The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed with the two main indices gaining on Tuesday. At the close, the Composite Index rising by 2.11 points to 1,220.07, the All T&T Index adding 4.16 points to 1,693.43, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 100.37.
At close, 14 securities changed hands, with the price of 6 rising, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, against 12 trading on Monday.
The market ended trading of 624,349 shares valued $13,033,986, compared to 568,679 shares valued $22,800,556 changing hands on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 6 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa Mcal advanced $1.50 completed trading of 106,017 units at $57, Clico Investments gained 4 cents and ended at $19.84, with 6,868 stock units changing hands, First Citizens added 20 cents and settled at $32.80, while exchanging 3,185 shares, Prestige Holdings increased 3 cents and completed trading of 272,400 units at $7.53, Republic Financial Holdings rose 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $103.70, trading 414 shares and Trinidad Cement closed with a gain of 4 cents at $2.90, after exchanging 1,300 shares. 
Stocks closing with losses| One Caribbean Media fell 1 cent to $12.10, after exchanging 300 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading at $16.90, with 12,452 units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.05, after exchanging 460 shares, National Flourcompleted trading with 32,300 units at $1.60, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 134,470 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading of 27,555 units, at $64.94, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.11, after exchanging 12,687 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 13,941 units at $88.44.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New record high for JSE main market
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market surged past the 405,000 points for the first time based on the movement of the All Jamaica Composite Index on Tuesday aided by the prices of 20 stocks rising.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index advanced 2,242.60 points to a record close of 405,342.89 and the JSE Index rose 2,043.26 points to a record close of 369,313.24.
A total of 29 securities traded including 2 in the US dollar market, compared to 33 trading on Monday with the prices of 20 securities rising, 5 declining and 4 that held firm. The market closed with 4 new highs with three closing at a 52 weeks’ high and Radio Jamaica trading at a 52 week’s low of 90 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with lower offers.
The main market ended with 2,630,637 units valued at over $70,273,331 changing hands, compared to 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands on Monday.
Trading closed with Sagicor Real Estate Fund accounting for 598,360 units or 22.75 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 522,434 units and 19.86 percent of the volume traded and NCB Financial Group with 211,075 units and 8 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 97,431 units valued at over $2,602,716, in contrast to 113,272 shares valued at $2,280,675 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement rose $2 to finish at $50, in trading 157,526 shares, Grace Kennedy climbed $3 and ended trading 39,239 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, Jamaica Producers rose $4 to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $32, trading 59,422 stock units, JMMB Group gained 49 cents and ended at $32.99, with 150,136 shares trading, Kingston Wharves added $2 to close at $74, with 5,513 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments climbed 25 cents to finish at $8.50, with 93,300 stock units trading, Mayberry Equities rose 45 cents to finish at $11.45, trading 21,567 stock units, NCB Financial Group climbed $1.25 and ended trading of 211,075 shares at $130, while 138 Student Living rose $1.20 and finished at $5 while trading 10,000 stock units, 
PanJam Investment jumped 35 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.85, while exchanging 76,624 stock units, Portland JSX climbed $1.15 and ended at $9.50, in exchanging 51,000 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.89 to settle at $13, trading 598,360 shares, Salada Foods rose $1.20 and ended trading of 101,826 stock units at 52 weeks’ high of $20, Seprod traded 1,605 units after gaining 50 cents to close at $43.50, Scotia Group lost $1.10 trading 6,756 units to close at $60.90, Sterling Investments jumped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $24, with 22,457 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures dropped $4.40 in trading 27,237 shares to end at $19.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 70,385 units valued at $22,180 as JMMB Group 5.75 percent preference share concluded trading of 3,385 shares at $2 and Proven Investments traded 67,000 shares and rose 3 cents to close at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 11.88 points to close at 172.91.
Junior Market stocks fall again – Tuesday
The Junior Market Index declined 29.46 points to close at 3,367.54 at the end of trading, after 28 securities changed hands, resulting in the prices of 7 securities rising, 12 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 closed with lower offers. This reading suggests that declining stocks should exceed those advancing for the second day in a row.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 1,606,501 units valued at $7,572,441 compared to 1,142,126 units valued at $4,705,199 on Monday, from trading of 26 securities.
Trading closed with an average of 57,375 units for an average of $270,444 in contrast to 43,928 units for an average of $180,969 on Monday. Trading for the month to date averages 50,901 for an average of $227,364. September, ended with an average of 484,335 at $2,628,299 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.90, with 46,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 23,701 units at $6, CAC 2000 finished 25 cents higher at $19, trading 2,827 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 15,184 shares at $8, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $6.35, after swapping 4,250 units. Derrimon Trading ended 3 cents higher at $2.93, with 102,401 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove lost $1.51 to close at $14.99, with 10,551 shares trading, Elite Diagnostic finished 10 cents higher at $3.15, exchanging 53,573 stock units, Eppley rose by $2 to $10, with 500 units trading. Everything Fresh fell 8 cents and ended trading of 215,740 shares at $1.91, Express Catering fell 10 cents to $8.40, exchanging 67,913 shares, FosRich Group traded 2,300 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $3.30, General Accident finished trading at $3.80, with 25,362 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 8 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.97, with 32,274 stock units changing hands. 
Honey Bun ended at $3.70, exchanging 6,416 units, Indies Pharma lost 7 cents with 74,921 shares changing hands to close at $3.25. Iron Rock concluded trading with 155,898 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.65, with 68,523 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 5,100 stock units at $3.86. KLE Group finished trading of 1,871 shares at $3.80, Knutsford Express closed 32 cents higher at $11.68, with 1,370 shares trading, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 14 cents at $3.96, in exchanging 195,513 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, with 232,236 stock units trading. Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.75, trading 60,638 units, Main Event settled 18 cents higher at $6.10, in exchanging 6,383 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, with 7,069 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading of 177,532 stock units 10 cents higher at $9.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica pushes pass 405,000
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued to push higher in trading on Tuesday with the All Jamaica Composite Index hitting a high of 405,667.18 having risen by 2,566.89 points at 5 minutes past 10 am.
The market has since pulled back. The All Jamaica Composite Indextrades just over the 405,000 mark at 405,149.64 and the JSE Index at 369,137.17 and is up 1,867.19 after it hit a high for the day at 369,608.70 after rising 2,338.72 at 10.06 am. At the same time the Junior Market is just holding on to positive with a gain of 1.48 at 3,398.48.
Subsequent to the earlier trading, the main market has pulled back with the indices now in decline with AJI down 520.91 points to 402,579.38 and the JSE Index off 474.61 at 366,795.37.
All Jamaica trades just 42 points shy of 405,000
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued where it left off on Monday, hitting new highs just after opening at the start of trading on Tuesday.
With just limited trading, the All Jamaica Composite Indexrose 1,672.05 points to a record 404,772.34, beating yesterday’s high of 404,050.65 and the JSE Index gained 1,523.42 points to a record 368,793.40, bettering Monday’s high of 368,135.86. The Junior Market rose 8.90 points at the opening to 3,405.90.
With just 16 minutes of trading, both markets inched higher with the All Jamaica Composite Index rising to a record 404,958.30 and the JSE Index gained 1,523.42 points to a record 368,851.17 while the Junior Market moved up to 3406.05.
Q4 off to record high for JSE majors
Stocks surged to new record high on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market at the start of October, as the market opened, with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping within 535 points of the critical 400,000 mark and with 35 minutes of trading, it climbed over 400,000 points for the first time.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86.
A total of 33 securities traded including 4 in the US dollar market, compared to 32 trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities rising, 12 declined and 11 held firm. The market closed with 3 new highs and Radio Jamaica trading at a 52 week’s low of 92 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands, compared to 7,891,758 units valued at $231,891,130 changing hands on Friday.
Trading closed with Sagicor Real Estate Fund accounting for 1,221,240 units or 37.18 percent of the day’s volume, followed by with 342,484 units and 10.43 percent of the volume traded and with 252,932 units 7.70 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 113,272 units valued at $2,280,675 units, in contrast to 281,849 shares valued at $8,281,826 on Friday. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 49 cents to close at $18.51, in trading 9,748 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 96 cents to finish at $48, in the trading of 8,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose $2 to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $28, trading 10,364 stock units, Kingston Wharves lost $2 to $72, with 4,140 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments climbed 25 cents to finish at $8.25, with 32,181 stock units 
trading, NCB Financial Group climbed $3.75 and ended trading of 77,954 shares at $128.75, PanJam Investment jumped $6.50 and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.50, while exchanging 3,510 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 90 cents to settle at $39, in the trading of 157,640 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dived $2.39 to settle at $11.11, trading 1,221,240 shares, Scotia Group rose $2 trading 64,186 units to close at $62.00, Sterling Investments jumped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $23, with 3,352 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 12,500 shares and fell 50 cents to end at $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 20,932 units valued at $7,170 as JMMB Group 5.75 percent preference share concluded trading of 2,500 shares at $2, Proven Investments traded 2,088 shares at 20 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 7,500 units but lost 1 cent to end at 10 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 8,844 units to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.63 points to close at 161.03.
14 Junior Market stocks fall 6 rise – Monday
The Junior Market Index rose just 1.98 points to 3,397 at the close of trading after 26 securities changed hands on Monday, resulting in the prices of 6 securities rising, 14 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 4 closed with lower offers. This reading suggests that declining stocks should exceed those advancing for the second day in a row.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of only 1,142,126 units valued at $4,705,199, compared to 3,221,714 units valued at $11,222,507 trading on Friday from trading of 25 securities.
Trading closed with an average of 43,928 units for an average of $180,969 in contrast to 128,869 units for an average of $448,900 on Friday. Trading in September, averaged 484,335 for an average of $2,628,299 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with 40,952 stock units changing hands after a loss of 4 cents to close at $1.91, Blue Power concluded trading with 5,035 units, and declined 30 cents to $6, CAC2000 jumped $3.75 to an all-time high at $18.75, with 2,000 shares trading, Cargo Handlers settled at $15, exchanging 6,058 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 70 cents higher at $8, with 2,295 shares changing hands. Caribbean Flavours traded 15,300 stock units, with a loss of 2 cents to end at $17, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 1,955 units at $6.35, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, in swapping 226,188 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $16.50, with 110 shares. Everything Fresh fell 1 cent and ended trading of 116,277 shares at $1.99, Express Catering ended trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 21,625 shares changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading 2,945 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.50, General Accident traded 214,892 shares at $3.80, GWest Corporation finished at $2.05, trading 21,641 shares, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 25 cents at $3.70, with 48,907 stock units changing hands.
Indies Pharma lost 8 cents with 119,039 shares changing hands to close at $3.32. Iron Rock ended 40 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high $5, in exchanging 10,600 units, ISP Finance concluded trading with 3,000 shares after a loss of $2 at $20, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 14 cents at $3.86, exchanging 800 shares, KLE Group traded 70,864 units for 5 cents higher at $3.80. Knutsford Express dropped $1.14 to $11.36, trading 205 shares, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $4.10, in the swapping of 9,400 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $5.50, with 136,342 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 9,990 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.75, Main Event finished with a loss of 48 cents at $5.92, exchanging 29,158 units and Stationery and Office traded 26,548 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $9.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE stocks fell on Monday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed on Monday, with the Composite Index falling 1.47 points on Monday to 1,217.96, the All T&T Index declining 1.91 points to 1,689.27, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.14 points higher to 100.37.
At close, 12 securities changed hands, with the price of 1 rising, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, against 13 trading on Friday.
The market ended trading of 568,679 shares valued $22,800,556, compared to 103,614 shares valued $2,240,963 changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and concluded trading at $47.05, after exchanging 5,075 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Mcal shares fell 50 cents and completed trading of 240 units at $55.50, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $19.80, with 55,547 stock units changing hands, Gaurdian Media shed 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $15.70, after exchanging 100 shares, JMMB Group lost 10 cents to end at $1.60, after exchanging 6,000 shares and National Flour ended trading of 8,764 units 10 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading of 142,027 units at $16.90, Republic Financial Holdings concluded at $103.69, after exchanging 162,361 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 171,500 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.94, with 1,532 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.11, after exchanging 9,557 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $26.25, with 751 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.44, with 5,185 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica jumps 9,823 points to record close
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year with huge gains to end at a record close on Monday after the market traded as high as high as 404,050.65 on the all Jamaica Composite Index.
The All Jamaica Composite Index passed the 400,000 mark for the first time shortly after trading commenced on Monday. At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86. The Junior Market rose 1.98 points to close at 3,397.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $128.75 but with 77,954 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $28, Jamaica Broilers traded up to $30, Pan Jam Investment traded at $63, Scotia Group closed at $62 while Supreme Ventures traded at $23.90 and Sterling Investments traded at a new high of $23.
Watch Grace this week
Grace Kennedy could move up this week.
The main stocks of interest this week are Grace Kennedy, Stationery and Office Supplies, CAC 2000, NCB Financial, Caribbean Cream, Main Event, Wisynco and Berger Paints, most of these have limited supplies.
With the average PE of the market now exceeding a comfortable 15 times 2018 earnings and rising, stocks valued less than the market average, could see increased interest as investors look for bargains.
Bulls continue to push the Jamaican stock market, to new heights last week as low interest rates and good profits help push investors into stocks against the back ground of limited selling.
The supply of several of the main market stocks are extremely scarce and that is working in market favour to move much higher, before too long. There are several stocks priced well below the market’s average and that could encourage buying interest in them as well.
NCB Financial went sideways for around two weeks but bids started building close to the closing prices last week and that could help it move higher this week.
Grace Kennedy seems ready to break out of the $60 range as there is no supply on offer now. Caribbean Cement
keeps trading between $46 and $50, but there appears no real desire to move the price forward. Kingston Wharves has always had limited supply, so it could move higher going forward. Supply of JMMB Group have dried up and that could create the environment for the price to move higher.
An overall view of stocks indicates that the main market continues to be steered higher by an upward sloping support line as well the 45 and 125 day moving averages, lending support just below, but the 400,000 points resistance could likely stall the rally in the main market for a while. The Junior Market that traded recently at an all-time high, is being steered by an upward rising long-term support line and a golden cross. The golden cross is a very strong bullish long-term signal.