Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Monday, ended with 8 securities changing hands,of which 2 advanced, none declined and 6 traded firm with a total of 206,158 units, valued at $2,315,534.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.39 points to close at 1,146.41, the All T&T Index rose fell by just 0.09 points to close at 1,964.44 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.09 points to end at 43.03.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank contributed 2,458 shares with a value of $90,356, to put on a cent at $36.76, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 107,309 shares changing hands for a value of $47,216, gained 2 cents to close at 44 cents.
Declines| No stock declined at the end of trading on Monday.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with a volume of 3,396 shares traded for $43,299 and ended at $12.75, Clico Investment Fund with 88,840 shares valued at $1,965,050, to end at $22.11, Guardian Holdings added 2,000 shares to end at $13.55, Massy Holdings traded 1,055 shares valued at $72,320 to close at $68.55, Republic Bank contributing 100 shares and closed unchanged at $120.72 and Scotiabank traded 1,000 shares to close at $58.12.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
No stock declined on TTSE Monday
Scotiabank making slow recovery on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed the week with 11 securities changing hands, of which 2 advanced, only 1 declined and 8 traded firm with a total of 215,713 units, valued at $2,278,896.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.04 points to close at 1,146.02, the All T&T Index fell by 0.08 points to close at 1,964.35 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 42.94.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 26,301 shares valued at $581,487 and advanced by 1 cent to $22.11 and Scotiabank contributed 9,586 shares with a value of $557,018, increasing 5 cents to end the day at $58.12, as the stock continues to make a slow recovery from the sharp fall it has suffered since end of May.
Declines| The only stock declining at the end of trading, is Republic Bank, with 300 shares at $120.72, as the price slipped a cent.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged, at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank which traded 1,610 shares, to close at $36.75, Grace Kennedy closed with 740 shares at $3.85, Guardian Holdings with a volume of 13,995 shares traded for $189,662, closed at $13.55, while Massy Holdings added 7,894 shares valued at $541,134 to close at $68.55, National Enterprises closed with 100 units at $17.49, Point Lisas Industrial Port had 490 units trading at $4.05, Trinidad Cement with 154,497 shares changing hands, for a value of $307,449.03, closed at $1.99 and L.J. Williams B traded 200 shares at 90 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Eppley & Lasco Distributors dominate juniors
Trading picked up on the Junior Market on Friday, making it the best day for several weeks for volume and number of securities traded. Eppley preference share was the dominant trade, in monetary terms, Lasco Distributors with volume and Dolphin Cove with price change.
Trading ended with 2,058,386 units, valued at $6,226,015. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 1.25 points to close at 660.02, as 8 securities traded, with the price 3 advancing and 3 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Gains|Dolphin Cove had 33,690 shares changing hands and gained 80 cents to $8.80, Eppley 9.5% preference share contributed 661,120 units to trading and rose 2 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $6.10, Lasco Distributors finished trading with 1,181,969 units to close with a gain of 2 cents at $1.32.
Firm|General Accident exchanged 5,000 shares at $1.53 and Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with 50,000 shares changing hands 95 cents.
Declines| Blue Power ended trading with 7,350 shares to close with a 66 cents fall to $7.10, a new 52 weeks’ low, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 110,000 units with a fall of 50 cents to $2 and Lasco Financial ended with 9,257 shares traded with a loss of 8 cents to close at 90 cents.
Caribbean Producers reported a loss in its latest quarterly result to September before minority interest of US$23,000 by acme out with small profit of US$2,500, this contrast with a profit of $447,000 in 2013.
CWJ trade at 37C cancelled on JSE
In Friday’s Jamaica Stock Exchange activity, Cable & Wireless (C&W) that is now in hot pursuit by just about all the brokers, flowing from the release of the announced acquisition of Flows operation worldwide and news of continued strong growth in new cell customers, traded at 37 cents, but did not trade in the end, as the trades were cancelled, having exceeded the maximum level permitted in a day and no sellers prepared to sell below, before trading closed.
At the end of trading, C&W had 9,997,276 units to buy at 36 cents and just under 232,000 units to sell at 50 cents. The market ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising and 7 declining as 23 securities changed hands and 5,811,093 units trading, valued at $41,708,849, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower. This positive indicator is in keeping with the technical signal from the main market, showing the short term moving average, crossing over the medium term moving average, amongst other positive indicators.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 59.52 points to 72,842.87, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 66.55 points to close at 80,159.75 and the JSE combined index declined 67.63 points to close at 74,661.51.
Gains| Stocks gaining at the last traded prices, at the close of the main market are, Grace Kennedy ending with 75,798 shares, 50 cents higher at $60, Kingston Wharves closing with 1,345 shares while gaining 15 cents to $5.30, Mayberry Investments saw trading in 106,028 shares while rising 1 cent to $1.51 and Supreme Ventures ended with 48,800 units and put on 3 cents to $1.73.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints, finishing trading with 36,700 shares, changing hands at $1.60, Desnoes & Geddes concluded trading with 1,984,085 shares at $4.60, but closed with the bid at $4.80, to buy $20,600 shares.There was dealing in 35,462, Jamaica Broilers shares at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers contributed 2,158 ordinary shares in closing at $7, Palace Amusement concluded trading with 27,970 shares at $90 and Sagicor Group exchanged 392,771 shares at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement, closed with 10,000 shares, to end 20 cents lower at $2.40, Carreras saw trading in 45,173 units, to end with a decline of 2 cents at $34.48, National Commercial Bank closed with 742,177 shares traded, with a loss of 80 cents to $17 and Proven Investments finished trading with 3,240 units to fall 0.01 cent at 17.99 US cents.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 241,000 units at $3.
A D&G and Cable & Wireless market
Desnoes & Geddes (D&G) with more than 27.3 million shares and Cable & Wireless (C&W) with 7.5 million units trading, dominated Thursday’s activity, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Except for less than a few thousand unit virtually all of D&G shares traded, were crosses done by NCB Capital Market. The C&W trade, flowed from increased buying, following the announcement of the takeover of Flow by CWC Communications plc.
At the close of trading, the prices of 4 stocks gained and 4 declined as only 14 securities changed hands, ending in 35,240,771 units trading, valued at $129,810,630, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 350.96 points to 72,902.39, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 392.43 points to close at 80,226.30 and the JSE combined index lost 210.18 points to close at 74,729.14.
Gains| IC Insider BUY RATED Cable & Wireless, finished trading with 7,481,913 units and put on 4 cents to end at 32 cents, to be the sole stock to gain at the end of trading, in the main market. The stock which was responding to news of a takeover of Columbus International, operators of Flow, enjoyed very strong bids at the close with 1,389,745 units to buy at 32 cents at the top of the bids, 2,954,100 units on the bid at 30 cents and 3,658,619 units at 28 cents. There are 2,288,839 on offer between 35 to 50 cents, an almost certain recipe for further gains to come.
Cable & Wireless HQ Kingston
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Jamaica Broilers closing with 24,819 shares at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished trading with 487 shares at $7, Proven Investments with 5,425 shares at 18 US cents, Radio Jamaica ended with 3,615 units to close at $1.18 and Sagicor Group closed with 50,000 shares at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading, in the main market are, Caribbean Cement, ended with 105,000 units, to close 5 cents lower at $2.60, Desnoes & Geddes closed with 27,346,412 shares, valued at $125.8 million to end 35 cents down, at $4.60, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with 82,100 shares changing hands, lost 15 cents at $6.60 and Scotia Investments with 500 shares fell 9 cents, to $21.51.
Dividends at Carreras, Grace & Proven
Carreras will be paying another interim dividend of $1.20 per stock unit out of accumulated profits on December 11, 2014, to stock holders on record at November 20.
The stock will trade Ex-Dividend on November 18, 2014.
Grace Kennedy will pay an interim dividend of $0.85 on December 16, 2014 to stock holders on record at November 28, 2014. The stock will trade Ex-Dividend on November 26, 2014.
Proven Investments has advised that a dividend of US$0.0012 will be paid on December 2, 2014. The record date is November 18, 2014 and the X-dividend date is November 14, 2014 and J$0.10 was declared to Preference Shareholders with record date December 9, 2014 and payable on December 23, 2014. The ex-dividend date for the stock is December 5, 2014.
Trading broadens with 17 securities
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 17 securities changing hands of which 3 advanced, 4 declined and 10 traded firm with a total of 89,562 units, valued at $2,032,287.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.77 points to close at 1,146.06, the All T&T Index rose 0.18 points to close at 1,964.43 and the Cross Listed Index fell by 0.23 points to end at 42.94. Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAl with 1,495 shares advanced by 2 cents to end at $12.75, Scotiabank contributed 7,666 shares with a value of $445,155, to close $58.07 and Unilever Caribbean increased 3 cents, to end at $64.22 with 4 units traded to close at a new 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers that added 7,476 shares but lost 3 cents, to end at 42 cents, National Commercial Bank with 12,300 shares changing hands, for a value of $12,054 but lost 2 cents, to close at 98 cents, One Caribbean Media lost 2 cents with 721 shares in closing at $25.10 and Republic Bank with 2,273 shares changing hands for a value of $274,419 and closed at $120.73 as the price slipped by 1 cent.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with a volume of 8,552 shares, traded for $109,036 and closed at $12.75, while Clico Investment Fund with 31,215 shares valued at $689,852 remained at $22.10, First Citizens Bank traded 1,319 shares, to close at $36.76, Grace Kennedy traded 765 units at $3.85, Guardian Media 925 shares $19.75, Guardian Holdings 3,184 shares at $13.55, Massy Holdings traded 3,689 shares valued at $252,918 and closed at $68.55, National Flour Mills 2,500 shares ended at $1.10, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 478 shares, closed at $6.05 and Trinidad Cement with 5,000 shares closed at $1.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
6 stocks rose as market indices jump
Grace climbed $1.50 to help push indices
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 807.24 points to 73,253.35, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index jumped 902.62 points to close at 80,618.73 and the JSE combined index gained by 760.32 points to close at 74,939.32.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy finishing trading with 3,000 shares while gaining $1.50 to $59.50, National Commercial Bank ended with 12,777 shares rising 80 cents to $17.80, Pan Jamaican Investment closed trading with 4,000 units and put on 45 cents to $49.50, Scotia Group finished trading with 927,422 shares to end with an increase of 35 cents to $19.60 and Scotia Investments with 3,000 units to closed 20 cents higher at $21.60.Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints closed with 14,750 shares trading to close at $1.60, Cable & Wireless finished trading with 5,310,349 shares at 28 cents after trading a small amount as low as 25 cents, Desnoes & Geddes fresh from reported a 30 percent increase in profit traded 100,000 units at $4.95, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ended with only 1,378 shares trading at $7 and Sagicor Group closed with 31,000 shares at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 6,707 units to close 10 cents lower at $34.50 and Jamaica Broilers ended with 219,639 shares to end 20 down at $4.
5 stock gained on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 9 securities changing hands, of which 5 advanced, 1 declined and 3 traded firm, with a total of 64,377 units, valued at $895,542.
At the close, the Composite Index rose 0.13 points to close at 1,146.83, the All T&T Index gained 1.16 points to close at 1,964.25 and the Cross Listed Index fell by 0.12 points to end at 43.17.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 14,903 shares changing hands valued at $190,013 and gained 20 cents to end at $12.75, Point Lisas traded 1,839 shares to close with a gain of 5 cents, to end at $4.05, Republic Bank contributed 80 shares as the price closed up 74 cents, at $120.74, Scotiabank with 214 shares ended with a gain of 4 cents at $58.05 and West Indian Tobacco rose 2 cents to $119.02, while trading 80 units.
Declines| The only stock declining at the end of trading is, Sagicor Financial Corporation in trading 18,472 shares valued at $111,756, as the price fell 14 cents, to end at $6.05.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged, at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 14,560 shares valued at $321,776 at $22.10, First Citizens Bank traded 1,695 shares to close at $36.75 and Guardian Holdings contributed 12,526 shares with a value of $169,697, to end at $13.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
4 stocks up 5 down on JSE
Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 4 stocks rising and 5 declining as 21 securities changed hands, ending in 6,081,391 units trading, valued at $20,841,759, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with lower offers.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 534.49 points to 72,446.11, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 597.64 points to 79,716.11 and the JSE combined index gained 462.27 points to close at 74,179.00.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras had 2,492 shares changing hands and gained 10 cents to $34.60, Jamaica Broilers with 9,318 units closed 5 cents higher at $4.20, Kingston Properties climbed 15 cents to $4 with 10,000 shares trading and Sagicor Real Estate Fund close trading with 30,000 units while gaining 10 cents to end at $6.75.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless in trading 4,005,306 units to close at 28 cents, Desnoes & Geddes with 42,400 shares to end at $4.95, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,865 ordinary shares trading to close at $7, Margaritaville with 44,200 shares traded to end at 11 us cents, National Commercial Bank had 5,893 units changing hands to close at $17, Pan Jamaican Investment with just 200 shares trading ended at $49.05, Proven Investments with 27,540 units closed at 18 US cents and Sagicor Group exchanged 20,100 shares to close at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy with 7,000 shares to close $1 down at$ 58, Radio Jamaica had 10,516 units changing hands to close with a loss of 2 cents at $1.18, Scotia Group traded with 725,272 shares to end 35 cents lower to end at $19.25 after trading as high as $20.49 and Scotia Investments closed with 1,700 units trading to close with a loss of 60 cents at $21.40.
Preference| Trading picked up in the preference share segment with Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share trading 300,000 units at $3, the Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trading 576,700 units to close at $2 and Proven Investments 8% preference share trading 172,594 units to end at $5.