3 new highs for Trinidad stocks
Trading on Tuesday resulted in 8 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. Market activity ended with 6 stocks rising, 2 declining while there were no stocks trading unchanged. A total of 162,833 shares being traded valued at $2,093,835 compared to 262,813 shares being traded, valued at $6,001,767 on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 1.04 points at 1,210.57, the All T&T Index lost 0.88 points to 1,833.35. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.41to end at 78.58 points with year to date gains of 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 18 cents in trading 63,956 units valued at $1,458,197 to close at $22.80, Guardian Holdings traded 2,500 units to close 1 cent higher at $12.66, National Commercial Bank added 10,000 shares to stocks that traded and gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.05. Point Lisas traded 21,500 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $3.75, Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 7 cents with 47,548 valued at $371,083 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.80 and Trinidad Cement traded 8,200 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.45.
< Strong> Losses| Angostura Holdings fell 25 cents to close at $14.75 as 5,131 units changed hands and National Flour Mills fell 12 cents to close at $2.40 with 4,000 units trading.
AJI starts 2017 with new record – Tuesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange all Jamaica Composite Index jumped more than 1,900 points in early trading on Tuesday to break the 212,000 points level while the junior market slipped slightly..
Market activity resulted in 25 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 29 on Friday at 10:45 am. A total of 16 securities advanced and 5 declined, resulting in a volume of 2,173,726 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $ 28,865,298, compared 5,851,240 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $22,997,020 on Friday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 86,949 units versus 201,767 units on Friday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index surged 1,907.42 points to a record 212,046.91, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 1,705.57 points to an all-time high of 193,982.21, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index jumped 1,495.61 points to a record high of 206,455.71 and the junior market index fell 8.36 to 2,585.35.
Trinidad Cement drops back to $4.15
The market closed on Tuesday with 18 securities changing hands in contrast to 10 on Monday with 8 stocks advancing, 7 declining and 3 remaining unchanged. A total of 483,249 shares valued at $2,376,016 compared to Monday’s trades of 174,656 shares valued at $3,712,321.
The Composite Index climbed 6.45 points to 1,229.47, the All T&T Index slid 2.38 points to 1,827.69 and the Cross Listed Index gained 2.10 points to 84.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings added 3 cents and closed at $14.75 with an exchange of 14,100 units, Guardian Holdings rose 44 cents to $13.75 with trades of 10,000 shares, JMMB Group gained 5 cents to close at a new 52 weeks high of $1.25 with 173,162 shares being exchanged. National Commercial Bank gained 27 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.55 with 50,000 shares changing owners, Praetorian Property closed 5 cents higher, at $2.90 while trading 2,000 units. Sagicor Financial added 1 cent to close at $8.51 with an exchange of 14,294 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.02, gaining 2 cents with trades of 1,257 units and L.J. Williams B share advanced 5 cents to 71 cents with 93,650 units traded.
Losses| Berger Paints closed down 1 cent to $4.05 with 800 units traded, Clico Investment lost 1 cent to close at $22.51 after trading 3,777 shares, Massy Holdings dropped 30 cents, falling to $51.10 with trades of 14,243 valued at $727,818 and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.98, losing 21 cents with 46 units being exchanged. Scotiabank lost 5 cents to $58.70 trading 4,909 shares, Trinidad Cement fell 35 cents to $4.15, while exchanging 5,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at $58.50 after sustaining a fall of $1.33 with 154 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $34 with 300 shares traded, Scotia Investments remained at $2.23 with 95,125 shares changing owners and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 432 units switching ownership.
Jamaica’s US$178M FX surplus for December
In foreign exchange trading on Friday, net inflows continue to be positive but with just over with US$1 million, bringing the net inflows for December to $178 million with the Jamaican dollar losing value against all the major currency it normal trades against.
At the close of the market, dealers bought the equivalent of US$49,393,835 of all currencies and sold US$48,140,699, compared to US$53,928,226 purchased and US$39,262,075 sold on Thursday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$41,924,249 compared to US$48,357,262 on Thursday. The buying rate for the US dollar lost 12 cents to close at $127.48. A total of US$42,123,238 was sold versus US$35,027,831 on Thursday, with the selling rate inching up 8 cents to $128.44. The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 94 cents to $94.41, with dealers buying C$4,856,783 and selling C$6,251,539 at an average rate that gained 63 cents to end at $95.88. The average rate for buying the British Pound jumped $3.19 to $157.03 for the purchase of £2,971,174 while £892,056 was sold with a rise of 80 cents to end at $157.42.
At the end of trading on Friday, dealers sold €218,636 with the selling rate for the Euro, closing with a rise of 9 cents to $134.91, according to data from Bank of Jamaica. Dealers purchased €165,108 of the European common currency at $129.76 after gaining $1.26. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$44,823 being bought and selling of US$27,851.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates for the regularly traded foreign currencies on Friday, include the highest buying rate for the British Pound declining $2.58 to $159.10, the lowest buying rate jumping $33.99 to $126.99 and the lowest selling rate rising $1 to $152, while the lowest selling rate for the Euro dived $6.50 to $122.
Trinidad stocks drop 6% in 2016
While the values of the Trinidad based company declined that for the wider Caribbean grew by nearly 58 percent and resulted in the Composite index rising but by only 4 percent. The market closed the year on a positive note, with the IC bid-offer Indicator | showing the strongest reading for the last two trading days of the year with just 2 stocks closing with bids that were lower than their last sale price.
Trading on Friday resulted in 11 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 5 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 holding firm, with 262,813 shares being traded valued at $6,001,767 compared to 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 on Thursday.
The Composite Index rose 3.37 points to end the year at 1,209.53, the All T&T Index gained 1.35 points to 1,834.23 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points at 78.17 points with year to date gains of 57.89 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 1 cent in trading 665 units at $22.62, First Citizens Bank had 6,760 units trading with a gain of 25 cents to end at $35, JMMB Group traded 181,727 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise. National Commercial Bank added 6,999 shares to stocks that traded and gained 10 cents to close at $3 and Trinidad Cement traded 2,000 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.40.
Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 730 shares but lost 1 cent to close at $2.67
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings contributed just 12,350 shares with a value of $642,200 to end at $52, Readymix West Indies closed trading with 5,000 shares trading at $10.99. Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 44,125 shares valued at $4,784,915 changing hands, closed at $108.44, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 1,909 shares at $21 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 548 units trading, to end at $59.84.
All Jamaica breaks 210,000
The all important index that measures the movement of all Jamaican stocks listed on the main market, rose 4,178.53 to 210,557.50 prior to midday, to be up 25.8 percent for the year.
At these levels, the market has just broken the resistance levels around 210,000 points mark and suggest that it could climb much higher in the days ahead if it holds around the current level at the end of trading today.
Juniors break 2,600 & majors 209,000 – Friday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange all Jamaica Composite Index jumped more than 2,800 points in early trading on Friday to sit less than 800 points from the 210,000 points level while the junior market rose above Thursday’s record close to break the 2,600 mark.
Market activity resulted in 29 securities traded at 10:45 am, compared to 28 on Thursday at 10:45 am. A total of 16 securities advanced and 5 declined, resulting in a volume of 5,851,240 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $22,997,020, compared just 463,915 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $3,009,378 on Thursday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 201,767 units versus 16,568 units on Thursday.
The leading trades include Cable & Wireless has so far traded 4,063,060 units between 70 and 80 cents but last traded at 75 cents. Grace Kennedy 231,964 shares at $41.87, Jamaica Producers 453,416 at $9.20, Supreme Ventures 207,836 units at $5.30, Blue Power traded a 52 weeks’ high of $30 with 10,000 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance traded 563,234 units at $4, CAC 2000 gained 60 cents to $5.10 while 77,173 shares were traded following release of the company’s audited accounts showing the cost of the settlement of the lawsuit being in the region of $124 million.
The all Jamaica Composite Index surged 2,831.08 points to a record 209,210.05, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index jumped 2,531.49 points to an all-time high of 191,445.56, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index 2,445.50 points to a record high of 204,299.10 and the junior market index rose 9.53 to 2,604.38.