Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, culminated in the prices of 8 stocks rising and 7 declining, as 21 securities changed hands. A total of 5,217,834 units traded, valued at $54,942,294, 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 showed 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower. The increase is probably due to month end window dressing by some portfolio managers would want to impact the value of the funds under management at the end of the month and quarter.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 160.31 points to 72,238.36 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined by 179.24 points, to close at 79,483.81.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement, with 109,500 shares changing hands, ended 4 cents higher at $2.40, Grace Kennedy put through 19,208 units with a gain of 70 cents to $58.20, Jamaica Producers had 122,728 shares changing hands, gained 25 cents to $15.75, Mayberry Investments with 5,420 shares closed 4 cents higher at $1.50 and Sagicor Group traded 738,840 units, with an increase of 65 cents, to $9.90.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 3,500 units, closing at $1.66, Cable & Wireless with 453,827 shares at 29 cents, Desnoes & Geddes 45,000 share at $4.77, Pan Jamaican Investment 417,537 shares trading to close at $49.10, Proven Investments 27,700 ordinary shares, to close with the price at 18 US cents and Seprod with 40,000 shares, closed at $10.90.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the close of the main market are, Carreras, down 8 cents to end at $34.55, in trading 93,336 units, Jamaica Broilers with 500,000 shares lost 50 cents to end at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 42,087 ordinary shares trading, lost 5 cents at $6.95, National Commercial Bank had 452,630 units changing hands, with a 5 cents loss, at $17.94 and Scotia Group with 351,187 shares, closed 5 cents off at $19.25 .
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% preference share traded 222,593 units, with a gain of 5 cents to $3.50 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 110,462 units at $2.
Market closes out month down
Jamaican$ gains against all on Monday
The Jamaican dollar gained against the three main currencies it regularly trades with, in Monday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$41,647,022 versus US$50,731,870 on Friday, and the equivalent of US$48,692,938 was sold compared with US$32,356,343 on Friday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$37,493,261 compared to US$48,910,642 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 23 cents to $112.27 and US$46,856,853 was sold versus US$30,734,179 on Friday, the selling rate eased by a cent to $112.68. The Canadian dollar buying rate, fell 36 cents to $98.70 with dealers buying C$1,194,201 and selling C$768,096 at an average selling rate that slipped 9 cents, to $101.31. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 88 cents to $181.03, for the purchase of £1,779,286, while £577,599 was sold, at $182.82 for a fall of 92 cents. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$234,843, while selling was for the equivalent of US$208,343.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, closed with the loss of a cent at $112.99, the lowest buying and the highest selling rates were unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 respectively. The lowest selling rate dropped $9.70 to $91.85. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose 25 cents to $101.85, the lowest buying rate and the highest selling rate remained unchanged at $79.93 and $105.50, respectively. The lowest selling rate rose 45 cents to $96.75. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, declined 55 cents to $183.45, the lowest buying rate fell 42 cents to $146.74. The highest selling rate remained at $192 and the lowest selling rate is dived 50 cents to $176.80.
Scotiabank drops again on TTSE
In trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, Scotiabank dropped to a new 52 weeks’ low of $60.24, with just over 4,000 shares traded. The stocks has declined 18.74 percent, from a high of $73.12, reached in April, this year. The price is still exposed to further decline, with an offer to sell at $60 and no buying interest shown at the end of trading. A total of 14 securities changed hands in trading of which 2 advanced, 4 declined and 8 traded firm, with 724,283 units changing hands, valued at $4,863,899.
The Composite Index lost 1.11 points to close at 1,145.05, the All T&T Index fell 2.29 points to close at 1,976.47 and the Cross Listed Index inched up by 0.01 points to end at 41.06.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Angostura Holdings with a volume of 82,069 shares being traded for $1,046,380 with the price increasing 5 cents to $12.75 and Sagicor Financial traded 100 shares to close with a cent gain at $6.21.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are ANSA McAL traded 54 units and closed 2 cents down at $66.20, for a new 52 weeks’ low, Guardian Holdings contributed 68,932 shares with a value of $926,676 while losing 25 cents to close at $13.25, Scotiabank suffered a 78 cents fall, to close at $60, as 4,010 shares traded and Trinidad Cement with 10,000 shares, ended 1 cents lower at $2.24.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Clico Investment Fund with 24,263 shares valued at $534,247, to end at $22, First Citizens Bank with 920 shares closed at $36.42, Massy Holdings closed at $68.52 while trading 11,500 units valued at $787,980, Jamaica’s National Commercial Bank with 384,178 shares changing hands for a value of $384,178, closed at $1, One Caribbean Media traded 110 shares at $25.35, Point Lisas Industrial Port added 37,397 shares valued at $149,588 and ended at $4, Prestige Holdings had 750 units being active to end at $9.50 and Sagicor Financial 6.5% preference shares traded 100,000 units at US$1.13.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
2 days with more declines than gains on JSE
Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended Friday with the prices of 5 stocks rising and 7 declining, as 20 securities changed hands. A total of 2,173,764 units traded, valued at $31,949,596, in all market segments. For the week, there were three days when the main market indices declined, to two days of advances. There was a small net increase in the indices, with two days when there were slightly more stocks falling, over those rising.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower, in line with the recent sideways movement of the market.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 567.08 points to 72,504.68 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 634.10 points to close at 79,781.59, slightly higher than the 79,650.40 points, it closed the prior week at.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the close of the main market are, Gleaner with 35,000 shares trading, with a cent rise to $1.06, Grace Kennedy 1,523 shares closed 45 cents higher at $59.45, National Commercial Bank with just 7,000 units changing hands, was up 5 cents at $18 and Proven Investments 55,000 was higher by 0.01 cent at 18 US cents.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Caribbean Cement, putting through 4,001 units at $2.36, Carreras with 300,378 units at $34.65, Jamaica Producers with 1,118,531 shares ended at $15.20, Kingston Wharves closed with only 1,652 shares trading at $6.30, but there is little interest in the stock at these prices that is close to one the big trade of 466 million units took place at on Wednesday, the stock now has bids at $5.01 and lower and Sagicor Group with 2,400 shares closed at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 19,600 shares, lost 2 cents to end at 28 cents, Jamaica Broilers traded just 6,500 units with a 10 cents loss, to end at $4.30, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7,092 ordinary shares traded with a 5 cents loss, to end at $6.95, Mayberry Investments 3,060 shares closed down 1 cent, to end at $1.46, Scotia Group with 119,680 shares, closed 50 cents lower at $19.50 and Supreme Ventures closed with a 15 cents fall, to end at $1.80, with 10,346 units.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 76,000 units at $3.02 and Proven Investments 8% preference share changing hands with 30,000 units at $5.07.
3 up, 3 down on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange saw no major change in direction from the sideways trend all year long as 11 securities changing hands of which 3 advanced, 3 declined and 6 traded firm with 706,749 units changing hands, with a value of $5,473,695 including amount for a US dollar denominated security.
The Composite Index lost 0.05 points to close at 1,146.16, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.17 points to close at 1,978.76 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.01 points to end at 41.05.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Grace Kennedy with 30,065 shares being traded for $113,044 to end at $3.76, with 6 cents gain, Guardian Holdings contributed 20,000 shares with a value of $270,000, while the price gained 10 cents to end at $13.50 and First Citizens traded 14,615 shares valued at $532,278 to close with a gain of 2 cents to end at $36.42.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 68,214 shares valued at $1,502,678, declined by 5 cents to end at $22, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,164 shares changing hands, closed a cent down at 44 cents, National Enterprises 100 units at $17.73, with 1 cent loss, One Caribbean Media 7,446 shares and closed with a decline of a cent at $25.35, Sagicor Financial 6.5% Preference share, traded 340,000 units at $1.13, down a cent and Trinidad Cement added 14,784 shares valued at $33,264, after falling 11 cents, to close at $2.25.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 13,841 shares valued at $175,781, to end at $12.70, National Commercial Bank with 195,200 shares changing hands for a value of $195,200 and Praetorian Property Mutual Fund 320 units at $3.40.
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 4 stocks with lower offers.
Scotia Group climbs to $20 pushes indices
After the big trade in Kingston Wharves shares on Wednesday worth over $3 billion, Thursday’s trading seem light in contrast. The main attraction in today’s trading, was the gain in Scotia Group share price, accompanied by more than 1.2 million shares, helping to push the index up, quite sharply. Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising and 6 declining as 17 securities changed hands, resulting in 12,983,655 units trading, valued at $63,224,180, 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 showed 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index jumped 1,007.75 points to 73,071.76 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,126.85 points to close at 80,415.69.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Berger Paints with 3,500 shares trading, rose of a cent to $1.66, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 10,212 ordinary shares, gained 5 cents to end at $7, Scotia Group rose 99 cents, as 1,230,365 shares changed hands at $20 and Scotia Investments increased 10 cents with 4,825 units to $21.80.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Carreras 13,736 units at $34.65, Jamaica Producers with 1,000,520 shares at $15.20 and Proven Investments with 8,639 shares, closing at 17.99 US cents.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Barita Investments with 6,777 shares, lost 1 cents to end at $2.18, Kingston Wharves traded just 5,000 units at $6.30, with the loss of 20 cents, National Commercial Bank had 17,500 shares changing hands, with a 25 cents cut in price to $17.95, Sagicor Group with 11,325 shares, closed 10 cents less at $9.65 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund had 306,147 units being active, the price fell 2 cents to $6.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% preference share traded 87,271 units at $3.45 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers down 7.50% preference share traded 8,660,000 units at $2.
TTSE ends Thursday little changed
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was in 11 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 3 declined and 6 traded firm with 220,110 units changing hands, with a value of $4,122,720. The market was closed on Wednesday for Public holiday.
The Composite Index declined 0.10 points to close at 1,146.21, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.87 points to close at 1,978.93 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.03 points to end at 41.04.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Clico Investment Fund with 32,308 shares valued at $712,391, increased by 5 cents to end at $22.05 and Massy Holdings contributed 7,093 shares with a value of $ to end at $68.52 with a gain of a cent.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are Ansa McAl traded 12,550 shares valued at $831,284 to close down 2 cents at $66.22, Scotiabank lost 2 cents and closed with 25,042 units for $1,522,553 at $60.78 and Trinidad Cement 2,000 shares traded at $2.36 for a 18 cents decline.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Angostura Holdings contributed 5,393 shares at $12.70, Firstcaribbean International Bank with 1,250 shares at $5 First Citizens added 9,397 shares valued at $342,051 and closed at $36.40, Grace Kennedy with 810 shares to end the day at $3.70, National Commercial Bank with 120,100 shares traded at $1, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 4,167 at $6.20
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Not much change in rates for J$
The Jamaican dollar lost just a cent against the US dollar, gained value versus the Canadian dollar but slipped slightly against the Pound Sterling, in Wednesday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$34,448,840 versus US$38,385,284 on Tuesday, and the equivalent of US$31,858,399 was sold compared with US$39,434,800 on Tuesday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$32,026,453 compared to US$32,424,472 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar drifted 6 cents to $112.32 and US$30,237,505 was sold versus US$34,668,805 on Tuesday, the selling rate gained a cent up to $112.70. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell $1.14 to $100.39 with dealers buying C$1,165,397 and selling C$983,084 at an average selling rate that slipped 22 cents to $101.94. The rate for buying the British Pound declined $1.38 to $181.13, for the purchase of £787,089, while £406,481 was sold, the selling rate rose 3 cents to $183.99. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$111,545, while selling was for the equivalent of US$67,967.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, fell $1.10 to $112.90. The lowest buying and the highest selling rates remained unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 respectively and the lowest selling rate fell back $18.15 to $91.85 The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar lost 20 cents to $102, the lowest buying rate remained at $81.17. The highest selling rate fell $1.16 to $103.80. The lowest selling rate was unchanged at $97.80. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, fell 30 cents to $184.20, the lowest buying rate was unchanged at $146.29. The highest selling rate rose 60 cents to $189 and the lowest selling rate is unchanged at $176.25.
Jamaica Producers buys more KWH shares
Kingston Wharves $3 billion trade, dominated activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, in Wednesday’s trading. The Wharf company had 466 million units of its stock sold to Jamaica Producers and Seaboard Corporation, a United States company, involved in food, energy and the shipping industry, by National Commercial Bank.
The stock traded at $6.50 up from $5.01 on Tuesday, but it had a bid of $5.75 which allowed the trade to take place 29.75 percent above the closing price on Tuesday. Normally, there would be a 15 percent limitation on the daily trading price movement, from the prior day’s last traded price. but allowances are made for cases where the bids or offer of the previous day better reflect the market value of the stock.
Trading activity resulted in the prices of 10 stocks rising and 5 declining as only 20 securities changed hands, resulting in 470,310,461 units trading, valued at $3,066,292,531, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 631.80 points to 72,064.01 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 706.45 points to close at 79,288.84.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had only 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower, suggesting a likely negative movement in prices on Thursday.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Berger Paints with 3,799 shares trading, with a 3 cents rise to $1.65, Carreras with 1,500 shares changing hands, 35 cents higher at $34.65, Desnoes & Geddes put through 13,083 units with a gain of 10 cents to end at $4.80, Grace Kennedy had 4,955 shares changing hands and gained $1, to $59, Kingston Wharves 466,435,712 shares traded with a gain of $1.49 to $6.50, Mayberry Investments closed with a 2 cents gain at $1.47 after 9,000 units went through the market, there were no stock on offer at the close of trading, National Commercial Bank never benefited from the big sale of Kingston Wharves shares and had 89,031 units active, with a 20 cents increase to $18.20 and Sagicor Group saw 3,157,519 units moving 50 cents higher, at $9.75.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Proven Investments with 30,000 units, closed at 17.99 US cents and Radio Jamaica with 2,132 shares at $1.04.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 93,220 shares, lost 19 cents to end at $2.36, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded just 14,436 units with 28 cents loss at $6.52 and Scotia Group with 93,248 shares, closed 8 cents lower at $19.01.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 10,500 units at $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 27,546 units at $2.
Buoyant flows keep Jamaican$ stable
The Jamaican dollar gained a cent against the US dollar, gained value versus the Canadian dollar but slipped against the Pound Sterling, in Tuesday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$38,385,284 versus US$55,527,854 on Monday, and the equivalent of US$39,434,800 was sold compared with US$54,984,714 on Monday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$32,424,472 compared to US$49,027,325 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar gained 3 cents to $112.38 and US$34,668,805 was sold versus US$50,573,332 on Monday, the selling rate drifted a cent down to $112.68. The Canadian dollar buying rate is up 5 cents to $101.53 with dealers buying C$2,908,960 and selling C$2,940,061 at an average selling rate that slipped 70 cents to $102.16. The rate for buying the British Pound rose $1.07 to $182.51, for the purchase of £1,935,491, while £1,182,187 was sold, the selling rate climbed 63 cents to $183.96. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$189,326, while selling was for the equivalent of US$170,362.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US 
dollar, fell 67 cents to $114. The lowest buying and the highest selling rates remained unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 respectively and the lowest selling rate rose $18.15 to $110. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar lost 70 cents to $102.20, the lowest buying rate remained at $81.17. The highest selling rate fell 20 cents to $104.96. The lowest selling rate was unchanged at $97.80. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 60 cents to $184.50, the lowest buying rate was unchanged at $146.29. The highest selling rate fell 19 cents to $188.40 and the lowest selling rate is up $17.64 to $176.25.