JSE jumps 3000 points to record close – Tuesday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange hit several new record highs throughout the trading session on Tuesday and ended with strong gain to close just below the 344,000 points level.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,071.05 points at 343,950.94 and the JSE Index climbed 2,798.07 points to close at 313,378.13. Earlier in trading session, the All Jamaica hit a new intraday high of 341,987.04 points and the JSE Index 311,588.81.
Trading in the main market ended with 34.917.482 units valued at $108,176,982 versus 2,332,453 units valued at $28,665,085 on Monday.
Market activities resulted in 29 securities trading including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 31 securities trading on Friday. At the end of trading, the prices of 15 stocks rose, 8 declined and 6 traded unchanged.
The day’s volume was led by, JMMB Group 7.5% preference trading 27,800,000 shares at 99 cents, Jamaica Stock Exchange closing at $7.30, with 2,972,200 shares, and Carreras concluding trading at $9.47 with 1,071,337 units.
Major price changes| Carreras concluded trading at $9.47, after rising 47 cents with 1,071,337 units, Grace Kennedy jumped $3 to $56 in trading 161,314 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 40 cents to $25.90, trading 9,471 stock units. JMMB Group climbed $1.90 and ended at $29.90, exchanging 1,700 shares, Mayberry Equities traded with a gain of $1.59 to end the day at $9.15 with 963,295 units trading, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents and settled at $38.50, with 14,775 shares, Scotia Group traded 57,671 units but fell $1 to end at $51.10 and Seprod shed $1.50 and finished trading at $32.50, with 2,529 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 7,827 units valued at US$6,500 as JMMB Group completed trading at $1.05 with 5,586 stock units and Productivity Business ended trading with a gin of 9 cents at 59 US cents with 541 shares changing hands and Proven Investments lost 1 cent to 18 US cents with 1,700 shares trading The JSE USD Equities Index rose 5.76 points to 153.52.
Trading resulted in an average of 1,342,980 units valued at over $4,160,653, in contrast to 80,429 shares valued at $988,451 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756 compared to 173,907 units valued at $3,499,633 on Friday. June closed with an average of 250,168 shares with a value of $5,895,281, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.

 

Modest slip for Junior Market – Tuesday

Lasco Financial traded 1.5 million shares on Tuesday.

The Junior Market Index declined by a mere 4.42 points to close at 3,102.14 on Tuesday as 28 securities changed hands, compared to 27 on Monday, with 11 advancing, 9 falling and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close of market activity, 3,659,666 units valued at $16,503,092 traded compared to 1,680,855 units valued at $8,331,767 on Monday. Trading was dominated with Jamaican Teas with 1.1 million units and Lasco Financial with 1.5 million shares.
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 and 3 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 130,702 units for an average of $589,396 in contrast to 62,254 units for an average of $308,584 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 154,060 units valued at $655,146 and 155,454 units valued at $659,264 on the previous trading day. Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $47, with 723 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $1.99 after rising 3 cents in trading 78,745 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 11 cents at $9.89, while trading 12,197 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with 3,600 shares trading at $10.89, Caribbean Cream ended trading 10,000 shares and rose 47 cents to $5.77. Caribbean Producers finished 1 cent higher at $6, trading 43,477 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.10, with 4,000 shares changing hands, C2W Music ended with 3,600 shares and lost 1 cent to close at $1.70, Derrimon Trading closed at $23.50 trading 2,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled 12 cents higher at $2.97, with 33,526 units, Everything Fresh traded 86,132 shares and lost 5 cents to end at an all-time low of $1.90. Express Catering traded 23,000 shares with a loss of 14 cents to end at $7.81, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $2.72, swapping 29,250 shares, General Accident closed 18 cents higher at $3.33, trading 22,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.20, with 3,411 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 5,366 shares and rose 15 cents to $4.65, Iron Rock finished 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 5,000 shares trading, Jamaican Teas lost 75 cents to close at $4 in exchanging 1,122,839 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded 216,062 units at $4, KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $3, exchanging 7,034 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 9 cents at $11.51, trading 4,271 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 263,097 stock units and rose 26 cents to $4, with. Lasco Financial finished 15 cents higher at $5.21, with 1,533,871 units, changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.01, switching ownership of 10,564 shares, Main Event traded 6,194 shares at $7.45, Medical Disposables closed 20 cents higher at $5.80, exchanging 2,000 shares and Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 21 cents at $2.75, with 101,007 stock units, after the company posted a decline in profit for the year to May of $59 million versus $101 million. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% traded 26,700 shares at $6.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

TTSE in moderate trading Tuesday

Republic Bank traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $02.82.

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday remained moderate with just 82,986 units valued $1,124,484 changing hands, compared to 272,153 units valued $1,852,312 on Monday.
Market activity ended with 16 securities trading against 15 on Monday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged. At the close the Composite Index gained 6.77 points on Tuesday to 1,228.57, the All T&T Index lost 0.10 points to 1,710.29 and the Cross Listed Index rose 1.89 points to close at 100.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank rose 15 cents and completed trading at $8.25, with 7,000 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a gain of 10 cents and ended at $2.90, with 24,800 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group gained 9 cents and concluded trading at $1.84, after exchanging just 48 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 5 cents and settled at $5.65, after exchanging 10,200 shares, Republic Financial Holdings gained just 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $102.82, after exchanging 80 shares and Sagicor Financial ended trading after rising 19 cents and ended at $7.69, with 100 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 2 cents and ended at $19.97, with 415 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $46.90, after exchanging 2,208 shares, National Enterprises shed 1 cent and ended at $9.50, exchanging 500 stock units and Scotiabank lost 3 cents and completed trading at $65.02, trading 6,688 units.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed trading at $21.11, after exchanging 588 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 10 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant settled at $40, after exchanging 956 shares, First Citizens settled at $35, after exchanging 2,000 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.74, exchanging 6,528 shares and Trinidad Cement concluded trading at $2.95, after exchanging 20,865 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

More records for JSE main market

Mayberry Jamaican Equities traded for the first time after a successful IPO at $9.82 and NCB Financial traded at $102, for a gain of $1.48 to help to main market to new record high in early trading on Tuesday.
The Mayberry Jamaican Equities trade was for 1,000 units and resulted in a gain of $2.26 or 29.89 percent gain on the IPO price of $7.56. NCB traded just 35,991 shares.
With just 45 minutes of trading elapsing, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,476.90 points to a record high of 342,356.79 and the JSE Index gained 1,345.62 points to close at 311,925.68. The Junior market was down by 17.75 points to 3,088.81.

Another record close for JSE stocks – Monday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at a new record high on Monday at the end of a moderate trading session, following Friday’s record closing high, as technical indicators points to the market hitting over 380,000 points before hitting major resistance.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 444.90 points at 340,879.89 and the JSE Index gained 405.35 points to close at 310,580.06. Earlier in trading session, the All Jamaica hit a new intraday high of 341,987.04 points and the JSE Index 311,588.81.
Trading in the main market ended with 2,332,453 units valued at $28,665,085 compared to 5,657,684 units valued at $158,095,077 on Friday.
Market activities resulted in 31 securities trading including 2 in the US dollar market compared to 25 securities trading on Friday. At the end of trading, the prices of 13 stocks advanced, 11 declined and 7 traded unchanged.
The day’s volume was led by, Radio Jamaica with 649,627 shares, Carreras with 596,249 units and 1834 Investments Limited with 250,000 units.
Major price changes| Barita Investments gained 51 cents to end at $9.51 trading 938 shares, Berger Paints traded just 200 shares changing hands, with the price falling 50 cents to $19, Grace Kennedy added 40 cents to $53, with 18,100 stock units trading, Jamaica Broilers lost 50 cents and closed trading at $7.50 trading 6,857 shares. JMMB Group traded 173,185 shares but fell 50 cents to $28, Kingston Wharves jumped $1.95 to $52.05 in trading 5,534 units, NCB Financial Group rose 51 cents in trading 90,387 shares at $100.52, Proven Investments fell 50 cents trading 12,235 shares at $26, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14.50, after slipping 45 cents in trading 35,365 shares, Salada Foods jumped $3.39 to end at $15.89, exchanging just 370 units, Scotia Group gained 60 cents in trading 10,980 units at $52.10 and Seprod finished trading at $34.00, after jumping $1.99 with 11,556 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 170,635 units valued at US$27,064 as Proven Investments rose 1 cent to 19 US cents with 112,235 shares trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 58,400 units trading at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 3.05 points to 147.76.
Trading resulted in an average of 80,429 units valued at an average of $988,451 for each security traded. In contrast to 245,986 units for an average of $6,873,699 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 169,022 units valued at $3,514,756 compared to 173,907 units valued at $3,499,633 on Friday. June closed with an average of 250,168 shares with a value of $5,895,281, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.

Junior Market at 8¾ months high

The Junior Market Index rose 13.46 points to close at 3,106.56, the highest point since closing at 3,126.33 points on November 6, last year.
At the close 27 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Friday as 10 advanced, 13 declined and 4 remained unchanged leading to 1,680,855 units valued at $8,331,767 trading, compared to 1,107,171 units valued $5,663,225 on Friday.
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 and 4 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 62,254 units for an average of $308,584 in contrast to 39,542 units for an average of $202,258 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 155,454 units valued at $659,264 and 161,147 units valued at $663,703 on the previous trading day. Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial gained 30 cents and closed at $47, trading 1,200 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.96, while exchanging 1,830 stock units, Blue Power jumped $4.01 to end at $40, with 100 units trading, CAC 2000 finished 90 cents higher at $10, with 11,067 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 56 cents to $10.89, trading 1,492 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading 29 cents higher at $5.99, with 55,100 units, C2W Music ended with a loss of 29 cents at $1.71, swapping 26,583 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading $3 higher to a 52 weeks’ high of $23.50, with 4,800 shares being exchanged, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of 50 cents at $16.50, after 1,220 stock units traded. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $2.85, trading 17,000 units, Everything Fresh traded 58,725 shares and lost 13 cents to end at $1.95, Express Catering traded 54,008 shares and rose 15 cents to $7.95, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.97, with 300 shares, General Accident exchanged 15,600 stock units and closed at $3.15. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.20, swapping 6,589 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 46 cents at $4.50, with 2,787 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 12,122 stock units and rose 24 cents to $4.75, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 170,000 units. Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 35 cents at $11.60, with 13,153 shares trading, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $3.74, with 41,946 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 1 cent higher at $5.06, trading 1,070,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 3 cents at $4.02, after exchanging 40,991 shares. Main Event ended trading 1,630 shares at $7.45, Medical Disposables traded 15,000 shares and rose 9 cents to $5.60, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, while exchanging 40,000 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8, trading 8,959 units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished with a loss of 2 cents at $5.98, with 8,153 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

TTSE stock market up again – Monday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday resulted in all market indices rising following gains on Friday.
At the close the Composite Index gained 1.75 points on Monday to 1,221.80, the All T&T Index rose 1.09 points to 1,710.39 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.33 points up, to close at 98.49.
Market activity ended with 15 securities trading against 15 on Friday, with 6 advancing, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 272,153 units valued $1,852,312, compared to 181,685 units valued $8,803,482 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 6 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings rose 1 cent and ended at $15.75, with 200 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments added 5 cents and ended at $19.99, with 8,450 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises gained 1 cent and ended at $9.51, with 1,000 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group rose 10 cents to $5.60, after exchanging 35,000 shares,

Scotiabank closed with a gain of 3 cents at $65.05, with 4,222 units and Trinidad Cement gained 5 cents and concluded trading at $2.95, after exchanging 150,100 shares.
Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent at $35, after exchanging 3,382 shares, JMMB Group fell 9 cents and concluded trading at $1.75, after exchanging 53,740 shares and Unilever Caribbean shed 2 cents, ending at $29.20, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal completed trading 3,500 units at $55, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 2,000 shares at $16, Guardian Holdings concluded trading at $16.60, with 439 units, Massy Holdings ended at $46.95, after exchanging 1,100 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanging 100 shares at $102.81, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.50, with 623 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.74, after exchanging 7,797 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE trades at record high

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, trades at a new intraday high in the morning session on Monday and could be heading for another record close, if prices hold up substantially at the the end of trading.
Just before Mid-day the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,552.05 points to 341,987.04 and the ;JSE Index rose 1,414.10 points to 311,588.81. the new record follows the record reached on last Friday. When the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed a strong 2,697.06 points to 341,378.20 and the JSE Index surged 2,457.33 points to 311,034.08 as NCB Financial jumped over $3 and ended the day at $100.01 following release of the group’s nine months results.
Currently, the Junior Market trades down, 15.08 points to 3,078.02.

Record high for JSE stocks – Friday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped to new record highs at the end of trading on Friday, after trading at an intraday record high of 341,378.20 on the All Jamaica Composite Index.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,753.85 points to a closing record high of 340.434.99 and the JSE Index climbed 1,597.96 points to end at a record closing high of 310,174.71.
Trading in the main market ended with 5,657,684 units valued at $158,095,077 compared to 12,872,984 units valued at $191,208,699 on Thursday.
Market activities resulted in 25 securities trading including 2 in the US dollar market compared to 26 securities trading on Thursday. At the end of trading, the prices of 8 stocks advanced, 13 declined and 4 closed unchanged.
The day’s volume was led by Carreras with 1,409,425 units and 24.91 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Grace Kennedy with 1,066,861 units accounting for 18.86 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial Group with 590,804 units or 10.44 percent of the total volume.
Stocks with major price changes are, Caribbean Cement climbing $1.49 trading 19,732 shares at $41.50, Grace Kennedy that rose 53 cents to $52.60, with 1,066,861 stock units trading. Jamaica Broilers adding 70 cents, closing trading at $26 trading 502,394 shares. Kingston Wharves dropped $2.89 to $50.10 in trading 600 shares. NCB Financial Group jumped $3.01 and ended trading at $100.01, Sagicor Group settled at $38, after falling 99 cents in trading 17,126 shares, Scotia Group lost 50 cents in trading 50,560 units at $51.50, Seprod ended at $32.01, after shedding $1.99 in trading 1,780 shares, Sterling Investments rose 50 cents and end at $12, with 60,000 units and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 88,360 units trading at $12.50 after falling 50 cents.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 502,180 units valued at US$50,395 as Proven Investments rose 0.99 cent to 18 US cents with 2,180 shares trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 500,000 units trading with a decline of 0.5 cents to 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 2.42 points to 144.71.
Trading resulted in an average of 245,986 units valued at an average of $6,873,699 compared to 252,649 units valued at an average of $5,757,925 for each security traded on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 173,907 units valued at $3,499,633 compared to 165,957 units valued at $3,192,366 on Thursday. June closed with an average of 250,168 shares with a value of $5,895,281, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.

TTSE stock market gains – Friday

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in all market indices rising as 2 stocks rose but one closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
At the close the Composite Index gained 2.07 points to 1,220.05, the All T&T Index rose 0.33 points to 1,709.30 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.53 points up, to close at 98.16.
Market activity ended with 15 securities trading against 14 on Thursday, with just 2 advancing, 1 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 181,685 units valued $8,803,482, compared to 149,502 units valued $7,746,067 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens rose 10 cents and concluded at $35.01, after exchanging 23,669 shares and NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents to close at $5.50, after exchanging 10,500 shares.
Losses| Sagicor Financial fell 20 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $7.50 trading 12,813 stock units. The stock closed with 268,950 units on offer at $7.70 with buying at $7.50 for 22,638 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant ended at $40, after exchanging 100 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 1,600 units at $16, Clico Investments completed trading at $19.94, with 6,510 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings settled at $16.60, with 11,483 units, Massy Holdings ended at $46.95, after exchanging 1,000 shares, National Enterprises completed trading at $9.50, with 1,405 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.10, after exchanging 22 shares, Point Lisas completed trading 5,000 stock units at $3.70, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $102.81, after trading 10,546 shares, Scotiabank settled at $65.02, with 96,962 units crossed the exchange system, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded at $29.74, after exchanging 54 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $29.22, with 121 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.