The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued to push higher in trading on Tuesday with the All Jamaica Composite Index hitting a high of 405,667.18 having risen by 2,566.89 points at 5 minutes past 10 am.
The market has since pulled back. The All Jamaica Composite Indextrades just over the 405,000 mark at 405,149.64 and the JSE Index at 369,137.17 and is up 1,867.19 after it hit a high for the day at 369,608.70 after rising 2,338.72 at 10.06 am. At the same time the Junior Market is just holding on to positive with a gain of 1.48 at 3,398.48.
Subsequent to the earlier trading, the main market has pulled back with the indices now in decline with AJI down 520.91 points to 402,579.38 and the JSE Index off 474.61 at 366,795.37.
All Jamaica pushes pass 405,000
October 2, 2018 by
All Jamaica trades just 42 points shy of 405,000
October 2, 2018 by
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued where it left off on Monday, hitting new highs just after opening at the start of trading on Tuesday.
With just limited trading, the All Jamaica Composite Indexrose 1,672.05 points to a record 404,772.34, beating yesterday’s high of 404,050.65 and the JSE Index gained 1,523.42 points to a record 368,793.40, bettering Monday’s high of 368,135.86. The Junior Market rose 8.90 points at the opening to 3,405.90.
With just 16 minutes of trading, both markets inched higher with the All Jamaica Composite Index rising to a record 404,958.30 and the JSE Index gained 1,523.42 points to a record 368,851.17 while the Junior Market moved up to 3406.05.
Q4 off to record high for JSE majors
October 1, 2018 by
Stocks surged to new record high on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market at the start of October, as the market opened, with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping within 535 points of the critical 400,000 mark and with 35 minutes of trading, it climbed over 400,000 points for the first time.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86.
A total of 33 securities traded including 4 in the US dollar market, compared to 32 trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities rising, 12 declined and 11 held firm. The market closed with 3 new highs and Radio Jamaica trading at a 52 week’s low of 92 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands, compared to 7,891,758 units valued at $231,891,130 changing hands on Friday.
Trading closed with Sagicor Real Estate Fund accounting for 1,221,240 units or 37.18 percent of the day’s volume, followed by with 342,484 units and 10.43 percent of the volume traded and with 252,932 units 7.70 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 113,272 units valued at $2,280,675 units, in contrast to 281,849 shares valued at $8,281,826 on Friday. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 49 cents to close at $18.51, in trading 9,748 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 96 cents to finish at $48, in the trading of 8,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose $2 to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $28, trading 10,364 stock units, Kingston Wharves lost $2 to $72, with 4,140 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments climbed 25 cents to finish at $8.25, with 32,181 stock units 
trading, NCB Financial Group climbed $3.75 and ended trading of 77,954 shares at $128.75, PanJam Investment jumped $6.50 and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.50, while exchanging 3,510 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 90 cents to settle at $39, in the trading of 157,640 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dived $2.39 to settle at $11.11, trading 1,221,240 shares, Scotia Group rose $2 trading 64,186 units to close at $62.00, Sterling Investments jumped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $23, with 3,352 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 12,500 shares and fell 50 cents to end at $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 20,932 units valued at $7,170 as JMMB Group 5.75 percent preference share concluded trading of 2,500 shares at $2, Proven Investments traded 2,088 shares at 20 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 7,500 units but lost 1 cent to end at 10 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 8,844 units to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.63 points to close at 161.03.
14 Junior Market stocks fall 6 rise – Monday
October 1, 2018 by
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The Junior Market Index rose just 1.98 points to 3,397 at the close of trading after 26 securities changed hands on Monday, resulting in the prices of 6 securities rising, 14 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 4 closed with lower offers. This reading suggests that declining stocks should exceed those advancing for the second day in a row.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of only 1,142,126 units valued at $4,705,199, compared to 3,221,714 units valued at $11,222,507 trading on Friday from trading of 25 securities.
Trading closed with an average of 43,928 units for an average of $180,969 in contrast to 128,869 units for an average of $448,900 on Friday. Trading in September, averaged 484,335 for an average of $2,628,299 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with 40,952 stock units changing hands after a loss of 4 cents to close at $1.91, Blue Power concluded trading with 5,035 units, and declined 30 cents to $6, CAC2000 jumped $3.75 to an all-time high at $18.75, with 2,000 shares trading, Cargo Handlers settled at $15, exchanging 6,058 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 70 cents higher at $8, with 2,295 shares changing hands. Caribbean Flavours traded 15,300 stock units, with a loss of 2 cents to end at $17, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 1,955 units at $6.35, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, in swapping 226,188 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $16.50, with 110 shares. Everything Fresh fell 1 cent and ended trading of 116,277 shares at $1.99, Express Catering ended trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 21,625 shares changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading 2,945 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.50, General Accident traded 214,892 shares at $3.80, GWest Corporation finished at $2.05, trading 21,641 shares, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 25 cents at $3.70, with 48,907 stock units changing hands.
Indies Pharma lost 8 cents with 119,039 shares changing hands to close at $3.32. Iron Rock ended 40 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high $5, in exchanging 10,600 units, ISP Finance concluded trading with 3,000 shares after a loss of $2 at $20, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 14 cents at $3.86, exchanging 800 shares, KLE Group traded 70,864 units for 5 cents higher at $3.80. Knutsford Express dropped $1.14 to $11.36, trading 205 shares, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $4.10, in the swapping of 9,400 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $5.50, with 136,342 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 9,990 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.75, Main Event finished with a loss of 48 cents at $5.92, exchanging 29,158 units and Stationery and Office traded 26,548 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $9.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE stocks fell on Monday
October 1, 2018 by
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed on Monday, with the Composite Index falling 1.47 points on Monday to 1,217.96, the All T&T Index declining 1.91 points to 1,689.27, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.14 points higher to 100.37.
At close, 12 securities changed hands, with the price of 1 rising, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, against 13 trading on Friday.
The market ended trading of 568,679 shares valued $22,800,556, compared to 103,614 shares valued $2,240,963 changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and concluded trading at $47.05, after exchanging 5,075 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Mcal shares fell 50 cents and completed trading of 240 units at $55.50, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $19.80, with 55,547 stock units changing hands, Gaurdian Media shed 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $15.70, after exchanging 100 shares, JMMB Group lost 10 cents to end at $1.60, after exchanging 6,000 shares and National Flour ended trading of 8,764 units 10 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading of 142,027 units at $16.90, Republic Financial Holdings concluded at $103.69, after exchanging 162,361 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 171,500 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.94, with 1,532 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.11, after exchanging 9,557 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $26.25, with 751 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.44, with 5,185 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica jumps 9,823 points to record close
October 1, 2018 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year with huge gains to end at a record close on Monday after the market traded as high as high as 404,050.65 on the all Jamaica Composite Index.
The All Jamaica Composite Index passed the 400,000 mark for the first time shortly after trading commenced on Monday. At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86. The Junior Market rose 1.98 points to close at 3,397.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $128.75 but with 77,954 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $28, Jamaica Broilers traded up to $30, Pan Jam Investment traded at $63, Scotia Group closed at $62 while Supreme Ventures traded at $23.90 and Sterling Investments traded at a new high of $23.
Watch Grace this week
October 1, 2018 by
Grace Kennedy could move up this week.
The main stocks of interest this week are Grace Kennedy, Stationery and Office Supplies, CAC 2000, NCB Financial, Caribbean Cream, Main Event, Wisynco and Berger Paints, most of these have limited supplies.
With the average PE of the market now exceeding a comfortable 15 times 2018 earnings and rising, stocks valued less than the market average, could see increased interest as investors look for bargains.
Bulls continue to push the Jamaican stock market, to new heights last week as low interest rates and good profits help push investors into stocks against the back ground of limited selling.
The supply of several of the main market stocks are extremely scarce and that is working in market favour to move much higher, before too long. There are several stocks priced well below the market’s average and that could encourage buying interest in them as well.
NCB Financial went sideways for around two weeks but bids started building close to the closing prices last week and that could help it move higher this week.
Grace Kennedy seems ready to break out of the $60 range as there is no supply on offer now. Caribbean Cement
keeps trading between $46 and $50, but there appears no real desire to move the price forward. Kingston Wharves has always had limited supply, so it could move higher going forward. Supply of JMMB Group have dried up and that could create the environment for the price to move higher.
An overall view of stocks indicates that the main market continues to be steered higher by an upward sloping support line as well the 45 and 125 day moving averages, lending support just below, but the 400,000 points resistance could likely stall the rally in the main market for a while. The Junior Market that traded recently at an all-time high, is being steered by an upward rising long-term support line and a golden cross. The golden cross is a very strong bullish long-term signal.
All Jamaica jumps over 9,400
October 1, 2018 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year in record territory with the all Jamaica Composite Index jumping more than 9,000 points over the 402,000 mark.
The market indices surged sharply with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping 9,042 points to a record 402,319.29 at 10.58 minutes 5 minutes after 11 moved on to 402,706.63 and the JSE Index that surged 8,238.28 points to a record 366,558.39 at and went to higher to 366,911.31. The Junior Market rose 25 to 3,420.02.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $127.98 but with only 130 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $28, Jamaica Broilers traded up to $30, PanJam Investment traded at $63, Scotia Group up to $61 while Supreme Ventures traded at $23.90. Sterling Investments traded at a new high of $23.
All Jamaica jump over 400,000
October 1, 2018 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year in record territory and is within just 535 points of the critical 400,000 points milestone at 9.35 am and with just under 35 minutes of trading the market jumped over the 400,000 mark.
The market indices surged sharply with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping 7,088.22 points to a record 400,365.51 and the JSE Index that surged 6,458.17 points to a record 364,778.28. The Junior Market rose 23.03 to 3,418.05.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $127.98 but with only 130 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $27.80, Jamaica Broilers traded up to $30, Scotia Group up to $61 while Supreme Ventures traded at $23.90.
All Jamaica just 535 points from 400,000
October 1, 2018 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year in record territory and is within just 535 points of the critical 400,000 points milestone at 9.35 am.
The market indices surged sharply with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping 6,187.64 points to a record 399,464.93 and the JSE Index jumped 5,637.64 points to a record 363,957.75. The Junior Market had slipped just 1.38 points at the opening but rose 23.03 to 3,418.05 at 18 minutes after opening.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $127.98 but with only 130 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $27.80.
