At the close, the junior market index fell 14.22 points to close at 1,904.71. The market ended with 18 active securities, 8 of which advanced and 5 declined as a mere 693,955 units changed hands, valued at $,269,270. There were 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
In trading the market closed with one new high and one new low. At the end, Blue Power closed with a gain of $1.05 at $14.05 with only 190 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded a mere 100 shares as the price lost 5 cents to end at $4.70, Caribbean Flavours had 1,000 shares changing hands to end at $7.56 for a 1 cent gain. Caribbean Producers traded 23,418 shares to end with a loss of 60 cents at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries had 40,482 units trading, with a loss of 1 cent to end at $1.24, C2W Music fell 4 cents with 6,600 units changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 33 cents. Honey Bun had 3,160 units trading but rose by 49 cents to end at $11.50, Iron Rock had 245 shares trading at $4, Jamaican Teas closed at $4 after trading 650 units to gain 20 cents. Jetcon Corporation closed at $2.90 after 129,320 shares changed hands, 
Key Insurance traded at a new high of $2.85 after rising 25 cents with 23,159 units changing hands. KLE Group closed at $1.65 with 100,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed with 350 units changing hands at $22, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents and ended with 61,955 units trading at $5.60. Lasco Financial ended at $2.75 with 9,121 shares changing hands, for a loss of 25 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 287,905 shares changing hands and gained 10 cents to close at $3.65, Medical Disposables closed with a gain of 12 cents with 1,000 shares trading at $3.42 and tTech gained 30 cents with 5,300 shares trading to end at $4.30. tTech plans releasing audited accounts for 2015 around the middle of April a source from the company advised IC Insider. the source indicates that the JSE advised that since they listed in January, after the year end the accounts to the end of December last year was not a requirement, the company decided to release the report when completed nevertheless.
TCL $33.8m trade dominates TTSE – Monday
TCL dominated trading on Monday
At the end of trading, the Composite Index gained 0.12 points to close at 1,133.16, the All T&T Index rose 0.23 points to close at 1,812.53 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 60.27.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 9 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and closed at $7.01 with 3,695 units changing hands while
Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 10 cents at $20.20 as 5,200 units traded.Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 466 units at $38.95, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.55 with 2,800 shares changing hands, Guardian Media traded just 50 shares to close at $19.75, National Commercial Bank traded 40,000 shares at $2.40. Trinidad Cement traded 9,566,498 shares valued at $33,482,743 to close at $3.50 and West Indian Tobacco added 403 shares to close at $126.28.
Jamaican$ held vs US$ – Friday
Trading in the foreign exchange market resulted in the Jamaican dollar having a mixed day on Friday with the selling price remaining unchanged against the US dollar, lost value versus the Canadian dollar and making gains on the Pound. The market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$34,669,827 and selling US$46,733,831, in contrast to US$44,568,292 purchased and US$55,585,981 sold on Thursday.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$31,347,006 compared to US$40,678,858 on Thursday, as the buying rate for the US dollar fell 2 cents to end at $121.34. A total of US$45,254,299 was sold versus US$53,786,605 on Thursday, the selling rate remained steady at $122.04. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 50 cents to end at $89.91 with dealers buying C$1,028,577 and selling C$697,200, at an average rate that was up by 15 cents to $92.67. The rate for buying the British Pound dropped $1.55 to $170.45 for the purchase of £1,210,457, while £514,437 was sold, as the rate declined by 56 cents to $172.90. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, jumped 57 cents to close at J$139.07, from Thursday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$136.22 for a rise of 55 cents from Thursday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$860,361 being bought, while US$221,326 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at on Friday are, a big rise of $16.25 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to $118, with the lowest buying rate of the Canadian dollar falling by $1.49 to $73 and the highest selling rate for the British Pound dropping by $4.48 to $178.27.
Modest loss for TSE stocks – Friday
National Four just one of two stocks that gained on Friday.
The market closed with the Composite Index fell by 0.12 points to close at 1,133.04, the All T&T Index declined 0.04 points to close at 1,812.30 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.03 points at 60.27.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with offers that were lower. The market still reflects signs of weakness with about a third of the listings with no bids to buy.
Gains| National Flour ended with 139,449 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 4 cents at $2.10 and West Indian Tobacco added 5,942 shares valued at $750,356 as the price gained 1 cent to close at $126.28.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 1 cent to end at $22.55 with 6,059 shares changing hands,
First Citizens had 860 shares changing hands with the price declining by 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $33.99 and Grace Kennedy traded with 4,411 shares changing hands with a loss of 5 cents to $5.15.Firm Trades| ANSA McAl added 1,788 shares to end at $63, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 116 units at $38.95, JMMB group traded 2,505 shares to close at 59 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 49,160 shares at $2.40. Sagicor Financial closed at $7 with 17,407 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $20.10 as 2,750 units traded.
JSE’s modest trading early Friday
Trading the Jamaican Stock Exchange for the first day of April is off to a slow start in the morning session with only moderate volumes and with a number of the last 
traded prices on Thursdays either falling back or showing signs of doing so. A total of 19 securities, accounting for only 234,798 shares have changed hands at 10.45 am as 5 stocks gained and 8 declined
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, Caribbean Cement that last traded at $28.49 was offered at $27, while Jetcon Corporation traded at a new high of $2.99 while National Commercial Bank lost 65 cents to trade at $40.60 with a small volume.
The main market indices suffered moderate gains but the juniors fell by a greater degree with the all Jamaica Composite Index falling 45.81 points to 170,915.04, the JSE Market Index fell 40.96 points to 153,870.37 the JSE combined index ending with a loss of 254.34 points to 162,263.58 and the junior market index dropped 21.09 points to 1,904.13.
5 TSE stocks at 12 months’ low – Thursday
First Citizens dropped 70 cents to a 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Thursday as trading ended with 391,678 shares valued at $4,904,496 changing hands. Trading resulted in 5 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows as total of 16 securities traded with 8 falling, 3 gaining while 5 remained unchanged.
The market closed with the Composite Index advanced by 3.57 points to close at 1,133.16, the All T&T Index advanced by 7.17 points to close at 1,812.34 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.01 points at 60.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with offers that were lower. The market still reflects signs of weakness with about a third of the listings with no bids to buy.
Gains| National Enterprises closed with 15,111 shares changing hands at $10 after gaining $1, National Flour ended with 25,000 shares changing hands and closed with a gain of 6 cents at $2.06 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $20.10 with a gain of 10 cents as 23,625 units changed hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 4 cents to end at $22.56 with 298 shares changing hands, First Citizens had 3,165 shares changing hands with the price declining by 70 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $34, Massy Holdings had 200 shares changing hands with the price declining 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $54.87. One Caribbean Media traded 67 shares and fell 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.70, Republic Financial Holdings dropped 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $111.49 with 176 shares changing hands. 
Sagicor Financial lost 1 cent and closed at $7 with 130,000 units changing hands, Scotiabank closed with 87 shares changing hands, after losing 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $57.41 and Trinidad Cement closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50 with 75,596 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| ANSA McAl added 43,008 shares at $2,709,599 to end at $63, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 1,000 units changing hands. Guardian Holdings traded 950 shares at $13.80, JMMB group traded 5,095 shares to close at 59 cents and National Commercial Bank traded 67,600 shares at $2.40.
Key Insurance list on junior market
Natalia Gobin-Gunter Chairman and Deputy Managing director inserting name strip to indicate listing of Key Insurance on the junior market on Thursday
Key Insurance Company was listed today but did not traded by the close but had 87,500 units on the bid above the Initial Public offering price of $2.27 with bids at $2.53. ISP Finance that was listed on Wednesday and closed trading at $2.50 on the opening day did not trade today, but Jetcon Coporation that was listed on the day before Easter, traded to close at $2.90, in a market that had only modest trades, taking place.
At the close, the junior market index gained 30.46 points being added to close at 1,925.22. The market ended with 16 active securities, 6 of which advanced and 5 declined as a mere 617,159 units changed hands, valued at $2,081,398. There were 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 5 ended with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed at $11 with 2,500 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 2,620 shares at $7, Caribbean Cream traded 46,275 shares as the price rose 11 cents to end at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours fell 2 cents with 3,100 shares changing hands to end at $7.55. Caribbean Producers traded 124,000 shares to end with a rise of 60 cents at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries had 5,000 units trading with a rise of 10 cents to end at $1.15, C2W Music gained 4 cents with 50,000 units changing hands at 40 cents, Iron Rock had 2,500 shares trading at $4, 
Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents in closing at $3.80 after trading 14,805 units. Jetcon Corporation traded at a new closing high of $2.90, after trading 230,128 shares, KLE Group traded at $2.10 with a loss of 10 cents with 1,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed with 2,096 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 19,100 units trading, to end at $5.80. Lasco Financial ended at $3 with 91,755 shares changing hands after regaining 35 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 20,780 shares changing hands to close at $3.70, with a fall of 10 cents and Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 31 cents and closed with 1,500 shares trading at $11.
JSE gains in early trading – Thursday
Key Insurance listed on the junior market of the Jamaican Stock Exchange this morning but has not traded so far but have bids between $2.50 and $2.51 to buy 55,000 shares, there were no stocks offered for sale.
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, Caribbean Cement rose by $1 to $26 with a small volume, Jamaica Broilers traded with a gain of 57 with 362,086 shares at $14.85, JMMB Group lost 94 cents to trade at $10.01, RJR traded for the first time since the merger with the Gleaner and after issuing a bonus and splitting of its stock to shed 20 cents to be $1.46.
A total of 27 securities, accounting for 1,498,580 shares have changed hands at 10.45am as 7 stocks gained and 7 declined.
The indices enjoyed moderate gains in the main market after suffering modest declines earlier in the session with the all Jamaica Composite Index rising 18.35 points to 170,915.88, the JSE Market Index gaining 16.42 points to 153,871.09 the JSE combined index ending with a gain of 221.95 points to 162,404.47 and the junior market index gained 22.30 points to 1,917.06.
Jamaican$ steadies vs US$ – Wednesday
Trading in the foreign exchange market resulted in the Jamaican dollar remaining steady against the US dollar but declining versus the Pound and Canadian dollar on Wednesday. The market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$46,701,824 and selling US$57,584,794, in contrast to US$64,271,438 purchased and US$51,490,582 sold on Tuesday.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$42,342,647 compared to US$59,240,425 on Tuesday, as the buying rate for the US dollar rose 5 cents to end at $121.30. A total of US$54,952,951 was sold versus US$49,386,062 on Tuesday, the selling rate remained at $121.97. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 79 cents to end at $89.63 with dealers buying C$1,653,054 and selling C$1,141,964, at an average rate that was up by 56 cents to $91.89. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed by $1.13 to $171.25 for the purchase of £2,023,111, while £1,085,844 was sold, as the rate rose $1.33 to $172.67. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, rose 20 cents to close at J$136.43, from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$133.59 for a rise of 18 cents from Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$281,738 being bought, while US$234,268 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at on Wednesday are, a big jump of $18.72 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to $118.50, a rise of $1.25 in the lowest buying rate for the British Pound to $139.03, a rise of $1.25 in the highest selling rate to end at $180.90 and a big jump of $20.75 in the lowest selling rate to end at $167.50.
Sharp rise for JSE on Tuesday
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose sharply on Tuesday when advancing stocks turned the tables on declining stocks by a wide margin as 40 securities changed hands, in all market segments. There were 20 rising stocks and 11 declining with 2 closing at a 52 week’s high and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with 3,198,699 units valued at $63,673,032 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounting for 832,933 units changing hands, valued at $4,034,146.
The JSE Market Index climbed 1,458.73 points to end at 153,541.38, the all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,630.19 points to end at 170,547.42 and the JSE combined index had 1,848.35 points added, to close at 162,242.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints traded 9,000 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $3.76, Cable & Wireless traded only 14,659 units, to close with a gain of 10 cents at $1.30, Caribbean Cement traded with a gain of 95 cents with 28,374 shares to end at $23.95, Carreras traded 131,575 shares to end at $66.50. Grace Kennedy lost 50 cents in closing with 1,551 shares changing hands at $82, Jamaica Broilers traded 45,199 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $14.01,
JMMB Group traded 5,850 shares to close at $10.18 after gaining 18 cents. Mayberry Investments traded 10,090 shares to end at $4.50 with a gain of 30 cents, National Commercial Bank rose by 22 cents with 9,978 shares changing hands to close at $41.25, Sagicor Group rose 45 cents while 1,406,202 shares changed hands to end at $23.50, Sagicor X Fund traded 4,221 shares to gain 50 cents and end at $11.50. Scotia Group rose 41 cents while trading 4,568 shares to close at $30.80, Seprod gained 15 cents with 4,000 shares changing hands, to end at $16, Supreme Ventures lost 34 cents to close at $4.66 with 6,000 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 616,313 units at 20.99 US cents, up from 20.95 US cents at Friday’s close and 73,667 Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 42,000 units to end at $5.
