JSE main market falls on Friday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,081.34 points to 314,601.51 and the JSE Index shedding 985.23 points to 286,637.56.
Main and US market activities ended with moderate trading levels leading to prices of 12 securities rising, 12 falling, 4 trading firm as 28 securities traded, including 1 from the US market versus 27 on Thursday.
Main market activity ended with 5,977,622 shares valued at $168,448,904 changing hands, in contrast to 7,713,887 shares valued at $88,768,495 trading on Thursday.
The US market closed with Proven Investments exchanging 4,000 ordinary shares, at 22.95 US cents, with a value of US$918 and leading to the JSE US Equities Index easing just 0.05 points to close at 174.09.
Market activity ended with an average of 221,393 shares valued at $$6,238,848, in contrast to 296,688 shares valued at $3,414,173 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 172,863 units valued at 3,477,159 and previously, 165,819 units valued at 3,005,225. January ended with an average of 239,900 units valued at $5,158,193 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Caribbean Cement dipped 95 cents to $33.05, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to $19, Jamaica Producers dropped $2.50 to $15.50, Mayberry Investments fell $1.08 to $4.81, PanJam Investment rose $2.35 to $41.85 and Scotia Group lost $1 to end at $50. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 1.26 million units, NCB Financial traded just under 1.25 million units and Wisynco Group traded 742,000 units to close at $10.60.

For more details of market activities see – 12 stocks rose 12 fell in JSE trading – Friday.

Junior Market index gains modestly

The Junior Market index closed trading on Friday with a modest rise in the Index of 15.60 points to 2,901.06 with 22 securities changing hands versus 21 on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 7 securities advanced, 11 declined and 4 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,088,888 units valued at $5,102,530 compared to 3,844,782 units valued at $15,082,949 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 49,495 units for an average of $231,933 in contrast to 183,085 units for an average of $718,236 on Thursday. An average of 163,753 units at an average value of $1,301,730 traded, and previously 183,089 units at an average value of $1,482,772. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $2.25 higher at $47.40, with 2,050 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2, with 150,822 stock units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $5.70, with 4,375 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 40 cents higher at $4.60, with 40,875 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 2,500 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading 12 cents higher at $7.12, with 18,238 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of 50 cents at $16.50, with 1,920 stock units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.68, with 29,407 shares, FosRich Group traded at $2.70, with 163,869 shares. General Accident finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.85, with 22,523 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, with 41,331 stock units, Jamaican Teas settled 5 cents higher at $4.65, with 287 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 39 cents at $4.21, with 24,269 stock units. Key Insurance traded with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80, with 9,994 units, Knutsford Express closed 51 cents higher at $14.51, with 77,705 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.19, with 96,182 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.40, with 376,865 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 76 cents at $5.71, with 3,000 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $5, with 2,861 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, with 3,536 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $4.81, with 11,279 stock units and tTech ended at $5.40, with 5,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Falling stocks pressure Trinidad market – Friday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 19 securities, compared to 15 on Thursday.
The market ended with, with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 12 remaining unchanged leading to declines in all three market indices.
At close the Composite Index slipped 2.04 points on Thursday to 1,268.49, the All T&T Index fell 2.61 points to 1,701.84 while Cross Listed Index eased 0.20 points to close at 112.69.
Market activity ended with 535,011 shares with a value of $7,931,043, traded, compared to 898,047 shares with a value of $7,532,438 on Thursday.
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 4 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed with a rise of 2 cents and finished at $1.85, with 625 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading with 6 cents gain and concluded trading at $7.89, with 10,525 units.
Losses| Grace Kennedy lost 10 cents and finished at $3.40, with 10,191 units, One Caribbean Media ended trading 25 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.50, with 20,000 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank lost 49 cents and completed trading at $61.51, with 5,820 stock units changing hands. Trinidad Cement traded with a loss of 25 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50, exchanging 63,317 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $28.99, trading 11,804 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 925 stock units changing hands., Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 324 units trading, Bourse Brazil finished at $8.40, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20, with 2,800 units, First Caribbean ended at $9.30, trading 116,010 shares. LJ Williams B share closed trading at 77 cents, in exchanging 15,254 shares, Massy Holdings ended trading at $47.49, with 2,343 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group finished at $6.50, trading 229,784 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $10, trading 70 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 330 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading at $27, with 889 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 41,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

11 stocks rose 9 fell in JSE trading – Thursday

Bulls active

The prices of 11 stocks securities trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose on Thursday leading to strong gains in the market indices, with 7,713,887 shares valued at $88,768,495 changing hands at the close.
Market activity closed with 28 securities changing hands, as the prices 9 declined and 8 traded with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,482.29 points to 315,682.85 and the JSE Index rising 1,350.53 points to 287,622.79.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18, with 35,618 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.32, with 880,420 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.90, with 230,990 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 25 cents higher at $34, with 42,753 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at 40 cents, as 1,063,621 shares changed hands. Grace Kennedy fell 15 cents to $43, with 12,213 stock units, Jamaica Broilers lost $1 to close at $18, with 40,445 units, Jamaica Producers closed $2.50 higher at $18, with 33,828 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents to $6.49, with 22,982 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1.01 higher at $25.01, with 182,000 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 13 cents higher at $5.89, with 47,990 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 1 cent to $100, with 501,618 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.39, exchanging 385 shares. 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,083 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $39.50, with 66,575 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 61 cents at $9.50, with 3,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.06, with 64,747 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $35, with 54,549 stock units. Salada Foods traded 69 cents higher at $11.20, with 102,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading $1 higher at $51, with 46,822 shares, Seprod closed 50 cents higher at $30, with 3,080 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a rise of 5 cents to $11.70, with 45,769 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.40, with 216,776 units and WISYNCO Group settled with a loss of 10 cents at $10.45, with 1,219,288 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.90, with 797 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 2,794,538 shares, changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Strong up day for JSE main market – Thursday.”

Strong up day for JSE main market – Thursday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 1,482.29 points to 315,682.85 and the JSE Index climbing 1,350.53 points to 287,622.79.
Main and US market activities ended with moderate trading levels leading to prices of 11 securities rising, 9 falling, 7 trading firm as 27 securities traded, including 1 from the US market versus 30 on Wednesday.
Main market activity ended with 7,713,887 shares valued at $88,768,495 changing hands, in contrast to 8,750,362 shares valued at $150,223,412 trading on Wednesday.
The US market closed with Proven Investments exchanging 8,422 ordinary shares, at 22.95 US cents, with a value of US$1,933 and leading to the JSE US Equities Index rising 3.03 points to close at 174.14.
Market activity ended with an average of 296,688 shares valued at $3,414,173, in contrast to 312,513 shares valued at $5,365,122 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 165,819 units valued at 3,005,225 and previously, 175,215 units valued at $3,541,807. January closed with average of 239,900 units valued at $5,158,193 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 3 closed with lower offers.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Jamaica Broilers with a fall of $1 to $18, Jamaica Producers jumping $2.50 to $18, JMMB Group rising $1.10 to $25.01, Sagicor Group falling $1 to $35 and Scotia Group up $1 to $51. Ciboney traded 1.06 million units and Wisynco Group trading 1.2 million units after the company reported a 23 percent rise in second quarter profits to December and JMMB Group 7.5% preference shares added just under 2.8 million units to the day’s volume.
For more details of market activities see – 11 stocks rose 9 fell in JSE trading – Thursday.

Junior Market falls for 3rd day

Lasco Distributors traded nearly 2 million shares after the company released profit up 237% for the December quarter on flat revenues.

The Junior Market index fell for the third time in 11 days at the close of trading on Wednesday. The Index dropped 41.38 points to close at 2,885.46 with 21 securities changing hands versus 22 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 8 securities advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 3,844,782 units valued at $15,082,949 compared to 4,135,642 units valued at $14,508,179 on Wednesday. Volume was swollen by General Accident with just over 1 million units and Lasco Distributors with 1,953,030 shares.
Trading ended with an average of 183,085 units for an average of $718,236 in contrast to 187,984 units, for an average of $659,463 on Wednesday. An average of 183,089 units at an average value of $1,482,772 traded, and previously 183,090 units, at $1,630,068. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 15 cents higher at $45.15, with 989 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of $1 to end at $34, with 3,544 units changing hands, CAC 2000 finished 35 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.05, with 2,142 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 10 cents at $10.90, with 5,154 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.20, with 16,464 units. C2W Music ended with a loss of 9 cents at $0.51, with 7,000 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $7, with 7,000 shares, Eppley settled 2 cents higher at $12.52, with 1,100 units, FosRich Group traded at $2.70, with 150,482 shares. General Accident finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $2.80, with 1,008,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3, with 30,279 stock units, Honey Bun ended 2 cents higher at $5.12, with 16,000 units, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.60, with 3,209 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.60, with 11,100 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 40 cents at $14, with 51,800 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 95 cents higher at $4.95, with 1,953,030 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.10, with 325,131 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished 15 cents higher at $4.45, with 129,629 units, Main Event settled 77 cents higher at $6.47, with 35,344 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $5, with 6,000 shares and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 24 cents at $3.15, with 81,385 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Gains & losses even for Trinidad stocks – Thursday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 15 securities, the same as on Wednesday.
The market ended with, with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leading to mixed movements in the market indices.
At close the Composite Index slipped 0.16 points on Wednesday to 1,270.53, the All T&T Index rose 0.07 points to 1,704.45 while the Cross Listed Index eased 0.05 points, to close at 112.89.
Market activity ended with 898,047 shares with a value of $7,532,438 traded, compared to 104,073 shares with a value of $1,505,785 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains|LJ Williams B share closed with a gain of 7 cents at $0.77, trading 50,000 units, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and finished at $7.83, with 4,625 units, Scotiabank finished trading with a rise of 49 cents to $62, with 5,248 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 22 cents and ended at $27, with 46,423 units trading.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 50 cents and finished at $20, with 129,400 units being exchanged, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents and finished at $1.83, with 11,402 stock units changing hands, National Flour shed 1 cent and concluded trading at $1.94, trading 50,000 shares and One Caribbean Media lost 30 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, with 165 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal completed trading at $60, with 616 units, Grace Kennedy ended with $3.50, in exchanging 311,789 units, Massy Holdings completed at $47.49, with 4,527 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.50, trading 238,662 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with 1,025 stock units changing hands, while Trinidad Cement finished at $3.75, trading 44,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading unchanged at $29, with 165 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market drops for 2nd time in 10 days

The Junior Market index fell for the second time in 10 days at the close of trading on Wednesday. The market Index dropped 41.50 points to close at 2,926.84 with 22 securities changing hands versus 20 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 10 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,135,642 units valued at $14,508,179 compared to 1,300,476 units valued at $5,393,216 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 187,984 units for an average of $659,463 in contrast to 65,024 units for an average of $269,661 on Tuesday. An average of 183,090 units at $1,630,068 traded and previously 181,852 units at $1,875,509. In contrast, January that closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $2.40 at $45, with 750 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 311,150 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.50, with 11,900 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream climbed 70 cents to close at $6.20, with 54,000 units, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 4,881 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 460,594 units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 1,450 shares, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $4.71, with 6,315 stock units traded, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $2.70, with 49,924 units exchanged. General Accident finished trading 9.00 cents higher at $2.99, with 38,691 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 18.00 cents at $3.01, with 2,636,396 stock units, Honey Bun ended 9 cents higher at $5.10, with 14,252 units, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.60, with 31,654 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.20, with 6,095 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.20, with 898 shares, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 4,800 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 50 cents at $4, with 315,848 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.20, with 124,027 stock units trading, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 12 cents at $4.30, with 31,605 units, Main Event closed 20 cents higher at $5.70, with 3,262 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading at $5, with 1,650 stock units and tTech ended with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 25,500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE main market dropped on Wednesday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell 701.49 points to 314,200.56 and the JSE Index declined by 639.13 points to 286,272.26.
Main and US market activities ended with moderate trading levels leading to prices of 9 securities rising, 10 falling, 11 trading firm as 30 securities traded, including 1 from the US market versus 29 on Tuesday.
Main market activity ended with 8,750,362 shares valued at $150,223,412 changing hands, in contrast to 1,619,946 shares valued at $24,684,399 trading on Tuesday.
The US market closed with Proven Investments exchanging 538,360 ordinary shares, at 22.95 US cents, with a value of US$124,579 and leading to the JSE US Equities Index falling 2.99 points to close at 171.11.
Market activity ended with an average of 312,513 shares valued at $5,365,122, in contrast to just an average of 57,855 shares valued at $881,587 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 175,215 units valued at $3,541,807 and previously, 138,250 units valued at 2,267,631. January closed with average of 239,900 units valued at $5,158,193 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 closed with a lower offer.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Kingston Wharves gained $1 to a 52 weeks’ high of $36.50, Jamaica Broilers lost $1 to $18, Sagicor Group rose $1.25 to $36 and Sterling investments lost 90 cents to close at a low of $9.10. Dominating trading, are Ciboney that traded 1.295 million units, PanJam Investment 1.5 million shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund clearing 3.26 million units.

For more details of market activities see – 9 JSE stocks rose 10 fell – Wednesday.

9 JSE stocks rose 10 fell – Wednesday

The prices of 9 stocks securities trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose but 10 fell and 9 held firm on Wednesday leading to fall in the market indices, with 8,750,362 shares valued at $150,223,412 trading.
Trading volume was dominated by Ciboney with 1.295 million units, PanJam Investment 1.5 million shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund clearing 3.26 million units.
Market activity closed with 28 securities changing hands, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 701.49 points to 314,200.56 and the JSE Index falling 639.13 points to 286,272.26.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed 50 cents higher at $18, with 5,313 shares, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 49 cents at $7.51, with just 100 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.33, with 69,509 units, Carreras finished at $11, with 352,348 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 25 cents at $33.75, with 177,113 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at 41 cents, with 1,295,086 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 15 cents higher at $43.15, with 912 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 15,704 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $15.50, with 195,833 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $24, with 195,356 shares, Kingston Properties finished with a loss of 1 cent at $6, with 200,000 stock units, Kingston Wharves closed $1 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $36.50, with 150 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 29 cents at $5.76, with 176,568 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 29 cents higher at $99.99, with 144,707 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 55 cents at $39.50, with 1,500,000 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 13,903 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.05, with 71,020 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading $1.25 higher at $36, with 14,245 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading at $50, with 8,769 shares, Seprod closed 68 cents higher at $29.50, with 16,774 shares, Sterling Investments ended with a loss of 90 cents at $9.10, with 80,752 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading 8 cents higher at $11.65, with 11,067 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 5 cents higher at $4.40, with 130,063 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10.55, with 388,813 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $14.65, with 3,260,757 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.90, with 6,000 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 418,000 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market dropped on Wednesday.”