Junior Market index dives – Friday

Lasco Distributors traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $3.08 to help contribute to the market’s fall.

The Junior Market Index fell at the close of trading on Friday, diving 40.75 points to end at 2,740.99, following gains in the prices of 11 securities, declines in 6 with prices 6 closing unchanged.
Heavily weighted, Lasco Distributors fell to a 52 weeks low of $3.08, with the average price falling by 48 cents and Main Event average price fell 59 cents and had a big impact on the movement in the index.
Trading ended with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in a sharp increase in the level of trading and ending with an exchange of 3,580,303 units valued at $11,760,975 compared to 1,545,528 units valued at $6,934,013 from 27 securities trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 155,665 units for an average of $511,347 in contrast to 57,242 units for an average of $256,815 on Thursday. For the month to date an average of 111,860 shares valued at $449,952 and previously, an average of 106,557 shares valued at $442,520. December closed with an average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 17 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.55, with 42,770 stock units, Caribbean Flavours traded 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 1,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 22 cents at $4.28, in ecanging 4,536 units, C2W Music ended at 60 cents, with 53,700 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $7, with 1,500 shares. Express Catering ended trading 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 75,180 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $2.60, with 38,803 shares, General Accident finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.95, with 1,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed at $2.93, with 112,301 stock units. Honey Bun ended at $4.05, with 25,880 units, ISP Finance finished with a loss of 44 cents at $12.06, with 100 shares, Jamaican Teas settled 15 cents higher at $4.65, with 14,255 shares, KLE Group finished trading at $2.30, with 100 shares. Knutsford Express closed 15 cents higher at $15, with 6,798 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 13 cents higher at $3.63, with 2,958,400 shares but traded at an intraday cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.08, Lasco Financial concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.50, with 32,202 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 20 cents at $3.35, with 55,901 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 77 cents at $5.03, in trading 53,695 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading 5 cents higher at $5, with 500 shares, Paramount Trading traded 12 cents higher at $3.59, with 1,175 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 1 cent higher at $4.90, with 91,557 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 10% ended 2 cents higher at $6.02, with 100 stock units and Eppley 8.25% concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.45, with 8,850 units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

7 stocks rose 1 fell on TTSE – Friday

Angostura Holdings traded at a 52 weeks’ high on the TTSE on Friday.

Market activity ended with 14 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday against 12 on Thursday, with the price of 7 advancing, 1 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 3.30 points on Friday to 1,274.95, the All T&T Index rose 6.48 points to 1,710.61, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.01 points higher to 113.25.
Market activity ended with 388,079 shares with a value of $6,005,924 traded, up from just 83,851 shares having a value of $1,957,446 units on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings jumped $1.27 and ended at $16.27, for a 52 weeks’ high, with 41,530 stock units valued at $658,210 trading, Guardian Holdings gained 60 cents and finished at $17, trading 194,259 shares valued at $3,294,552, National Enterprises finished trading with a gain 1 cent and concluded at $9.79, with 2,790 units, National Flour closed with an increase of 8 cents and ended with $1.99, trading 73,529 shares, Scotiabank closed with a rise of 99 cents and finished at $61, with 2,418 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to end at $26.50, with 44,283 units, with a value of $1,165,984 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $90, with 1,603 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Massy lost 44 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.50, with 1,000 stock units trading.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 12,990 units First Caribbean International Bank ended with $9.30, trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, with 22 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 1,655 units at $6.75, Sagicor Financial finished at $8, with 10,000 units and Trinidad Cement ended with $3.75, trading 1,000 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

10 JSE stocks fall 9 rise – Thursday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with more prices rising and less falling than on Wednesday leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 2,332.02 points to 312,808.10 and the JSE Index dived 2,124.73 points to 285,003.54.
Main market activities ended with 8 stocks advanced, 10 declined and 8 traded firm as 26 securities traded down from 27 securities on Wednesday. Overall, trading resulted in 5,110,001 units exchanged with a value of $69,365,564 compared with 4,274,854 shares valued at $51,868,008 previously. Activity in the US dollar market ended with 2 securities trading result in 52,073 units exchanged, with a value of US$22,111.

Wisynco producers of Wata, traded 2.47 million shares on Thursday.

Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group continue to dominate trading with 3.57 million units changing hands versus 3.14 million on Wednesday.
The average trade ended at 196,539 units for $2,667,906, in contrast to 158,328 units for an average of $1,921,037 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 312,593 units valued at 8,410,169 and previously 326,759 units valued at $9,212,851. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Activity in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing at 55 cents with 31,673 shares traded and Proven Investments ordinary share exchanging 20,400 units with a rise of 1 cent to close at 23 US cents. The JSE US Equities Index closed up 3.69 points at 173.43.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Wisynco closed trading with 2.47 million shares with the price ending $10. Victoria Mutual Investments that was one of the leading volume trader for a number of days still remained in the number 2 spot with 1.1 million shares. Caribbean Cement dropped $1.95 to $32.05, Proven Investments ordinary share traded in Jamaica market at $26, up $1.

For more details of market activities see – Investors still love VM Investments & Wisynco.

Investors still love VM Investments & Wisynco

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Wisynco traded 2.47m shares on Thursday

Investors’ appetite for the recently listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group continue to be strong on Thursday in trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange with the volume traded rising to 3.57 million units changing hands versus 3.14 million on Wednesday, with the two dominating with the highest volume in the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,332.02 points to 312,808.10 and the JSE Index declined by 2,124.73 points to 285,003.54.
Market activity ended with 26 securities changing hands, of which 8 advanced, 10 declined, 8 traded firm as 5,110,001 units traded with a value of $69,365,564.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 80 cents at $17, with 13,100 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.30, with 78,379 units, Carreras finished 5 cents higher at $11.35, with 80,668 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $1.95 at $32.05, with 34,189 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at 35 cents, with 500 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $43, with 50,273 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 10 cents higher at $18, with 48,273 units, Jamaica Producers closed 10 cents higher at $16.70, with 7,844 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 5 cents at $6.95, with 18,113 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 68 cents at $24.32, with 71,524 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $7.35, with 2,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 13 cents at $99.50, with 27,857 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.27, with 3,800 shares. PanJam Investment ended 2 cents higher at $41.02, with 7,500 units, Pulse Investments finished at $2, with 37,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $35.40, with 662,632 stock units, Salada Foods traded at $11, with 232 units. Scotia Group finished trading at $51.41, with 34,171 shares, Seprod closed at $29.95, with 27,900 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 1 cent higher at $12, with 278,963 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 9 cents higher at $4, with 1,099,190 units. Wisynco Group settled at $10, with 2,467,837 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $14, with 42,856 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% closed at $1.80, with 15,000 stock units, Proven Investments 8.25% settled at $5.90, with 100 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “10 JSE stocks fall 9 rise – Thursday.”

Junior Market index make gains – Thursday

C2W trades at a 52 weeks’ high of 60 cents on Thursday.

The Junior Market Index rose at the close of trading on Thursday, adding 15.12 points to end at 2,781.74, following gains in the prices of 9 securities, declines in 11, with prices 7 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,545,528 units valued at $6,934,013.49 compared to 1,674,670 units valued at $7,052,175 from 25 securities trading on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 57,242 units for an average of $256,815 in contrast to 66,987 units for an average of $282,087 on Wednesday. For the month to date an average of 106,557 shares valued at $442,520 and previously, an average of 114,726 shares valued at $473,281. December closed with an average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 2 cents higher at $2.72, with 10,000 stock units trading, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 30 cents at $8.70, with 2,504 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with 667 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.77, with 143,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 9,000 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading 22 cents higher at $4.50, with 42,839 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 700 shares, C2W Music ended 7 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of 60 cents, with 4,500 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $7, with 1,000 shares. Dolphin Cove finished 5 cents higher at $17.05, with 683 stock units, Eppley shed $1 to close at $11, with 5,000 units, Express Catering ended trading 50 cents higher at $5, with 467,639 shares, FosRich Group traded 20 cents higher at $2.90, with 138,684 shares. General Accident finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with 15,819 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 7 cents at $2.93, with 114,014 stock units, Iron Rock concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents at $2.86, with 700 shares, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 101,256 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.45, with 2,181 stock units, Key Insurance traded 40 cents higher at $3.50, with 7,139 units, Knutsford Express closed at $14.85, with 3,500 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 20 cents at $3.50, with 269,561 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading 3 cents higher at $5.41, with 14,094 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.55, with 21,518 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5.80, with 125,387 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 11 cents at $3.47, with 7,719 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading 9 cents higher at $4.89, with 15,424 stock units and tTech fell 50 cents to end at $6, with 21,000 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

2 new 52 weeks’ lows on TTSE – Thursday

West Indian Tobacco hits 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.

Trading continue to be moderate when the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 12 securities trading against 13 on Wednesday as 2 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 7 remained unchanged with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 0.84 points to 1,271.65. The All T&T Index slipped 0.23 points to 1,704.13, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.26 points to 113.24.
Market activity ended with just 83,851 shares having a value of $1,957,446, dropping sharply from 175,296 shares with a value of $2,284,648 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 5 cents and ended at $1.75, with 1,000 stock units and Sagicor Financial rose 5 cents and closed at $8, with 8,502 shares changing hands.
Losses| Massy lost 6 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.94, with 140 stock units, National Enterprise ended trading 1 cent lower and ended at $9.78, with 540 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent, ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $89.99, with 400 stock units trading.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings finished with $15, with 871 stock units, Clico Investments ended at $21, with 5,500 units, First Citizens concluded at $32, trading 3,800 shares, LJ Williams B finished at 70 cents, trading 3,000 shares, Scotiabank close at $60.01, with 458 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $26, with 55,490 units valued at $1,443,824 and Unilever Caribbean concluded at $28, trading 4,150 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

VM Investments & Wisynco dominate again

VM Investments volume falls, still number 2.

Investors’ appetite for the recently listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group fell on Wednesday in trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange with the prices declining by the close, but the stocks still dominated trading with the highest volume in the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index climbed 693.01 points to 287,128.27 in spite of a negative advance decline ratio.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 5 advanced, 18 declined, 4 traded firm. A total of 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 traded on Wednesday.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended 7 cents higher at $8.66, with 4,351 stock units, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 20 cents at $17.80, with 415 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.35, with 247,619 units, Carreras finished at $11.30, with 139,489 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 1 cent at $34, with 13,524 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 50 cents at $43, with 20,083 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 5,148 shares, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 10 cents at $16.60, with 3,030 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 161,816 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 19,159 units, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 99 cents at $33, with 21,185 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7.20, with 31,959 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 17 cents at $99.63, with 90,780 units. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 13 cents at $1.28, with 800 shares, Student Living concluded trading with a loss of 8 cents at $6, with 1,000 units. PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 50 cents at $41, with 73,255 stock units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $10.75, with 2,000 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $2, with 53,218 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.08, with 42,122 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 51 cents higher at $36, with 81,110 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading $1.31 higher at $51.41, with 55,140 shares, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $29.95, with 3,590 units. Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 1 cent at $11.99, with 48,975 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $3.91, with 704,278 stock units, Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 20 cents at $10, with 2,440,080 units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 10 cents higher at $14.60, with 10,628 shares. In the main market preference segment, 138 Student Living variable rate shares finished at $5.68, with 100 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday.”

20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advancing by 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index advanced by 693.01 points to close at 287,128.27 as 5 advanced, 18 declined and 4 traded firm.
Market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 compared to 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 from 25 securities on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with 158,328 units for an average of $1,921,037 in contrast to 376,513 units for an average of $3,325,216 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 326,759 units valued at $9,212,851 and previously 351,208 units valued at $10,451,084. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Activity in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing with a loss of 2 cents at 55 cents with 1,500 shares traded and Proven Investments ordinary share, exchanging 2,530 units with a fall of 1 cent to close at 22 US cents, the total value of trading amounted to US$1,387. The JSE US Equities Index closed down 5.30 points at 169.74.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Wisynco closed trading with 2.44 million shares with the price ending $10, having retreated from a high of $13.80 shortly after trading. Caribbean Cement dropped $1 to $34, Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to $33, Scotia Group gained $1.31 to $51.41. Victoria Mutual Investments that was one of the leading volume trader for a number of days still remained in the number 2 spot with 704,000 shares, down from well over 1 million units per day. The price of the two new listed companies have eased as demand abates and selling continues.

For more details of market activities see – VM Investments & Wisynco dominate again .

Junior Market falls again – Wednesday

CAC closed at a new high of $9 on Wednesday.

The Junior Market Index fell again at the close of trading on Wednesday but shedding just 10.87 points to 2,766.62, following decline in the prices of 8 securities, gains in 8, with prices 9 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,674,670 units valued at $7,052,175 compared to 1,666,398 units valued at $6,383,021 from 24 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 66,987 units for an average of $282,087 in contrast to 69,433 units for an average of $265,959 on Tuesday. For the month to date an average of 114,726 shares valued at $473,281 and previously, an average of 123,374 shares valued at $507,918. December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $42, with 7,000 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 22 cents to $2.70, with 500 stock units changing hands, CAC 2000 finished 30 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $9, with just 100 shares being exchanged, Caribbean Cream ended trading 27 cents higher at $5.77, with 77,250 stock units, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 5 cents at $11, with 1,059 units. Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.28, with 10,200 shares, C2W Music ended 2 cents higher at $0.53, with 61,409 stock units, Eppley settled at $12, with 5,000 shares, FosRich Group traded 18 cents higher at $2.70, with 67,515 units. General Accident finished trading at $2.95, with 33,967 shares, GWest Corporation closed 13 cents higher at $3, with 225,299 shares, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.05, with 53,600 stock units, Jamaican Teas settled 50 cents higher at $5, with 314,735 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.40, with 61,220 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 5 cents at $14.85, with 4,090 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.70, with 214,857 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5.38, with 111,614 units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.59, with 284,452 shares, Main Event settled 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 50,704 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, with 57,181 stock units, Paramount Trading traded 53 cents higher at $3.58, with 10,500 units changing hands, Stationery and Office finished trading at $4.80, with 6,188 shares and tTech ended at $6.50, with 5,177 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed at $2.15, with 10,953 shares, Eppley 9.5% finished at $7.20, with 100 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Moderate trading on TTSE – Wednesday

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 14 securities changing on Wednesday against 8 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remained unchanged.
At close, the Composite Index rose 2.50 points on to 1,270.81. The All T&T Index slipped 0.22 points to 1,704.36, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points to 112.98.
Market activity ended with a mere 175,296 shares with a value of $2,284,648 compared to 107,817 units with a value of $2,343,695 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains|First Caribbean gained 10 cents and finished at $9.30, trading 40,000 shares valued at $371,986, JMMB Group ended trading with 2,500 shares and gained of 5 cents to close at $1.70, Scotiabank closed trading with a gain 1 cent and ended at $60.01, exchanging 1,380 shares and Unilever Caribbean rose 95 cents and finished at $28, trading a mere 254 units.
Losses| Guardian Holdings closed with a fall of 15 cents at $16.40, trading 445 shares, LJ Williams B share fell 7 cents, ending at 52 weeks’ low of 70 cents with 500 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a fall of 20 cents at $26, trading 35,892 shares valued at $933,269.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 25,600 units trading, First Citizens ended at $32, trading 4,562 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 32,008 units at $3.10, LJ Williams A share  ended at 22 cents, with 29,727 stock units. National Flour closed trading at $1.91, with 500 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.75, with 1,000 stock units and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 928 shares at $90.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.