TTSE: Trading up not prices

November 5, 2013 by

Tuesday, 5th November 2013 | Trading, which has been very poor for the last two trading days on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, picked up a bit to swap 169,000 shares with a value of $5,398,127, resulting in trading of 13 securities of which none advanced, 4 declined and 9 traded firm.

ANSA McAL traded 1,930 units and suffered a 3 cents loss to close at $66.25; First Citizens Bank price dropped by 19 cents to end the day back at $35.56 as it traded 2,833 shares; National Commercial Bank had 23,100 shares changing hands for a value of $26,334 as the price closed up 2 cents to reach $1.14; Guardian Holdings contributed 4,630 shares valued at $69,450 and closed at firm at $15; Guardian Media contributed 10,894 shares with a value of $212,433; Neal & Massy Holdings traded 60,000 shares for a value of $3,459,102 while Scotiabank added 1,300 shares valued at $92,989 as the price moved up by 2 cents to $71.53, a new 52 weeks high.

TTSENov5Clico Investment Fund had a volume of 58,201 shares valued at $1,256,274 as the price fell 1 cent to close at $21.59.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading there were bids for 5 stocks that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks on offer lower than the last selling price.

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FX: Rates mostly down

November 4, 2013 by

Monday, 4th November 2013 | In Monday’s trading in the forex market the prices for the main currencies fell at the end of the day except for the selling rate of the US dollar which rose by 8 cents.

Dealers bought the equivalent of US$38,865,150 and sold US$37,680,070 with $34,232,617 of the amount purchased being US dollar denominated. The rate fell by 20 cents to $104.44 at the end of trading and they sold US$35,353,266 at $105.22 for the an increase of 8 cents.

The amount of Canadian dollars bought amounted to C$1,722,688 at $98.75 down 90 cents, selling amounted to $831,706 at $100.95, down a cent. Dealers bought £1,801,287 at $165.98 down 15 cents and they sold £856,587 at $168.796 down 34 cents.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Nov4High & Lows | The highest selling rate for the US dollar was $106.50 up 50 cents for the day and the lowest rate was $85.38, up 4 cents while selling was as high as $109.41, with no change for the day and as low as $85.17, down by $16.83.

The highest selling rate for the Canadian dollar was down 20 cents to $101.70 and the lowest rate was $80.14, up 13 cents while selling was as high as $103.52 up 21 cents and as low as $96.75, up 20 cents.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Nov4The highest selling rate for the British Pound was $169.50 down $1 and the lowest rate was $143.38, down 62 cents, while selling was as high as $173.23 up $1.64 and as low as $161.90 down 75 cents.

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JSE: Market moved up

November 4, 2013 by

Monday, 4th November 2013 | The Jamaica Stock Market continued where it left off on Friday with advancing stocks out pacing decliners with 8 stocks advancing to the decline of 5 and the indices with activity all climbing. The JSE Index closed at 82,868 up 677.70, the all Jamaica Index closed at 81,499.65 up 1,192.40 and the junior market index closed up 3.56 to end at 729.86. In overall market activity 7.59 million shares changed hands for a value of $64.55 million.

Stocks with meaningful activity are Cable & Wireless which traded 580,452 units to close at 15 cents; Caribbean Cement 15,075 units as the price closed at $2.10 down 9 cents; Carreras 303,000 units traded firm to close at $40; Desnoes & Geddes exchanged 1,261,066 units to close up 25 cents at $4.75 but the offer at the end of trading was $4.50; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 3,039,900 units as the price closed up at $8.30; Mayberry Investments 65,242 units at $1.90; National Commercial Bank Jamaica 21,930 units closing firm at $18.49; Sagicor Investments exchanged 96,871 units and closed at $16; Scotia Group 727,916 shares closing up $1.99 at $21.99; Supreme Ventures 140,000 units to close at $2.60 and Proven Investments 8% was the only stock to trade in the preference segment as it resulted in 185,431 units changing ownership at $5.09.

Junior market |Trading picked up in the junior market with Consolidated Bakeries traded 53,000 to close at $1.16; General Accident Insurance traded 11,500 units being exchanged ending at $1.70, up 5 cents; KLE Group traded 44,000 units and hit another new all-time low of $1.30, down 7 cents while Lasco Financial Services chipped in with 99,999 traded units to close firm at $1; Lasco Distributors exchanged 106,640 units at $1.45 and Lasco Manufacturing garnered 847,654 units to close at $1.38 down 7 cents.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading there were bids for 3 stocks that were higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks on offer lower than the last selling price. This trading day shows an emerging bullish market indicator with positive out numbering negatives by a wide margin.

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TTSE: Trading sinks but Citizens rise

November 4, 2013 by

Monday, 4th November 2013 | Trading was very low on Friday last on the Trinidad Stock Exchange but it sank even lower on the first trading day of the week to a mere 39,609 shares, with a value of $649,052. Trading represented 12 securities of which 4 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm.

First Citizens Bank price rose by 55 cents to end the day at $35.75 as it traded 11,213 shares valued $398,747; National Commercial Bank had 20,000 shares changing hands for a value of $22,800 as the price closed up 2 cents to reach $1.14; Guardian Holdings contributed 3,324 shares with a value of $49,860 and closed at $15, down 15 cents; while Scotiabank added 1,300 shares valued at $92,989 as the price moved up by 2 cents to $71.53, a new 52 weeks high.

TTSENov4Clico Investment Fund had a volume of 2,278 shares valued at $49,205 as the price fell 4 cents to close at $21.60.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading there were bids for 3 stocks that were higher and 5 stocks on offer lower than the last selling price.

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FX: Trading up as J$ slips vs US$

November 1, 2013 by

Friday, 1st November 2013 | Friday’s trading in the foreign exchange market resulted in the equivalent of US$29,913,501 being purchased by dealers and $32,143,784 being sold.

Trading in US dollars saw more selling than buying with buying amounting to US$26,390.820 at an average rate of $104.64, up 32 cents and US$29,771,104 being sold at $105.14, up 9 cents for the day. C$1,500,625 was bought down 10 cents to end at $99.65 and C$910,603 was sold at $100.96 down by 14 cents. £1,176,225 was purchased resulting in a fall of $2.61 at $166.14 and £771.827 was sold at $169.13 down $2.45.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Nov1The highest buying rate for the US dollar was unchanged at $106.00, as well as the lowest which was unchanged at $85.34; the highest selling rate increased by 6 cents to $109.41 and the lowest remained $102.

The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar was 25 cents up at $101.90 the lowest as unchanged at $80.01 while the highest selling was 69 cent down at $103.31 as the lowest moved up 15 cents to $96.55.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Nov1The British Pound went down to $170.50 at the highest buying rate and was down 21 cents for the lowest buying rate at $135; selling was $2.71 lower at $171.59 for the highest selling rate and down 25 cents for the lowest at $162.65.

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JSE: Market correction is over?

November 1, 2013 by

Friday, 1st November 2013 | The IC Bid-Offer Indicator at the end of trading for the week and the first trading day for November is the strongest it has been for weeks with bids for 10 stocks higher that their last selling prices and only 1 stock on offer lower than the last selling price — a bullish indicator.

It would require more than a day with similar positive readings to confirm a sustained uptick in stock prices. What is clearly being indicated is that supply of stocks at the lower price levels is low.

The Jamaica Stock Market closed the week on a positive note even as the junior market index fell in trading today. The main indices moved up at the end of the day as 11 stocks advanced to decline of 5. The JSE Index closed at 82,190.30 up 358.14. The all Jamaica Index closed at 80,307.25 up 630.16 and the junior market index closed down 6.29 to end at 726.30. In overall market activity 4.2 million shares changed hands for a value of $25.66 million.

JSEIndicesNov1Stocks with meaningful activity are Caribbean Cement 49,749 units as the price closed at $2.19 up 12 cents; Carreras had 13,000 units traded up 5 cents to $40; Hardware & Lumber 11,600 as the price closed up 20 cents at $4.70; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 10,650 units as the price closed at $8.12; National Commercial Bank Jamaica 74,867units closing up $1.49 at $18.49; Pan Jamaican Investment 11,800 unit traded firm to close at $48.01; Sagicor Investments 440,715 units closed at $15.99 while gaining 33 cents; Scotia Group 376,900 shares resulted in the stock closing firm at $20; Scotia Investments 2,000 up $2.48 to $28.5 and Proven Investments  8% was the only stock to trade in the preference segment as it resulted in 332,660 units at $5.09. JPS 9.5% non-redeemable preference shares were listed at the start of trading but did not trade nor was there a bid or offer at the close.

Junior market | Trading picked up in the junior market with Blue Power Group exchanging 75,100 units mostly at the closing price of $9.28; Caribbean Cream put in 18,000 units at $1.02 up 2 cents; Caribbean Flavours 35,387 units at $2.55; Caribbean Producers 860,000 units traded mostly at the closing price of $2 up 5 cents at the close; Dolphin Cove had 199,252 units changing hands at $8.25 as the stock gained 25 cents; General Accident Insurance had 31,830 units being exchanged ending at $1.65, up 3 cents; KLE Group traded 44000 units and hit another new all-time low of $1.37, down 3 cents while under pressure; Lasco Financial Services chipped in with 104,899 units at $1 down 12 cents and Lasco Manufacturing garnered 1,502,008 units to close at $1.45, up 4 cents.

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TTSE: Almost no trades

November 1, 2013 by

Friday, 1st November 2013 | Trading on the first day on November took place in 12 securities of which 5 advanced, 5 declined and 2 traded firm but the level of trading on the Trinidad Exchange was at a parlous level with only 54,118 units valued at $1,047,965 trading.

Clico Investment Fund advanced by 4 cents to end at $21.64 while trading 36,823 shares valued at $796,695.

So low was trading in the main market that Jamaica Money Market Brokers with a mere 10,000 shares was the volume leader for the day as the price slipped to 61 cents followed by First Citizens Bank with a volume of 3,093 valued at $108,874 as the price closed at $35.20, up 20 cents. National Enterprises contributed 1,330 shares with a value of $23,900 and closed at $17.97, while Republic Bank added 892 shares valued at $100,252 to close at $112.39.

TTSENov1Unilever Caribbean gained 42 cents to end the day at $56.01 with only 12 shares. Elsewhere price changes were one or two cents per stock.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed bids for 3 stocks being higher and 4 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price.

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FX: Rates soften as buying more than sales

October 31, 2013 by

Thursday, 31 October 2013 | Buying of foreign currency was more than the selling as the equivalent of $30,722,115 was purchased by dealers while they sold the equivalent of $29,837,235. Rates moderated across the board except for the British pound that saw a rise in the selling rate.

Trading in the US dollar resulted in $23,396,287 being bought at 11 cents less than on Wednesday at $104.32 and selling amounted to $21,077,037, which was at $105.05, down 2 cents. The Canadian dollar buying rate declined by 22 cents to $99.75 as C$1,743,312 was bought and selling took place at $101.10, down 79 cents with sales of C$1,335,440.

The British Pound fetched $168.74, which was off by 40 cents as there was purchasing for £3,360,100 while selling amounted to £4,403,449 at $171.59, up 99 cents.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Oct31Highs Lows | Unlike the spot rates, the highs and lows in trading was mixed with the rate US dollar slipping by 30 cents to $106.00 as the low went up 17 cents to $85.34. The high point for selling was a 21 cent increase to $109.35 and the low was at $102.00, up all of $16.83.

The Canadian dollar buying rate went as high as $101.65, a fall of 35 cents and the low was up by 8 cents to $80.01. The high for selling was at $104.00, a 50 cents increase and the low for selling was at $96.40, up 10 cents.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Oct31The Pound went as high as $171.25 when bought by dealers, a 25 cents climb and as low as $135.21, down by 74 cents. The high in selling was at $174.30, a fall of 97 cents and the low was at $162.90, up a big $26.95.

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JSE: Indices most up but . . .

October 31, 2013 by

Thursday, 31 October 2013 | Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday remained subdued with stocks of 28 companies trading resulting in only 4 advancing and 12 declining with a total of 4,568,270 shares trading valued at $23,381,135. The main market indices were up as well as the US dollar index but the junior market fell.

Main Market | Trading in Carreras has been picking as investors await the dividend and profit announcement for the September quarter; the stock had 33,706 shares changing hands firm at $40, Grace Kennedy had 8,050 trading to close at $55 up $1.30 while Jamaica Broilers had 35,994 units firm at $4.50. Mayberry Investments exchanged 74,524 units at $2. National Commercial Bank traded just 32,350 units to close at $17 down $1.35 at the end. Pan Jamaican had 5,640 units traded at the end at $48.01; Proven Investments ordinary traded 198,376 units at 11.61 US cents down .0029 cents; Scotia Group 248,654 units traded to closed firm at $20.

In the preference section, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% traded 1,695,797 unchanged at $2 and the 8.75% traded 339,373 to close at $2.98, which was off by 2 cents and Proven Investments Limited 8% traded 461,875 units to close $5.09.

JSEIndicesOct31Juniors | The junior market has been showing more signs of weakness and the market closed the day in that same mode. In trading, Access Financial Services changed 437,251 units at $8.28; AMG Packaging dropped 50 cents in trading 10,000 units to close at $3.50 in the aftermath of the annual results showing 48 cents earnings versus 47 cents in 2012. Caribbean Cream had just 13,000 units as the price closed at $1 off by 2 cents. Caribbean Flavours 7,816 units resulted in a close of $2.55. Jamaican Teas sold 423,959 units at $3.80, off by 10 cents. Lasco Distributors 389,600 resulted in an ending price of $1.45. Lasco Financial Services 75,744 units resulted in the price falling 3 cents to $1.12 and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 50,900 and closed at $1.41, down 4 cents.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the bid-offer indicator showed bids for 6 stocks being higher and 6 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price.

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TTSE: Witco up $1, Citizens drops $2.50

October 31, 2013 by

Thursday, 31st October 2013 | West Indian Tobacco Company price jumped $1.00 to end the day at $120 as only 124 units traded and First Citizens Bank dropped back by $2.50 to close at $35 trading 9,559 shares valued at $336,475.

Trading picked up somewhat on the Trinidad Stock Exchange with stocks of 15 companies trading compared to 12 on Wednesday.  Trading activity resulted in 5 advancing, 2 declining and 8 traded firm as 80,041 shares changed hands valued at $1,615,517.

Jamaica Money Market Brokers had a volume of 14,483 shares traded for $8,979 to close firm at 62 cents; Neal & Massy Holdings contributed 11,000 shares with a value of $634,150 and gained 8 cents to close at $57.65. Point Lisas traded 8,900 units firm at $3.77; Sagicor Financial Corporation saw trading in 14,600 shares for a value of $105,850 and the price closed unchanged at $7.25; Ansa Merchant Bank traded just 10 shares but gained 80 cents to close at $38.60.

TTSEOct31Clico Investment Fund had a volume of 15,002 shares valued at $323,993 trading as the price advanced by 10 cents to end at $21.60.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed bids for 2 stocks being higher and 2 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price.

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