13 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday compared to 14 on Wednesday with the market indices losing altitude with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 8 holding firm.
At the close, only 179,168 shares were exchanged at a value of $3,736,695 with Ansa McAL and Massy Holdings accounting 63 percent of the value of stocks traded. On Wednesday trading resulted in 402,382 shares with a value of $1,582,095.
The Composite Index declined 0.38 points to 1,213.47, the All T&T Index lost 0.34 points to 1,792.41 and the Cross Listed Index eased 0.06 points to close at 85.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment closed at $22.51, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 6,080 shares, National Enterprises gained 1 cent to close at $10.51, with trades of 1,200 shares and NCB Financial Group traded 4 cents higher, closing at $4 with 24,850 shares changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $50.75, with a loss of 30 cents trading 33,807 shares valued 
at $1,715,844 and Sagicor Financial traded 14 cents lower to close at $8.75 exchanging 141 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL held firm at $66 exchanging 12,387 shares valued at $817,526, First Citizens traded 1,906 shares at $31.85 and Grace Kennedy exchanged 19,108 shares at $2.85, Guardian Holdings closed at $16.15, with 13,921 shares changing hands. JMMB Group remained at $1.27, with trades of 35,581 shares, Scotiabank held firm at $58, with an exchange of 6,094 shares valued at $353,452, Scotia Investments traded 15,750 shares at $2.50 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.01 trading 8,343 shares.
Advancing stocks edge out decliners
Jamaican Teas dominate Junior Market
Jamaican Teas was the only dominant trade on Thursday.
Trading on the Junior Market was dominated by Jamaican Teas accounting for 79 percent of volume traded and the bulk of the valued on Thursday. Trading ended with 8 stocks rising and 6 falling with 20 securities traded versus 22 on Wednesday.
A total of 3,831,459 units valued $19,055,812 traded, compared to 801,626 units valued $6,349,583 on Wednesday as the market index inched forward 3.84 points to 3,256.94.
At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 191,573 units for an average value of $952,791 compared to 36,438 units for an average value of $288,617, on the previous trading day. 
The average volume and value for the month to date are 154,183 units valued at $800,786 compared with 146,705 units valued at $770,385, previously, In contrast May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gave up 35 cents and closed at $4.45 with 19,226 units changing hands, CAC 2000 gained 28 cents to close at $7.50 in trading 3,760 units, Cargo Handlers recovered $1.50 of Wednesday’s fall and closed at $16.50 with 3,062 shares trading, Caribbean Cream traded 2,600 units to end at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 48,115 units gaining 15 cents to end at $3.50, Eppley had 9,227 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed 20 cents down trading with 25,227 shares to end at $2.70, Honey Bun had 500 shares changing hands to close at $7 after rising 15 cents, 
Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to $4.30 with 3,028,443 units trading, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.60 with 6,762 shares trading, after falling 28 cents, Knutsford Express traded 108,125 shares in closing at $16, Lasco Distributors rose 20 cents and ended trading 2,680 units at $7.45, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents, with 2,477 shares changing hands to end at $3.80. Lasco Manufacturing fell 18 cents to $4.81 in trading 178,193 shares. Main Event rose 15 cents and ended trading 41,289 shares at $6.65. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 13,168 units crossing the exchange, Sweet River rose 36 cents and ended with 400 units changing hands at $3.86, supply of tTech came out with 260,000 units trading with a fall of 19 cents at $7.51 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 4,200 units changing hands at $6.60.
NCB dominates trading Wednesday
NCBFiniancial Group traded more than 4 million shares on Wednesday.
NCB Financial Group dominated trading with more than 4 million shares valued at $286,797,356. The trade accounted for 92 percent of the value traded on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Trading in the main market ended with 5,393,689 units valued at $311,918,709. The US dollar market accounted for 195,859 units valued at US$55,370. On Tuesday, the main market accounted for 1,999,970 units valued at just $31,629,345, well below normal levels.
At the close of the market, the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 338.37 points to close at 262,492.90, the JSE Market Index gained 308.29 points to 239,160.76 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 0.43 points to 214.03.
At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands with 3 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 9 declining.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 215,748 units valued at a mere $12,476,748 for each security traded, compared to an average of 74,073 units valued at $1,171,457 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 116,619 units with an average value of $4,001,676 compared with an average of 91,837 units with an average value of $1,882,908 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 8 cents lower to close at $7.02, with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Berger Paints closed at $19.50, with gains of 75 cents, trading 2,417 shares, Cable and Wireless exchanged 171,723 stock units at $1.25, Caribbean Cement closed at $28.82, losing 18 cents with 97,166 shares traded, Carreras lost 1 cent, closing at $84, with 53,352 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.95, with 12,043 units trading, Jamaica Broilers traded 25,692 shares at $17.50, , Jamaica Producers lost 10 cents to close at $16, with 12,947 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.10, trading 37,700 shares, JMMB Group exchanged 236,760 units at $20, with a loss of 88 cents, Kingston Wharves closed at $31 while losing of 40 cents in exchanging 24,529 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 9 cents to close at $5.08, with 90,380 shares traded, NCB Financial Group closed at $70, after losing 80 cents in exchanging 4,079,621 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.49 trading 1,055 units, 1834 Investments gained 12 cents to close at $1.55, with 2,498 shares changing ownership. 
PanJam Investment closed at $34.70, with an exchange of 19,793 shares, Portland JSX traded 2,800 units at $10.15, Radio Jamaica gained 2 cents to close at $1.67 exchanging 195,500 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.25, losing 55 cents with an exchange of 30,881 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 41,866 shares at $11. Scotia Group closed at $43.50 exchanging 60,031 shares, Scotia Investments traded 15 cents higher to close at $38, with 111,026 shares changing ownership, Seprod closed at $29.90, trading 12,511 shares while Supreme Ventures gained 10 cents to close at $7.50 exchanging 26,886 shares. Margaritaville Turks gained 0.01 US cent to close at 35 US cents, with 6,500 ordinary shares changing hands, Proven Investments lost 0.29 US cents in trading 188,359 ordinary shares at 28 US cents, Sterling Investments US ordinary share, closed at 11 US cents with 1,000 units exchanged and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15, with trades of 43,012 units.
Big price changes for Junior Market
Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.5.
There were big price movements on the Junior Market at the close on Wednesday with reduced volume and value going through the market compared to Tuesday. Trading ended with 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined with 22 securities traded, the same as on Tuesday and market index slipped 7.28 points to 3,253.10.
A total of 801,626 units valued $6,349,583 traded, compared to 982,035 units valued $8,762,028 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 36,438 units for an average value of $288,617 compared to 44,638 units for an average value of $398,274, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 146,705 units valued at $$770,385, compared with 174,272 units valued at $890,827, previously, In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $4.80 with 2,966 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.50 in trading 2,000 units, Cargo Handlers lost $2.90 and closed at $15 with 1,171 shares trading and seems to be heading lower with just one bid at $10.50 in the market currently. The stock has fallen 50 percent from its high of $30 this year. Caribbean Cream traded 4,500 units to end at $8 after gaining 48 cents, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers traded 60,066 units and lost 15 cents to end at $3.35, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 60 cents and ended at $3.20 with 122,586 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 10 cents and ended at $9.50 with 9,897 shares being exchanged, Dolphin Cove fell $1.98 to end at $18 with 3,000 shares trading, Eppley had 500 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed trading with 10,000 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun had 19,271 shares changing hands to close at $6.85, 
ISP Finance dropped $4 to $24 with 9,400 units trading, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 77,087 shares trading, after falling to a low of $13 during trading, Knutsford Express traded 82,185 shares in closing at $16, Lasco Distributors ended trading 250,200 units at $7.25, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents, with 45,887 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing rose 18 cents to $4.99 in trading 22,700 shares. Main Event dropped 70 cents and ended trading 37,123 shares at $6.50, after the company audited accounts for the year to October 2016 shows lower profit than for the 11 months to September. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 20,772 units crossing the exchange, Sweet River ended with 5,006 units changing hands at $3.50 and supply of tTech has dried up with few units being offered for sale. Investors traded 12,309 units with a gain of 10 cents at $7.70.
Falling stocks pressure TTSE market index
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the market indices declining and with 14 securities changing hands, the same as on Tuesday but with higher volumes traded.
A total of 402,382 shares were exchanged at a value of $1,582,095 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 250,286 valued at $2,050,058 with 1 stock advancing, 5 declining and 8 holding firm.
The Composite Index lost 2.53 points to 1,213.85, the All T&T Index fell 0.42 points to 1,792.75 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.64 points to close at 85.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 1 cent to close at $21.01, trading 12,408 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $7.70, losing 5 cents with 23,000 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents to close at $51.05 with trades of 1,541 shares, National Flour Mills traded 10 cents lower, closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.20 exchanging 90,765 shares, 
NCB Financial Group closed at $3.96, with a loss of 9 cents trading 89,000 shares valued at $354,700 and Trinidad Cement lost 1 cent to close at $4.19, with 14,367 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL held firm at $66, with an exchange of a mere 3 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 466 shares at $40, Clico Investment exchanged 3,835 shares at $22.50. Grace Kennedy closed at $2.85, with 50,000 shares changing hands, JMMB Group remained at $1.27, with 96,730 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.81 exchanging 24 shares. Scotiabank exchanged 533 shares at $58 and Scotia Investments traded 19,710 shares at $2.50.
Jamaica main market stocks fall -Tuesday
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising leading to a second straight days of decline in the market indices. At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index declined 620.51 points to 262,154.53, the JSE Market Index fell 565.35 points to 238,852.47 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 1.08 points to 214.46.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 10 stocks advancing and 13 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 1,999,970 units valued at just $31,629,345 changing hands compared to 1,059,661 units valued at a mere $8,670,794 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 52,647 units valued at US$14,909.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 74,073 units valued at a mere $1,171,457 for every security traded compared to an average of 36,540 units valued at a mere $298,993 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 91,837 units with an average value of $1,882,908 compared with an average of 97,758 units with an average value of $2,120,059 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18.75, with gains of 75 cents exchanging 131,922 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 5 cents to close at $1.25 trading 23,220 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded 9,754 shares at $29, Carreras added 1 cent, in closing at $84.01, with 2,961 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.95, losing 5 cents trading 9,185 units, Jamaica Broilers traded 46 cents lower to close at $17.50, with 83,176 shares being exchanged, Jamaica Producers gained 10 cents to close at $16.10, with 76,301 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.10, with a loss of 29 cents trading 7,200 shares, JMMB Group traded 132,068 units at $20.88, with gains of 38 cents, Kingston Wharves lost 60 cents, in closing at $31.40, while exchanging 3,034 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 29 cents to close at $4.99, trading 11,005 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $70.80, gaining 25 cents after exchanging 94,931 shares, 1834 Investments lost 7 cents to close at $1.43 trading 7,000 shares. Palace Amusement soared to an all-time high of $340, gaining $110 with just 103 shares traded, PanJam Investment closed at $34.70, with a loss of 30 cents, trading 131,937 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands, 
Pulse Investments traded $1.50 lower to close at $14.50, with 24,000 shares exchanged, Radio Jamaica lost 5 cents to close at $1.65 in trading 553,296 shares, Sagicor Group added 55 cents to close at $34.80, with an exchange of 11,800 shares while Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to close at $11, with 22,715 shares changing hands. Salada Foodsadded 95 cents, closing at 52 weeks’ high of $10, with 2,000 shares. Scotia Group fell 30 cents, closing at $43.50 exchanging 96,431 units, Scotia Investments traded $1.35 higher to close at $37.85, with 20,165 shares, Seprod closed at $29.90, trading 17,520 shares while Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents to close at $7.40 exchanging 524,816 shares. Proven Investments traded down marginally with 52,647 ordinary shares at 28.29 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2 with trades of 1,492 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15 exchanging 938 units.
Big fall for Junior Market
Junior Market stocks closed lower on Monday.
The Junior Market lost 1.72 percent of its value at the close on Tuesday with slightly reduced volume going through the market compared to Monday. At the close, 5 stocks advanced and 10 declined with 22 securities traded, compared to 19 on Monday and market index plunged 56.90 points to 3,260.38.
A total of 982,035 units valued $8,762,028 traded, compared to 997,351 units valued $7,021,540 on Monday. At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 44,638 units for an average value of $398,274 compared to 89,906 units for an average value of $369,555, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 174,272 units valued at $890,827 compared with 217,483 units valued at $1,055,012, previously, In contrast May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market,
Access Financial Services dropped $5 to close at $45 in trading traded 34,865 units, AMG Packaging gained 25 cents to close at $4.80 with 26,015 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers closed at $17.90 with 152 shares trading, Caribbean Cream traded 96,637 units to end at $7.52 after gaining 2 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 12,508 units at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 30 cents and ended at $2.60 with 198,337 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading fell 10 cents and ended at $9.40 with 12,059 shares being exchanged, Eppley had 12,932 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed trading with 20,013 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun climbed by 75 cents with 120,000 shares changing hands to close at $6.85, Jamaican Teas lost 25 cents and closed trading with 4,000 shares, at $4.25. Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 83,340 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 
73,500 shares and dropped 89 cents, in closing at $16,Lasco Distributors added 5 cents and ended trading 64,300 units at $7.25, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents, with 32,500 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents to $4.80 in trading 84,500 shares. Main Event rose 30 cents and ended trading 29,629 shares at $7.20, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 4,825 units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading fell 4 cents and ended with 12,200 shares changing hands at $3 and tTech had 5,000 units changing hands at $7.60 after losing 40 cents.
NCB at new high on TTSE
NCBFG trades at new high in Trinidad on Tuesday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Monday and closed with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 unchanged as 250,286 shares were traded at a value of $2,050,058 compared to Monday’s 302,101 shares valued at $2,780,408.
The Composite Index rose 1.07 points to 1,216.38, the All T&T Index lost 0.05 points to 1,793.17 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.30 points to close at 85.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, with NCB Financial Group trading at a 52 weeks’ high.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 5 cents to close at $16.15, with 11,185 shares trading and NCB Financial Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.05, with gains of 5 cents in exchanging 1,000 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 1 cent, closing at $1.27, with 90,416 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $51.09, losing 1 cent with only 4 shares being exchanged, Prestige Holdings traded 9 cents lower to close at $10.81 in trading 365 shares and
Sagicor Financial closed at $8.89, with a loss of 1 cent after exchanging 1,100 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $22.50, with an exchange of 49,200 shares valued at $1,107,000, First Citizens traded 1,313 shares at $31.85 while First Caribbean International exchanged 24,500 shares at $7.75. Grace Kennedy closed at $2.85, with 53,947 shares changing hands, National Flour Mills held firm at $2.30, with trades of 20 shares, Point Lisas closed at $4 exchanging 216 shares. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.90 trading 2,020 shares and Scotia Investments exchanged 15,000 shares at $2.50.
JSE markets down in early trading
Its just 11:21 am on Tuesday and all market indices are down on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, in moderate trading. The main market index slipped 1,032.30 to 238,385.52.
The Combined index is off 1,092.87 points to 255,033.81, the All Jamaica Composite fell 1,133.01 points to 261,642.03 the Junior Market index sits at 3,304.07 to be off 13.21 and the US dollar index slipped modestly to end be at 214.77, the markets are recovering slightly from steeper declines earlier in the trading session.
The fall in the markets follow fairly sizable declines on Monday.
Paltry Jamaica Stock Exchange trades – Monday
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with a sharp fall in volume and value traded and a drop in the market indices. The All Jamaica Composite Index declining 1,197.69 points to close at 262,775.04, the JSE Market Index fell 1,091.23 points to 239,417.82 and the JSE US dollar market index closed at 215.54.
At the close of trading, 31 securities changed hands with 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 10 stocks advancing and 9 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 1,059,661 units valued at just $8,670,794 changing hands, compared to a much higher, 3,774,318 units valued at $94,412,872 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 98,500 units valued at US$28,311.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 36,540 units valued at a mere $298,993 for every security traded, compared to an average of 145,166 units valued at $3,631,264 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 97,758 units with an average value of $2,120,059 compared with an average of 128,368 units and $3,030,592 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18, with a loss of 64 cents exchanging 41,750 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.30 trading 62,785 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded 99 cents lower to close at $29, with an exchange of 3,486 shares, Carreras lost $5 with 950 shares changing hands and closed at $84, Grace Kennedy advanced $2.01 to close at $43, trading 28,738 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.96, gaining 6 cents with 38,773 shares being exchanged, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close at $16 trading 43,524 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.39 with an exchange of 21,947 shares, JMMB Group traded 36,475 units at $20.50, Kingston Properties traded 49 cents higher to close at $11.49, with 1,224 shares changing owners, Kingston Wharves exchanged 1,108 shares at $32, Mayberry Investments lost 5 cents to close at $4.70, with an exchange of 50,700 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $70.55, losing 44 cents after exchanging 6,431 shares, 138 Student Living exchanged 2,900 stock units at $4.49 and 1834 Investments gained 10 cents to close at $1.50 trading 16,000 shares. 
PanJam Investment closed at $35 trading 3,430 shares, Portland JSX lost 35 cents to close at $10.15, with 3,700 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded $2 lower to close at $16, with 9,313 shares, Radio Jamaica exchanged 145,825 shares at $1.70, Sagicor Group added 5 cents to close at $34.25 trading 39,824 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 82 cents to close at $11.50, with 2,177 shares changing hands. Salada Foodsgained 55 cents, closing at $9.02, with an exchange of 350 shares, after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $10. Scotia Group dropped $2.10 and closed at $43.80, exchanging 6,424 shares, Scotia Investments traded $1.35 lower to close at $36.50, with 750 shares changing ownership, Seprod closed at $29.90, with gains of 38 cents trading 500 shares, Sterling Investments closed at $16.90, gaining $1.40 with 5,000 shares changing hands while Supreme Ventures added 29 cents to close at $7.49 exchanging 62,690 shares. Margaritaville Turks exchanged 4,500 units at 34 US cents, Proven Investments traded 94,000 ordinary shares at 28.49 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2 with trades of 5,984 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15 exchanging 415,000 units.
