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Interest rates drop
Bank of Jamaica may be ushering a period of lower interest rates in Jamaica, with decline in rates on the latest certificate of deposit (CDS) when they offered a mere $7 billion in CDs to the public on … [Read More...]
BOJ’s policy pushes Jamaica into deflation
The inflation continues to moderate at a rapid pace, with the latest report out of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica reflecting a fall of 0.7 percent for April, following the decline in March 2024 of … [Read More...]
April’s Jamaica Tourist arrivals drop
Visitor arrivals dropped 7.7 percent at Kingston’s Norman Manley to 135,100 in April this year from 146,500 in 2023 and down 2.6 percent to 526,500 from 540,600 for the first four months of the … [Read More...]
Jamaica’s NIR drops
Jamaica’s Net International Reserves declined by US$35 million in April moving from US$5.137 billion at the end of March this year to US$5.102 billion at the end of April 2024, data recently released by … [Read More...]
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Profit surged 89% at NCB Group
Profit surged 89 percent at NCB Financial for the six months to March from a combination of higher revenues and reduced costs in some areas, driving profit 74 percent higher in the March quarter to $5.6 … [Read More...]
Berger surges into healthy Q1 profit
There is a huge about-turn in profit at Berger Paints with $48 million generated in the first quarter of March 2024 compared with a loss of $35 million in the first quarter of 2023, following a 7.6 percent … [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 … [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...]
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Jump in trading on JSE USD market
Increased market activity ended Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended, with a 175 percent rising the volume of stocks exchanged, with a value of 199 percent more than on Thursday, resulting in trading in five securities, the same as on Thursday with prices of two rising, two declining and one ending unchanged. The market closed with an … [Read More...]
Grace pushes JSE trading on Friday
A surge in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday, with a 336 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded with a value of 1,246 percent more than on Thursday, after investors traded nearly 5.3 million shares in GraceKennedy and ended trading in 57 securities compared with 54 on Thursday, with prices of 22 stocks rising, 24 … [Read More...]
Junior Market jumps to close out week
Stocks rebounded sharply in prices on Friday and ended with more shares trading, with a slightly lower value than on Thursday at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in a 53 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 16 percent lower value following trading in only 36 securities down from 40 on Thursday and ending … [Read More...]
Jamaican stocks rally on Friday
Trading jumped sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with nearly twice the volume of stocks changing hands with the value surging well above that on Thursday and resulting in prices of 38 shares rising and 27 declining and ending with the Junior Market jumping sharply while the Main Market rallied higher at the close while the JSE USD market closed … [Read More...]
Declining Trinidad stocks dominance continues
Declining stocks continued their dominance on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, resulting from trading in 20 securities down from 26 on Thursday and ending with prices of four rising, 10 declining and six remaining firm with the volume of stocks traded rising 234 percent with a 138 percent greater value than on Thursday. Trading finished … [Read More...]
Gains for JSE USD Market
Rising stocks outnumbered decliners at the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, resulting in trading in five securities, the same as on Wednesday with prices of three rising, two declining and no ending unchanged, with a 73 percent fall in the volume of stocks exchanged with 32 percent greater value than on … [Read More...]
Declining Main Market stocks clobber risers
Falling stocks outnumbered those rising almost 3 to 1 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with trading in 54 securities, down from 60 on Wednesday, with prices of only 12 rising, 33 declining, including Radio Jamaica closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.08 and nine ending unchanged as the volume of stocks traded declining 49 percent … [Read More...]
Junior Market bounce
Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange activity closed on Thursday, with a 78 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with an 85 percent lower value than Wednesday with trading in 40 securities compared with 42 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 19 rising, 13 declining and eight closing unchanged. Trading ended with 11,052,377 shares for … [Read More...]
All JSE markets rise on Thursday
All of the Jamaica Stock Exchange markets rose moderately on Thursday and ended with the number of stocks changing hands falling, with the value of stocks traded jumping sharply over the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 30 shares rising and 41 declining. At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 764.41 points to 332,741.85, … [Read More...]
Trading in all ordinary shares on Trinidad Exchange
Stocks came out of the woodworks on Thursday of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, with the highest number of securities trading in a day for some time, with 26 securities up from 19 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 10 rising, four declining and 12 remaining unchanged, resulting in declines in the market indices as the volume of stocks traded fell … [Read More...]
Stocks tumbled on Trinidad & Tobago Exchange
Stock prices tumbled on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 19 percent, but valued at 21 percent less than on Wednesday, resulting in 19 securities trading down from 22 on Tuesday, with prices of just one stock rising, six declining and 12 closing firm. The market closed trading with an exchange of … [Read More...]
Rise in JSE USD trading
The volume of stocks traded rose 415 percent with a 66 percent higher on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, resulting in trading in five securities, compared to nine on Tuesday with prices of three rising, one declining and one ending unchanged. The market closed with an exchange of 379,029 shares for US$8,339 compared to 73,669 units … [Read More...]
