JSE stocks jump again

September 29, 2017 by

Scotia Group climbed $2.89 on Friday to help push market indices.

Prices at the close of Friday on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged higher leading to big gains in the market indices as 23 securities changed hands with 13 rising, 8 declined and 2 traded firm.
Berger Paints jumped $3.57 to $15 at the close and Scotia Group moved up by $2.89 to end at $48, while Jamaica Producers traded 1.57 million units to be the leading trade.
Main market activity led to 5,005,392 units valued at $111,349,381 trading compared to 11,263,035 units valued at $348,817,467 on Thursday. In the US dollar market trading accounted 30,490 units valued at US$7,315 from just one security, bringing the total trades in both markets to $112,292,958.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 3,477.64 points to 288,360.63.The JSE Index jumped 3,168.52 points to 262,729.14. The JSE US dollar Equities Index eked out a 0.05 points rise to close at 184.96.
Trading ended with an average of 217,626 units for an average of $4,841,277 in contrast to 536,335 units for an average of $16,610,356 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 283,480 units valued at $3,630,990 and previously 286,773 units for an average of $3,573,357. In contrast, August closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows a very strong 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices, up from 10 on Thursday and 4 with lower offers, the same as Thursday.

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Big jump for JSE on Thursday

September 28, 2017 by

C&W traded over 2 million shares on Thursday.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was dominated by Grace and Cable & Wireless with largest volumes traded on Thursday and by big gains in the indices.
Market activity ended with 21 securities changing hands, 13 advanced, 4 declined and 2 traded firm at the last prices of the day, while 3 traded in the US dollar market and 1 traded in the bond market.
In the main activity, Berger Paints concluded trading, 3 cents higher at $11.43, with 218,203 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless finished with a loss of 4 cents at $1.01, with 2,029,588 stock units trading, Caribbean Cement ended $1 higher at $28.50, with 120,165 shares, Carreras finished 50 cents higher at $12.50, with 663,846 stock units, Grace Kennedy added 10 cents at $42.60, with 5,877,213 units valued $249 million. Jamaica Broilers gained 70 cents to end at $18, with 120,816 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose 10 cents higher to $15.10, with 189,307 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 55 cents higher at $7, with 40,135 shares, JMMB Group ended with a loss of 53 cents at $22.36, with 8,567 stock units, Kingston Wharves jumped $2.01 trading at $33, with 2,600 units, 1834 Investments ended trading at $1.40, with 9,167 stock units, PanJam Investment traded $5.09 higher at $41, with 38,430 shares, Radio Jamaica ended at $1.12, with 319,721 stock units, Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 20 cents at $34.05, trading 35,641 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading $1.75 higher at $13.80, with 57,493 shares, Salada Foods traded 50 cents higher at $8.50, with 10,250 units. Scotia Group rose 10 cents to $45.11, with 1,117,306 shares, Seprod closed $1 higher at $31, with 23,889 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 29 cents at $10.81, with 7,384 units.
In the main market preference segment, Proven preference share finished at $.2, with 111,300 units trading.
In the US dollar market, Productive Business Solution US ordinary share lost 7.5 US cents and closed at 57.5 US cents while trading 325,433 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, exchanging 228,420 units while Money Market Brokers US dollar 6% preference share lost 2 US cents to end at US$1.10 trading 41,300 units.

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Grace, C&W in big trades

September 28, 2017 by

Grace Kennedy had the largest trade – 5.9 m units on Thursday.

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday was dominated by Grace Kennedy with just under 5.9 million units valued $249 million and Cable & Wireless with 2 million shares.
The market closed with 21 securities changing hands, 13 advanced, 4 declined and 2 traded firm and 3 trading in the US dollar market. Trading in the main market ended with 11,263,035 units valued at $348,817,467 compared to 4,718,872 units valued at 99,127,989 on Wednesday, while in the US dollar market 595,153 units changed hands carrying a value of US$287,330. Overall trading in both markets came to J$386,170,423, in addition, the NCB Financial 6 percent bond traded 27 million units for a value of $3,542,985,900.
Trading ended with an average of 536,335 units for an average of $16,610,356 in contrast to 188,755 units for an average of $3,965,120 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 286,773 units valued at $3,573,357 and previously 273,638 units valued at an average of $2,921,507. In contrast, August closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Friday is the last trading day of the month when fund managers usually push the prices of selected stocks to influence the performance of their funds, as such investors should be on the lookout for such action.

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Junior stocks falter again

September 28, 2017 by

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of just 538,080 units valued at $2,509,546 compared to 2,043,273 units valued at $10,429,058 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 4 securities advanced, 7 declined and 7 remained with prices unchanged leading to the Junior Market Index declining by 22.92 points to close at 2,959.40.
Trading ended with an average of 29,893 units for an average of $139,419 in contrast to 97,299 units for an average of $496,622 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 117,485 units valued at $ $541,898 and 122,095 units at an average of $563,081, previously. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Friday’s trading as 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks units changing hands and their last traded price are: Caribbean Cream finishing with a loss of 20 cents at $5.90, with 24,714 stock units, Caribbean Producers trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.60, with 104,000 shares, Dolphin Cove ended at $17, with 1,000 units changing hands. Elsewhere, Express Catering ended with a loss of 8 cents at $4.42, with 69,009 stock units, General Accident traded at $2.60, with 5,607 shares, Honey Bun finished 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 5,723 units, Jamaican Teas finished 22 cents higher at $4, with 48,600 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.50, with 2,500 shares. Key Insurance settled at $4.25, with 200 stock units, Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 9 cents at $14.80, with 10,859 units, Lasco Distributors ended trading 8 cents higher at $6.38, with 52,465 shares trading, Lasco Financial traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4, with 86,227 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents to $3.80, with 43,243 shares, Main Event settled at $5, with 33,302 units, Medical Disposables traded at $5.30, with 2,000 shares, Paramount Trading finished 1 cent higher at $2.71, with 200 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office closed at $4.80, with 48,070 units and tTech ended with a loss of 4 cents at $7.55, with a mere 361 shares.

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7 stocks rose on TTSE on Thursday

September 28, 2017 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 13 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday as 7 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 3 were unchanged.
At the close, 230,908 shares traded at a value of $2,243,148 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 137,807 valued at $553,807.
The Composite Index rose 0.76 points to 1,238.27, the All T&T Index declined by 1.06 points to 1,781.62 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.35 points to close at 93.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded price of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment with gains of 9 cents, closed at $21.50 exchanging 2,761 units, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.10,with the price rising 8 cents with 34,616 shares being traded, Guardian Holdings gained 1 cent to close at $15.01 with 5,840 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded 10 cents higher to $5.10 with 5,797 units. Scotiabank with gains of 2 cents, closed at $58.05 with 4,500 units, Trinidad Cement closed 6 cents higher to $4.20 in exchange of 26,162 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $23, gaining 1 cent after trading 43,565 shares valued at $1,001,740.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands were First Citizens declined by 25 cents to settle at $31.75 with 2,300 units, Republic Financial Holdings traded at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.79, having lost 1 cent with 1,781 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $49.35, with a loss of 4 cents while exchanging only 10 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading were Angostura Holdings closed at $15.24 with only 6 units trading, JMMB Group traded 100,458 shares at $1.35 and Sagicor Financial exchanged 3,112 units at $8.01.

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JSE main stocks eke out gains – Wednesday

September 27, 2017 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 25 securities changing hands, the same as on Tuesday and 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 11 advancing, 8 declining and 8 traded firm.
The market recorded modest gains in the two main indices, with the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 106.77 points to close at 282,019.56, the JSE Market Index inched 97.28 points to 256,951.71. The JSE US dollar market index slipped 0.73 points to 187.26.
Trading ended with 4,718,872 units valued at 99,127,989 with an average of 188,755 units for an average of $3,965,120 compared to 4,433,242 units valued at 88,443,093 on Tuesday, with an average of 177,330 units at an average of $3,537,724. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to $273,638 units valued at $2,921,507 compared to 278,353 units valued at $2,866,580, previously. In contrast, August closed with average of 184,094 units with an average of $4,336,090, for each security traded. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 85,233 units at a value of US$21,022 and brought total trades in both markets to JS$101,860,817.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
NCB Financial listed a US dollar bond with a coupon rate of 6 percent, but no trades were executed.

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50% of trade goes to JMMB

September 27, 2017 by

JMMB Group accounted for half of the shares that traded on Wednesday.

The narrow difference between winners and losers continued on Wednesday with 11 securities rising an 8 declining out of 27 that traded, leading the market indices to record small gains around 100 points. JMMB Group traded 2.4 million units out of a total of 4.8 million units traded on Wednesday.
In the market activity, securities trading and volume exchanged at the last price trades took place at are, Berger Paints that closed with a loss of 10 cents at $11.40, trading 67,562 units, elsewhere, Cable & Wireless closed 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 149,655 units, Caribbean Cement settled $2 higher at $27.50, with just 100 stocks, Carreras closed with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 347,667 stocks changing hands, Ciboney traded with a loss of 1 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 15 cents, with 4,400 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy finished with a loss of 20 cents at $42.50, with 18,567 units, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 20 cents at $17.30, with 4,738 stock units, Jamaica Producers settled 50 cents higher at $15, with 810,000 shares trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 1 cent at $6.45, with 50,000 units, JMMB Group concluded trading with a gain of 39 cents to $22.89, with 2,406,969 stocks trading, Kingston Properties traded 20 cents higher at $7, with 4,758 stocks changing hands, Kingston Wharves finished 25 cents higher at $30.99, with 220,309 units. Mayberry Investments ended at $4.10, with 63,200 units, NCB Financial had a 145,037 shares trading with a rise of 50 cents to close at $88, 1834 Investments finished at $1.40, with 240 units, PanJam Investment ended 91 cents higher at $35.91, with 10,620 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.70, trading 55,000 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.12, with 23,555 shares, Sagicor Group traded at $34.25, with 106,100 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $12.05, with 8,938 shares, Scotia Group settled 91 cents higher at $45.01 trading 44,431 units and closed with the bid at $48 to buy500 units. Scotia Investments concluded trading at $35.50, with 6,160 stock units, Seprod lost $3 to close at $30, with 32,196 shares and Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $11.10, with 55,577 units changing hands.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished at $2.08, with 83,093 units trading.
In the US dollar market, Productive Business Solution US ordinary share closed at 65 US cents while trading 1,595 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, after rising 0.99 US cent, exchanging 83,638 units, while NCB Financial had a new listing of a US dollar bond, carrying a coupon rate of 6 percent, but no trades were executed.

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Junior market trading jumps – Wednesday

September 27, 2017 by

Main Event was the leading trade with more than 1 million shares on Wednesday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up by more than 300 percent on Wednesday with 21 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,043,273 units valued at $10,429,058 compared to 463,032 units valued at $2,269,157 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the Junior Market Index advanced by 13.65 points to close at 2,982.32 as the prices of 8 advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged based on last traded prices.
Trading ended with an average of 97,299 units for an average of $496,622 in contrast to 24,370 units for an average of $119,429 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 122,095 units valued at $563,081 and previously, 123,473 units at $566,773. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed and having implications for the next day trading activity as 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging traded 30 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,632 units, Cargo Handlers finished with a loss of 1 cent at $11.08, with 95,394 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 20 cents at $11.60, with 4,273 stock units, Caribbean Producers closed 15 cents higher at $3.75, with 4,752 units, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 1 cent at $7.99, with 1,961 shares. Dolphin Cove closed at $17, with 326 stock units trading, Express Catering finished at $4.50, with 305,066 shares, Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $4.20, with 4,577 stocks trading, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 22 cents at $3.78, with 26,100 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation concluded trading at $4.50, with 69,020 units, Key Insurance settled 25 cents higher at a new high of $4.25, with just 100 units. KLE Group traded with a loss of 6 cents at $2.80, with 8,000 stock units, Knutsford Express gained 39 cents to $14.89, with 10,400 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $6.30, with 41,455 shares, Lasco Financial ended 6 cents higher at $4.06, trading 304,402 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended 40 cents higher at $4, with 1,000 shares, Medical Disposables ended 30 cents higher at $5.30, with 4,000 units, Main Event traded with a loss of 5 cents at $5, with 1,009,579 shares. Stationery and Office closed at $4.80, with 84,437 stocks, tTech traded with a loss of 1 cent at $7.59, with 46,799 shares and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2, with 20,000 shares changing hands.

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Subdued trading on TTSE – Tuesday

September 27, 2017 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was moderate on Wednesday with 11 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Tuesday accounting for 137,807 shares traded at a value of $553,807.
On Tuesday the market traded 145,278 shares valued at $1,233,773.
On Wednesday trading ended with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 8 holding firm as
the Composite Index fell 0.05 points to 1,237.51, the All T&T Index declined by 0.50 points to 1,782.68 and the Cross Listed Index inched 0.06 points higher to close at 92.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy was the sole stock gaining to close 4 cents higher at $2.90 trading 15,045 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are Angostura Holdings with a loss 1 cent to settle at $15.24 with just 400 units and Trinidad Cement closing at $4.14, after losing 6 cents while exchanging 849 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are First Citizens that closed at $32 with 671 units, Guardian Holdings remaining at $15 with 4,875 shares, National Enterprises trading 409 units at $10.37,National Flour Mills ending at $2 in exchanging 100,000 shares. NCB Financial held firm at $5 trading 500 units, Readymix closed at $11 with 100 units trading, Sagicor Financial exchanged 13,158 shares at $8.01 andBourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar mutual shares traded 1,800 units at US$8.08.

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3 T&T stocks rise in moderate trading

September 26, 2017 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 12 securities changing hands and resulted in 3 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 8 holding firm after the market was closed on Monday for public holiday.
Market activity ended with 145,278 shares traded at a value of $1,233,773 compared to 11 securities trading, resulting in 236,075 units valued at $4,854,889 on Friday changing hands.
The Composite Index gained 0.23 points to 1,237.56, the All T&T Index declined by 0.61 points to 1,783.18 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.15 points to close at 92.93.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with a mixed picture of the market as 5 stocks ended with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment that closed at $21.41, gaining 1 cent with 22,069 shares valued at $472,547, JMMB Group gaining 2 cents, closing at $1.35 with 900 units and Sagicor Financial closing at $8.01 and gaining 1 cent, exchanging 9,341 units.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings is the sole stock to trade lower and ended with a loss of 10 cents, at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.80 with 967 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are First Citizens that exchanged 3,108 units at $32, Grace Kennedy settling at $2.86 with 3,639 units traded. At the same time Guardian Holdings closed at $15 with 5,221 shares, National Enterprises traded 2,609 units at $10.37, National Flour Mills closed at $2 with 144 units, NCB Financial Group remained at $5 trading 50,711 shares, Scotia Investments closed at $2.25 with 40,000 shares and Trinidad Cement exchanged 6,569 shares at $4.20.

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