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Caribbean Cement blockbuster Q1 profits
Caribbean Cement reported blockbuster profits in the first quarter to March this year from an increase of nearly 12 percent in revenues of $7.6 billion versus $6.8 billion in 2023 with profits jumping by … [Read More...]
Share buy back & dividend at Kingston Properties
Kingston Properties (KPREIT) plans to repurchase up to one half of one percent or 4.42 million shares in issue for up to two years to commence in the later part of May this year. According to the … [Read More...]
Remittance inflows to Jamaica fall
Remittance inflows to Jamaica continue to decline at the start of 2024 following several months of decline last year, with inflows for January 2024 amounting to US$246 million, down a relatively small 1.1 … [Read More...]
BOJ engineers cut in CDs interest rates
Interest rates on Bank of Jamaica dropped to an average of 10.6 percent at the latest CD auction on Wednesday, April 24, following an offer of $34.5 billion to the public in a competitive price auction. … [Read More...]
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NCB Financial stock offer a long term investment
NCB Financial will be offering 78.5 million Ordinary Shares to the public to purchase at $65 per each of which 785,000 are Reserved Shares for staff at $58. The issue opens on May 6 at 9 AM and is … [Read More...]
Caribbean Cement blockbuster Q1 profits
Caribbean Cement reported blockbuster profits in the first quarter to March this year from an increase of nearly 12 percent in revenues of $7.6 billion versus $6.8 billion in 2023 with profits jumping by … [Read More...]
Share buy back & dividend at Kingston Properties
Kingston Properties (KPREIT) plans to repurchase up to one half of one percent or 4.42 million shares in issue for up to two years to commence in the later part of May this year. According to the … [Read More...]
Barrows to head Wigton in May
Gary Barrow now heads Wigton Windfarm (WIG) management as Chief Executive Officer the company announced that will take place effective on May 6. The position of Chief Executive Officer is a new one, in … [Read More...]
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Falling Junior Market stocks crush rising ones
Fallen stocks were plentiful on Friday at the close of trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, after investors traded 43 securities compared with 44 on Thursday and ended with prices of 14 rising, 22 declining and seven closing unchanged following a 52 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 50 percent lower value than … [Read More...]
Falling stocks hit Trinidad Exchange
Declining stocks had the upper hand on Friday sending the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange down on at the close, with the volume of stocks traded rising by 9 percent at a slightly lower value than Thursday, resulting in 16 securities trading compared with 20 on the previous day and ending with prices of two stocks rising, seven declining and seven … [Read More...]
Gains for JSE USD Market
The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market closed on Friday, with a 9 percent rise in the volume of stocks that changed hands with 57 percent less value than on Thursday, resulting in trading in seven securities, compared to seven on Thursday with prices of two rising, two declining and three ending unchanged. The market closed with trading of 107,250 … [Read More...]
A Cemented Jump on the JSE Main Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday, with Caribbean cement closing at a 52 weeks’ high after the price jumped $8.92 as the volume of stocks traded in the overall market declined by 58 percent with a 21 percent increase in value than on Thursday, with trading in 60 securities compared with 59 on Thursday and ending with prices of … [Read More...]
Caribbean Cement at 1 year high
Caribbean Cement buoyed by solid first quarter results jumped $8.92 to a 52 weeks’ high of $69.90 as investors placed buying pressure on the stock that is currently in low supply. The Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday as the Junior Market rose moderately, as the Main and the JSE USD markets fell, with trading ended with the number of stocks … [Read More...]
Rising JSE Main Market stocks top losers
Rising stocks edged out those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, following a 37 percent dive in the volume of stocks traded with a value 13 percent lower than on Wednesday, after the market closed with trading in 59 securities as it was on Wednesday and ended with prices of 23 stocks rising, 19 declining and 17 ending … [Read More...]
JSE USD trading drops
The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended with a 34 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded with a 32 percent lower value than on Wednesday, resulting in trading in seven securities, compared to five on Wednesday with prices of two rising, one declining and four ending unchanged. The market closed with an exchange of 98,700 shares for US$20,672 … [Read More...]
Moderate trading for Jamaica Stock Exchange
The Main and the USD markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose moderately at the end of trading on Thursday but the Junior Market closed moderately lower as trading ended with fewer shares changing hands at a lower value than the previous day, resulting in prices of 35 shares rising and 38 declining. At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market … [Read More...]
Falling stocks push Trinidad Exchange down
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday, with a 10 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded with a 21 percent greater value than on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 20 securities up from 18 on Wednesday and ended with prices of five stocks rising, seven declining and eight remaining unchanged. Trading closed with an … [Read More...]
Trading jumps on the Junior Market
Stocks mostly declined at the close on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, after trading in 44 securities compared with 43 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 16 rising, 19 declining and nine ending unchanged following a 43 percent rise in the volume of stocks following a 75 percent jump in value over Wednesday. The market closed … [Read More...]
NCB Financial stock offer a long term investment
NCB Financial will be offering 78.5 million Ordinary Shares to the public to purchase at $65 per each of which 785,000 are Reserved Shares for staff at $58. The issue opens on May 6 at 9 AM and is slated to close on May 27, 2024 subject to the right of the Company to close it at any time after the opening date once the Invitation is fully … [Read More...]
Jump in trading but JSE USD market falls
The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market closed on Thursday, with an 80 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded with 106 percent more US dollars changing hands than on Wednesday, resulting in trading in five securities, down from nine on Wednesday with the price of one rising, three declining and one ending unchanged. The market closed with an … [Read More...]
