The Junior market closed on Tuesday, with limited traded that rose 69 percent above Monday’s low level Fewer securities traded than on Monday, but at the close 7 stocks gained, while 2 declined out of 10 securities that traded, down from 12 on Monday as two stocks closed a new highs.
The market index declined 14.32 points, to close at 2,266.10. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 531,125 units changing hands, 63 percent less than on Monday, while the value traded jumped 57 percent, with just $2,288,358 up from $1,453,100 changing hands on Monday.
At the close, Caribbean Cream closed with 18,700 shares changing hands and gained 30 cents to close at $8.30, Caribbean Producers traded 2,316 shares to close at $3.50 after gaining 35 cents, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a 20 cents rise to close at $2.40 with 20,192 units changing hands. Honey Bun rose 33 cents in trading 90,458 units to end at $5.85, Lasco Distributors closed with 16,572 units trading, ended with a loss of 5 cents at $6.95, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents with 209,953 shares changing hands at $3.45. Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $4.45 with 125,661 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 27,067, shares and closed at $3.55, Paramount Trading climbed $1.05 to end with 2,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.05 and tTech rose 5 cents in trading 18,206 shares at $5.30.
7 junior stocks rise 2 fall – Tuesday
5 stocks rise on TTSE on Monday
Market activity ended with 98,192 shares valued at $3,107,756 changing hands, up from the $1,194,344 traded on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 0.04 points to close at 1,155.85, the All T&T Index rose 0.15 points to close at 1,817.14 and the Cross Listed Index ended flat at 65.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy ended with 5,529 shares trading as the price gained 1 cent to $2.52, National Flour rose 1 cent and ended with 3,200 shares changing hands to close at $2.41, Prestige Holdings had 2,500 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to end at $10.85. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 14,284 shares changing hands and gained 6 cents to $6.58, and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.70 with 16,541 units with a value of $392,462 trading, after rising 1 cent.
Losses| Ansa McAl lost 30 cents and traded 12 units at $62.70, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents and ended with 300 shares changing hands to end at $54.95 and National Commercial Bank ended with 3,160 shares changing hands to close at $2.64, with a gain of 10 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 10,300 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $14, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 3,304 units to end at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed with 17,303 shares valued at $391,740 changing hands, to end at $22.64. First Citizens traded 4,222 units at $35, Republic Financial Holdings ended with 25 shares changing hands at $109.99, Scotiabank closed with 1,554 shares changing hands at $57.60, West Indian Tobacco traded 12,958 shares with a value of $1,636,855 to close $126.32 and L.J. Williams B share closed with 3,000 shares changing hands close at 72 cents after.
2 junior stocks rise 4 fall – Monday
The Junior market closed on Monday, with limited trades that fell 63 percent below Friday’s levels, but with a few more securities traded than on Friday. At the close, only 6 stocks had changes in their prices as 2 gained, while 4 declined out of 14 securities that traded, up from 12 on Friday.
The market index rose just 4.21 points, to close at 2,280.42 and is up 27 percent for the year to date.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 314,520 units changing hands, 63 percent less than on Friday, while the value traded dropped a whopping 73 percent, with just $1,453,100 down from $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday.
At the close, AMG Packaging dropped $1.70 and ended at $17.50, with just 535 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $86.10 after rising 10 cents with just 200 shares trading, at the close the bid on the stock was for 1,500 shares at 86.50 with none on offer. Caribbean Cream closed with 1,200 shares changing hands at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 4,489 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 53 cents, C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 950 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to close at $3.10 with 2,000 shares changing hands, General Accident traded 150,000 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 3,634 units to end at $5.52, Knutsford Express traded 4,000 shares to close at $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 24,964 shares changing hands and fell 5 cents to close at $7. Lasco Financial had just 2,899 shares changing hands at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.35 for a loss of 15 cents with 110,563 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 117,630, shares and closed at $3.55 and tTech traded 26,456 shares at $5.25.
Cargo Handlers at new high
Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $86.10 on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in early Monday trading but with only 200 shares changing hands. Trading volume in the overall markets has been light with the highest volume traded being Pan Jamaican Investment with 38,032 units at $24.
The junior market index rose a bit with only a few securities trading in that market but the main market indices declined.
In trading Cable & Wireless after trading as low as 75 cents on Friday found some support to trade a small volume at 80 cents and now has a bid to buy at 76 cents. Scotia Group traded up by 95 cents to trade at 28,000 units at $30.
At 10:45 am 23 securities traded, resulting in a volume of just 202,505 shares carrying a value of $3.1 million changing hands compared to 861,119 shares carrying a value of $8,593,129 on Friday. The average number of shares traded amounts to only 8,805 units compared to 39,142 units on Friday. The number of stocks falling are 6 while the prices of 8 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 230.99 points to 176,055.60, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index eased 206.55 points to 158,466.78, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index fell 78.90 points to close at 170,456.60 and the junior market index 10.98 points to 2,287.19.
US$10 million more on Friday
Trading in Jamaica’s foreign exchange market saw another day when more purchases of the all foreign exchange currencies exceeded sales, with the net intake on Friday, being US$10 million and with the net US dollar currency intake being US$9 million. The positive net inflows did not stop the rate for selling the US dollar from rising by 11 cents.
In Friday’s trading, dealers bought US $37,477,625 and sold only US$27,548,721 compared to US$25,525,850 purchased and a mere US$18,693,739 sold on Thursday, of all currencies.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$34,686,488 compared to US$23,108,190 on Thursday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 12 cents to close at $127.09. A total of US$25,787,049 was sold versus just US$17,244,935 on Thursday, with the selling rate rising 11 cents to end at $127.72. The Canadian dollar buying rate declined by 86 cents to $95.95, with dealers buying C$1,510,410 and selling C$1,022,589 at an average rate that declined by 49 cents to $97.85. The average rate for buying the British Pound dropped 39 cents to $165.60 for the purchase of £1,193,309 while only £601,003 was sold with the rate rising 15 cents to end at $169.99. At the end of trading, the selling rate for the Euro, fell $1.24 to close at J$144.88 from Thursday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, dealers purchased the European common currency at J$139.83 for a rise of $1.75 from the rate on Thursday. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$95,963 being bought, while US$178,310, was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Thursday, include a drop of $3.59 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian Dollar to end at $98.41, a rise in the lowest selling rate of $1.80 to settle at $94.80. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a rise of $1.25 in the highest buying rate to close at $171.40 and a big dive of $24.04 in the lowest selling rate to $117.46.