20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday

January 10, 2018 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advancing by 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index advanced by 693.01 points to close at 287,128.27 as 5 advanced, 18 declined and 4 traded firm.
Market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 compared to 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 from 25 securities on Tuesday.
Market activity ended with 158,328 units for an average of $1,921,037 in contrast to 376,513 units for an average of $3,325,216 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 326,759 units valued at $9,212,851 and previously 351,208 units valued at $10,451,084. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 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 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Activity in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing with a loss of 2 cents at 55 cents with 1,500 shares traded and Proven Investments ordinary share, exchanging 2,530 units with a fall of 1 cent to close at 22 US cents, the total value of trading amounted to US$1,387. The JSE US Equities Index closed down 5.30 points at 169.74.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Wisynco closed trading with 2.44 million shares with the price ending $10, having retreated from a high of $13.80 shortly after trading. Caribbean Cement dropped $1 to $34, Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to $33, Scotia Group gained $1.31 to $51.41. Victoria Mutual Investments that was one of the leading volume trader for a number of days still remained in the number 2 spot with 704,000 shares, down from well over 1 million units per day. The price of the two new listed companies have eased as demand abates and selling continues.

For more details of market activities see – VM Investments & Wisynco dominate again .

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Junior Market falls again – Wednesday

January 10, 2018 by

CAC closed at a new high of $9 on Wednesday.

The Junior Market Index fell again at the close of trading on Wednesday but shedding just 10.87 points to 2,766.62, following decline in the prices of 8 securities, gains in 8, with prices 9 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,674,670 units valued at $7,052,175 compared to 1,666,398 units valued at $6,383,021 from 24 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 66,987 units for an average of $282,087 in contrast to 69,433 units for an average of $265,959 on Tuesday. For the month to date an average of 114,726 shares valued at $473,281 and previously, an average of 123,374 shares valued at $507,918. December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $42, with 7,000 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 22 cents to $2.70, with 500 stock units changing hands, CAC 2000 finished 30 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $9, with just 100 shares being exchanged, Caribbean Cream ended trading 27 cents higher at $5.77, with 77,250 stock units, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 5 cents at $11, with 1,059 units. Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.28, with 10,200 shares, C2W Music ended 2 cents higher at $0.53, with 61,409 stock units, Eppley settled at $12, with 5,000 shares, FosRich Group traded 18 cents higher at $2.70, with 67,515 units. General Accident finished trading at $2.95, with 33,967 shares, GWest Corporation closed 13 cents higher at $3, with 225,299 shares, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.05, with 53,600 stock units, Jamaican Teas settled 50 cents higher at $5, with 314,735 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.40, with 61,220 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 5 cents at $14.85, with 4,090 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.70, with 214,857 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5.38, with 111,614 units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.59, with 284,452 shares, Main Event settled 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 50,704 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, with 57,181 stock units, Paramount Trading traded 53 cents higher at $3.58, with 10,500 units changing hands, Stationery and Office finished trading at $4.80, with 6,188 shares and tTech ended at $6.50, with 5,177 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed at $2.15, with 10,953 shares, Eppley 9.5% finished at $7.20, with 100 shares.

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

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Moderate trading on TTSE – Wednesday

January 10, 2018 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 14 securities changing on Wednesday against 8 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remained unchanged.
At close, the Composite Index rose 2.50 points on to 1,270.81. The All T&T Index slipped 0.22 points to 1,704.36, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points to 112.98.
Market activity ended with a mere 175,296 shares with a value of $2,284,648 compared to 107,817 units with a value of $2,343,695 on Tuesday.
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 8 with lower offers.
Gains|First Caribbean gained 10 cents and finished at $9.30, trading 40,000 shares valued at $371,986, JMMB Group ended trading with 2,500 shares and gained of 5 cents to close at $1.70, Scotiabank closed trading with a gain 1 cent and ended at $60.01, exchanging 1,380 shares and Unilever Caribbean rose 95 cents and finished at $28, trading a mere 254 units.
Losses| Guardian Holdings closed with a fall of 15 cents at $16.40, trading 445 shares, LJ Williams B share fell 7 cents, ending at 52 weeks’ low of 70 cents with 500 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a fall of 20 cents at $26, trading 35,892 shares valued at $933,269.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 25,600 units trading, First Citizens ended at $32, trading 4,562 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 32,008 units at $3.10, LJ Williams A share  ended at 22 cents, with 29,727 stock units. National Flour closed trading at $1.91, with 500 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.75, with 1,000 stock units and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 928 shares at $90.

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

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VM Invest & Wisynco still dominant – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group that listed in late December on Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 7 million of the 9.4 million units traded on Tuesday up from 5.1 traded on Monday out of 7.4 million units.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 5 declined, 9 traded firm and Mayberry Investments trading at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 traded on Tuesday.
At the close of trading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index fell 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended at $8.59, with 600 stock units, Berger Paints closed 20 cents higher at $18, with 51,279 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.31, with 285,660 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 13 cents at $11.30, with 39,486 shares, Caribbean Cement closed $1.38 higher at $35, with 14,545 shares trading. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $43.50, with 42,979 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 18,482 shares, Jamaica Producers closed 20 cents higher at $16.70, with 9,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 27,000 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading 65 cents higher at $25, with 294,549 units, Kingston Wharves settled 99 cents higher at $33.99, with 3,344 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 61 cents higher at $7.40, with 40,003 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 80 cents higher at $99.80, with 48,329 units. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to $41.50, with 13,715 stock units, Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 14,722 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 27,986 shares traded, Sagicor Group ended trading 84 cents higher at $35.49, with 59,960 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2.90 at $50.10, with 40,490 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 157 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 127,053 units, VM Investments  finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.98, with 2,053,519 shares. Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.20, with 4,981,783 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 19,661 stock units.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80, with 35,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.16, with 1,163,512 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday.”

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Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Wisynco traded 4.99m shares on Tuesday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday ended with a slight dip in the market indices even as advancing stocks beat declining ones just over a 2 to 1 ratio. Volume traded increased 27 percent but with 59 percent less value.
At the close, a $2.90 fall in the price of Scotia Group shares weighted down the indices, as the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index eased 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, 11 advanced, 5 declined and 9 traded firm with 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 compared to 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 on from 27 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 376,513 units for an average of $3,325,216 in contrast to 264,842 units for an average of $7,218,726 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 351,208 units valued at $10,451,084 and previously 417,253 units valued at $14,616,592.  December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 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 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments ordinary share exchanging 7,200 units with a rise of 1 cent to close at 23 US cents with a value of US$1,652. The JSE US Equities Index closed at 175.04, down 0.14 points.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco continue to dominate trading with 2 million shares and 4.99 million shares respectively. Caribbean Cement jumped $1.38 to $35, Kingston Wharves rose 99 cents to $33.99, Mayberry Investments climbed 61 cents to $7.40 for a 52 weeks’ high, PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to close at $41.50, Scotia Group dropped $2.90 to $50.10.

For more details of market activities see – VM Investments & Wisynco still dominant – Tuesday.

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Big fall for Junior Market – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

At the close of market activities the Junior Market Index dropped 49.56 points to close at 2,777.49 as the prices of 6 securities advanced, 7 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
At the close of trading, 24 securities changed hands compared to 23 on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 1,666,398 units valued at $6,383,021 compared to 2,275,981 units valued at $9,193,941 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 69,433 units for an average of $265,959 in contrast to 98,956 units for an average of $399,737 on Monday. Trading month to date amounts to an average of 123,374 shares valued at $507,918 and previously, an average of 134,730 units valued at $558,856. December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with 4,600 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended at $2.92, with 20,779 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 90 cents at $10, in exchanging 803 shares, Caribbean Flavours gained 5 cents to end at $11.05, with 4,600 units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.28, with 178,383 shares. Consolidated Bakeries rose 4 cents to $2, with 100,000 shares trading, C2W Music ended at 51 cents, with 6,779 stock units, Derrimon Trading closed at $7, with 9,500 units traded, Express Catering ended trading at $4.50, with 24,765 stock units. FosRich Group traded 2 cents higher at $2.52, with 122,543 units, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, with 21,277 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 23 cents at $2.87, with 461,864 shares, Honey Bun ended at $4.15, with 1,160 stock units. Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.50, with 106,755 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 24 cents at $4.50, exchanging 157,418 stock units, KLE Group rose 15 cents to $2.30, with 7,905 shares, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $14.90, with 527 shares. Lasco Distributors ended 15 cents higher at $3.70, with 177,800 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5.38, with 152,002 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.65, with 79,533 shares, Main Event settled at $6, with 24,393 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading at $4.80, with 1,400 shares, tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, with 1,478 stock units and In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley concluded trading at $7.20, with 134 units changing hands.

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

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1 Stock rise 2 fall on TTSE – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Market activity ended with just 8 securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday against 14 on Monday, with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged at the close.
At close, the Composite Index fell 0.43 points on to 1,268.31. The All T&T Index slipped 0.85 points higher to 1,704.58, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 112.27.
Trading ended with 107,817 shares valued at $2,343,695 changing hands, compared to 214,436 shares valued at $6,392,055 on Monday.
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 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Unilever Caribbean rose 5 cents and finished with $27.05,trading 1,000 units.
Losses| First Citizens Bank finished 2 cents lower to $32, in trading 3,632 shares and Massy shed 10 cents and finished at $48, trading 2,818 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments concluded trading at $21, with 52,611 units valued at $1,104,831 changing hands, JMMB Group ended trading with 2,312 shares at $1.65, National Enterprises closed at $9.79, with 5,525 stock units trading, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.75, with 7,060 units trading, while Trinidad & Tobago NGL price closed at $26.20, trading 32,859 shares with a value of $854,705.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE major indices drop sharply – Monday

January 8, 2018 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 1,847.64 points to 314,455.19 and the JSE Index falling by 1,683.41 points to 286,504.23 as 10 stocks advanced, 12 declined and 5 traded firm.
Market activity ended with 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 trading from 28 securities changing hands, compared to 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 264,842 units for an average of $7,218,726 in contrast to 320,742 units for an average of $3,107,136 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 417,253 units valued at $14,616,592 and previously 457,513 units valued at $12,985,543. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 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 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share exchanging 700 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at US$1.17 with a value of US$819. The JSE US Equities Index closed unchanged at 175.18.
The major movers at the close of the market are, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 1,500,810 shares trading ahead of an announcement by the end of the week that they have acquired the majority of shares in Guardian Holdings. Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 2.4 million shares with the price ending $4 and recently listed Wisynco, traded 2.7 million shares closing at $10.39. Caribbean Cement jumped $1.62 to $33.62, Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to $33, Mayberry Investments climbed 69 cents to $6.79, PanJam Investment lost $2 to close at $40, Scotia Group gained $1 to $53 and Seprod fell $1 to end at $30.

For more details of market activities see – New listings dominate trading – Monday.

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New listings dominate trading – Monday

January 8, 2018 by

VM Investments continues with high volume trades.

Newly listed, Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 5.1 million of the 7.4 million units trading on Monday.
Market activity ended with 7,415,575 units valued at $202,124,322 trading from 28 securities changing hands, compared to 8,660,030 units.
At the close of trading on Monday the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,847.64 points to 314,455.19 and the JSE Index fell 1,683.41 points to 286,504.23.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading with a rise of 64 cents to $8.59, with just 100 units trading, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 20 cents at $17.80, with 10,610 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 93,684 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading $1.62 higher at $33.62, with 1,735 stock units. Carreras traded 3 cents higher at $11.43, with 67,864 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 45 cents at $43, with 17,243 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 22,947 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.50, with 2,808 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 13,387 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 65 cents at $24.35, with 54,386 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 99 cents at $33, with 5,278 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 69 cents higher at $6.79, with 36,270 shares. NCB Financial Group closed 10 cents higher at $99, with 1,500,810 shares, 1834 Investments ended 13 cents higher at $1.41, with 900 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $2 at $40, with 190,150 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 9 cents at $2.10, with 56,090 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 100 stock units. Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 10 cents at $34.65, with 29,983 units, Sagicor Real Estate finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $14.50, with 2,012 shares, Salada Foods closed at $11, with 34,000 shares, Scotia Group gained $1 to end at $53, with 12,970 stock units. Seprod concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $30, with 10,900 units, Supreme Ventures settled at $12, with 125,715 shares, VM Investments ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4, with 2,401,456 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 41 cents at $10.39, with 2,722,139 units as investors continue to pocket gains from the IPO price.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 100 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 1,838 units and rose 20 cents to close at $2 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 100 units to close at $1.16.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major indices drop sharply – Monday.”

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Junior Market climbs higher – Monday

January 8, 2018 by

CAC closed at a new high of $8.70, after positing 2017 results.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 23 securities changing hands leading to the prices of 13 securities advancing, 5 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
The Junior Market Index rose for the 5 straight day by 14.03 points to 2,827.05. At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands compared to 20 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 2,275,981 units valued at $9,193,941 compared to 3,743,313 units valued at $16,211,640 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 98,956 units for an average of $399,737 in contrast to 187,166 units for an average of $810,582 on Friday. Trading month to date amounts to an average of 134,730 units valued at $558,856 and previously 143,772 units valued at $599,073. December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $1 higher at $43, trading 864 shares, AMG Packaging gained 2 cents to end at $2.92, with 3,100 stock units, CAC 2000 jumped $1.40 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70, with 10,000 shares trading, in response to full year’s earnings for 2017 of 78 cents per share. Caribbean Cream traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 15,000 units, Caribbean Producers closed at $4.28, with 339,856 shares. Consolidated Bakeries ended 6 cents higher at $1.96, with 2,167 stock units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 46,116 shares, Express Catering ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 81,540 stock units, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 10 cents at $2.50, trading 227,660 units. General Accident finished trading 5 cents higher at $3, with 98,935 shares, GWest Corporation gained 10 cents to end at $3.10, with 607,187 shares changing hands, ISP Finance finished at $12.50, with 1,369 shares, Jamaican Teas settled 35 cents higher at $4.85, with 11,286 shares. Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents to close at $4.74, with 5,400 stock units, Knutsford Express closed at $14.80, with 1,635 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 25 cents at $3.55, with 406,765 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading after rising 9 cents to $5.39, with 175,057 units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 52 cents at $3.65, with 146,839 shares, after the stock traded at $4.50 during the morning session. Main Event settled 20 cents higher at $6, with 36,220 shares, Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to close at $5, with 2,300 stock units, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 10 cents at $3.05, with 46,385 units trading, tTech ended 10 cents higher at $6.60, with 10,200 stock units and In the junior market preference segment, Eppley ended at $5.50, with 100 stock units,

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

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