Sagicor Financial is the sole stock trading on the TTSE to gain on Wednesday
The Composite Index declined by 0.12 points to close at 1,108.37, the All T&T Index declined by 0.29 points to close at 1,762.94 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.01 points at 60.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Sagicor Financial closed with 4,293 units changing hands at $7.17 for a 2 cents gain.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 13,336 shares valued at shares $301,610 to close with a loss of 4 cent to close at $22.61, First Citizens Bank fell 5 cents to a 52 week’ low of $29.85, with 6,415 shares changing hands. National Enterprises lost 1 cent in trading 5,000 units at $11.22, One Caribbean Media traded 68,500 shares valued $1,458,365 but declined by 1 cent to $21.29 and Unilever Caribbean lost 5 cents in trading 142 shares, to close to at a 52 week’ low of $64.95.
Firm Trades| Guardian Holdings closed with 140,400 shares changing hands for a value of $1,826,604 to end at $13.01. JMMB Group closed at 65 cents, with 5,358 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 19,172 shares at $2.35, National Flour closed at $2.20 with 500 shares changing hands, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 22,590 units valued at $451,869 to close at $20 and Trinidad Cement contributed 50,000 shares with a value of $175,030 to close at $3.50.
Knutsford Express closed with 1,075 shares trading at $18, Lasco Distributors closed with 155,159 units trading with the price closing at $7.30. Lasco Financial closed at $3.30 with 220,955 shares changing hands after rising 10 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents to close at $4.60 with 223,175 shares trading, Medical Disposables closed with a rise of 8 cents as 3,100 units changed hands at $3.50, Paramount Trading ended with 17,440 shares trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11 and tTech traded 170 units at $4.50.
fell 175.88 points to 170,239.89, the JSE Market Index declined by 157.27 points to 153,266.67, the JSE combined index fell 150.58 points, to 164,103.91 and the junior market index lost 0.46 points to 2,138.18.
The Jamaican dollar is just 20 cents away from taking 125 of the local currency to buy one United States dollar, at the end of foreign exchange trading on Tuesday. 
A total of US$35,336,806 was sold versus US$42,340,729 on Monday with the selling rate rising 15 cents to $124.80. The Canadian dollar buying rate jumped $1.25 to end at $93.51 with dealers buying C$1,052,007 and selling C$423,883, at an average rate that fell by $1.38 to $95.12. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed $1.47 to $176.39 for the purchase of £1,929,828, while £620,568 was sold, with the rate rising by 90 cents to $178.32.
The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$74,437 being bought, while US$287,024 was sold.
The JSE Market Index jumped 172.33 points to end at 153,423.94. The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 192.72 points to close at 170,415.77 and the JSE combined index dropped 268.79 points, to close at 164,254.49.
JMMB Group traded 439,275
KLE Group rose 8 cents in trading 20,000 shares and closed at $1.68, Knutsford Express closed with 8,366 shares trading at $18, Lasco Distributors closed with 718,998 units trading with the price declining 21 cents to close at $7.30, but the stock traded down to $6.51 during the trading session. Lasco Financial closed at $3.20 with 39,926 shares changing hands for a fall of 29 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.75 with 52,632 shares trading, but rose by 7 cents and Medical Disposables closed with a rise of 2 cents as 7,900 units changed hands at $3.42, tTech traded 20,000 units at $4.50 and Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference shares traded 1,542 units at $2.13.
Prices mostly slipped in trading on Tuesday as more securities were active in trading than on Monday. The market closed with 14 active securities changing hands and ended with 1 stock rising, 4 declining while 9 remaining unchanged, as 405,952 shares valued at $3,302,930 changed hands. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 18,217 shares valued at $411,755 to close at $22.60, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.51 with 475 shares traded, JMMB Group closed at 65 cents, with 64,427 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 80,828 shares to end at $2.35. National flour closed at $2.20 as 10,357 shares changed hands, Sagicor Financial closed with 8,760 units changing hands at $7.15, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 50,000 units at $2.70, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 20,222 units valued at $404,440 to close at $20 and West Indian Tobacco traded 445 shares to close at $126.36.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,498.66 points compared to the 2,035.21 points rise on Monday to 171,721.71, the JSE Market Index gained 1,340.05 points versus 1,819.80 points rise on Monday, to 154,591.66, the JSE combined index was up 831.40 while on Monday it rose by 1,726.04 points, to 165,354.68 and the junior market index dropped 40.14 points to 2,140.29.
The Jamaican dollar may have gained 5 percent in competitiveness for the year to date against the US dollar. The closing selling rate for 2015 ended at $120.42 and has so far slipped by 3.5 percent to Monday, with inflation being negative 1.7 percent between January and April this year, the Jamaican dollar has picked competitiveness above the change in the rate of exchange. 
A total of US$42,340,729 was sold versus US$41,138,924 on Friday with the selling rate rising 8 cents to $124.65. The Canadian dollar buying rate dipped 8 cents to end at $92.26 with dealers buying C$1,069,725 and selling C$866,429, at an average rate that rose 86 cents to $96.50. The rate for buying the British Pound fell 89 cents to $174.92 for the purchase of £1,621,031, while £658,096 was sold, with the rate falling $1.81 to $177.42.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the Jamaican dollar traded at in the foreign exchange market on Monday, include, a decline in the highest selling rate of $29.21 for the US dollar to $130.79, a drop of $19.40 in the lowest selling rate to end at $100.70. There was a rise of $3.45 in the highest buying rate of Canadian dollar to end at $98.75 and a rise of $3.11 in the lowest buying rate to end at $76.11, while the lowest selling rate fell $2 to $89. The highest buying rate for the British Pound dropped $3.35 to $179.65 and the highest selling rate slipped $1.08 to $184.68.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
