Jamaican stocks recovered some of the losses of the past two trading days with all three main market indices rising over 1,270 points when the market closed on Tuesday with the advance declining ratio be positive close two to one. The volume of stocks trading more than doubled, the volume traded on Monday, as the volume in Cable & Wireless climbed 230 percent to 2.1 million.
At the close of the market to 3,862,389 units valued at $14,970,110, compared to the 1,421,290 units valued at $14,318,294 changing hands on Monday. The junior market accounted for 531,125 units valued at $2,288,358 of the total traded on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index jumped 1,531.08 points to end at 159,600.57. The all Jamaica Composite Index surged 1,712.27 points to close at 177,323.57 and the JSE combined index climbed 1,272.91 points, to end at 171,291.57.
At the close, the prices of 19 securities gained out of a total of 33 that traded, with 11 declining in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 2 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 19,410 units and lost 1 cent to end at $4.99, investors picked up 2,134,925 units of Cable & Wireless gained 4 cents in closing at 79 cents as the stock gained some support at these lower levels. Caribbean Cement traded 62,686 shares to close with a gain of 40 cents at $26, Carreras traded 2,955 shares and gained 2 cents to close at $66.02, Investors traded 74,479 shares of 1834 Investments to close 15 cents higher at $1.25, Grace Kennedy rose 15 cents and ended at $41.45, with 37,527 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers rose 23 cents with 121,227 shares changing hands, to end at $14.75. Jamaica Producers ended with a loss of 9 cents at $8.50 with 16,259 units trading, JMMB Group traded 15,188 units and rose 15 cents to $10. Kingston Wharves gained 40 cents in trading 44,675 shares to close at $17.40, National Commercial Bank had 22,790 units changing hands to close with a loss of $1 at $39, Pan Jamaican Investments fell 50 cents and closed at $24 after trading 40,560 shares.
Portland JSX closed at $11 with 15,450 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica lost 2 cents to close at $1.40 after 84,764 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group traded 24,100 shares while rising 10 cents to close at $22.60, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 12,524 shares to close with a loss of 5 at $10.15. Scotia Group closed at $30 with 26,885 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments climbed 50 cents with 4,280 units changing hands at $26, Supreme Ventures gained 22 cents with 2,000 units changing hands to close at $4.98, Proven Investments traded 3,125 units to close at 19 US cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share lost 2 cents in trading 563,355 units to close at $1.08.
17 JSE stocks drop on Friday
Scotia Group dropped $1.95& helped to pull the market index down on Friday
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index sank 1,160.22 points to end at 158,673.33. The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1297.53 points to close at 176,286.59 and the JSE combined index dived 1,308.51 points, to end at 170,535.50.
The volume of stocks trading dropped sharply on Friday, with 3,924,169 units valued at $39,797,286, compared to the 6,839,351 units valued at just $23,033,975 changing hands on Thursday. Cable & Wireless dominated trading volume on Thursday with 3.9 million units but traded less than 400,000 shares on Friday.
The junior market accounted for 844,487 units valued at $5,439,011 of the total traded on Friday.
At the close of the market prices of just 7 securities gained out of a total of 33 that traded, with 17 declining in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 4 falling, in the junior market.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 27,267 shares to end at $5, investors slashed the price of Cable & Wireless by 20 percent, taking it down by 19 cents with 356,419 shares changing hands, to close at 75 cents, the stock remains weak at the close, with lots of selling and little buying interest. Caribbean Cement traded 25,874 shares to close at $25.50, Carreras traded 1,690 shares and fell 77 cents to close at $65.70, The price of 1834 Investments dropped 15 cents in trading at 518,765 shares to end at $1.10, Grace Kennedy dropped $1.54 and ended at $41.45, with 67,952 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers had 126,487 shares changing hands, to end with a loss of 8 cents at $14.52. Jamaica Producers
ended at $8.50 with 229,519 units trading, JMMB Group traded 275,597 units and lost 7 cents to $9.88. Kingston Wharves rose $1.30 in trading 9,998 shares to close at $17.40, Mayberry Investments ended with 509,928 shares trading to close at $3.50, National Commercial Bank had 37,402 units changing hands to close with a loss of $1 at $39, Pan Jamaican Investments fell 30 cents and closed at $24 after trading 2,705 shares. Radio Jamaica fell 8 cents to close at $1.40 after 42,764 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group traded 82,050 shares while easing 9 cents off the old price to close at $22.41, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 30,540 shares to close at $10.20, Scotia Group dropped $1.95 to close at $29.05 with 549,708 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 13,579 units changing hands at $26, Seprod traded 5,400 units but fell $1 to $19.50, Supreme Ventures had 161,905 units changing hands and rose 1 cent to $4.76 and Proven Investments traded 4,133 units to close at 19.87 US cents.
JSE main market climbs in early trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market enjoyed strong gains in the indices in early Friday morning trading but with only limited volume changing hands in the overall markets. The junior market index slipped a bit with only a few securities trading in that market.
Trading of note so far took place for 106,580 Cable & Wireless shares with 181,615 shares in 1834 Investments changing hands while 59,745 shares of Grace Kennedy traded and JMMB Group had 275,597 units trading at $9.88 in the main market and in the junior market the stocks with the leading volumes traded are C2W Music with 40,000 units and Eppley Preference Shares 2019 had 50,000 units changing hands.
At 10:45 am 22 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 861,119 shares carrying a value of $8,593,129 changing hands compared to 5,070,164 shares carrying a value of $14,465,644 on Thursday. The average number of shares traded amounts to 39,142 units compared to 211,257 units on Thursday. The number of stocks falling are 10 while the prices of 8 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate.
The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 947.08 points to 178,531.20, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index gained 846.86 points to 160,680.41, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 680.28 points to close at 172,524.29 and the junior market index slipped 10.25 points to 2,288.60.
14 JSE’s stocks rise 7 fall – Wednesday
NCB traded as low as $36.10 on Wednesday but ended back at $40..
Jamaican stocks again saw more prices rising than falling but the market indices incurred losses nevertheless at the end of trading on Wednesday. Unlike the previous two days with extremely low volumes trading levels climbed sharply by the close of the market with 5,711,945 units valued at $60,243,332, well up from the 2,652,003 units valued at $16,996,985 changing hands on Tuesday’s with, the junior market accounting for 1,483,909 units valued at $6,870,963.
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index dropped 849.63 points to end at 159,305.92. The all Jamaica Composite Index dived 950.18 points to close at 176,994.05 and the JSE combined index sank 833.28 points, to end at 170,626.85.
At the close of the market prices of 14 securities gained out of a total of 36 that traded, with 7 declining in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 4 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, 
the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 10,741 shares at $5, Cable & Wireless traded 822,600 shares and closed with a loss of 1 cent at 99 cents, Carreras traded 1,570 shares to close at $66.44. Trading in in shares of 1834 Investments resulted in 197,265 units changing hands to end at $1.25, Grace Kennedy jumped 99 cents to end at $42.99, with 23,328 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers had 13,650 shares changing hands, to end with a fall of 5 cents at $14.55. Jamaica Producers ended at $8.50 with 300,150 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 18 cents with 160,144 units changing hands, to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $28 as investors continue to react positively to the announcement of a likely stock splitJMMB Group traded 1,009,454 units at $9.90.
Margaritaville Turks traded 6,540 shares to close at 21 US cents, Mayberry Investments ended with 502,200 shares trading to close at $3.30, National Commercial Bank had 531,488 units changing hands to close at $40, the stock traded as low as $36.10 during the day but with small volumes. Pan Jamaican Investments fell 1 cent and closed at $24.99 after trading 11,495 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 35,080 shares to close at $10.20, Scotia Group added 40 cents to close at $30.50 with 7,320 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 2,064 units changing hands at $26, Proven Investments traded 389,000 units to close at 19.90 US cents after rising 0.90 cent and JMMB Group 7.50% rose 2 cents in trading 193,871 units at $1.10. [Read more…]
JSE trades down early Wednesday
Trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange early Wednesday is slow with only a few trades of meaningful size as the indices gave up some gains over the past two days.
Meaningful volumes came from penny stocks Cable & Wireless with 113,022 units at $1 and 1834 Investments with 159,400 shares at $1.25 followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 55,577 units at $27.15, National Commercial Bank with 401,780 shares at $39.99 and Proven Investments with 389,000 units at US 19.9 cents.
At 10:45 am 23 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 1,182,572 shares carrying a value of $29,395,598 changing hands down from 1,835,382 units on Tuesday. The average number of shares traded amounts to 51,416 units compared to 63,289 units on Tuesday. The number of stocks falling are 7 while the prices of 6 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate with no new major developments or news to move prices in one direction or the other.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 857.51 points to 177,086.72 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Indexdeclined 766.77 points to 159,388.78, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index lost 919.05 points to close at 170,541.08 and the junior market index slipped 20.25 points to 2,212.09.
JSE down but 20 stocks up – Friday
JSE traded at a new high on Friday after jumping $3.30 to $27.40.
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index dropped 510.77 points to end at 159,796.96. The all Jamaica Composite Index declined by 571.22 points to close at 177,543.20 and the JSE combined index dropped 516.18 points, to end at 170,558.37.
At the close of the market prices of 20 securities gained out of a total of 42 that traded, with 11 declining in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead on Monday.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless traded just 413,340 shares and closed 3 cents down to $1.03, Caribbean Cement traded 5,000 shares and rose 99 cents to close at $26.49, Carreras traded 1,049,855 shares and dropped by $1 to close at $64.51. Trading in 1834 Investments shares resulted in 75,134 units changing hands as the price rose 5 cents to $1.25, Grace Kennedy gained 10 cents to end at $43.60, with 51,683 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers had 13,000 shares changing hands, to end with a rise of 25 cents at $14.90. Jamaica Producers gained 5 cents to end at $8.40 with 2,500 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped $3.30 with 4,608 units changing hands to close at a new all-time high of $27.40, following the announcement of a meeting later in September to consider a stock split. JMMB Group traded 7,900 units at $10. Kingston Wharves traded 67,521 shares to close at $17.50,after rising by 49 cents,
Margaritaville Turks traded 360,272 shares to close at 21 US cents after rising by a cent, Mayberry Investments ended with 23,766 shares trading, to close at $3.28, National Commercial Bank had 153,550 units changing hands but dropped 50 cents to close at $40. Pan Jamaican Investments jumped $1 and closed at $24.50, after trading 12,219 shares, Portland JSX traded 59,400 shares to close at $11, Pulse Investments traded 8,000 shares with a fall of 55 cents to close at $3.20, Sagicor Group fell by just 1 cent with 86,390 shares changing hands at $22.01. Scotia Group jumped $1.39 to close at $31.39 with 3,555,100 shares changing hands, Seprod dropped $1.50 in trading 23,200 units to close at $19.50, Supreme Ventures lost 17 cents with 21,636 units changing hands at $4.81 and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 24,333 units to close at $2.10.
JSE closes slightly down on Thursday
The JSE stock jumped $2.60 after news broke that a stock split is to be considered by the directors in September.
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index fell 79.84 points to end at 160,307.73. The all Jamaica Composite Index declined 89.28 points to close at 178,114.42 and the JSE combined index dropped 442.66 points, to end at 171,074.55.
At the close of the market prices of 11 securities gained out of a total of 39 that traded, with 18 declining in the overall market, including only 1 stock rising and 8 falling, in the junior market.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless traded just 7,254 shares and closed 4 cents down to $1.06, Caribbean Cement traded 26,011 shares to fall 99 cents and closed at $25.50, Carreras traded 113,782 shares and inched higher by 1 cent to close at $65.51. Trading in 1834 Investments shares resulted in 152,042 units trading with a fall of 10 cents to $1.20, Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents to end at $43.50, with 233,174 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers had 8,880 shares changing hands, to end with a rise of 13 cents at $14.65. Jamaica Producers fell 15 cents to end at $8.35 with 574,462 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped $2.34 with 38,341 units changing hands to close at $24.10, following the announcement of a meeting later in September to consider a stock split. JMMB Group traded 1,900 units at $10.
Kingston Wharves traded 97,624 shares to close at $17.01, Margaritaville Turks traded 237,000 shares to close at 20 US cents after falling by a cent, Mayberry Investments ended with 10,500 shares trading to close at $3.28, National Commercial Bank had 35,171 units changing hands but gained 1 cent to close at $40.50. Pan Jamaican Investments closed at $23.50, after trading 5,600 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 10 cents in trading 135,591 shares, to end at $1.50, Sagicor Group fell by 28 cents with 172,060 shares changing hands at $22.02, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 5 cents in trading 14,140 shares, to close at $10.20. Scotia Group lost 40 cents to close at $30 with 2,695,006 shares changing hands, Seprod climbed $1 in trading 2,300 units to close at $21, Supreme Ventures gained 18 cents with 24,950 units changing hands at $4.98 and JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 10,000 units to close at US$1.10 after rising 1 cent.
JSE majors in big recovery on Friday
The volumes and value of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up a bit on Friday with 1,918,263 units valued at $33,610,338, up from $15,554,439, changing hands on Thursday. Of the stocks trading in all market segments, the junior market accounted for 509,115 units, valued at $9,086,931.
At the close of trading, the JSE Market Index had a sizable gain of 2,004.55 points to end at 159,309.36. The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 2,241.78 points to close at 176,997.90 and the JSE combined index climbed 1,666.47 points, to end at 170,692.00 as the junior market gained strongly, thus negating some of the main market fall.
At the close of the market prices of 26 securities gained out of a total of 41 that traded, with 10 declining in the overall market, including 10 stocks rising and 2 falling, in the junior market. Three junior market stocks and main market, Kingston Wharves to close trading at 52 weeks’ highs with Kingston Wharves closed with 2,707 shares and gained 81 cents to end at $17.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paint closed with a gain of 25 cents to trade at $5.25 with 6,400 units changing hands, Cable & Wireless traded 160,508 shares and closed unchanged at $1.01, Caribbean Cement traded 10,500 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $26.21, Carreras gained 45 cents, while trading 8,730 shares to end at $66.45. Trading in 1834 Investments resulted in 82,623 shares changing hands, with a gain of 3 cents to end at $1.29, Grace Kennedy added 10 cents to end at $43.50 with 143,736 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers had 352,955 shares changing hands, to end with a loss of 5 cents at $14.60. Jamaica Producers fell 15 cents to end at $8.35 with 25,000 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 25 cents with 1,000 units changing hands to close at $21.25,
National Commercial Bank had 4,505 units changing hands to close at $40. Pan Jamaican Investments gained 39 cents to close at $24.99, after trading only 3,505 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 14 cents in trading 4,218 shares, to end at $1.56, Sagicor Group jumped $1 while 377,750 shares changed hands, at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 500 shares and gained 20 cents, to close at $10. Scotia Group gained 42 cents to close at $29.50 with 4,972 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 36,320 units changing hands at $25.50 for a rise of 50 cents, Seprod traded 13,078 shares and gained 50 cents to close at $20, Proven Investments traded 48,695 ordinary shares at 20 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 97,000 units to close at $2.10.
Falling JSE stocks beat advancers – Wednesday
Kingston Wharves traded at a new intraday high of $17 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market prices of 8 securities gained out of a total of 38 that traded, with 18 declining in the overall market, including 4 stocks rising and 7 falling, in the junior market. Kingston Wharves traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $17.
Trading closed with 7,500,411 units valued at $23,078,589 changing hands, in all market segments.
The junior market accounted for 1,886,162 units, valued at $8,593,938 of all trades.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless traded 72,300 shares and closed at $1.07 after rising by 3 cents, Caribbean Cement traded just 3,000 shares and fell 48 cents to close at $26.20, Carreras lost 5 cents, while trading just 19,533 shares to end at $66.45. The price of 1834 Investments fell 5 cents to close at $1.26, in trading 534,918 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 to end at $42.50 with 29,745 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers had 44,821 shares changing hands, to end at $14.60. Jamaica Stock Exchange had 16,950 units changing hands to close at $21.50, JMMB Group traded only 2,426 units to end with a loss of 29 cents at $9.51,
National Commercial Bank had 20,749 units changing hands and climbed 29 cents to close at $40.79. Pan Jamaican Investments lost 15 cents to close at $25, after trading 30,249 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 254,020 shares, to end at $1.55, Sagicor Group lost 72 cents while only 2,900 shares changed hands, at $21.08, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 7,328 shares and fell 50 cents, to close at $9.50. Scotia Group traded unchanged at $30.06 with 41,854 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 10 cents while 527,552 shares changed hands at $4.80 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 4 million units but fell 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.01.
Big losses for JSE indices on Tuesday
Scotiabank fell $1.44 on Tuesday
At the close of the market prices of 16 securities gained out of a total of 40 securities that traded, with 15 declining in the overall market, including 9 stocks, rising and 6 falling in the junior market.
Trading closed with 6,761,304 units valued at $43,160,974 changing hands, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 2,549,505 units, valued at $12,665,912 of all trades.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.In market activity, Cable & Wireless traded 777,339 shares and closed at $1.04 after falling by 6 cents, Caribbean Cement traded 157,722 shares and fell 22 cents to close at $26.68, Carreras rose 5 cents, while trading just 8,190 shares to end at $66.50. The price of 1834 Investments rose 1 cent to close at $1.31, in trading 109,046 shares, Grace Kennedy lost 90 cents in ending at $43.50 with 89,591 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers had 170,189 shares changing hands, to end at $14.60, Jamaica Producers gained 9 cents to close at $8.41 with 29,234 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange had 9,600 units changing hands to close at $21.50, JMMB Group traded 33,575 units to end with a gain of 30 cents at $9.80, Kingston Wharves traded 11,680 shares to close at $16.20, National Commercial Bank had 53,745 units changing hands and fell 50 cents to close at $40.50. Pan Jamaican Investments gained 15 cents to close at $25.15, after trading 19,524 shares, Portland JSX traded 303,134 shares and rose 9 cents, to end at $11.49,
Radio Jamaica traded 24,344 shares, to end at $1.55, Sagicor Group closed with a gain of 30 cents while 71,066 shares changed hands, at $21.80. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 1,470 shares and fell 20 cents, to close at $10, Scotia Group lost $1.44 while trading 87,422 shares, to end at $30.06, Scotia Investments closed trading with 37,500 shares at $26. Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents while 191,370 shares changing hands at $4.90, Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 48,300 units at 19.94 US cents compared to 19 US cents on Monday, JMMB Group 7.50%% preference share traded 94,115 units but fell 6 cents to $1.02 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 1,874,000 units and ended at $2.10.