
Access Financial traded at a new high of $20
At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 7 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. There were 6 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
In trading, Access Financial traded 12,600 units to gain $3.20 and end at a 52 weeks’ high of $20, AMG Packaging dropped $1.50 while 52,672 units changed hands, to end at $14, Blue Power traded 10,498 shares and fell $1.50 to end at $9.50, CAC 2000 had 4,000 shares changing hand, to close at $7.02 after shedding 33 cents. Cargo Handlers traded 2,289 units at $40.30, Caribbean Cream rose by 35 cents while trading 70,000 shares to close at $4.50. Caribbean Producers lost 1 cent with 35,300 units changing hands, to close at $5.49, Consolidated Bakeries traded 220,000 units to close with a fall of 9 cents at $1.70, Derrimon Trading ended with only 125 shares changing hands and closed at a $4.90 after slipping by 10 cent.
Dolphin Cove traded 7,500 shares at $15.61, General Accident traded 32,302 units at $2 to lose 12 cents, Honey Bun ended with 24,947 units changing hands to end at $13.50. Jamaican Teas had 65,554 shares trading with a loss of 67 cents to close at $7.13, KLE Group gained 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.80 with 60,764 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 198,317 units trading to end at $7.30 for a 20 cents loss. Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents to end at $3.40 with 107,725 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 107,788 shares and fell 40 cents to close at $4.20 and tTech closed with a 15 cents gain at $5 with 22,000 shares trading.

Jamaican Teas had 4,688 shares trading to close at $7.80, KLE Group ended at $2.50 with 134,981 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 73,795 units trading to end at $7.50 for a 29 cents loss. Lasco Financial declined by 2 cents to end at $3.50 with 23,307 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 31,622 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $4.60. Medical Disposables traded 4,767 shares to close at $3.51, Paramount trading ended with 5,000 units changing hands at $11.30 and tTech closed at $4.85 with 8,996 shares trading.

General Accident traded 133,703 units at $2.10 to shed 25 cents, Honey Bun rose 52 cents as 100 units changed hands to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $13.60. Jamaican Teas fell 20 cents while trading 21,631 shares to close at $7.80, Lasco Distributors closed with 5,323 units trading to end at $7.79. Lasco Financial declined by 17 cents to end at $3.52 with 65,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 53,450 shares and fell 20 cents to close at $4.70. Medical Disposables traded 3,233 shares to close with a loss of 1 cent at $3.51, Sweet River ended with 100,000 units changing hands at $4 and tTech closed at $4.85 with 9,807 shares trading after losing 5 cents.
The market indices all slipped between 1.21 percent for the JSS index to 1.23 percent for the juniors after 75 minutes of trading.
Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market on Tuesday saw another day of high volumes for the third consecutive day with dealers buying the equivalent of US$76,783,088 and selling US$77,003,971, in contrast with US$77,059,769 purchased and US$85,477,235 sold on Monday.
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose $1.45 to end at $85.53 with dealers buying C$1,852,682 and selling C$796,989, at an average rate that fell 19 cents to $86.59. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 65 cents to $173.36 for the purchase of £2,250,589, while £1,001,147 was sold, with the rate being up $2.57 to $174.54. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a fall of $1.18 to close at J$135.78, from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$133.28 for a decline of $1.09 from Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$1,187,546 being bought, while US$1,415,534 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at are, a jump of $18.14 in the lowest selling rate for the US dollar that ended at $117.50, the lowest selling rate of the Canadian dollar dropped $1.36 to $80.14 and the highest buying rate for the British Pound rising by $1.85 to $177.85 whilst the lowest selling rate fell $1 to $167.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange got to a negative start with the indices all slipping after 75 minutes of trading with 13 stocks falling and only 6 rising as 35 securities have been active with only 933,812 units changing hands.
Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market ended Monday with outflows more than $8 million than inflows, with dealers buying the equivalent of US$77,059,769 and selling US$85,477,235, in contrast with US$59,840,782 purchased and US$63,107,330 sold on Friday.
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 62 cents to end at $84.08 with dealers buying C$1,618,650 and selling C$851,202, at an average rate that climbed $1.26 to $86.78. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 37 cents to $172.71 for the purchase of £1,641,392, while £322,934 was sold, with the rate being down $2.21 to $171.97. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a fall of $1.04 to close at J$136.96, from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$134.37 for a decline of 78 cents from Friday’s rate.
The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$169,006 being bought, while US$790,203 was sold.


