National Commercial Bank dropped back $2.49 in early trading on Tuesday but this morning the stock had 400,000 units trading at $30.
Carreras traded 201,440 at $50, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 25 cents with 100,000 shares to $7.55, Proven Investments 429,388 units trading was at 20 US cents.
In the junior market Lasco Financial Services has traded 577,000 at $1.80.
The market have so far seen trading in 18 securities with a volume of 1,756,025 units and 4 stocks declining and 3 rising. Trading activity resulted the JSE Market Index rising 587.66 points to 98,864.87. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index climbed 656.84 points to 109,443.35 and the JSE combined index gained 544.78 points to be at 102,181.25. The junior market fell 1.02 points to 989.75.
JSE up on Wednesday morning
JSE gains on Thursday morning
After trading for 100 minutes of the market’s opening, on Thursday 22 securities traded with a volume of 1,953,223 units, with 4 stocks declining and 6 rising.
Trading activity resulted in mixed fortunes for the indices with the main market ones rising and the junior market easing a bit.
The JSE Market Index rose 612.43 points to 98,396.16.22. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 684.53 points to 108,919.47 and the JSE combined index added 559.60 points to be at 101,562.33. The junior market fell 1.97 points to 970.20.
The notable trades are Cable & Wireless with 876,220 shares at 49 cents, for a gain of 2 cents, Caribbean Cream had 245,000 units trading at $1.71, down 69 cents, Carreras traded 274344 at $50, Sagicor Group saw 178,396 units changing hands at $13, while Scotia Investments put through 42,000 shares at $27.70.
Main market up juniors down Tuesday
After trading for 90 minutes of the market’s opening on Tuesday, 23 securities traded with a volume of 1,089,675 units. There were 7 stocks declining and 8 rising in the morning session.
Trading activity resulted in mixed fortunes for the indices with the main market
gaining and the junior market falling.
The JSE Market Index rose 157.23 points to 97,440.98.04. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 175.74 points to close at 107,851.84 and the JSE combined index gained 88.49 points to end at 100,506.69. The junior market fell just 6.60 point to close at 953.08.
The notable trades are Cable & Wireless with 786,080 shares at 46 cents, Carreras trading at $50.30 with a gain of $1.30 but with only 100 shares, Jamaica Broilers with 1,000 units at $6.99 after jumping 59 cents, Mayberry Investments rising 50 cents to $3.40 with 83,868 units. From the junior market, Access made fell $4.50 to $12 with a gain with 11,886 units trading, Caribbean Cream rose 40 cents to $2 but trading the stock was halted for an hour as the price exceeded 15 percent on an initial trade.
Securities trading jump on Monday
Unlike last week Friday when only 8 securities traded after 75 minutes of the market’s opening, on Monday the number of stocks trading jumped to as 29 including 14 junior market stocks. Trading volume is a mere 477,223 units, with 6 stocks declining versus 11 rising.
Trading activity resulted in mixed fortunes for the indices with the main market one falling and the junior market increasing. The JSE Market Index fell 238.55 points to 97,379.22. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 266.63 points to close at 107,782.81 and the JSE combined index lost 163.37 points to end at 100,482.09. The junior market gained just 6.80 point to close at 956.79.
The notable trades are Carreras trading at $50.30 with a gain of $1.30 but with only 1,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers with 2,000 units at $6.99 after jumping $1.39. From the junior market, Access made another big leap to $19 with a gain of $6 but with 13,840 units, Blue Power rose 70 cents to $13, Dolphin Cove gained 85 cents to $13, while 62,000 shares traded and Lasco Distributors was up 23 cents to $1.85 with 184,468 units.
JSE up Friday morning
There were only 8 securities trading after 90 minutes of the market’s opening, on Friday.
Trading volume is a mere 279,185 units, with 2 stocks declining versus 5 rising as trading levels remain depressed with just about all results now in for the companies.
Trading activity resulted in the JSE Market Index rose 301.54 points to 98,698.01. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 337.03 points to close at 108,139.13 and the JSE combined index put on 384.32 points to end at 100,713.16. The junior market gained just 11.04 point to close at 949.11.
The notable trades are Carreras with 191,096 shares with the price slipping 50 cents $49 and Desnoes & Geddes with 54,909 units at $6.90.
JSE drops Monday Morning
The Jamaica Stock market made moderate losses in the Monday morning session, at 11:15 am. In the process the All Jamaica Index trades at 111,329.50 having fallen
by 286.48 points, JSE Market Index declined 256.31 points to 100,552.36. The combined index fell 217.09 points to be at 104,146.72 and the junior market index trades at 1,031.09, having gained 2.71 points.
Carreras dropped $1.50 to $50 with 84,690 shares, Gleaner Company traded 61,465 shares and fell 41 cents to $2.30. JMMB Group traded up to $7.99 with the company reporting strong increase in profit for the first quarter and Scotia Investments traded 9,157 units with decline of 69 cents to $27.30.
A total of 23 securities with a volume of only 865,541 units have traded with 10 stocks declining versus 5 that that rose. Trading saw 6 securities in the junior market changing hands with General Accident falling 14 cents in response to poor second quarter results.
Falling prices dominate with 15 down
TheJSE Market Index lost just 3.39 points to 96,596.51, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 3.79 points to close at 108,907.87 and the JSE combined index gained 28.63 points to end at 99,293.77.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 19 stocks with bids higher than
their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower, an indication that the number of stocks likely to gain on Wednesday should outnumber the ones declining.In trading, Cable & Wireless put on 2 cents with 431,297 units changing hands to close at 46 cents. Caribbean Cement rose 1 cent while trading 121,350 shares at $5, Carreras gained 28 cents in trading 1,341,078 to end at $48.35, with NCB Capital Market s being the main broker selling and Sagicor Investments the main broker buying. Grace Kennedy suffered a decline by 40 cents with 8,919 shares changing hands at $63.50, Hardware & Lumber traded 50,000 shares at $18, with just one trade. Jamaica Broilers slipped 30 cents with 23,654 shares trading to close at $5.20, followed by Kingston Wharves that fell 15 cents to $6.40 with only 725 units trading,
National Commercial Bank traded 528,170 units to close at $29.46 down from the last traded on Monday of $30, as the price slipped 54 cents. Sagicor Group fell 30 cents to $12.30 with 94,210 shares changing hands. The price of Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 10 cents, with 42,375 shares changing hands, to end at $7.70. Scotia Investments fell 72 cents as 25,291 shares traded to close at $26.28 and Proven Investments traded 595,502 shares at 21 US cents, down from 21.05 US cents on Monday, after 467,745 units were traded in the morning session, at 22 US cents.









