Jamaican stocks pull back from record

December 21, 2016 by

Sagicor Group closed at a 52 weeks' high on Thursday on the JSE.

Sagicor Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday on the JSE.

Trading rose on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with increased volumes and value but prices mostly fell back as the indices pulled back from the record close on Tuesday.
The All Jamaica Composite Index closed with a fall of 205.12 points at 202,977.90 to be up by 21 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index dropped 183.41 points to finish at 185,872.90. The JSE combined index declined by 351.05 points to close at 198,359.79, with gain for the year to date, of 25 percent.
Market activity ended with 40 securities changing hands, at the close, the prices of 10 stocks gained while 17 declined in the overall market, including 3 stocks rising and 4 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 29,273,598 units valued at $1,131,638,942 changed hands, compared to 22,971,772 units valued at $146,022,777 changing hands on Tuesday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 332,445 units changing hands, valued at $1,568,652.
ICI JSE sum 21-12-16 The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 1,205,881 shares compared to an average of 728,789 units traded on Tuesday. The average for the month to date ends at 872,049 shares compared to an average of 538,216 units for the month up to Tuesday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 7,628 shares to end unchanged at $5.55, Cable & Wireless fell 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 65 cents with 260,217 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded with a loss of $1.19 while trading 1,700 shares at $32, Carreras lost 25 cents in exchanging 12,795 shares to close at $66. Investors traded 19,691 shares of 1834 Investments to close with a rise of 1 cent at $1.16, Grace Kennedy gained 98 cents to close at $40.99 with 4,020 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.50 with 9,583 shares changing hands, after falling 41 cents, Jamaica Producers lost 71 cents to end at $8.50 with 949,034 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 999 shares, to end at $5.59 after falling by a cent, JMMB Group traded 11,569 shares and gained 47 cents to close at $14.48. Kingston Wharves ended trading 27,322 shares to close at $19.40 after slipping 20 cents, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 22,609 shares, to close with a rise of 70 cents at $5.50, National Commercial Bank ended at $49 with 17,096,730 shares changing hands, PANJAM Investment traded 1,173,845 shares but fell 5 cents to close at $27.45. Radio Jamaica lost 12 cents to close at $1.08 with 34,484 shares trading. ICI JSE fnqts 21-12-16Sagicor Group closed with 8,850,415 shares changing hands, 30 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $27.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 159,673 units to close with a gain of 5 cents at $11, Scotia Group lost 90 cents with 63,901 shares changing hands and closed at $34. Scotia Investments dropped $4.10 with 1,828 units changing hands to close at $29.30, Seprod lost $2.50 to close trading at 27.50 with 37,856 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures traded 117,534 units to end with a rise of 2 cents at $5.02 and Proven Investments declined from 22 US cents to end at 21.95 US cents, with 72,620 units changing hands.

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Jamaican stocks just short of 202,000

December 16, 2016 by

Mayberry closed at a 52 weeks' high of $5.65.

Mayberry closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.65.

The All Jamaica Composite Index climbed sharply to close trading on Friday at a new record close, just less than 100 points below the 202,000 mark. Market activity ended with 31 securities changing hands with the prices of 15 stocks ending with gains while 5 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 2 falling, in the junior market.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,421.02 points to end at 201,936.88, the index recorded gains of 21 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index climbed 1,270.64 points to finish at a record 184,942.04. The JSE combined index climbed 919.08 points to end at a record 196,996.13, with a gain for the year to date of 24 percent.
At the close with 7,137,871 units valued at $101,431,149 changed hands, compared to 4,593,992 units valued at $80,066,072 changing hands on Thursday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 3,219,929 units changing hands, valued at $16,494,089.
ICI JSE sum 16-12-16 The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 178,088 shares compared to an average of 140,477 units traded on Thursday. The average for the month to date ends at 150,187 shares compared to an average of 122,285 units for the month up to Thursday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 50,000 shares and gained 30 cents to end at $5.80, Cable & Wireless had 220,000 units trading as the price gained 5 cents to end at 90 cents, Carreras exchanged 19,885 shares at $66, Investors traded 72,831 shares of 1834 Investments to close at $1.2. Grace Kennedy recovered the $3.99 it lost on Thursday, while trading 9,484 shares to close at $40.99, Jamaica Broilers ended trading with 151,149 units with a rise of 80 cents at $15. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 60,819 shares, to end at $5.60, JMMB Group traded 500,000 shares and shed 30 cents to close at $13.55. Margaritaville Turks traded 32,220 shares to close at 24.90 US cents after rising by 0.03 cent, Mayberry Investments ended trading 97,155 shares, to close with a rise of 70 cents at at 52 weeks’ high of $5.65, National Commercial Bank ended at $49 with 438,733 shares changing hands. ICI JSE fnqts 16-12-16138 Student Living lost 50 cents in trading 607,162 shares at $4.50, PANJAM Investment gained 98 cents, while trading 183,299 shares to close at $26.98, Sagicor Group closed with 185,900 shares changing hands to end 25 cents lower at $27.05. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 5,620 units at $10.90, Scotia Group with 126,594 shares changing hands closed at $34, Scotia Investments rose 50 cents with 1,100,891 units changing hands to close at $30.50, Supreme Ventures rose 5 cents to end at $4.85, with 2,000 units changing hands and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 45,900 units at 20.99 US cents, up from 20.5 US cents.

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Jamaican stocks just miss another record

December 9, 2016 by

Caribbean Cement traded at an intraday high of $36.40 on Friday.

Caribbean Cement traded at an intraday high of $36.40 on Friday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange failed to hold on to another record close, as some price pulled back towards the close, pulling the All Jamaica Composite Index, from a mid-day high of 201,922.95 after jumping 1,156.01 points, to the closed trading at just 110 point below Thursday’s record close.
The record run was aided by 35 securities changing hands, with the prices of 15 stocks ending with gains while 15 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 6 falling, in the junior market.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index declined 110.38 points to end at 200,656.56, the index recorded gains of 19.9 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index fell 98.70 points to finish at 183,484.76. The JSE combined index lost 20.90 points to end at 195,315.17, with a gain for the year to date of 23.4 percent.
At the close with 4,934,021 units valued at $48,374,405 changed hands, compared to 4,365,700 units valued at $35,619,605 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 1,417,214 units changing hands, valued at $6,281,632 of the stocks traded.
ICI JSE sum 9-12-16 The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 152,905 shares compared to an average of 171,733 units traded on Thursday with the average for the month to date being 170,913 units compared to 188,922 units for the month up to Thursday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed with a gain of 1 cent to $5.51 with 1,693,000 shares trading, Berger Paints closed at $5.35 with 100,000 shares trading, Cable & Wireless lost 3 cents in trading 87,054 units to close at 77 cents, Caribbean Cement lost 99 cents in trading 62,133 shares to close at $35.01, after trading at an intraday high of $36.40. Grace Kennedy traded 66,036 shares to close with a gain of 79 cents at $41.79, Jamaica Broilers rose 3 cents and ended trading with 37,956 units, to close at $14.75, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 398,756 shares, to end with a rise of 55 cents at $5.35, JMMB Group rose 80 cents in trading 31,414 shares to close at $13.80. Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 16 cents while 32,621 shares crossed hands, Margaritaville Turks ended with 18,238 shares trading, to close at 22.1 US cents. Mayberry Investments ended trading 148,386 shares, to close at $4.50, after rising by 50 cents, ICI JSE fnqts 9-12-16rNational Commercial Bank shed 75 cents and ended at $49 with 44,300 shares changing hands, PANJAM Investment traded 50,335 shares and gained 60 cents to close at $24.50, Radio Jamaica traded 115,343 units while losing 10 cents to close at $1.20. Sagicor Group closed with 97,235 shares changing hands to close with a rise of 1 cent at $26.02, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 18,425 units with the price holding at $10.24, Scotia Group fell by 50 cents, with 405,160 shares changing hands, to close at $33.50. Scotia Investments gained 10 cents with 6,000 units changing hands, to close at $33, Sterling Investments ended at $15.70 with 20,410 shares being swapped by investors, Supreme Ventures lost 30 cents and ended at $4.70 with 13,605 units changing hands and Proven Investments traded 65,900 shares at 18.56 US cents.

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General Accident in Blue Power out

December 5, 2016 by

Blue Power leaves TOP 5.

Blue Power leaves TOP 5.

General Accident Insurance dropped in price during the week to be back in the junior market TOP 5 pushing Blue Power just out of the TOP 5, as demand pushed the latter up to $23 as the company reported strong increase in profit for the second quarter to October.
Blue Power has sales for the quarter ended October 2016 increasing of $42 million or 14 percent to $339 million over the October 2015 period, while profit for quarter profit jumped 146 percent over the 2015 quarter to $32 million. For the half-year, profit more than doubled to $70 million from $32 million with earnings per share of $1.23 as revenues climbed just over 13 percent to $678 million.Top 5 stks 2-12-16
Jetcon Corporation that fell out of the top list in the week ending November 18 continues to climb away from the top list with gains during the past week. Barita Investments exited the TOP 5 during the week ending November 25 and has gone on the record further gains during the past week, as investors continue to react positively to the prospects for an outstanding 2017 based on the strong gains in net interest income and fee income for the stockbroker’s September quarter. These two stocks are up 64 percent and 77 percent respectively since they entered the Top 5 in September. Paramount Trading exited the TOP 5 and now has gains of 164 percent.

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JSE ends November at record close

November 30, 2016 by

Grace climbed $2 to end at $42 on the JSE.

Grace climbed $2 to end at $42 on the JSE.

The Jamaica Stock exchange main market ended at a new closing high to close out November with a monthly gain of 5.4 percent and 17 percent for the year to date. At the close, the All Jamaica Composite Index climbed 377.32 points to end at 195,262.76, as rising stocks equaled declining ones.
The JSE Market Index grew by 337.39 points to finish at a record closing high of 178,661.73. The JSE combined index rose 473.41 points to end at 190,643.03 with a gain for the year to date of 20 percent.
Trading ended with only 40 securities trading. The prices of 17 stocks gained while 17 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 7 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 5,145,475 units valued at $84,668,693 changed hands, compared to 1,218,248 units valued at a paltry $9,074,534 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 1,381,906 units changing hands, valued at $5,853,384 of the stocks traded.
ICI JSE sum 30-11-16 The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 163,633 shares and 208,466 units month to date. On Tuesday, an average of 16,629 units traded and for the month to date, 253,298 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 17 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments jumped 50 cents in trading in 113,332 shares, to end at $5.50, Berger Paints traded 205,236 shares and gained 4 cents to end at $5.34, Cable & Wireless gained 1 cent in trading 67,470 units to close at 75 cents, Caribbean Cement gained $1 with 5,600 shares trading to end at $28. Carreras rose 10 cents in exchanging 214,320 shares at $66, Ciboney had 140,000 units changing hands with a rise of 1 cent to end at 17 cents, Grace Kennedy jumped $2, and ended trading 30,048 units at $42. Jamaica Producers traded 218,801 shares to end with a loss of 5 cents at $8.25, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 257,238 shares and rose 3 cents to end at $5.55, JMMB Group traded 5,708 units at $13.63, ICI -JSE fn Qts -30-11-16 National Commercial Bank shed 4 cents and ended at $50.01 with 5,998 shares trading. PANJAM Investment traded 44,345 units at $24.30 after losing 20 cents, Radio Jamaica held firm in trading 47,958 units to close at $1.30. Sagicor Group climbed 98 cents with 114,093 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $26, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 4,500 units with the price slipping 1 cent to $10.25, while Scotia Group fell 27 cents with 1,388,129 shares changing hands to close at $31.73. Supreme Ventures lost 5 cents and ended at $4.95 with 19,824 units changing hands, Proven Investments closed at 18.55 US cents down from 19.5 US cents, with 373,700 shares trading and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded lost 7 cents to close with 485,932 units at $1.

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Another record close for JSE – Monday

November 28, 2016 by

bull 2 The Jamaica Stock exchange main market indices along with the combined index recorded another record close with the All Jamaica Composite Index rising 530.57 points to end at a new closing high of 194,922.67. The JSE Market Index gained 474.43 points to finish at a record closing high of 178,357.64.
The JSE combined index climbed 332.72 points to end at a record closing high of 190,229.21 with a gain for the year to date of 20 percent.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 42 securities trading as the prices of 9 gained while 16 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 4,243,795 units valued at $24,651,644 changed hands, compared to 43,666,008 units valued at $1,467,261,444 changing hands on Friday. The junior market accounted for 3,446,347 units changing hands, valued at $15,863,525 of the stocks traded.
ICI JSE sum 28-11-16 The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 31,898 shares and 489,966 units month to date. On Friday, an average of 1,672,696 units traded and for the month to date, 948,034 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments lost 10 cents in trading 3,800 shares, to end at $5, Berger Paints lost 30 cents in trading 6,250 units at $5.30, Cable & Wireless loss 9 cent to close at 71 cents, with 369,032 units trading, Caribbean Cement exchanged 14,937 shares at $27. Carreras traded 30,000 shares at $65.90, Grace Kennedy rose 3 cents and ended trading 2,115 units at $42. Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.90 with 5,300 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 49,658 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $5.51, ICI -JSE fn Qts -28-11-16JMMB Group closed trading with a loss of 9 cents with 50,699 shares to end at $13.60, Kingston Wharves traded 6,800 shares to close at $19, Mayberry Investments traded 10,000 shares to close at $3.66. National Commercial Bank dropped $1 and ended at $50 with 7,331 shares trading. Portland JSX traded 3,984 shares after losing 5 cents to end at $11, Radio Jamaica traded 57,500 units to close at $1.35, Sagicor Group lost 48 cents with 75,180 shares changing hands to close at $25.02. Scotia Investments lost $1.50 traded 1,600 shares to close at $28.50, Seprod traded 36,172 units to close with a rise of 41 cents at $27.40 and Proven Investments made a modest gain and closed at 19.50 US cents with 51,162 shares changing hands.

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Barita up 61% & exits top 5 Pulse in

November 28, 2016 by

Barita is one of the top IC Insider's stock for growth over the next 12 months in the main market.

Barita is one of the top IC Insider’s stock for growth over the next 12 months in the main market.

Barita Investments looks like the stock to deliver the best returns in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, was the lead to IC Insider’s start to the TOP 5 series in September. The stock priced then at $3.15, is now out of the TOP 5 main market list with a 61 percent gain, when it closed the week at $5.
Barita has been replaced by Pulse Investments. The latter just released the September quarterly report with the best quality of earnings in years, with an improving cash flow compare with prior periods and increased earnings of 32 cents per share. Excluding fair value gains on real estate holdings, earnings per share would be around 23 cents or 90 cents per share annualised. The stock price has room for growth in the coming months.
Kingsley Cooper Chairman of Pulse

Kingsley Cooper Chairman of Pulse

The recommendation to buy Barita was a bold one, coming against the background of a stock that had not performed well in recent times before September as well as that a large brokerage house in August, recommended investors to sell the stock based on a number of factors. Specifically they said, “Initiatives implemented during the last financial year have thus far been successful in supporting both net interest income growth as well as fee income. The recent rally in Emerging Market bond prices should help Barita to recover from the decline experienced in the period. That said, we expect just a marginal increase in year on year net profit. Given this expectation we estimate BIL shares to be valued at approximately $2.35 by applying the market average P/E to estimated EPS. Therefore at a current market price of $3.10, we are recommending a SELL on BIL”. Interestingly, IC Insider assessment indicates that based on the extremely good quality of the company’s fourth quarter earnings, profits should be hitting a range of $1.50 to $2 per share for the current fiscal year and investors should be seeing a huge uptick in the price.
Top 5 stks 25-11-16Barita reported earnings excluding one off write down of investments of $171 million or 38 cents per share in the September quarter up 140 percent over the $70 million earned in the similar period in 2015.
Barita Investments is undergoing change and this has driven up fee income sharply which is replacing interest income formerly generated form the repo business. Net interest income climbed sharply in 2016 as new business jumping to $127 million from just $44 million in the September 2015 quarter. Barita has also built up a large pool of unrealized gain on investments which can be released to profit in the future.
The other selections in the top 5 have not changed much during the week, except for a rise in the price of Key Insurance to $2.45. The junior market listings are being generally held back due to a lack of supply of shares being offered for sale.

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Another record close for JSE

November 25, 2016 by

Grace Kennedy traded more than 28 million shares on the JSE on Friday.

Grace Kennedy traded more than 28 million shares on the JSE on Friday.

The Jamaica Stock exchange main market indices along with the combined index closed at yet another record, with the All Jamaica Composite Index rising 965.37 points to end at a closing high of 194,392.10. The JSE Market Index gained 863.21 points to finish at a new closing high of 177,883.21.
The JSE combined index climbed 1,085.80 points to end at a record closing high of 189,896.49 with a gain for the year to date of 20 percent.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 41 securities trading as the prices of 19 gained while 8 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 43,666,008 units valued at $1,467,261,444 changed hands, compared to 6,296,810 units valued at $50,570,213 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 175,408 units changing hands, valued at $782,192 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 1,672,696 and 948,034 units month to date. On Thursday, an average of 188,585 units traded and for the month to date, 2523,372 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.
ICI JSE sum 25-11-16 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita traded 58,534 shares, to end at $5.10, Berger Paints traded 3,100 units at $5.60, Cable & Wireless gained 9 cent to close at 80 cents, with 197,639 units trading, Caribbean Cement lost $1 in exchanging 12,030 shares at $27. Carreras lost 10 cents in exchanging 18,870 shares at $65.90. Trading in Ciboney shares resulted in a gain of 2 cents to close with 40,000 units changing hands at 20 cents, Grace Kennedy rose $1.87 and ended trading 28,422,521 units at $41.97, Jamaica Broilers rose 30 cents and closed at $14.90 with 38,575 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers lost 32 cents and closed at $8.30 with 574,795 shares changing owners. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 217,496 shares and rose 2 cents to end at $5.52, JMMB Group closed trading with 40,600 shares to end at $13.69, Kingston Wharves gained 20 cents in trading 99,659 shares to close at $19, Mayberry Investments traded 10,000 shares to close at $3.66, National Commercial Bank gained $1 and ended at $51 with 3,158,556 shares trading. ICI -JSE fn Qts -25-11-16138 Student Living ordinary share traded at $5 with 60,400 units changing hands, PAN JAM Investment traded 15,925 shares to end at $24, Pulse Investments traded 25,000 shares after gaining 10 cents to end at $4, Radio Jamaica traded 130,200 units but lost 5 cents to close at $1.35, Sagicor Group had 67,480 shares changing hands to close at $25.50. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 2,660 units with the price falling 28 cents to $10.25. Scotia Group traded 697,692 shares to close with a gain of 15 cents at $31.71, Seprod traded 1,646,200 units to close with a rise of $1.09 at $26.99 and Supreme Ventures lost 10 cents and closed at $4.70 with 7,946,940 shares changing hands.

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TCL pushes JSE cross listed index up 290%

November 24, 2016 by

TCL 2 Trinidad Cement shares jumped sharply by 190 percent to close at $58.50 and pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange Cross Listed Index by a massive 290 percent to 1,946.35 points up from 499.06 previously. The move also pushed the combined Index and the JSE market index to new record levels.
Trinidad Cement has not traded in Jamaica since May 25, 2015 when it closed at $15. The stock had 18,557 units trading in recording today’s trade and now brings the price in line with the price in Trinidad.
At the close of trading the All Jamaica Composite Index fell 62.68 points to end at a new closing high of 193,426.73 with the year to date gains at 16 percent. The JSE Market Index surged 2,964.27 points to finish at a new record closing high of 177,020.00, a new closing high and the JSE combined index leapt 2,637.80 points to end at a record closing high of 188,810.69 with a gain for the year to date of 19 percent.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 42 securities trading as the prices of 16 gained while 14 declined in the overall market, including 2 stocks rising and 8 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 6,296,810 units valued at $50,570,213 changed hands, compared to 7,868,310 units valued at $46,934,147 changing hands on Wednesday. The junior market accounted for 1,016,439 units changing hands, valued at $5,281,239 of the stocks traded.
ICI JSE sum 24-11-16r The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 188,585 and 223,372 units month to date. On Wednesday, an average of 285,892 units traded and for the month to date, 258,159 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita climbed 10 cents in trading 57,300 shares, to end at $5.10, Berger Paints traded 16,268 units at $5.60, Cable & Wireless gained 1 cent to close at 71 cents, with 71,618 units trading, Caribbean Cement rose $2 in exchanging 24,635 shares at $28. Trading in 1834 Investments resulted in a fall of 21 cents to close with 330,620 shares trading at $1.18, Grace Kennedy ended trading 25,163 units at $40.10. Jamaica Broilers lost 20 cents and closed at $14.60 with 134,040 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose 12 cents and closed at $8.62 with 169,631 shares changing owners. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 240,343 shares and lost 11 cents to end at $5.50, JMMB Group closed trading with 71,611 shares to end at $13.69,ICI -JSE fn Qts -24-11-16 Mayberry Investments traded 850,736 shares to close at $3.66 after rising 1 cent, National Commercial Bank ended at $50 with 194,061 shares trading. 138 Student Living ordinary share, traded at $5 with 46,550 units changing hands, PAN JAM Investments traded 188,115 shares to end at $24, Sagicor Group had 427,445 shares changing hands and rose 48 cents to close at $25.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 282,800 units with the price rising 28 cents to $10.53. Scotia Group traded 48,250 shares to close at $31.56, after gaining 35 cents, Supreme Ventures lost 10 cents and closed at $4.70 with 52,984 shares changing hands, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share lost 1 cent and traded at $1.07 with 1,956,000 units changing hands and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share rose 1 cent and closed at $2.11 with 50,000 units changing hands.

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12 stocks rise 2 down in early JSE trading

November 23, 2016 by

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange resultedICI int -23-11-16 in the main market and junior market rising moderately in early Wednesday morning activity.
A total of 24 securities traded of which 12 advanced and 2 fell, resulting in a volume of just 627,417 shares changing hands carrying a value of a $2,528,726 compared with 1,821,034 shares changing hands, with a value of $62,254,541 on Tuesday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 26,142 units versus 95,844 units on Tuesday.
The leading volume trades in the market are, Barita Investments traded 53,759 shares at $5.20, Cable & Wireless had 197,375 units traded down to 70 cents, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 77,587 units at $5.69, Radio Jamaica traded 70,856 units at $1.30 and JMMB Group 7.2% preference share traded at $1.08 with 112,697 units changing hands.
At 10:45 am the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 17.56 points to 193,066.37, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 15.71 points to 173,677.46, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 248.03 points to close at 186,033.87 and the junior market index rose 22.72 points to end at 2,430.40.
Subsequent to 10:45 AM Jamaica Producers Group traded 2,863,910 shares at $8.30.

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