday to 1,358.40. The All T&T Index gained 0.29 points to 1,798.29, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.12 points to close at 123.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| Agostini’s closed with an increase of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $23.75, after exchanging 113 shares, Grace Kennedy ended with a rise of 10 cents at $3.25 trading 91 units, Guardian Holdings ended trading with 10,137 shares and rose by 5 cents to settle at $18.45. JMMB Group added 4 cents and ended at $2.04, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 5 cents and ended at $55, after exchanging 200 stock units and NCB Financial Group increased 1 cent and ended at $8.45, with 160,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 13 cents and settled at $8.25, after exchanging 55,500 shares and Scotiabank closed down 9 cents and settled at $62.50, after exchanging 2,061 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15.30, with 728 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading of 2,402 units at $24.45, First Citizens Bank ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,581 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $28.80, after trading 23,365 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 2,000 units at $25.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE stocks continue to lose steam – Thursday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange suffered further decline at the close on Wednesday with the three main market indices falling as just 2 stocks rose.
The market closed with 13 securities trading, leading to 2 advancing, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 228,214 shares valued $4,565,216 changed hands, compared to 331,800 shares valued $5,963,334 from 14 securities trading on Wednesday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index shed 0.89 points on Thursday to 1,357.83. The All T&T Index fell 1.28 points to 1,798.00, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.07 points to close at 123.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with higher bids than their last selling and one with a lower offer.
strong>Stocks ending with gains| First Caribbean International Bank rose 3 cents and completed trading at $8.38, after exchanging 31,290 shares and Sagicor Financial closed with a gain of 40 cents to end at $9.95, trading 54,954 units.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments ended trading 5 cents lower at $24.45, with 1,592 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents and completed trading 1,000 shares at $18.40, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2, with 20,000 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group fell 1 cent to close at $8.44, after exchanging 4,490 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 20 cents and settled at $28.80, with 100,234 shares changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund concluded at $15.30, with 50 stock units changing hands, First Citizens settled at $39.30, after exchanging 300 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $54.95 trading 11,430 stock units. Prestige Holdings settled at $9.50, in exchanging 201 shares, Scotiabank completed trading of 958 shares at $62.59 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $25.30, with 1,715 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Rising & losing TTSE stocks 4 all – Wednesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the three main market indices declining, as the numbers of declining and advancing stocks were equal.
The market closed with 14 securities trading similar to Wednesday, leading to 4 advancing, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 331,800 shares valued $5,963,334 changed hands, compared to 200,941 shares valued $3,739,120 from 18 securities trading on Tuesday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index shed 1.72 points to close at 1,358.72. The All T&T Index lost 0.84 points to 1,799.28, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.36 points to close at 123.92.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with three stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| First Citizens gained 5 cents and ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,123 shares, Republic Financial Holdings added $1 and completed trading of 576 stock units at $121. Sagicor Financial rose 5 cents to $9.55, with 3,563 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco finished trading with a rise of $1.73 at $112, after exchanging 65 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 4 cents at $18.45, after exchanging 3 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 5 cents and completed trading of 132,200 stock units at $8.45, Point Lisas shed 8 cents to end at $3.62, after exchanging 102,128 shares and Scotiabank dropped 1 cent and closed at $62.59, after trading 22,452 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments settled at $24.50, with 5,692 units crossing the exchange, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.35, after exchanging 4,360 shares, JMMB Group completed trading with 1,000 stock units at $2.05. Massy Holdings closed at $54.95, with 39,712 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29, in exchanging 17,923 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $25.30, trading just 3 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.