MVL Stockbrokers sold a series of large trades in several stocks in early Wednesday trading and VMBS Wealth was the main buyer in what appears to be prearranged trades. The trades had negligible impact on the market indices. IC Insider has been reliably informed, that the trades reflect transfer of shares that were held at the JCSD under broker MVL Stockbrokers for VMBS Wealth pension funds and have been transferred to VMBS Wealth as the brokerage house. So far its is unclear why the change was not effected by a instructions to the Stock Exchange to simply switch the broker’s accounts.
A total of 32 securities with a volume of only 32,708,601 units valued at $359,295,340 have traded with 13 stocks declining versus only 6 that rose.
The All Jamaica Index trades at 108,749.59 to dip 117.62 points, JSE Market Index fell 105.24 points to 98,244.17. The combined index slipped 114.26 points to be at 100,935.78 and the junior market index 916.82, down 1.66 points.
Significant trades are Grace Kennedy with 1,399,021 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange 2,105,142 shares, JMMB Group 8,580,291 shares Lasco Manufacturing 12,000,000 units and Sagicor Group 2,940,000.
MVL & VMBS Wealth big trades on Wednesday
August 26, 2015 by
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