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Trading picks up for juniors – Tuesday

June 21, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Interest is up for Caribbean Cream with 575,000 units trading on Tuesday to end at $4.99.

The junior market made moderate gains at the close of trading on Tuesday with 15 active securities, with the junior market index inching up by 1.99 points to 2,252.30 as 5 stocks advanced and 6 declined. Market volume picked up from Monday’s low level of 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands, compared to 1,016,398 units valued at $4,845,689 on Tuesday.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded just 100 shares with a gain of 5 cents at $17.40, as the demand for the stock builds but against limited supply.

AMG Packaging closed with 6,000 shares changing hands at $13, Caribbean Cream came in for good demand in trading 575,551 units, to end with a fall of 1 cent at $4.99, Caribbean Flavours ended with 33,700 shares at $7, Caribbean Producers had 85,069 units trading with a gain of 30 cents to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 100,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $1.85, Dolphin Cove traded 162 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun fell 50 cents and closed at $5.50

with 43,782 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,048 shares, but fell 9 cents to end at $3.71, Lasco Distributors traded 10,675 units to end with a loss of 7 cents, at $7.88. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 9 cents, at $3.35 with 7,850 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent to close at $5.10 with 82,961 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 53,500 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents, Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 1 cent at $11 with 6,000 shares changing hands and tTech ended with 10,000 units changing hands to close at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Major gains for TTSE stocks – Tuesday

June 21, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Massy jumped TT$4.99 on the TTSE on Tuesday

Fresh from closing for the public holiday on Monday, trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange saw a major push in the main indices as big capitalized companies enjoyed healthy gains on Tuesday, with just 8 securities trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator is not confirming a turn around in the market just yet as it ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with offers that were lower, including Republic Holdings and National Enterprises with lower offers than the last selling price.
Gains| First Citizens Bank price jumped $2.50 in trading 11,721 shares valued at $382,328 to close at $33.50, Massy Holdings leapt 10 percent with a gain of $4.99 to close at $55 with 6,479 shares with a value of $356,281, changing hands. Scotiabank jumped 85 cents to $53.85 as 3,004 shares were traded and Clico Investments ended with 22,400 shares carrying a value of $507.360 changing hands and gained 5 cents to close at $22.65. JMMB Group traded 286,213 shares and gained just 1 cent to close at 60 cents
The market closed on Tuesday with, 5 securities gaining, 2 declining stock, while 1 remained unchanged, as 335,562 shares valued at $1,633,062 changed hands.
The Composite Index advanced by 10.96 points or to close at 1,126.29,

the All T&T Index rose 21.78 points or 1.24 percent to close at 1,783.72 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 62.36.
Losses| Point Lisas closed at a 52 weeks’ low, with 100 shares trading to close at $3.69 after losing just 1 cent and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 2,980 shares to end at $7.15 after falling 2 cents.
Firm Trades| Guardian Holdings closed at $12.80 with 2,665 shares changing hands.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Clico Investments Fund, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, TTSE$

Kremi in demand but main market falls- Tuesday

June 21, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Junior market listed IC Insider’s BUY RATED Caribbean Cream is in strong demand in early Tuesday morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with 571,271 units changing hands at $5, followed by Scotia Group with 163,233 shares at $30.75. No other stock reached the 100,000 unit mark.
The main market suffered a reversal of Monday’s gains while the junior market index gained.
Trading resulted in activity in 21 securities, accounting for a volume of 965,106 units as 8 stocks gained and 6 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just units 41,961 compared to an average of 14,733 units on Monday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,559.23 points to 177,151.24, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dipped 1,394.18 points to 159,446.52, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index dived 1,217.73 to close at 171,065.08 points andthe junior market index rose 7.22 points to 2,257.53.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Scotia, Scotia Group, Trading Activity

JSE jumps higher on Monday

June 20, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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Pan Jam office building in Kingston Jamaica.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Monday with heavy trading in Cable & Wireless, with 4,165,794 units being crossed traded by stockbroker Scotia Investments, the price rose 9 cents, to close at $1.35. Pan Jamaican Investment Trust closing with 2,427,860 shares trading, with a loss of 10 cents at $27, while Grace Kennedy chipped in with 305,550 units, with the price dropping $9, to close at $116. Grace traded 109,450 units between $124.95 and $125.
Stocks traded amount to 9,084,743 units valued at $145,603,514, in all market segments with the junior market accounting for 775,816 shares, valued at $4,015,547 of all trades.
The market closed with prices of 10 stocks in the overall market rising, 12 declining, including 3 stocks rising and 2 declining, from the junior market.

The JSE Market Index gained 1,108.10 points to end at 160,840.70. The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,239.29 points to close at 178,710.47 and the JSE combined index climbed 978.39 points, to end at 172,282.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, demand for Caribbean Cement has melted away as the price of oil on the world market heats up, with the stock price falling 80 cents to close at $21.20 after trading just 2,965 units. Bids for Cement are few with only 13,000 units being bought down to $19. Carreras added 1 cent in trading 33,000 shares and closed at $62.81. The price of 1834 Investments fell 4 cents in trading 77,834 units at $1.16, Jamaica Broilers traded 12,880 units changing hands to close at $14.50, Jamaica Producers traded 10,266 shares at $48, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1.02 in trading 2,000 shares to close at $19, JMMB Group declined by 20 cents in trading 109,800 units to close at $9.80.

National Commercial Bank closed with 304,003 shares changing hands at $42, Radio Jamaica had 78,200 shares trading but fell 11 cents to $1.74, Sagicor Group ended with 265,658 shares changing hands after rising 11 cents to $23.01, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 38,950 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $10.15. Scotia Group with 274,855 units to close at $30.11, Scotia Investments traded 27,072 shares and gained $1 to close at $26 and Supreme Ventures lost just 1 cent in trading 164,840 units at $4.75.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB Group, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Juniors had quiet – Monday

June 20, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in junior market closed with 13 active securities, with overall volume traded remaining low leading to only 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands on Monday. At the close 3 stocks advanced and 2 declined and the junior market index fell 4.72 points to 2,250.31.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with 2,128 shares changing hands at $13, CAC 2000 traded 3,135 shares at $6.70, Caribbean Cream traded 13,843 units to end with a gain of 20 cents at $5, the stock was offered at $4.99 at the close, to sell 50,000 units, Dolphin Cove traded 8,338 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun closed at $6 with 27,574 units changing hands, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units to close at $4.10, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,400 shares at $3.80, Jetcon traded 15,424 shares and gained 1 cent at $2.51, Lasco Distributors traded 105,769 units to end with a loss of 3 cents, at $7.95. Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.44 with 79,427 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents and closed at $5.09 with 392,314 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 2,000 shares to close at $4 and tTech ended with 92,965 units changing hands but fell 5 cent to close at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, CAC 2000, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Slow start to the week – Monday

June 20, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica stock market is off to a slow start for the week with low volumes in early Monday morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The leading trades are Radio Jamaica with 50,800 shares at $1.75 and Lasco Financial Services with 78,198 at $3.43 and tTech have 92,965 units changing hands at $4. Iron Rock Insurance has a bid to buy 4,676,395 shares at $3.23 but the stock has not traded so far.
Trading resulted in activity in 21 securities, accounting for a volume of 309,390 units as 6 stocks gained and 4 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 14,733 units compared to an average of 132,153 units on Friday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Monday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 306.23 points to 177,777.41, the JSE Market Index gained 273.81 points to 160,006.41, the JSE combined index climbed 263.72 to close at 171,568.14 points andthe junior market index rose a mere 0.96 points to 2,255.99.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Iron Rock Insurance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Lasco Financial Services, Radio Jamaica, Trading Activity, tTech

Heavy trading in 4 stocks – Friday

June 17, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Scotia Group was one of the leading trades on Friday with more than 570,000 shares.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with heavy trading in 4 securities, mainly; National Commercial Bank with 2,735,870 shares at $42, while gaining 85 cents. Pan Jamaican Investment Trust with 2,663,324 shares, with the price gaining 10 cents to a new high of $27.10, Scotia Group with 577,172 units, the price fell $1.50 to close at $30.11 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share, with 2,076,069 units at $2.10.
Stocks traded amount to 9,658,526 units valued at $241,159,958, in all market segments with the junior market accounting for 721,925 shares, valued at $3,110,379 of all trades.

The market closed with prices of 12 stocks in the overall market rising, 13 declining, including 6 stocks rising and 5 declining, from the junior market. At the close 2 stocks ended at a new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 at a low.
The JSE Market Index gained 92.63 points to end at 159,639.97. The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 103.60 points to close at 177,471.18 and the JSE combined index climbed 184.76 points, to end at 171,119.66.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Cable & Wireless closed at $1.26 after trading 269,176 units, Carreras fell 5 cents in trading 3,520 shares and closed at $62.80, Ciboney traded 65,000 units at 15 cents, Grace Kennedy closed with 157,510 shares trading at $125,

Jamaica Broilers traded 76,896 units changing hands with a fall of 15 cents to close at $14.50. Jamaica Producers traded 61,482 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $48, JMMB Group gained 18 cents in trading 10,810 units to close at $10, Sagicor Group ended with 36,368 shares changing hands after rising 10 cents to $22.90, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 14,900 shares but gained 55 cents to close at $10.10. Scotia Investments traded 18,878 shares, but fell $1.15 to close at $25, Seprod traded 112,200 shares with a decline of 50 cents at $16.50, Supreme Ventures gained just 1 cent in trading 34,150 units at $4.76 and Proven Investment preference share traded 20,000 units and fell 20 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $4.80.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB Group, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Junior market rises again – Friday

June 17, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Medical Disposables traded at new high on junior market on Friday.

Trading in junior market closed with 16 active securities, with overall volume traded remaining low leading to only 721,925 shares valued at $3,110,379 changing hands on Friday. At the close 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined and the junior market index rose 9.59 points to 2,255.03.
At the end of trading one stock closed at a new high while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.

At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 4,400 shares and rose 5 cents, to end at $17.35, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 60 cents with 5,653 shares changing hands at $13, Blue Power traded 10,115 shares, to end at $13.55, Caribbean Flavours traded 6,000 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers traded 6,930 shares at $4.20. Consolidated Bakeries traded 71,540 shares to close with a fall of 5 cents at $1.80, General Accident traded 32,300 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $2.10, Honey Bun rose 30 cents, to close at $6 with 1,720 units changing hands, but was offered at $5.85 at the close. Iron Rock Insurance traded 303,353 shares but fell 7 cents to close at $3.23,

Jamaican Teas added 10 cents in trading 197 shares at $3.80, Jetcon traded 4,690 shares at $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 85,399 units to end with a loss of 1 cent, at $7.98. Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to close at $3.44 with 44,200 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 129,556 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 15,372 shares and gained 47 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4 and tTech ended with 500 units changing hands but fell 1 cent to close at $4.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

3 rise no declines on TTSE – Friday

June 17, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 10 active securities changing hands, 3 of which gained, there were no declining stocks, while 11 remained unchanged, as 473,677 shares valued at $8,728,602 changed hands.
The Composite Index gained 1.90 points to close at 1,115.33, the All T&T Index rose 2.51 points to close at 1,761.94 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.17 to close at 62.36.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings traded 15,200 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $12.90, , Massy Holdings gained just 1 cent to close at $50.01 with 48,372 shares with a value of $2,418,624 changing hands and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 22,926 shares to end at $7.17 with a rise of 17 cents
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 163,994 shares carrying a value of $3,707,280 changing hands, to close at $22.60, First Citizens Bank traded 15,643 shares valued at $484,933 to close at $31, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.57 with 16,504 shares changing hands. Guardian Holdings closed at $12.80 with 7,619 shares changing hands, JMMB Group traded 34,400 shares to close at 59 cents, National Flour ended with 78,887 shares changing and closed at $2.30, National Enterprises closed with 37,610 shares valued at $413,710 changing hands at $11. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.25 with 30,349 units valued at $675,265 changing hands, Republic Holdings ended with 18 shares to close at $107.43 and Scotia Investments traded 95 shares to end at $1.65 and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,060 shares at $126.28.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Clico Investments Fund, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Firstcaribbean International Bank, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour Mills, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, TTSE$, West Indian Tobacco

Huge arbitrage between JSE stocks on TTSE

June 16, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Massy jumped TT$1.74 on the TTSE on Thursday

A huge arbitrage potential has now developed between Jamaican stocks listed on Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange with a 20 percent differential between the prices of the stocks in Jamaica and those in the twin island republic. The highest bid on National Commercial Bank stock is at $2.60 to buy 31,958 shares and the lowest offer at $2.75 to sell 55,000 units. The stock which sells in Jamaica at J$41.15 trades at J$49 in Trinidad, a huge difference of 19 percent, in contrast, the bid on Grace in Trinidad is TT$5.52 or Jamaican $105 while the stock trades in Jamaica at $125, there is no stock on offer in the twin island state.
JMMB Group trades at a 10 percent premium on the Trinidad Stock Exchange to the last traded price in Jamaica while Scotia Investments is trading at the equivalent of $31 versus $26 in Jamaica a 20 percent difference.
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 10 active securities changing hands, 3 of which gained, 3 declined, while 4 remained unchanged, as 395,460 shares valued at $11,087,828 changed hands. At the close 1 stock ended at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index gained 1.18 points to close at 1,113.43, the All T&T Index rose 4.86 points to close at 1,759.43 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.35 points to close at 61.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains|First Citizens Bank traded 2,009 shares and gained 93 cents to close at $31, Massy Holdings leapt $1.74 to close at $50 with 8,580 shares with a value of $419,474 changing hands and Scotiabank traded 22,019 shares valued at $1,147,585 and jumped 90 cents to end at $53 .

Losses| National Commercial Bank traded 245,000 shares valued at $637,000, lost 5 cents, to close at $2.60, Republic Holdings ended with 76,222 shares with a value of $8,187,594 changing hands, but lost 5 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $107.43 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 1 cent and closed at $22.25 with 18,730 units valued at $416,625 changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 3,500 shares changing hands, to close at $22.60, National Flour ended with 2,900 shares changing and closed at $2.30, National Enterprises closed with 4,000 shares changing hands at $11 and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 12,500 shares to end at $7.