For the final day of the week, activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of only 2 stocks rising and 7 declining as just 14 securities changed hands, culminating in 2,431,851 units trading, valued at $5,193,407, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 49.61 points to 72,232.91 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 55.47 points to close at79,477.72.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 1,362,300 ordinary shares trading one cent higher at 29 cents and Scotia Group with 30,534 rose 4 cents rise to $19.07.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Jamaica Broilers with 1,950 units, closed at $4, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 10,000 shares closed at $6.60 and Scotia Investments traded 27,028 units at $21.40.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 11,388 shares, lost 10 cents to end at $34.90, Grace Kennedy traded just 8,960 units, with a loss of $1 to end at $58, National Commercial Bank closed with 25 cents decline to $17.75 as 1,682 shares traded and Sagicor Group with 42,800 gave up 17 cents to $9.40.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 339,669 units at $2.99 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 568,400 units at $2.
Only 2 stocks rose & 7 fell on JSE
8 stocks up 8 down on JSE
Thursday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 8 stocks rising and 8 declining as 23 securities changed hands, culminating in 4,981,371 units trading, valued at $38,684,054, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 369.76 points to 72,183.30 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 413.45 points to close at 79,422.25.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 29,815, gained 35 cents rise to $35, Desnoes & Geddes 503,359 shares changed hands, 1 cent higher at $4.80, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,100 ordinary shares traded with a gain of 50 cents to $7.50, Proven Investments with 1,083,333 shares traded with a gain of 0.01 cent to 17.01 US cents and Sagicor Group put through 100,219 units, 2 cents higher to $9.57
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless had 31,764 shares changing hands 28 cents, Grace Kennedy had just 1,150 units trading at $59 and Radio Jamaica with 1000 shares ended at $1.15.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Broilers with 22,400 shares closed 1 cents lower at $4, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 15,000 shares lost 4 cents to end at $6.60, Scotia Group with 10,700 units, gave up 2 cents to end at $19.03 and Scotia Investments with 21,772 shares, lost 60 cents to close at $21.40.
Preference| There was trading in 745,000 Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share at $2, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share traded at 8138 units at $1,006.10 and was down $44.04 from the price it was listed at in 2012 and Proven Investments 8% preference share, traded 100 units at $5.
Knutsford Express at new high
Trading picked up on the junior Market as 8 securities traded, the highest number for some time. At the close of the market, trading activity led to 2,405,521 units valued at $2,877,589 changing hands.
The JSE Junior Market Index increased 0.32 points to close at 663.86 as 3 stocks advanced and 3 declined with Knutsford Express closing at a new all time high.
At the end of trading, there were 3 stocks with their bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. Although the number of securities trading picked up, the junior market still continues to show signs of weakness with 9 stocks closing with no bids to buy. On the other hand there were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
At the close, Access Financial Services traded 2,295 shares to end with a decline of 2 cents at $10.48, Dolphin Cove with 3000 units trading closed at $8, Knutsford Express with 7,726 shares closed at $5.50 to gain 50 cents, the highest price since listing in January, Lasco Distributors put in 1,000,000 units at $1.15, Lasco Financial Services traded 919,500 at 97 cents, with a 3 cents decline, Lasco Manufacturing lost 6 cents while trading 220,647 units to close at 98 cents, Medical Disposables had 245,000 units changing hands at $2, up 10 cents and Paramount Trading gained 20 cents in trading 7,353 units at $2.70.
Stocks gaining edge out decliners on JSE
Wednesday’s activity on day on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 4 stocks rising and 3 declining as 16 securities changed hands, culminating in 5,387,514 units trading, valued at $30,063,697, in all market segments
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 417.93 points to 72,553.06 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index climbed 467.31 points to close at 79,835.70.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Broilers inched up a cent with 2,000 shares to $4.01, National Commercial Bank with 60,658 shares trading, put on 20 cents to $18 and Scotia Investments with only 1,050 shares changing hands, gained of 25 cents to $22.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 257,920 units closed at $1.60, Carreras had 16,420 share being traded to close at $34.65, Gleaner enjoyed pick up in trading with 1,094,096 shares at $1.05, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 4,041 ordinary shares closed at $7, Sagicor Group had 19,615 shares changing hands at $9.55 and Scotia Group put through 1,280,705 shares to close at $19.05.
Declines| Cable & Wireless with 1,872,639 shares is the only stock to end with a decline, down a cent at 28 cents.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 781 units at $2 and the 8.75% preference share traded 9,859 units with a cent off at $2.99.
JSE dips but more stocks rose than fell
Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising and 6 declining as 22 securities changed hands, culminating in 1,554,769 units trading, valued at only $5,881,456, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 463.89 points to 72,211.86 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 518.69 points to close at 79,454.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 15,000 shares trading, closed 9 cents higher at $4.79, Grace Kennedy had only 500 shares changing hands and closed 50 cents higher to $59, National Commercial Bank had 100,468 shares trading with a gain of 10 cents at $17.80, Sagicor Group with 43,824 shares changing hands, 3 cents higher at $9.55 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund had 4,155 shares traded with a gain of 40 cents to $7.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Ciboney with 334,000 shares at 7 cents, Jamaica Broilers with 25,897 units closed at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 47,314 ordinary share closed at $7.01, Jamaica Producers had 26,228 units trading at $15.50, Pan Jamaican Investment with 2,500 shares ended at $49, Seprod put through 5,955 units to close at $10.90 and Sterling Investments, a the stock exchange latest listing had 10,075 units trading at $134.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Berger Paints had 21,140 trading at $1.60, down 6 cents, Cable & Wireless with 429,210 shares, lost a cent at 29 cents, Caribbean Cement with 80,648 shares fell 25 cents to $2.11 and Scotia Group traded 3,000 shares with the loss of 96 cents to end at $19.04.
Scotia Group & Kingston Wharves push index
Friday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 9 stocks rising and 4 declining as 18 securities changed hands, culminating in 20,710,115 units trading, valued at $66,213,940, in all market segments. Cable & Wireless traded just over 10 Million units, Desnoes & Geddes 2 million and Kingston Wharves 3 million units.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 1,023.10 points to 72,675.75 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,144.00 points to close at 79,972.88.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 stocks with offers that were lower. Although the signal is weak most of the weakness is in the junior market.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 10,149,579 shares to close a cent higher, at 30 cents, Carreras had only 262 units being active, but gained 15 cents to $34.65, Jamaica Broilers returned to trade at $4 by putting on 15 cents in trading 45,621 shares, Kingston Wharves enjoyed a buoyant day with 3,190,455 shares, the price gained $1, to land at $6.50, Proven Investments traded 63,730 ordinary shares at 0.5 cent up to close at 17.5 US cents, Radio Jamaica gained 11 cents with 3,965 units, to end at $1.15, Sagicor Group had 9,880 units changing hands, as the price rose 2 cents to $9.50, Scotia Group had a good volume of 1,254,000 shares, the price climbed 50 cents to $20 and Scotia Investments had 38,228 units changing hands, to rise 4 cents to $21.75.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Desnoes & Geddes in closing trading with 2,073,524 shares at $4.70, followed by Jamaica Money Market Brokers with only 1,100 ordinary shares at $7.01 and Supreme Ventures with 39,000 shares at $1.80.
Declines| Gleaner with 1,400 shares lost 1 cent in closing at $1.05 and Grace Kennedy with 10,566 shares, lost 50 cents at $58.50, were the only two stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market.
No sign of Junior Market movement
At the close of the market there was 2 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 stocks with offers that were lower. The likelihood of continuing weakness is reflected in the 10 stocks that had no bids to buy against 7 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Distributors with 278,128 units, closed 1 cent lower at $1.15, Dolphin Cove traded 1,470 units at $8, Lasco Financial 4,657 shares at 95 cents and Lasco Manufacturing 278,832 units at $1.
4 stocks up 1 down on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, Wednesday, resulted in 11 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 1 declined and 6 traded firm, with 377,472 units, valued at $1,473,711.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.25 points to close at 1,143.28, the All T&T Index gained 0.02 points to close at 1,972.02and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.06 points to end at 41.18.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price, at the close are, Ansa Merchant Bank with 4,164 shares to put on a cent at $39.38, a new 52 weeks’ high, Grace Kennedy added 23,558 shares valued at $88,556 and gained a cent at $3.76, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with a volume of 66,106 shares valued at $29,748, closed up a cent, at 45 cents, while Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 37,882 shares with a value of $236,763 and put on 4 cents at $6.25.
Declines| The only stock declining at the end of trading is, National Flour Mills trading 1,500 shares, declined 2 cents to end the day at $1.29.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 17,500 shares valued at $385,020, remained at $22, First Citizens Bank with 4,669 shares to end at $36.52, Guardian Holdings with 11,199 units closed at $13.49, National Commercial Bank with 210,000 shares changing hands for a value of $210,000, closed at $1, Scotiabank 600 shares at $59.49 and Scotia Investments with only 294 units closed at $1.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 2 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
TTSE closes with negative bias
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed Tuesday, on a negative tone, with 9 securities changing hands, of which 2 advanced, 5 declined and 2 traded firm. A total of 152,625 units changed hands, valued at $5,635,429.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.03 points to end at 1,143.03, the All T&T Index fell 0.13 points to close at 1,972.00 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.03 points to end at 41.12.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank contributing 12,650 shares with a value of $461,859, to gain 2 cents at $36.52 and Massy Holdings with 56,747 shares changing hands, for a value of $3,887,171, closing at $68.51, with a cent gain.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund, with 44,237 shares valued at $973,403 to close at $22, down a cent, National Enterprises added 11,396 shares valued at $200,798 and suffered a loss of 2 cents to close at $17.62, National Flour Mills with 3,000 shares closed at $1.31 with a decline of 4 cents, Sagicor Financial Corporation lost 1 cent, to end at $6.21 in trading 15,370 shares for $95,927 and Scotiabank with 75 shares changing hands, closed with a decline of 1 cent to end at $59.49, for a new 52 weeks’ low.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged are, Angostura Holdings with 313 shares at $12.75 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 8,837 shares at 44 Cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a slight negative bias, with 2 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Only 4 junior market securities trade
Activity on the Junior Market, remained subdued in Monday,s trading, with only 4 securities being active, resulting in 1,874,825 units valued at $2,598,078 trading. At the close of the Market, the JSE Junior Market Index, increased 0.08 points to close at 666.37 with 2 advancing securities and 2 declining.
The main trades were, General Accident with 1,212,625 units, while gaining 4 cents to end at $1.62 and Lasco Manufacturing with 642,500 shares to close down by 3 cents, at 95 cents, Lasco Distributors closed up a cent at $1.16 with 10,000 shares and Lasco Financial Services with 9,700 shares, ended at 95 after losing 5 cents.
At the close, there was 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price, and 7 stocks with offers that were lower, in the junior market, 10 stocks had no bids to sell and 5 with no stock on offer, to sell. These are negative indicators.