Trading activity rose on Monday in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 9,375,844 units valued at $169,350,761 changing hands, but one stock, Jamaica Broilers dominated trading, accounting for 7.49 million units and 80 percent of the volume traded.
Three stocks ended trading at record closing prices as demand grows for a selective group of companies.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Barita Investments with gains of $2.15 and closing trading $10.25 with 45,000 units changing hands, Berger Paints closed 90 cents higher to $11.50 with 2,600 shares, Cable and Wireless gained 3 cents in closing at $1.08 with 142,022 shares, Caribbean Cement ending with a loss of 50 cents, to $26.50 with 499,169 units. Carreras closed at $107.55, losing 45 cents with 18,336 stock units, Grace Kennedy with a loss of 80 cents, closed at $41.20 with 9,576 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded $1.10 lower to $17.85 with 7,492,431 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 5 cents to close at $15.10 with 2,190 shares, JMMB Group lost 9 cents to close at $21.40 with 20,818 shares. Kingston Wharves closed at $30.79 with 2,955 shares, Mayberry Investments with gains of 16 cents, closed at $4.46 with 5,470 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 50 cents to close at $89.50 with 6,379 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.34 with 27,300 shares. 
Portland JSX exchanged 2,000 shares at $9.25, Pulse Investments lost 4 cents, closing at $1.95 with 195,848 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.23, adding 1 cent with 36,482 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Group closed $1.25 lower to $32.85 trading 8,070 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended at $10.99, after losing 97 cents with 10,000 shares trading, Salada Foods closed at $8.50 with 200,000 shares, Scotia Group jumped $2, to a record close of $52 with 93,121 shares traded, Sterling Investments gained 10 cents, closing at $12.85 with 100 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $12.90 with 505,077 shares. Margaritaville Turks US ordinary share closed at 30 US cents with 2,904 units, Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents with 2,298 units, recently listed Productive Business Solutions US ordinary share closed at a record high of 72 US cents, gaining US12 cents with 500 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended at $1.16 with 50,000 units and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% cumulative redeemable share closed with a gain of $5 at a record high of $105 with 900 shares.
9 junior stocks fall 9 rise – Monday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 11,400,134 units valued at $44,912,427 compared to 689,176 units valued at $4,663,095 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 9 advanced, 9 declined and 5 remained with the prices unchanged and the market index dropped 43.84 points to 3,075.41.
Trading ended with an average of 495,658 units for an average of $1,952,714 in contrast to 36,272 units for an average of $245,426 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 265,965 units valued at $1,099,070 compared to 36,272 units valued at $245,426 previously. 
In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Tuesday’s activity as 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Access Financial settling with a loss of $2.80 at $46.20 with 5,912 units, AMG Packaging traded with a loss of 30 cents, at $3 with 98,176 stocks units, Blue Power ended 50 cents higher at $41.50 with 200 shares, CAC 2000 rose 14 cents to $8 with 15,969 units, Cargo Handlers climbed 80 cents to $10.40 with 4,366 shares. Caribbean Cream settled at $6.85 with 5,700 stocks, Caribbean Flavours finished with a loss of 1 cent, at $11.70 with 4,580 stock units, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents to end at $3.85 with 10,056,442 shares, Express Catering fell 20 cents, to $4.50 with 71,972 shares, 
General Accident concluded trading at $2.80 with 45,202 units changing hands. Honey Bun ended with a loss of 90 cents, at a 52 weeks’ low of $4 with 5,500 stocks, Jamaican Teas concluded with a loss of 78 cents, at $4.22 with 27,526 shares, Jetcon Corporation finished 10 cents higher at $4.60 with 659,398 units, KLE Group traded 15 cents higher at $3.20 with 98,599 units. Knutsford Express ended 49 cents higher at $14.99 with 11,569 units, Lasco Distributors traded at $6.90 with 55,144 stocks, Lasco Financial finished the day with a loss of 5 cents, at $3.85 with 80,835 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 15 cents, at $4.30 with 28,930 stocks. Medical Disposables finished $1.08 higher at $5.35 with 7,060 units, Paramount Trading concluded market activity at $2.70 with 35,000 shares, Stationery and Office finished at $4.20 trading 74,962 shares, tTech traded with a loss of 46 cents, at $6.05 with 4,500 units and Eppley closed at $6.60 with 2,592 shares.
4 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ lows
In trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, 4 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ lows on Monday, as 13 securities changed hands compared to 8 on Friday. The market ended with 147,790 shares traded valued at $1,500,893 compared to Friday’s 191,728 units valued at $1,095,850.
The market closed with 1 stock advancing, 4 declining and 8 holding firm, leading to the Composite Index declining 0.32 points to 1,240.09. The All T&T Index dropped 1.14 points to 1,788.92 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.07 points to 92.84 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains|Scotia Investments gained 8 cents in trading at $2.20 at the close with 6,000 shares changing hands.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are, Clico Investment trading 10 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $20.60 with 24,878 shares valued at $512,487. One Caribbean Media declined 40 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $14.50 with just 68 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ending with a loss of 10 cents, 
closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.90 with 1,140 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $50.50, having lost 48 cents trading a mere 16 shares.
Firm Trades| The volume and last traded prices of securities trading unchanged at the close of trading are, First Citizens closing at $31.67 with 1,491 shares, Grace Kennedy exchanging 6,235 shares at $2.85. Guardian Holdings held firm at $16.60 with 7,014 shares, Massy Holdings traded 69 shares at $48.92, NCB Financial Group remained at $5 with 91,094 shares valued at $455,470, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.65 with 200 shares, Scotiabank ended at $58.02 with 110 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 9,475 shares at $22.
Finance companies blast JSE indices
Sagiocr Group was one of the big contributors to the JSE rise on Friday with a rise of $2.30.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange started trading for September in a very bullish mode and closed the day with a huge jump in the market indices, thanks to 2 to 1 advance decline ratio, but more so by movements in the three large capitalisation stocks, NCB Financial, Sagicor Group and Scotia Group.
The All Jamaica Composite Index surged 8,689.74 points, at the close of trading the third highest in the markets history and the JSE Market Index climbed 7,917.33 points. The market sits just under a major resistance level at 290,000 points on the All Jamaica Composite Index, a meaningful break out this coming week could open the market up for a huge rally for the balance of the year.
At the close of market activity, the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are Barita Investments with gains of 5 cents to end at $8.10 with 9,501 shares, Berger Paints closed $2.50 lower to $10.60 with 30,378 shares as investors responded negatively to the buyout offer for the minority shareholdings while ignoring the fundamentals of the company. Cable and Wireless gained 5 cents, closing at $1.05 with 18,094 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 40,150 shares at $27, Carreras closed at $108 with 30,352 stock units, Ciboney exchanged just 200 shares at 17 cents, Grace Kennedy added 2 cents to close at $42 with 14,115 shares. Jamaica Broilers lost 5 cents and closed at $18.95 with 26,278 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.35, rising of 50 cents in trading 850 shares,JMMB Group gained 49 cents to close at $21.49 with 11,653 units. Kingston Properties closed at $7.50, rising 30 cents with 742 stock units, Kingston Wharves traded 6 cents lower to $30.79 with 1,503 shares, 
Mayberry Investments lost 20 cents, closing at $4.30 with 199,098 stock units, NCB Financial Group climbed $1.01 to close at $90 with 42,492 shares, 1834 Investments ended with a gain of 4 cents, closed at $1.34, with 31,474 shares and 138 Student Living lost 70 cents to close at $4.75 with 100 stock units. Radio Jamaica closed at $1.22 with 25,927 units changing hands, Sagicor Group jumped $2.30 to $34.10 trading 331,028 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended at $11.96, after falling 9 cents with 17,729 shares, Salada Foods gained 50 cents, closing at $8.50 with 100,000 shares, Scotia Group closed at $50 with 255,822 shares, after trading earlier at $52. The market closed with no stock being offered for sale ahead of the third quarter results due in the coming week. Seprod traded 4,000 shares at $33, Supreme Ventures closed at a record $12.90, gaining 90 cents with 81,771 units. Newly listed Productive Business Solutions US ordinary shares rose 5 cents and closed at a record 60 US cents while trading just 100 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 24 US cents with 14,100 units, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 45,100 units at $2 and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share gained 1 cent to close at $1.16 with 34,643 units.
Trinidad stocks still drifting
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resumed trading on Friday, after the break for the country’s Independence Day on Thursday. At the close 8 securities changed hands compared to 16 on Wednesday.
The market closed with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 5 holding firm as 191,728 shares valued at $1,095,850 traded, compared to Wednesday’s 256,519 units valued at $2,932,389.
The Composite Index declined 0.08 points to 1,240.41, the All T&T Index slipped 1.15 points to 1,790.06 but the Cross Listed Index gained 0.14 points to 92.77 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer continued to reflect negative investors sentiments with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group was the sole security rising at the close and ended with a gain of 3 cents, to closed at $1.31, with 105,000 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 4 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.70 with just 100 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 49 cents to end at $22 with 31,945 shares valued at $702,790.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Guardian Holdings closing at $16.60 with 148 shares, National Enterprises trading 295 shares at $10.47, NCB Financial Group holding at $5 with 11,480 shares, Sagicor Financial ending at $8.30, with 2,687 shares while Trinidad Cement exchanged 40,073 shares at $4.20.
Junior index rise in moderate trading
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 19 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 689,176 units valued at $4,663,095 compared to 1,911,988 units valued at $7,957,392 on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the Junior Market Index rose 20.35 points to end at 3,119.25 as the prices of 7 advanced, 5 declined and the prices of 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 36,272 units for an average of $245,426 in contrast to 95,599 units for an average of $397,870 on Thursday. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments still looking mixed for Monday’s activity, as 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 18 cents, at $3.30 with 11,000 shares, Blue Power finished $1 higher at $41 with 856 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $9.60 with 1,550 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 35 cents to $6.85 with just 1,632 units, Caribbean Producers finished at $3.80 with 3,000 shares, 
Dolphin Cove settled at $17.30 trading 200 units, Express Catering fell 7 cents, to $4.70 exchanging 12,895 stock units, General Accident ended at $2.80 with 9,956 shares, Honey Bun finished at $4.90 with 14,470 units, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 40 cents higher at $5 with 500 stocks, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 30 cents, at $4.50 with 17,858 shares, KLE Group settled 5 cents higher at $3.05 with 25,147 units, Key Insurance closed at $3.10 with 1,857 stock units, Knutsford Express ended at $14.50 trading 64,743 shares, Lasco Distributors settled with a loss of 10 cents, at $6.90 with 388,392 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 25 cents higher at $3.90 with 26,100 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 15 cents, at $4.45 with 2,300 units, Medical Disposables traded 1 cents higher at $4.27 with 9,073 shares and Stationery and Office settled at $4.20 with 97,647 shares changing hands.
Major end of month JSE moves
Supreme Ventures closed at record high of $12 on Thursday.
In an active day of market activities, 29 securities traded with Scotia Group hitting a record high of $50 ahead of the third quarter results due for release within a week and Supreme Ventures (SVL) closed at a high of $12 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange
Investors continue to respond positively to SVL half year results that rose 41 percent but Sterling Investments dropped to a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75.
Elsewhere in the main market overvalued Jamaica Producers traded 1,082,752 shares to close at $15.99 after adding 5 cents and 138 Student Living gained 30 cents to close at $5.45 with 1,589,048 shares. Productive Business Solutions that went to the public to raise fresh capital had the US dollar ordinary shares and the preference shares were listed at the start of the day but there was no trading in them.
PBS shares were listed on Thursday.
Pulse Investments gained 4 cents, closing at $1.99 with 4,826 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.22 with 1,000 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $31.80 with gains of 20 cents trading 44,472 units, Sagicor Real Estate fund ended at $12.05, after gaining 5 cents with 500 shares, Salada Foods dropped $2 to $8 with 100,000 shares, Scotia Group advanced $3 to $50 with 75,994 shares, Scotia Investments eased 1 cent to $35.50 with 200 shares, Seprod traded 2,500 shares at $33, Sterling Investments declined $1.25 to $12.75 with 2,000 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $12, gaining $1.01 with 114,906 shares. Margaritaville Turks US ordinary shares closed at 30 US cents with 1,000 units, Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents with 51,749 units, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share with gains of 15 cents, closed at $2 with 745,140 units and Proven 8.25% cumulative redeemable preference share gained 40 cents to close at $5.50 with 21,000 units.
Junior Market inches higher
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading on Thursday with 20 securities changing hands, 6 advanced, 9 declined and 5 traded firm leading to the index rising 5.60 points to 3,098.90.
A total of 1,911,988 units valued at $7,957,391 changed hands, compared to 2,037,393 units valued at $8,042,723 on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 95,599 units for an average of $397,870 in contrast to 88,582 units for an average of $349,684 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260, compared to 241,379 units at an average value of $1,336,050 previously. In contrast, July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded. Trading ended with the market sentiments looking more positive for Friday activity than for recent days as 8 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 trading and their last traded price are: Access Financial that finished $2 higher at $49 with 1,465 units, AMG Packaging closing 3 cents higher at $3.48 with 40,200 stock units, C2W Music concluded with a loss of 2 cents, at $0.43 with 149,354 stocks, Caribbean Flavours finished with a loss of $1.29, at $11.71 with 200 units, Caribbean Producers traded at $3.80 with 43,254 shares. Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 35 cents, at $1.95 with 6,000 stocks, Eppley finished at $12 trading 5,030 units, Express Catering ended 57 cents higher at $4.77 with 141,480 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.90 with 100 shares, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 23 cents, at $4.60 with 36,260 units, Jetcon Corporation settled 
at $4.80 with 641,573 shares, after trading as low as $4.50. KLE Group settled with a loss of 15 cents, at $3 with 54,650 units, Knutsford Express settled at $14.50 exchanging 13,642 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 15 cents at $7 with 106,910 units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 34 cents, at $3.65 with 355,750 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing closed 20 cents higher at $4.60 with 39,332 units, Main Event closed with a loss of 55 cents, at $4.50 with 21,962 shares, Paramount Trading settled at $2.70 with 89,960 shares, Stationery and Office ended 20 cents higher at $4.20 with 122,234 units, as it may have found a bottom after trading shortly after listing at $6 before pulling back in to the mid $3 range and tTech finished with a loss of 4 cents, at $6.51 with 42,632 shares.
NCB accounts for 61% of trade on Wednesday
NCB Financial traded 3m shares on Wednesday on the JSE.
On another record breaking day with the all Jamaica Composite index closing over 280,000 points for the first time, NCB Financial Group led the market with 61 percent of the volume traded, accounting for 3,011,045 shares with the price inching 1 cent higher to $87.55.
Elsewhere at the close of market activity, on a day when there were less securities rising than declining the securities changing hands with the last traded price and volume exchanged are:Barita Investments that lost 1 cent, to close at $9 with 17,951 shares, Cable and Wireless ending at $1 after losing 5 cents with 755,957 shares. Caribbean Cement traded $1 lower to $29 with 59,177 shares, Carreras closed 50 cents lower to $107.50 with 100,008 stock units, Grace Kennedy with gains of 50 cents, closed at $41.50 with 12,349 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $18.20 with 21,335 units, overvalued Jamaica Producers added 50 cents, in closing at $15 with 1,936 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.35, with a loss of 14 cents in trading 91,633 shares, 
JMMB Group gained of 20 cents and closed at $20.95 with 19,820 shares. Kingston Wharves closed at $32 with 150 shares, Mayberry Investments exchanged 97,980 shares at $4.60, 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 10 cents, closed at $1.30 with 342,520 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $1.52 to $34.50 with 6,000 shares. Pulse Investments fell 4 cents to $1.95 with 109,500 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 8 cents to close at $1.22 with 3,611 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $31.60 with a loss of 40 cents trading 43,720 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $12 with 8,983 shares, Scotia Group closed $1 higher at $47 with 29,941 shares, Seprod traded 5,000 shares at $33, Sterling Investments exchanged 7,000 shares at $14, Supreme Ventures slipped 1 cent to $10.99, with 81,268 shares. Proven Investments US ordinary shares gained 1 US cent to close at 24 US cents with 60,480 units and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% preference share closed at $2.51 with 17,709 units.
Junior market in steady trading – Wednesday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with 23 securities changing hands resulting in an exchange of 2,037,393 units valued at $8,042,722 compared to 2,320,590 units valued at $10,336,084 on Tuesday.
The market index inched higher by just 0.07 points to 3,093.44 at the close, as 10 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 7 traded with prices remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 88,582 units for an average of $349,684 in contrast to 89,253 units for an average of $397,542 on Tuesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 241,379 units valued at $1,469,345, in contrast to 249,420 units valued at $1,528,275 previously. July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Thursday activity as 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: C2W Music that caused investors to take a second look at it after attempts were made to trade it at 50 cents in the end it settled 2 cents higher for the day at 45 cents with 183,500 units changing hands. Trading ended with the bid posted at 50 cents to buy 40,000 units with only two offers posted at the close at $1.23 and $1.35. The day’s activity in the stock is in contrast to two weeks ago when the price dipped to 38 cents and looked as if it would trade lower. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 40 cents, at $9.60 with 450 shares, Caribbean Cream traded at $6.50 with 34,280 units, Caribbean Flavours traded at $13 with 1,000 stocks units, Caribbean Producers traded at $3.80 with 31,258 units, 
Derrimon Trading ended at $7.90 with 2,000 shares, Express Catering concluded 5 cents higher at $4.20 with 138,183 stocks, General Accident finished with a loss of 2 cents, at $2.80 with 107,700 shares, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 20 cents, at $4.80 with 3,598 units, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 7 cents, at $4.83 with 11,737 stocks, Jetcon Corporation finished with a loss of 20 cents, at $4.80 with 1,085,266 units, KLE Group climbed 14 cents higher at $3.15 with 270,971 shares, Key Insurance rose 10 cents higher to $3.10 with 7,947 stocks units, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $14.50 with 7,606 stocks, Lasco Distributors ended 15 cents higher at $7.15 with 27,962 units, Lasco Financial finished 39 cents higher at $3.99 with 100 units, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 5 cents, at $4.40 with 4,299 units, Main Event concluded market activity 55 cents higher, at $5.05 with 3,823 stocks, Medical Disposables concluded trading 1 cent higher at $4.26 with 28,521 units, Paramount Trading ended at $2.70 with 38,304 units, Stationery and Office concluded trading at $4 with 11,782 units, tTech finished 50 cents higher at $6.55 with 16,378 shares and Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents, at $2 with 20,728 shares.