There were only 7 securities trading after 75 minutes of the market’s opening, on Thursday. 
Trading volume is a mere 166,718 units, with 2 stocks declining versus 3 rising.
Trading activity resulted in the JSE Market Index rose 167.49 points to 98,254.07. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 187.21 points to close at 108,760.65 and the JSE combined index put on 158.02 points to end at 100,935.79. The junior market gained just 0.01 point to close at 915.79.
Only 7 stocks trade Thursday morning
August 27, 2015 by
J$ drops 27 cents vs US on Wednesday
August 26, 2015 by
Purchases by dealers of foreign currencies on Wednesday, resulted in the Jamaican currency selling rate slipping against the US dollar and the Pound sterling but rising against the Canadian. The market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$28,433,391 in contrast to US$32,658,423 on Tuesday, while they sold the equivalent of US$32,813,136, previously US$28,334,621.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$26,458,016 compared to US$29,530,916 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 4 cents to $117.05 and US$31,311,436 was sold versus US$25,844,376 on Tuesday, the selling rate gained 27 cents to $117.69. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped 29 cents to $86.50 with dealers buying C$779,846 and selling C$853,019, at an average rate that declined $1.79 to $89.08. The rate for buying the British Pound dropped $1.23 to $180.92 for the purchase of £807,895, while £468,568 was sold, at an average rate that recovered $2.18 to $183.66. At the end of trading, it took J$134.19 to purchase the Euro, with a fall of $1.94 from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$131.52, a decline of $1.83 on Tuesday’s rate. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$150,253, while the equivalent of US$124,760 was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, rose 12 cents to $118, the lowest buying rate fell $2.03 to $96.15, the highest selling 
rate fell 37 cents to $123.21 and the lowest selling rate rose $6.93 to $96.15. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose 10 cents to $88.80, the lowest buying rate gained 8 cents to $70.88 and highest selling rate remained at $91.27. The lowest selling rate dropped 30 cents to end at $85. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, eased 40 cents to $184.50, the lowest buying rate rose $1 to $149.57, the highest selling rate dropped $1.25 to $190.28 and the lowest selling rate fell $1.50 to $177.50.
Lasco Manufacturing trades 14m shares
August 26, 2015 by
Lasco’s water treatment machines – there was more than 12M units trading on Wednesday.
At the close, 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 3 had no stocks being offered for sale and 3 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services with 100 shares to close at $11, with a gain of 50 cents. At the close the bid was at $12 to buy 2,000 units, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 21 cents at $3.74 with 290,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 4,806 units changing hands to close at $12.30 with a loss of 5 cents. Caribbean Producers traded just 939 units with a loss of 17 cents at $2.72, Consolidated Bakeries traded 30,000 shares at $1.29 after shedding 24 cents, General Accident Insurance traded 70,200 units with the price closing unchanged at $1.50, Honey Bun ended with 17,662 shares trading unchanged at $3.70, Jamaican Teas had only 196 shares trading to close at $3.12.
Lasco Distributors closed with 1,594,030 units trading, ended with a gain of 2 cents at $1.62. Lasco Financial ended with 124,699 shares changing hands at $1.80, for a rise of 17 cents, Lasco Manufacturing gained 2 cents in closing at $1.72 with 12,053,445 units changing hands. Medical Disposables traded 13,000 shares to close unchanged at $2.50, Paramount Trading ended with 3,975 units changing hands unchanged at $6 and Eppley cumulative preference share 2019, ended with 50,000 units changing hands at $6.05.
5 down 1 up on TTSE Wednesday
August 26, 2015 by
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JMMB Group the only stock gaining on Wednesday
At the close, the Composite Index declined by 0.30 points to 1,142.18, the All T&T Index gained 0.30 points to 1,948.14 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.12 points to 44.09.
Gains| JMMB Group traded 22,490 shares gained 3 cents to close at 45 cents.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,455 units with a 5 cents loss to end at $38.90, National Enterprises with 4,350 shares changing hands, and lost 1 cent, to close at a 52 weeks’ low at $16.99, National Flour Mills with 251,646 shares changing hands for a value of $529,077 lost 10 cents to end at $2.10. One Caribbean Media traded 91 shares with the price falling 31 cents to $22 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 30,421 shares changing hands at 25 cents lower at $5.75.
Firm Trades|, Clico Investment Fund traded 42,420 shares valued at $954,450 and closed at $22.50, First Citizens Bank had 1,337 shares changing hands and ended at $35,
Guardian Holdings added 18,639 shares to close at $12.90. Guardian Media added 1,070 shares to close at $19.76. Massy Holdings had 25,499 shares valued $1,593,688 trading Scotiabank closed with 1,984 shares changing hands unchanged at $62.32 and ended at $62.50 and Trinidad Cement closed at $2.75 with 12,495 shares changing hands.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
J$ mostly gains on Tuesday
August 25, 2015 by
Purchases by dealers of foreign currencies on Tuesday, resulted in the Jamaican currency selling rate making gains over the US dollar and the pound sterling but falling against the Canadian. The market closed with dealers buying the equivalent of US$32,658,423 in contrast to US$43,832,057 on Monday, while they sold the equivalent of US$28,334,621, previously US$40,717,404.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$29,530,916 compared to US$39,120,041 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 6 cents to $117.01 and US$25,844,376 was sold versus US$38,623,639 on Monday, the selling rate fell 18 cents to $117.42. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped 80 cents to $86.79 with dealers buying C$1,135,297 and selling C$1,400,844, at an average rate that rose $1.72 cents to $90.87. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 74 cents to $182.15 for the purchase of £1,387,419, while £671,699 was sold, at an average rate that fell $2.18 to $181.48. At the end of trading, it took J$136.13 to purchase the Euro, with a rise of $3.06 from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$133.34 for a gain of $3.05 on Monday’s rate. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$125,525, while the equivalent of US$381,403 was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, rose 3 cents to $117.88, the lowest buying rate jumped $4.88 to $98.18, the highest selling 
rate remained at $123.58 and the lowest selling rate dropped $6.97 to $89.22. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar fell $1.23 to $88.70, the lowest buying rate declined 37 cents to $70.80 and highest selling rate fell $1.07 to $91.27. The lowest selling rate dropped 45 cents to end at $85.30. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, eased 45 cents to $184.90, the lowest buying rate rose 58 cents to $148.57, the highest selling rate gained 75 cents to $191.53 and the lowest selling rate put on 70 cents to $179.
Junior market drops 12% from peak
August 25, 2015 by
Trading finished with 4 stocks declining and 1 gaining out of 12 securities that traded, resulting in 3,952,442 units, valued at $11,099,945 changing hands. The market lost 30.25 points to close at 918.48, having shed 122 points or 12 percent since it peaked at 1,040.59 on August 11.
The August decline is a bit worse than the 10 percent pull back, after it recorded a peak of 934.69 on June 10, to bottom out on July 27. The sharp movement by junior market stocks is characteristic of the market around the release of results going back from the early days of the junior market index. At the close, 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 4 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 1,500 shares to close at $10.50, with a gain of 50 cents at the close the bid was at $11 to buy 1,000 units. The stock has been trading on thin volumes, with support mostly around the $10 region. AMG Packaging closed at $3.95 with 4,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 67,000 units to close 20 cents lower at $1.60. 
Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units unchanged at $2.75, Caribbean Producers traded just 3,077 units at $2.72, General Accident Insurance traded 274,062 units with the price closing unchanged at $1.50, Jamaican Teas had 2,000,000 shares trading to close at $3.12, Lasco Distributors closed with 476,042 units trading, ended down 20 cents at $1.60. Lasco Financial ended with 500,000 shares changing hands at $1.63 for a fall of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing with 240,261 units changing hands, closed at $1.70, with a fall of 15 cents, Paramount Trading ended with 2,500 units trading unchanged at $6 and Eppley 9.5% preference share ended with 374,000 units changing hands at $6.05.
JSE adds back 1,000 points on Monday
August 24, 2015 by
Scotia Group jumped back to $26 to help push the JSE up by more than 1,000 points.
At the close, the JSE Market Index gained 1,009.99 points to 98,771.46. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index added 1,128.88 points to close at 109,338.94 and the JSE combined index moved up 643.21 points to end at 101,721.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading that reflects continuation of declining stocks having the upper hand over advancing ones with 4
stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 13 with offers that were lower.In trading, Cable and Wireless with 279,208 units closed at 40 cents, Caribbean Cement had 27,500 units changing hands at $8, Gleaner closed with 116,172 shares and lost 2 cents to $1.90. Jamaica Broilers traded 2 cents lower at $5.60 with 308,788 shares changing hands, JMMB Group traded 162,644 shares at $7.50, Kingston Wharves hit a new 52 weeks’ high of $7.25 by gaining 5 cents with just 1,859 shares changing hands, Mayberry Investments ended with 14,080 shares changing hands to close at $2.88 for a fall of 52 cents. National Commercial Bank traded 108,565
shares to end with a gain of $1.98 at $30, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 7,228 units to close at 21 US cents, up 0.45 cents. Radio Jamaica traded 31,470 shares with the price unchanged at $3.01, Sagicor Group with 283,978 shares changing hands, closed 4 cents lower at $12.96, Scotia Group traded 145,930 units to close at $26, by gaining $2, Scotia hand 3,900 of the shares traded at $26, 1,000 at $15.99 and 61,441 traded at $25 all the rest traded at $24.01 to a low of $23.73. Supreme Ventures ended at $3.34 with 58,896 units to be up by 4 cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 35,150 units at $2.
Access drops 46% on junior market
August 24, 2015 by
Access Financial Services has lost 46 percent in three trading days on the JSE junior market, ending at $10 on Monday. Trading finished with 4 stocks declining and 6 gaining out of 13 securities that traded, resulting in 920,177 units, valued at $2,765,138 changing hands. The market lost 34.14 points to close at 948.73, having shed nearly 100 points since it peaked earlier in the month.
At the close 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 5 had no stocks being offered for sale and 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 5 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 21,500 shares to close at $10, with a fall of $3. The stock has been trading on thin volumes, with support mostly around the $10 region, leaving a big gap that the bulk of buying is at and $19, the price it ran up to earlier the month. AMG Packaging closed at $3.95 with 6,200 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 7,777 units changing hands with a gain of 5 cents at $12.35, Caribbean Cream traded 96,271 units to close 19 cents lower at $1.80. Caribbean Producers traded just 2,305 units at $2.72. Dolphin Cove finished with 2,120 shares while shedding 85 cents to end at $12.15, 
General Accident Insurance traded 205,537 units with the price closing 20 cents higher at $1.50, Honey Bun with 78,140 shares changing hands and closed with a gain of 5 cents at $3.70, Jamaican Teas had 2,070 shares trading to close with a gain of 2 cents at $3.12. Lasco Distributors closed with 4,877 units trading, 1 cent up at $1.80, Lasco Financial ended with 447,738 shares changing hands at $1.65 for a fall of 1 cent, Lasco Manufacturing with 37,642 units changing hands, closed at $1.85, up 1 cent and Jamaican Teas variable rate bond traded 8,000 units to close at $100.
Interest rate hike hurting TTSE
August 24, 2015 by
The sharp rise in the central bank of Trinidad & Tobago since last year is taking a toll on prices of stocks listed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange.
In Monday’s trading 13 securities changed hands. One stock gained while the prices of 4 declined and 8 traded with prices unchanged as a total of 200,811 shares traded, valued at $3,000,646.
At the close, the Composite Index declined by 2.26 points to 1,143.52, the All T&T Index fell 4.49 points to 1,950.05 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 44.19.
Gains| Sagicor Financial Corporation closed 50 cents higher with 31,842 shares changing hands at $6, for a value of $191,052.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 500 shares and closed with a fall of a cent at $22.50, Massy Holdings had 3,621 shares trading to end at $63.01, after shedding just 1 cent. Republic Bank suffered a loss of 99 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $113 with just 100 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded just 540 shares to closed with a loss of 64 cents to end at $123.36
Firm Trades|, Angostura Holdings with 500 shares changing hands, to close at $14, ANSA McAL contributed 31,525 shares with a value of $2,120,056 and closed at $67.25.
Guardian Holdings added 21,596 shares valued at $278,588 to close at $12.90, JMMB Group traded 91,690 shares to close at 42 cents. National Commercial Bank traded 9,531 shares at $1.52, National Flour with 8,000 shares changing hands, closed at $2.20, One Caribbean Media traded 116 shares with the price closing at $22.31 and Prestige Holdings with 1,250 units changing hands ended at $9.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
7 stocks fell on junior market
August 21, 2015 by
The JSE junior market fell on Friday while 7 stocks declined and only 1 advanced out of 12 securities that traded, resulting in 1,272,996 units, valued at $2,909,186 changing hands. The market lost 24.71 points to close at 982.87.
At the close 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 3 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 367 shares to close at $13, with a fall of $2.51, AMG Packaging closed at $3.65 with only 733 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 3,568 units changing hands at $12.28, Caribbean Cream traded 215,075 units to close 30 cents lower at $1.99. Caribbean Flavours traded 459,138 units with the price dropping 5 cents to $2.75. Caribbean Producers traded just 2,000 units for an 8 cents fall to $2.72, General Accident Insurance traded 46,569 units with the price closing 5 
cents lower, to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.25, the bid was at $1.45 to buy 220,000 shares and offered at $1.50 for sale of 273,438 units. Honey Bun with 11,526 shares changing hands and closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.65, Lasco Distributors closed with 14,650 units trading, 16 cents lower at $1.79, Lasco Financial ended with 290,485 shares changing hands at $1.66 for a fall of 14 cents, at the close the bid was at $1.70 to buy 30,000 shares. Lasco Manufacturing with 175,657 units changing hands, closed at $1.84 and Medical Disposables traded 45,653 shares to close at $2.50.
