Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday ended with 13 securities trading of which 5 stocks closed higher, 1 declined and 7 remained unchanged as 213,427 shares changed hands for a value of $8,845,737.
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a rose of 0.30 points at 1,154.47 the All T&T Index rose 0.55 points to 1,953.60 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.1 points to end at 46.67.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank ended with 734 units changing hands at $38.98, for a gain of 2 cents, Berger Paints ended at a 52 weeks’ high with a gain of 1 cents at $3.67 while 250 units were traded, Clico Investment Fund closed with 33,527 shares valued at $708,181 changing hands at $22.56 after gaining 1 cent. National Flour Mills increased by 21 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20 with units changing hands 1,000 shares, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 6,098 shares changing hands, to end at $6.01 for a rise of 1 cent.
Declines| Massy Holdings was the day’s sole declining stock in falling 1 cent to end at $61.98 while 5,711 units valued at $353,968 traded at a 52 weeks low.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings with 74 shares changing hands, closed at $14, 
First Citizens Bank traded 150 shares to close at $35, Grace Kennedy had 25,000 shares changing hands for a value of $800,375 changing hands at $3.60, National Enterprises ended trading with 300 shares to close unchanged at $16.50. Republic Bank closed at $112 with 1,383 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed unchanged at $62.50 with 107,809 shares changing hands for a value of $6,737,673 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $21.51 with 33,527 shares changing hands, for a value of $721,405.
5 TTSE’s stocks rise 1 down on Thursday
Dolphin trades 230M shares
The Jamaica stock market is off to a spirited start on Wednesday which saw Sagicor Investments crossing 227.5 million Dolphin Cove shares and buying another 2.1 million from other brokers. The main market indices are down and the junior of index is up with a number of new 52 weeks’ high being achieved.
Notable trades are, Caribbean Cream with 10,000 units at a new high of $5 after adding 40 cents, Dolphin Cove with 229,610,218 units at a new high of $16.03 with a rise of $2.33, Cable & Wireless with 690,670 units changing hands up to $2, but last traded at $1.91, Jamaica Broilers with 914,200 shares changing hands at $8.76. Jamaica Producers traded 1,156,535 units at $22.51, down by $1.50, Sagicor Group has seen 508,350 shares changing hands at $16.58, Sagicor Real Estate X Fund had 1,043,832 units at $9.81 and Seprod with 304,359 shares rising $1.85 to $17.80.
The number of securities trading climbed sharply to 28 securities changing hands with a volume of 234,954,186 units as 14 stocks gained and 7 declined after 75 minutes of trading.
The All Jamaican Composite index fell 135.44 points to 154,934.62, the JSE Market Index declined 121.19 points to 139,570.88 the JSE combined index rose 254.07 points to be at 146,679.37 and the junior market index climbed 41.27 points to 1,669.02.
Jamaican $ steady vs US on Tuesday
Inflows of foreign currencies into the system on Tuesday was US$4 million less than the amount sold with the local dollar selling rate holding against the US dollar for the second consecutive day, but losing value versus the Pound and the Canadian currency. At the close of trading, the equivalent of US$34,316,414 was bought by dealers, compared with US$38,102,831 on Monday, while they sold the equivalent of US$40,548,479 versus US$44,185,509 previously.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$30,620,316 compared to US$34,450,483 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 1 cent to $119.19 and US$37,997,953 was sold versus US$42,351,622 on Monday, the selling rate remained at $119.82. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate gained 55 cents to end at $87.39 with dealers buying C$1,490,611 and selling C$1,525,581, at an average rate that rose 46 cents to $89.58. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 67 cents to $179.61 for the purchase of £1,614,534, while £779,129 was sold, with the rate climbing 24 cents to $181.38. At the end of trading, it took J$128.41 to purchase the Euro, a decline of 18 cents from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$125.83 for a fall of 25 cents from Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$170,032 being bought, while US$230,620 was sold.
Highs & Lows| On Tuesday, the highest buying rate for the US dollar jumped $4.44 to $124.54,
the lowest buying rate dropped $4.09 to $98.57, the highest selling rate rose 5 cents to $126.31 and the lowest selling rate ended $17.63 lower at $98.57. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose $1.30 to $91.10, the lowest buying rate closed down by $3.71 to $71.55, the highest selling rate slipped 32 cents to $92.23 and the lowest selling rate lost 10 cents to end at $85.90. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, eased 20 cents to end at $182.50. The lowest buying rate dropped $7 to $145.25, the highest selling rate fell 21 cents to $187.25 and the lowest selling rate lost 20 cents to end at 175.
4 juniors close at new high
Honey Bun traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.
The junior market enjoyed another day of mostly increasing prices but ended with a 8.50 points loss of the index to 1,627.75. Trading finished with 14 active securities, 7 of which advanced and 5 declined. A total of 3,428,064 units, valued at $14,859,800 changed hands. The market ended with 4 stocks closing at new 52 weeks’ high.
Only 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 11 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial lost $1, in trading 23,727 shares to close at $12.50. Caribbean Cream ended with 145,545 shares changing hands at $4.60, for a gain of 10 cents, Caribbean Flavours traded 140,890 units to end at $5, Caribbean Producers closed with a gain of 1 cent in trading 2,239,031 units at $4.61, for a new 52 weeks’ high but the stock traded as high as $6. Investors pushed Consolidated Bakeries up by 5 cents at the close, to end at $1.65 with 56,578 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading rose 30 cents with a mere 588 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.50, Dolphin Cove traded 145 units at $13.70 while losing 58 cents, General Accident Insurance traded 251,641 units at $1.90 for a 2 cents decline.
Honey Bun with 73,727 shares changing hands, closed higher by 20 cents to a 52 a weeks’ high of $5.50, KLE Group gained 8 cents and ended with 14,920 units trading at 82 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 5,350 shares changing hands to end at $4.38. Lasco Financial ended with a decline of 10 cents to $3.40, with a total of 400,852 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $3.75 with 65,070 shares trading with a loss of 20 cents and Paramount Trading ended with 3,102 shares changing hands and gained of $1.79 to $9, for a new 52 weeks’ high.
4 stocks rise on TTSE on Tuesday
Unilever Caribbean traded at a new high
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a loss of 0.66 points at 1,153.74 the All T&T Index rose 0.2 points to 1,952.14 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.22 points to end at 46.67.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Agostini’s traded 20,070 shares valued at $364,272 at $18.20 with a rise of 10 cents, Clico Investment Fund closed with 58,360 shares changing hands at $22.54 for a value of $1,315,248 after gaining 1 cent. Grace Kennedy had 15,709 units changing hands at $3.61, for a 1 cent gain and Unilever Caribbean ended with 3,803 shares valued at $ 258,609 trading to end at $68.01, after rising by 47 cents for a 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| JMMB Group lost 6 cents in trading 380,500 units at 47 cents and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a fall of 1 cent at $21.51 with 23,449 shares changing hands for a value of $504,388
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank traded 940 shares to close at $35, Guardian Holdings with 1,000 shares changing hands, closed at $12.90, National Enterprises with 20 shares changing hands at $16.50, One Caribbean Media traded 10,000 shares at $22. Sagicor Financial Corporation ended at $6 with 91,176 shares changing hands, valued at $547,056, Scotiabank closed with 11,323 shares valued at $707,688, changing hands at $62.50 and West Indian Tobacco closed with 152 units trading at $126.04.
Jamaican $ stable vs US on Monday
Inflows of foreign currencies into the system on Monday was US$6 million less than the amount sold with the local dollar selling rate holding against all the US dollar and the Pound but falling versus the Canadian currency. At the close of trading, the equivalent of US$38,102,831 was bought by dealers, compared with US$37,399,601 on Friday, while they sold the equivalent of US$44,185,509 versus US$31,267,945 previously.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$34,450,483 compared to US$33,768,726 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 8 cents to $119.20 and US$42,351,622 was sold versus US$29,786,156 on Friday, the selling rate remained at $119.82.
The Canadian dollar buying rate lost 80 cents to end at $86.84 with dealers buying C$1,871,173 and selling C$1,292,916, at an average rate that rose 18 cents to $89.12. The rate for buying the British Pound declined 49 cents to $178.94 for the purchase of £1,352,997, while £498,115 was sold, with the rate remaining unchanged at $181.14. At the end of trading, it took J$128.59 to purchase the Euro, a decline of 25 cents from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$126.08 for a fall of 23 cents from Friday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$257,995 being bought, while US$119,165 was sold.
Highs & Lows| On Monday, the highest buying rate for the US dollar fell 40 cents to $120.10, the lowest buying rate jumped $4.13 to 
$102.66, the highest selling rates remained unchanged at $126.26 and the lowest selling rate ended $17.67 higher at $116.20. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose 10 cents to $89.80, the lowest buying rate closed higher by $3.46 to $75.26, the highest selling rate was unchanged at $92.55 and the lowest selling rate gained 30 cents to end at $86. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 10 cents to end at $182.70. The lowest buying rate jumped $7 to $152.25, the highest selling rate rose $1.46 to $187.46 and the lowest selling rate jumped $10.20 to $175.20.
Juniors’ new high as 6 stocks gained
CPJ closed at a new high of $4.60 on Monday
Only 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 10 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Blue Power traded 150 shares in closing at $13.10, Caribbean Cream ended with 510,900 shares changing hands at $4.50, Caribbean Flavours traded 328,048 units to end at $5, Caribbean Producers gained 45 cents in trading 10,000 units at $4.60, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Investors are continuing to respond to good first quarter results. The stock closed with an offer at $6 to sell 8,000 shares, with the bid of at $4.60 to buy 30,418 units. Investors pushed Consolidated Bakeries down by 30 cents at the close, as the company reported a loss in the third quarter and ended at $1.60 with 93,500 units changing hands.
C2W Music traded at 39 cents with 50,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 14,167 units at $1.92 for a 1 cent gain, Honey Bun with 3,000 shares changing hands, closed at $5.30, Jamaican Teas had 32,340 shares trading, to close at $4, after trading at a 52 weeks intraday high of $5. KLE Group gained 9 cents and ended with 20,000 units trading at 74 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 221,040 shares changing hands, with a gain of 7 cents to $4.38 after trading as high as $4.43. Lasco Financial ended at 52 weeks’ closing high with a rise of 25 cents to $3.50, with a total of 98,155 shares changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $3.95 with 228,311 shares trading with a loss of 5 cents.
3 stocks rise on TTSE on Monday
T&TNGL gained 25 cents to end at $21.75 on Monday
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a gain of 0.75 points at 1,154.40 the All T&T Index rose 0.07 points to 1,951.86 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.20 points to end at 46.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank closed with a gain of 1 cent, only 200 units traded to end at $38.96. Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 23 cents to end at $6, with 100,853 shares changing hands, valued at $604,932 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 25 cents at $21.75 with 23,334 shares changing hands for a value of $502,043.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 40,580 shares changing hands at $22.53 for a value of $914,289. First Citizens Bank traded 1,809 shares to close at $35, Guardian Holdings with 1,600 shares changing hands, closed at $12.90. Scotiabank closed with 66,828 shares valued at $4,176,750 changing hands at $62.50, West Indian Tobacco closed with 3,252 units trading at $126.04, Trinidad Cement ended at a $4.01 with 1,000 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended with 3,936 shares valued at $265,837 trading to end at $67.54.
The JSE in moderate trading
The Jamaica stock market is off to a relatively moderate start on Monday, but 11 securities in the junior market has so far traded. Trading in main market stocks resulted in two securities having over 100,000 units trading, as Cable & Wireless had 482,450 units changing hands at $1.48 and Desnoes & Geddes with 201,196 units at $30 but Caribbean Flavours had 318,048 units changing hands at $5. 
The junior market has 9 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price but supply is low with 11 securities having no stocks being offered for sale. This is a good indicator for prices to rise in this market segment.
The All Jamaican Composite index eased 208.35 points to 153,465.11 point, the JSE Market Index fell 186.43 points to 138,255.95 the JSE combined index lost 168.96 points to be at 145,040.24 and the junior market index inched up by 0.79 points to its highest level of 1,624.49.
The number of securities trading climbed sharply to 30 securities changing hands with a volume of 1,803,002 units as 6 stocks gained and 8 declined after 75 minutes of trading.
3 new highs for juniors as market gains
Dolphin Cove traded at an all-time high on Friday
Only 3 securities ended with no bids to buy and 10 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Blue Power traded 100,000 shares and gained 10 cents in closing at $13.10, Caribbean Cream ended with 12,000 shares changing hands at $4.50 with a loss of 10 cents. Caribbean Flavours traded 155,000 units to end with a gain of 10 cents at $5 for a 52 weeks high, Caribbean Producers gained 22 cents and traded 136,000 units at $4.15 for a new 52 weeks’ high as investors continued to respond to good first quarter results, icinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JM-Trade-13-11-15.png”>
22855″ />the stock closed without an offer, Consolidated Bakeries ended at $1.90, with 2,000 units changing hands. Dolphin Cove had 26,000 shares changing hands at a new 52 weeks’ high $14.28, for a rise of $1.43, General Accident Insurance traded only 14,000 units at $1.91, KLE Group ended with 12,000 units trading at 65 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 43,628 shares changing hands, with a fall of 14 cents to $4.31 after trading as high as $4.45. Lasco Financial closed with a decline of 6 cents to $3.25 with a total of 78,563 shares changing hands after trading as high as $3.40, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4 with 70,500 shares trading.
