5 stocks rose 5 declined on TTSE

February 24, 2015 by

NCB stock is in demand on TTSE, supply limited

NCB stock is in demand on TTSE supply limited

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Tuesday closed with 14 securities changing hands, 5 advanced, 5 declined and 4 traded firm with a total of 525,755 units, valued at $2,011,146 traded.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.43 points to close at 1,148.51, the All T&T Index fell by 1.20 points to close at 1,979.11 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.05 points to end at 41.63.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAL put on 5 cents to end at $66.82, while 1,000 units were traded. Clico Investment Fund Traded 21,297 shares valued at $479,194 and gained 1 cent to close at $22.50, National Commercial Bank contributed 66,650 shares at $1.21, up by 2 cents. National Commercial Bank closed with 200,350 shares on the bid at $1.21 and stocks on offer at $1.35 to sell 20,000 units. National Flour gained 4 cents to end at $1.50, while trading 147,850 shares for a value of $221,775 and Scotiabank gained 1 cent, to end at $62.21 with just 100 shares.
TTSE 24-2-15 Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Guardian Holdings trading 10,000 shares but lost 4 cents to end at $13.06, Jamaica Money Market Brokers trading 20,000 shares to close with a loss of 2 cents and finished at 43 cents. Massy Holdings trading 3,140 shares valued at $199,708, to close with a loss of 4 cents to a new 52 weeks’ low of $63.60, Republic Bank with 223 shares trading, closed lower by 9 cents at $118.40 and Trinidad Cement had 193,689 shares changing hands for a value of $449,831 and fell 20 cents to close at $2.30.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Prestige Holdings traded 6,506 shares at $9.90, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 10,000 shares at $5.25, Scotia Investments ended at $1.45 while trading 44,015 shares and West Indian Tobacco end at $125 for a value of $160,625 after 1,285 units were traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

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Market jumps 1,213 pts on low volume

February 23, 2015 by

Scotia Group closed higher at the close & helped to push market up on Monday

Scotia Group closed higher at the close & helped to push market up on Monday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange’s combined index rose 1,213 points and the all Jamaica Composite index closed on Monday at the highest level since it closed on July 25 2013, at 88,373.07. The all Jamaican Index is just a little more than 3,300 points from potential resistance at 91,721.24, the January, 2013 high. Gains in mainly, National Commercial Bank and Scotia Group contributed most to the increase. The market closed with the prices of 8 stocks rising, 3 declining as 23 securities changing hands, ending in 2,662,361 units trading, valued at $10,270,385, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 1,383.93 points to 79,880.82, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,547.29 points to close at 88,028.76 and the JSE combined index gained 1,212.61 points to close at 81,799.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ending trading 15,714 ordinary shares while gaining 3 cents to $6.93. National Commercial Bank closing with 10,450 shares to end with an increase of 98 cents to $22, Radio Jamaica closing with 66,000 shares, the price inched up 5 cents to $1.35 and Scotia Group finishing with only 2,750 shares to end with an increase of 65 cents at $21.
JSE sum 23-2-15 Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless with 43,379 shares changing hands, closed at 48 cents. Carreras closing with 2,370 shares trading and ended at $44.50, Grace Kennedy closed with 6,750 units trading at $60, Jamaica Broilers had 45,000 shares changing hands at $4.02, Jamaica Producers ending with 1,798 shares trading at $17, Mayberry Investments finished with 1,800 shares changing hands to close $1.95, Proven Investments ending with 17,450 shares trading, to finish at 18.5 US cents and Sagicor Group finishing with 410,514 units trading at $10.25.
Declines| The only stocks closing with a loss at the end of trading in the main market is, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with 18,070 shares trading lower by 10 cents to $6.70.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 1,596,100 units at $2.

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3 stocks gained on TTSE Monday

February 23, 2015 by

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 10 securities changing hands of which 3 advanced, 4 declined and 3 traded firm with a total of 118,492 units, valued at $7,843,551.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.07 points to close at 1,148.94, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.47 points to close at 1,980.31 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.08 points to end at 41.58.
TTSE 23-2-15 Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Agostini’s with 1,650 shares trading, closed up a cent at $17.60, Jamaica Money Market Brokers added 7,426 shares to gain 1 cent to 45 cents and Prestige Holdings with a volume of 20,800 shares traded for $205,920 and gained 20 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high of $9.90.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Massy Holdings trading 108 shares and closed with a loss of 4 cents at $63.64. Republic Bank with 62,721 shares changing hands for a value of $7,431,803, closed with a loss of 10 cents at $118.49 and Trinidad Cement traded 5,000 shares valued to close with a loss of 5 cents at $2.50.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund traded 2,400 shares and remained at $22.50, Grace Kennedy with 7,374 shares, to close at $3.61 followed by Guardian Holdings contributed 2,000 shares with the price closing unchanged at $13.10 and Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 9,013 shares at $5.25.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

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5 stocks gained on TTSE Friday

February 20, 2015 by

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on the final day of the week ended with 12 securities changing hands of which 5 advanced, 2 declined and 5 traded firm with a total of 614,768 units, valued at $5,248,832.
TTSE 20-2-15At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.80 points to close at 1,148.87, the All T&T Index fell by 0.22 points to close at 1,980.78 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.24 points to end at 41.50.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Firstcaribbean International Bank traded 1,100 shares to close with a gain of 1 cent, at $5.03, Grace Kennedy closed with 3,200 shares and advanced by 1 cent to 3.61. Jamaica Money Market Brokers ending with 329,033 shares changing hands for a value of $142,484 at 44 cents, after gaining 1 cent, followed by National Commercial Bank trading 13,940 units at a cent higher at $1.19 and Sagicor Financial Corporation with 99,221 shares traded for $520,910 and increasing 14 cents to end at $5.25.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Guardian Holdings suffered a loss of 4 to close at $13.10 and Massy Holdings contributed 35,216 shares with a value of $2,243,499 but the price slipped 8 cents to $63.64.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund trading 86,142 shares valued at $1,938,195 with the price remaining at $22.50, First Citizens Bank trading 2,387 shares closed at $35.75, while Scotia Investments added 22,858 shares, at $1.45, Trinidad Cement closed with 13,671 shares trading at $2.55 and West Indian Tobacco trading 1,000 shares at $125.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

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J$ up vs US$ on Tuesday

February 19, 2015 by

There was even flows of foreign currencies on Tuesday with purchases of all currencies by dealers, amounting to US$30,677,230 compared with the US$27,990,320, on Monday and selling the equivalent of US$30,462,192 versus US$32,644,232 sold on Monday.
FX sum 17-2-15In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$26,930,923 compared to US$23,883,763 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar climbed 28 cents to $115.22 and US$28,282,954 was sold versus US$30,042,681 on Monday, the selling rate fell 6 cents to $115.67. The Canadian dollar buying rate dived 13 cents to $90.63 with dealers buying C$998,990, and selling C$675,812, at an average rate that rose 15 cents, to $92.54. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 8 cents to $175.28 for the purchase of £1,390,331, while £667,284 was sold, at an average rate of $177.48, while it gained 23 cents. At the end of trading it took J$131.98 to purchase the Euro, 4 cents higher than on Monday, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$129.12 for 38 cents lower and on Monday. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$845,369 while the equivalent of US$614,772, was sold.
FXHL 17-2-15Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, remained at $115.90, the lowest buying rate fell 50 cents to $94.52 and the highest selling rate rose 32 cents to $121.23. The lowest selling rate climbed $16.98 to $113.20. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose 15 cents to $93, the lowest buying rate climbed 35 cents to $73.62. The highest selling rate rose 56 cents to $95.56 and the lowest selling rate gained 40 cents to $88.70. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 8 cents to $177.85. The lowest buying rate climbed 8 cents to $142.59, the highest selling rate increased 11 cents to $183.83 and the lowest selling rate was up 10 cents to $171.80.

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WITCO jumps to new high

February 18, 2015 by

WITCO_Tobacco280x150 Trading resumed after the Trinidad Stock Exchange was closed for two days during the carnival celebrations and ended with West Indian Tobacco jumping to close at new high of $125. For the overall market, only 10 securities changed hands of which 2 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm. A total of 155,484 units, valued at $734,542 traded.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.95 points to close at 1,147.92, the All T&T Index gained 1.89 points to 1,981.34 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.17.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Scotiabank trading 1,500 shares for a 1 cent rally to close at $62.11 and West Indian Tobacco climbing $1.20 to end at a new 52 weeks high, of $125 while trading 2,040 units.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 2,540 shares and fell 1 cent to $22.50, Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent to end at $13.14, with 400 shares trading and Trinidad Cement suffering a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.57 while trading 12,450 units.
TTSE 18-2-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank trading 5,842 shares, valued at $208,865 to close at $35.75, Flavorite Foods trading 50 shares to close at $4.80. Grace Kennedy with 150 shares and closed at $3.60, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 105,172 shares changing hands, closed at 43 cents, followed by National Flour Mills, trading 25,340 shares at $1.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.

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11 stocks rise & 7 declined on JSE

February 17, 2015 by

TVJ a subsidiary of RJR who's stock gained 18% on Tuesday based on good gains in earnings for the 9 months to the end of 2014.

TVJ a subsidiary of RJR who’s stock gained 18% on Tuesday based on good gains in earnings for the 9 months to the end of 2014.

Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 11 stocks rising and 7 declining as 28 securities changed hands, ending in 7,480,982 units trading, valued at $16,000,562, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 136.27 points to 78,711.11, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 152.35 points to close at 86,720.98 and the JSE combined index declined by 201.90 points to 80,718.52.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement ending trading with 13,180 units to close 10 cents higher at $2.60, Desnoes & Geddes closing with 251,000 shares while gaining 2 cents to $4.92, Grace Kennedy closing with 45,000 shares as the price jumped 1 cent more to $60.01, Radio Jamaica finished with 218,254 shares while gaining 20 cents to $1.30, Scotia Investments in trading 400 shares while gaining 44 cents to $23 and Seprod in trading 6,781 shares to end with an increase of $1.04 to $13.
JSE sum 17-2-15 Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Jamaica Broilers had 561,990 shares trading at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers closed with 1,380 units trading at $6.90, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with 32,800 shares trading at $2.15, Kingston Properties ending with 40,000 shares changing hands to close $7.50, Proven Investments ended trading with 1,310 units trading at 19 US cents, Sagicor Group closed with 79,372 shares changing hands at $10.25, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluding trading with 5,880 units traded at $6.80, Supreme Ventures closing with 1,500 shares at $2.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless closed with 1,539,455 shares changing hands to close 5 cents to 48 cents, Carreras finished with 6,935 units trading as the price slipped $1.50 to $43, Kingston Wharves ended trading with 24,298 shares trading lower by 5 cents to $5.55, National Commercial Bank closing with 15,665 shares changing hands to close lower by $1 at $21 and Scotia Group closed with 17,958 units trading to end 9 cents lower at $20.06.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded, ending with 170,002 shares changing hands at $3.03.

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J$ slips slightly V US$ on Monday

February 16, 2015 by

There was more selling of foreign currencies than buying on Monday with purchases of all currencies by dealers, amounting to US$27,990,320 compared with the US$44,754,611, on Friday and selling the equivalent of US$32,644,232 versus US$46,877,694 sold on Friday.
FX sum -16-2-15In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$23,883,763 compared to US$41,196,909 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 36 cents to $114.94 and US$30,042,681 was sold versus US$44,678,972 on Friday, the selling rate rose 2 cents to $115.73. The Canadian dollar buying rate dived 82 cents to $90.76 with dealers buying C$1,704,731, and selling C$1,320,279, at an average rate that dipped 9 cents, to $92.39. The rate for buying the British Pound fell 8 cents to $175.20 for the purchase of £1,394,464, while £640,023 was sold, at an average rate of $177.25, down by 3 cents. At the end of trading it took J$131.94 to purchase the Euro, 34 cents higher than on Friday, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$129.50 for 37 cents up from Friday. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$634,865 while the equivalent of US$567,265, was sold.
FXHL 16-2-15Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, fell 10 cents to $115.90, the lowest buying rate gained $4.32 to $95.02 and the highest selling rate was unchanged at $120.91. The lowest selling rate gave up $17.58 to $96.22. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar was unchanged at $92.85, the lowest buying rate climbed 44 cents to $73.27. The highest selling rate rose 21 cents to $95 and the lowest selling rate dropped 50 cents to $88.30. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, slipped 3 cents to $177.77. The lowest buying rate climbed 29 cents to $142.51, the highest selling rate jumped $1.94 to $183.72 and the lowest selling rate decreased $2.50 to $171.70.

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NCB at yearly high as 14 JSE stocks rose

February 13, 2015 by

NCB hits a new 52 weeks' high on Friday when it closed at $22.

NCB hits a new 52 weeks’ high on Friday when it closed at $22.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed the week with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 4 declining as 27 securities changed hands. Two stocks closed at new 52 weeks’ high, with National Commercial Bank ending at $22 after adding $1.50. Trading end with 1,883,471 units changing hands, valued at $28,049,091, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 698.13 points to 78,931.04, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 780.53 points to close at 86,966.86 and the JSE combined index climbed 769.94 points to 80,887.58.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining, with their last traded prices at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless, closing with 12,200 shares, changing hands while gaining 3 cents to 53 cents. Caribbean Cement closing with 3,175 shares, the price inched up 10 cents, to $2.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers closed with 1,400 ordinary shares trading, while gaining 10 cents to $7.10. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading with 24,374 shares while gaining 5 cents, to end at a new 52 weeks high of $2.15, National Commercial Bank finished with 67,130 units trading, $1.50 higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $22. Pan Jamaican Investment trading 2,000 units and put on 50 cents to $53.50, Proven Investments closed with 2,500 shares while gaining 0.2 cents 19.2 US cents. Sagicor Group finished with 25,050 shares trading, rising 15 cents to $10.40 followed by Scotia Group that closed with 130,569 units and put on 5 cents to $20.10, Seprod closed with 450 shares to end with an increase of 6 cents to $11.96.
JSE sum 13-2-15 Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints ending trading with 7,503 shares changing hands, to close at $1.56. Grace Kennedy closing with 200 shares trading at $60, Jamaica Broilers finishing with 231,182 units trading at $4 and Radio Jamaica finished with 29,690 units traded at $1.10.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras ending with 463,976 units trading as the price slipped 50 cents to $44, Kingston Wharves closed with 11,700 shares changing hands, 40 cents down to $5.60 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished with 50,100 units trading to end 15 cents lower to $6.80.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share ended trading with 10,000 shares to close lower by 7 cents to $3.03 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share had 762,000 units changing hands at $2.

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J$ gains against US$ on Friday

February 13, 2015 by

There was more selling of foreign currencies than buying on Friday with purchases of all currencies by dealers, amounting to US$44,754,611 compared with the US$37,493,058, on Thursday and selling the equivalent of US$46,877,694 versus US$31,450,866 sold on Thursday.
FX sum 13-2-15 In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$41,196,909 compared to US$33,053,912 on Thursday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 3 cents to $115.30 and US$44,678,972 was sold versus US$28,391,214 on Thursday, the selling rate fell 1 cent to $115.71. The Canadian dollar buying rate recovered 22 cents to $91.58 with dealers buying C$2,075,757, and selling C$1,484,449, at an average rate that rose 20 cents, to $92.48. The rate for buying the British Pound dipped 21 cents to $175.28 for the purchase of £1,166,987, while £461,462 was sold, at an average rate of $177.28, up by 20 cents. At the end of trading it took J$131.61 to purchase the Euro, 75 cents higher than on Thursday, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$129.13 for 66 cents up from Thursday. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$134,816 while the equivalent of US$305,423, was sold.
FXHL 13-2-15Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, climbed 10 cents to $116, the lowest buying rate fell $3.66 to $90.70 and the highest selling rate was unchanged at $120.91. The lowest selling rate recovered $17.59 to $113.80. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar dived only 25 cents to $92.85, the lowest buying rate climbed 50 cents to $72.83. The highest selling rate dipped 21 cents to $94.79 and the lowest selling rate jumped $1.65 to $88.80. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 30 cents to $177.80. The lowest buying rate climbed 66 cents to $142.22, the highest selling rate fell 71 cents to $181.78 and the lowest selling rate increased $3.65 to $174.20.

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