In early morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the main market dropped sharply with 
2,649.37 points being cut from the all Jamaican Composite Index.
Scotia Group dropped to $29.09 from $31.70 and is one of the the main contributor to the loss, while Grace Kennedy traded 77,140 units and lost $2 to trade at $43. JMMB Group traded 1,788,648 units at $9.50, dwon from $9.84 that it closed at on friday, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 926,000 units at $2.10 and Lasco Distributors traded 1,782,310 at $7.01, being the leading trades.
At 10:45 am 32 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 4,736,763 shares changing hands. The average number of shares traded amounts to 148,024 units compared to 2,248,744 units on Friday. The number of stocks falling is now at 13 while the prices of 16 securities rose.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,649.37 points to 177,785.43 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index slipped 2,369.01 points to 160,013.56, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index dived 2,089.00 points to close at 171,620.89 and the junior market index rose 10.57 points to 2,260.85.
JSE down sharply in early session – Monday
TTSE closes week with gains – Friday
Carib Beer brewed in Trinidad by Ansa McAl Group
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market continued with relatively low volumes when it closed Friday with 14 securities changing hands resulting in slightly more volume than traded on Thursday, but with far less value, as 182,250 shares valued at just $1,527,151 traded on the last day of the week.
At the close, 3 stocks rose, 1 declined and 10 remained unchanged, leading to increases in all the market’s indices.
The Composite Index gained 2.17 points to close at 1,153.97, the All T&T Index climbed 3.97 points to close at 1,817.43 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.05 points to at 65.29.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa McAl traded 6,150 units and gained $1 to end at $63, Republic Financial Holdings rose 3 cents and closed at $109.98 with 10,100 shares valued at $1,110,521 changing hands and Scotiabank gained 40 cents to close with 1,000 shares changing hands at $56.10.
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 2 cents and ended with 360 shares changing hands at $54.96.
Firm Trades|, First Citizens traded 100 units at $35, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.65 with 23,719 shares valued at $537,322 trading, Grace Kennedy contributed 1,729 shares, to close at $2.20, Guardian Holdings with 100 shares changing hands, to end at $13.57.
JMMB Group ended with 108,633 shares changing hands to close at 64 cents, National Commercial Bank ended with 32,301 shares changing hands to close at $2.65, National Enterprises closed with 1,000 shares changing hands at $10.50, Prestige Holdings traded 1,000 shares to close lower at $10.80. Sagicor Financial Corporation had 285 shares changing hands at $6.94, Tobago Trinidad and NGL with 3,357 shares changing hands, closed at $23.76 and Trinidad Cement traded 1,390 shares to close unchanged at $3.05.
Large $3B trades for JSE on Friday
VM Wealth were the lead broker on Friday.
At the close of the market prices of 16 securities gained out of a total of 45 securities that traded, with 15 declining in the overall market, including 9 stocks, rising and 6 falling in the junior market.
Trading closed with 210,179,795 units valued at $3,020,175,411 changing hands, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 35,774,696 units, valued at $989,215,841 of all trades. Today’s trading in equivalent to approximately one month’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and will therefore Boost the stock exchange’s income for the September quarter.
The JSE Market Index declined by 178.20 points to end at 162,382.57, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 199.29 points to close at 180,434.80 and the JSE combined index slipped 57.67 points, to end at 173,709.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 434,736 shares to end at $5, Cable & Wireless traded 37,248,887 shares and closed at $1.10, Caribbean Cement climbed 90 cents in trading 2,944,476 shares to close at $26.90, Carreras rose 1 cent, while trading 874,902 shares to end at $66.02.
The price of 1834 Investments declined by 1 cent to close at $1.29, in trading 1,111,097 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $45 with 6,820,320 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers fell 2 cents with 4,558,519 shares changing hands, to end at $14.98, Jamaica Producers rose 25 cents to close at $8.50 with 8,387,030 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange had 74,900 units changing hands to close at $21.50, to record a loss of $2.50, JMMB Group traded 9,784,841 units to end with a loss of 2 cents at $9.84. Kingston Properties gained 11 cents in trading 537,135 units to close at $9.11, Mayberry Investments gained 13 cents with 1,341,876 shares trading, to close at $3.95, National Commercial Bank had 10,312,619 units changing hands, to close at $41. Pan Jamaican Investments shed 1 cent to close at $24.99 after trading 1,505,043 shares, Portland JSX traded 10,455,000 shares and fell 2 cents to end at $11.48, Radio Jamaica lost 11 cents in trading 57,805,532 shares to end at $1.55, 
Sagicor Group closed with 6,674,410 shares changing hands at $21. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 398,371 shares and fell 13 cents, to close at $10.12, Salada Foods traded 598,045 units and declined by 1 cent, to end at $8.19, Scotia Group rose $1.70 while trading 8,639,508 shares, to end at $31.70, Scotia Investments with 1,026,990 shares traded closed at $26. Seprod gained 1 cent, to close at $19.01 with 23,904 shares changing hands, Sterling Investments had 2,673,905 units trading to end at $13, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 69,200 units at 19.95 US cents, down by a fraction of a US cent and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share with 99,931 units trading to close at $1,247.
Juniors trading hits $989M on Friday
Cargo Handlers hit a new high of $75.05 on Friday while 11 m of its shares valued at $950 million traded. .
The junior market closed with 2 new all-time highs on Friday with one closing at a 52 weeks’ low. Trading ended as 9 stocks rose while 6 declined, with the market index rising 10.49 points, to close at 2,250.28.
The 3 stocks trading at new highs on Friday are Cargo Handlers and Jetcon Corporation while Sweet River closed at a 52 weeks’ low. At the end of trading 2 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial Services traded 1,143 units but fell 25 cents to end at $16, AMG Packaging closed at $13.12 with 597,293 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with 813,386 units changing hands but gained 1 cent to $6.01, Caribbean Cream had,2,000 shares changing hands, to close at $7.35. Consolidated Bakeries traded 200,000 units to end at $2.45, General Accident gained 2 cents, in trading 745,396 units to close at $2.21, Honey Bun had 16,209 shares changing hands, to close with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, Jamaican Teas traded 23,496 units and gained 5 cents to close at $3.85. Jetcon Corporation traded 30,000 shares and gained 10 cents to close at a new high of $3.20, KLE Group ended at $1.40 with 24,000 shares changing hands, after rising 10 cents, 
Knutsford Express climbed $2 with 144,537 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 8,392,560 shares changing hands but fell 1 cent to land at $7. Lasco Financial gained 8 cents while trading 11,721 units to close at $3.40, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.96 with 8,634,913 shares trading, after rising 15 cents, Medical Disposables traded 28,150, shares and fell 25 cents to close at $3.25, Paramount Trading ended with 78,663 shares changing hands at $14.50, Sweet River Abattoir with 4,664,000 units traded lost 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.84 and tTech climbed 15 cents and ended at $4 with 42,965 units changing hands.
JSE trades over $1.36B in early session – Friday
Trading on the Jamaica stock exchange surged on Friday to more than $1.36 billion with stockbrokers, Victoria Mutual Wealth Management (VMW), crossing a series of stocks that dominated trading. By 10:45 am the market indices slipped slightly for the main market and rose moderately for juniors as 13 stocks gaining versus 8 that fell.
The main traded done by VMW are 10,156,665 National Commercial Bank shares at $41.22 in two lots on behalf of clients shortly after trading opened on the Jamaica Stock Market on Friday morning. 
Other stocks crossed by VMW are CAC 2000 with 813,386 units at $6.01, JMMB Group with 9,170,806 units at $9.88, Portland JSX 10,000,000 units at $11.49 and Sagicor Group with 6,513,985 units at $21.97 and Sweet River Abattoir with 4,664,000 units at $3.84. Sterling Investments 2,668,905 units at $13.01, Others stocks crossed by VMW include Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share with 99,931 units at $1,247, Lasco Distributors 8,055,942 at $7.02, Lasco Manufacturing 7,592,810 shares at $4.94, Scotia Group with 8,528,008 units at $31.70 and Scotia Investments with 1,025,875 shares at $26.
At 10:45 am 30 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 71,959,810 shares changing hands. The large trades done VMW accounted for more than $850 million in the value of trading in the early morning session. The average number of shares traded amounts to 2,248,744 units compared to 37,167 units on Thursday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 122.62 points to 180,511.47 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index slipped 109.65 points to 162,451.12, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index lost 62.71 points to close at 173,704.85 and the junior market index rose 3.80 points to 2,243.59.
Only 2 TTSE stocks rose & 3 fall – Thursday
JMMB Group one of the two stocks to gain on TTSE on Thursday.
The Composite Index gained 0.67 points to close at 1,151.80, the All T&T Index lost 1.07 points to close at 1,813.46 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.33 points to at 65.24.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Gains| JMMB Group ended with 64,571 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at 64 cents and Tobago Trinidad and NGL rose by just 1 cent with 1,000 shares changing hands at $23.76.
Losses| Prestige Holdings traded 5,365 shares to close 10 cents lower at $10.80, Readymix dropped 65 cents to close at a new 52 weeks’ low of $11.60 with 160 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean dived $1.32 with 5,000 shares trading to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded only 29 units to end at $62, First Citizens traded 4,328 units at $35, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.65 with 13,717 shares trading, Grace Kennedy contributed 1,729 shares, to close at $2.20, Massy Holdings ended with 10,000 shares valued at $549,800 changing hands to end at $54.98. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $109.98 with 10,100 shares at a value of $1,110,521 changing hands, Trinidad Cement traded 13,610 shares to close unchanged at $3.05 and West Indian Tobacco had 3,149 shares changing hands at $126.31.
JSE jumps again on Thursday
Scotia Group dropped by $2.43 on the JSE on Thursday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange surged for the second straight day with all three main indices closing sharply higher at the end of trading on Thursday, even as Scotia Group fell back by $2.43 as well as National Commercial Bank and Sagicor Group by $1 each. Gains in Carib cement, Jamaica Broilers, Portland, Sagicor X Fund and Supreme Ventures offset the big losers.
At the close of the market prices of 17 securities gained out of a total of 40 securities that traded, with 16 declining in the overall market, including 6 stocks, rising and 6 falling in the junior market.
Trading closed with 9,321,811 units valued at $97,260,492 changing hands, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 3,881,493 units, valued at $11,818,736 of all trades.
The JSE Market Index jumped 865.34 points to end at 162,560.77, the all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 967.74 points to close at 180,834.09 and the JSE combined index surged 898.41 points, to end at 173,767.56.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer.
At the end of market activities, Berger Paints traded 85,404 shares to end at $5, Cable & Wireless traded 211,098 shares and closed at $1.10 after falling 5 cents, Caribbean Cement climbed 75 cents in trading 7,400 shares to close at $26, Carreras rose 1 cent, in trading 141,600 shares to end at $66.01. The price of 1834 Investments declined by 10 cents to close at $1.30, in trading 96,436 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $45 with 49,232 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers rose 49 cents with 3,000 shares changing hands, to end at $15, Jamaica Producers rose 5 cents to close at $8.25 with 885,713 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange had 12,000 units changing hands to close at $24, and record a gain in price of $2.50, JMMB Group traded 500,479 units to end with a loss of 1 cent at $9.86. Mayberry Investments lost 28 cents with 43,869 shares trading, to close at $3.82,
National Commercial Bank had 179,619 units changing hands, to close at $41 after falling by $1.Pan Jamaican Investments shed 20 cents to close at $25 after trading 12,977 shares,Portland JSX traded 462,413 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $11.50, Pulse Investments traded 25,000 shares to close at $3.86, Radio Jamaica lost 4 cents in trading 292,253 shares to end at $1.66, Sagicor Group shed $1 with 1,027,275 shares changing hands at $21. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 350,000 shares and climbed 25 cents to close at $10.25, Scotia Group dropped $2.43 while trading 4,815 shares to end at $30, Seprod gained 10 cents to close at $19 with 320,579 shares changing hands. Supreme Ventures gained 29 cents and ended at $4.99, with 393,464 units changing hands and Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd 7.50% preference share, traded 324,092 units at $2.09.
3 new highs for juniors – Thursday
Blue Power hit a new high of $19.50 on Thursday.
The 3 stocks trading at new highs on Thursday are Blue Power, Jetcon Corporation and Paramount Trading while C2W Music traded at a 52 weeks’ low. At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging closed at $13.12 with 13,263 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2.40 and ended at a new all-time high of $19.50 with 7,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 35 cents with 32,000 shares changing hands, to close at $7, Consolidated Bakeries lost 5 cents in trading 14,400 units to end at $2.45. C2W Music traded 10,000 shares and lost 4 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 24 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 201,553 shares at $15.50, General Accident lost 1 cent in trading 426,436 units at $2.19, Honey Bun had 40,550 shares changing hands, to close at $5.60. 
Jamaican Teas traded 4,269 units and gained 5 cents to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation traded 44,951 shares and gained 10 cents to close at $3.10, following the company’s six months’ results, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,419,722 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to land at $7.01. Lasco Financial fell 8 cents while trading 21,000 units to close at $3.32, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.81 with 1,596,831 shares trading, after falling 16 cents, Paramount Trading jumped $2.40 to end with 13,650 shares changing hands at $14.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share lost 2 cents ended with 35,868 units changing hands to close at $2.08.
Juniors down majors jump – Thursday
The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Market jumped sharply at 10:45 AM on Thursday morning but the junior market slipped after just two stocks traded
in a moderate trading session with 6 stocks gaining versus 7 that fell.
Trading volumes were generally low except for two securities that traded more than 100,000 shares, these are Cable & Wireless with 150,000 units at $1.10 and Supreme Ventures with 368,964 units at $4.99, Berger Paints traded close to 100,000 units with 85,404 shares at $5.
In trading after the 10:45 cut off Jamaica Producers 725,108 units at $8.20 with the bid at $8.23 to buy 18,050 units, there were no stocks offered for sale.
At 10:45 am only 20 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 743,346 shares changing hands. The average number of shares traded amounts to 37,167 units compared to 80,952 units on Wednesday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index surged 1,287.12 points to 180,953.47, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 1,150.92 points to 162,846.35, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 853.57 points to close at 173,722.72 and the junior market index lost 20.85 points to 2,209.61.
5 TTSE stocks gain 3 fall – Wednesday
Grace Kennedy shares ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
The Composite Index gained 2.84 points to close at 1,151.13, the All T&T Index advanced 2.58 points to close at 1,814.53 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.42 at 64.91.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings ended with 7,049 shares changing hands to close 49 cents higher at $14, Grace Kennedy contributed 22,529 shares, gaining 23 cents in trading, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20. Guardian Holdings with 18,340 shares changing hands, gained 2 cents to end at $13.57, Prestige Holdings traded 271 shares to close 10 cents higher, at $10.90 and Scotiabank gained 12 cents to close with 1,284 shares changing hands at $55.70.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 5 cents to end at $22.65 with 8,400 shares trading, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 56,503 shares being traded for $392,181, lost 4 cents, to close at $6.94 and One Caribbean Media lost 9 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.80 with 3,100 units changing hands.Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,858 units to end at $40, National Enterprises ended with 1,000 shares changing hands to close at $10.50, National Commercial Bank contributed 37,000 shares to close at $2.65. National Flour ended with 103,852 shares changing hands to close at $2.31, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 23,451 shares valued at $556,961, changing hands at $23.75 and Trinidad Cement ended at $3.05 with 1,000 shares changing hands.
