Only 2 price changes on Trinidad Stock Exchange

May 29, 2017 by

Guardian closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.03 on Monday in Trinidad.


Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, was muted with the price of just 2 securities changing, one closed at a 52 weeks’ high. There were no declining stocks while 11 closed unchanged.
At the close 13 securities changed hands, leading to 224,838 shares exchanged at a value of $1,570,480 compared to 12 securities trading on Friday, with 761,387 shares valued at $3,029,637. The Composite Index rose 0.18 points to 1,214.29, the All T&T Index gained 0.05 points to 1,793.45 and the Cross Listed Index was up 0.04 points to close at 85.13.
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| Guardian Holdings added 1 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $16.03 while exchanging 10,000 shares and Scotia Investments traded 12,552 shares at $2.50.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15 trading 400 shares, Berger Paints closed at $4.05 with trades of 100 shares, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 exchanging 14,758 shares valued at $332,055. First Citizens traded 1,230 shares at $31.85, JMMB Group traded 35,000 shares at $1.27. Massy Holdings closed at $51.45 trading only 65 shares, National Enterprises exchanged 200 shares at $10.50, Jamaica’s NCB Financial Group closed at $3.95 with an exchange of 102,000 shares valued at $402,900. Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 100 units to close at $3.02, Readymix closed at $11 with trades of 46,873 shares valued at $515,703 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL held firm at $20.75 trading 1,560 shares.

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Berger & Scotia Group drop TOP 10

May 28, 2017 by

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The two main markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, pulled back this past week as the volatility in the price of some stocks resulted in shifts in the position of some stocks in the TOP 10. Movements were not enough to change the Junior Market list, even as Caribbean Producers saw a 25 percent fall during the week with heavy volume, the stock enjoyed partial recovery by weekend.
This week’s pull back, seems to support the comment last week, “that both markets are trading close to recent resistance levels which could act as a short term restraint on upward movement.”
In the main market, decline in the prices of Seprod down to $30 and Sterling Investments to $15.50 moved them into the top list and replaced Berger Paints and Scotia Group that maintained their prices and are now some distance from the top list.
The average PE ratio for the Junior Market Top stocks is 7.5 and 6.8 in the main market, these compare favourably with 13.7 for the main market and 13.4 for Juniors, based on 2017 estimated earnings. With several stocks trading below the average, the potential for more gains for the rest of 2017 seems positive, barring any major negative developments.
Recent TOP 10 listings remain just below the top spots with Access Financial, Jetcon Corporation, AMG Packaging, Dolphin Cove, Caribbean Cream and Blue Power sitting just below, with potential gains of more than 100 percent and in the main market, Grace Kennedy and Sagicor Group are just below the Top spots with good potential gains ahead.
The history of the Top stock performance indicates that, it takes a few months for most of the stocks to reach potential targeted prices as they tend not to be the stocks favoured by a large segment of investors, in the short term.
At the close of the week, IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 Junior Market stocks now trade at an average discount of 44 percent to the Junior Market average, while those in the main market are trading at a 49 percent discount, to the average of the market, leaving several stocks with room for growth in the months ahead.
At the close of the week, bid volumes for junior market stocks remained relatively low ranging from a high of 66,436 units at $5.15 for Lasco Manufacturing with an offer of 16,685 units at $5.20, Access with a bid of 35,425 at $42.50, Caribbean Producers with 34,300 units on the bid at $3.50, with 100,000 shares on offer at $3.80. Key Insurance closed with 15,213 units on the bid at $2.90 and 51,361 offered at $3.80 and Lasco Financial ended the week with a bid of $4.05 to buy 24,000 units with 47,888 units being offered for sale at $4.40.

Seprod shares dropped from $45.10 in February to $30 on Friday.

Caribbean Cement had a bid to buy 54,903 units at $28.50 and offers of 7,850 shares at $29.95. Carreras had just 1,233 units on the bid at $77 with 4,954 shares being offered at $80, JMMB Group’s has bids to buy 8,272 units at $19.80 with an offer to sell 6,224 shares at $20, Radio Jamaica bid ended trading at $1.68 to buy 883 units with 30,000 units on offer at $1.79 while Scotia Investments closed the week with 14,753 units on the bid to buy at $36.50 and 14,049 units offered for sale at $37.85. Interest in Seprod has fallen with only 250 units on the bid at $29.50 and selling of 95,352 units at $30, this is way off from the 52 weeks’ high of $45 the stock sold at late February this year.

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Trading improving for Jamaica stocks

May 26, 2017 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchnage main market fell on Friday with improved trading.

Trading levels hit rock bottom on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday May 19, when less than 1 million units valued at a mere $11.8 million traded has been rebounding with this Friday’s level being the highest since Thursday last week. On Friday the value of traded stocks almost doubled that of Thursday this week.
Trading improved on the Monday with $31 million of trades but fell back on Wednesday to $27 million and picked up to $37 million on Thursday before moving higher on Friday. Trading levels in the main market ended at 4,417,748 units valued at $73,092,399 compared to 1,392,798 units valued at $37,103,714 at the close on Thursday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 56,375 units valued at US$17,199.
The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 1,094.79 points to close at 257,288.98 the JSE Market Index fell 997.48 points to finish at 234,419.39 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 1.69 points to close at 215.59.
The main market ended trading with an average of 152,336 units valued at $2,520,428 per security traded, compared to an average of 53,569 units valued at $1,427,066 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 392,814 units with an average value of $5,480,092 compared with an average of 406,174 units and $5,644,518 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands including 2 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 8 stocks advanced and 8 declined.
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 1 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7.20 trading 100 shares, Berger Paints exchanged 7,134 shares at $19, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.30, trading 982,050 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 25 cents lower to close at $28.25 exchanging 51,000 shares. Carreras closed at $80, losing $1 with 7,731 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained $1 and closed at $41, with 22,872 units trading, Jamaica Broilers traded 9,249 shares at $18, Jamaica Producers gained 15 cents to close at $16, with 12,538 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7, after falling 69 cents while exchanging 351,722 shares. JMMB Group exchanged 50,672 units at $20, Kingston Properties traded 52,625 shares at $12, Kingston Wharves lost 50 cents to close at $30.50, trading 5,378 units, Mayberry Investments traded 1,900 shares at $5.30, NCB Financial Group closed at $70.99, with gains of 38 cents after exchanging 242,233 shares, 1834 Investments lost 6 cents and closed at $1.40, with 135,646 shares changing owners, 138 Student Living exchanged 15,000 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35.62, gaining 62 cents in trading 20,553 shares. Portland JSX gained 5 cents to close at $10.15 with an exchange of 2,416 shares, Pulse Investments traded 17,157 shares at $14.50, Radio Jamaica lost 7 cents to close at $1.65, trading 126,425 shares, Sagicor Group added 2 cents to close at $33.02 exchanging 1,021,346 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 12 cents, closing at $10.80, with 17,797 units changing hands. Salada Foods jumped $1.02 to close at $8.50 trading 10,000 shares, Scotia Group closed at $42, with an exchange of 85,543 units, Scotia Investments closed at $36.50, with a loss of $1 trading 500 shares. Seprod closed at $30 exchanging 170,000 shares, Sterling Investments closed at $15.50 trading 11,700 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 1 cent to close at $7.49 in an exchange of 211,461 shares. Margaritaville Turks closed at 34 US cents, with 20,500 units changing hands, Proven Investments closed at 28.5 US cents, gaining 0.01 US cent in trading 35,875 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.50% preference closed at $1.10 with trades of 775,000 units trading.

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TTSE turns positive on Friday

May 26, 2017 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in a turnaround in the fortunes of the exchange with the market indices breaking the 6 days losing streak as 12 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Thursday with 6 stocks rising and no declines.
The market closed with 761,387 shares exchanged at a value of $3,029,637 up from Thursday’s 128,271 units valued at $1,640,227.
The Composite Index rose 0.47 points to 1,214.11, the All T&T Index gained 0.36 points to 1,793.40 and the Cross Listed Index was up 0.08 points to close at 85.09.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 4 cents to close at $2.85 exchanging 19,137 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $16.02, with gains of 2 cents trading 4,302 shares, Point Lisas closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.05, gaining 5 cents with 480 shares changing hands. Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to close at $8.99, with an exchange of 5,000 shares, Scotiabank traded 1 cent higher, closing at $58.01 with trades of 3,921 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 14 cents and closed at $20.75, with 3,346 shares trading.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15 trading 5,000 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 8,000 shares at $40 valued at $320,000, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 exchanging 2,583 shares. First Caribbean International traded 21,000 shares at $7.75, JMMB Group closed at $1.27, with an exchange of 288,168 shares valued at $366,549 and NCB Financial Group traded 400,000 shares valued at $1,580,000 at $3.95.

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Trading activity picking up on JSE

May 25, 2017 by

Trading continues to show improving levels on Thursday on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the value of trading rising for the third day in a row. The market closed with 27 securities changing hands including 1 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 9 st0cks advanced and 10 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 1,392,798 units valued at $37,103,714 compared to 1,213,938 units valued at $26,942,858 at the close on Wednesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 1,450,000 units valued at US$411,800.
The All Jamaica Composite Index advanced 31.85 points to close at 258,383.77 the JSE Market Index gained 29.02 points to finish at 235,416.87 and the JSE US dollar market index fell 0.64 points to close at 217.28.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 53,569 units valued at $1,427,066 per security traded, compared to an average of 46,690 units valued at $1,036,264 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 406,174 units with an average value of $5,644,518 compared with an average of 426,916 units and $5,892,603 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Barita Investments gained 10 cents to close at $7.20 exchanging 100 shares, Berger Paints traded 37,357 shares at $19, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.30, with a loss of 5 cents trading 47,024 shares. Carreras closed at $81, after losing $2 with 17,589 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $40, with a loss of $3 trading 488,958 units, Jamaica Broilers traded $1.50 lower to close at $18, after exchanging 8,741 shares, Jamaica Producers lost 15 cents to close at $15.85, with trades of 51,274 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 19 cents, closing at $7.69 with an exchange of 15,592 shares. JMMB Group closed at $20, gaining 1 cent with 41,891 units changing hands, after the recent 2 for 1 stock split Kingston Properties traded $2 higher to close at an all-time high of $12 in exchanging 10,253 shares, Kingston Wharves gained $1.60 to close at $31, with trades of 22,374 units, Mayberry Investments traded 100 shares at $5.30, NCB Financial Group closed at $70.61, losing 89 cents after exchanging 43,749 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.46, with 75,850 shares changing owners, 138 Student Living exchanged 4,372 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35, with a loss of 50 cents trading 22,040 shares. Pulse Investments traded 5,000 shares at $14.50, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.72, with trades of 2,450 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33, gaining 50 cents exchanging 207,022 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.68, with gains of 3 cents trading 7,400 units, Scotia Group traded 10 cents lower to close at $42, with an exchange of 5,300 units, Seprod closed at $30 exchanging 6,846 shares, Sterling Investments traded $1.40 lower to close at $15.50, with trades of 10,210 shares, Supreme Ventures gained cents to close at $7.50 trading 10,106 shares. Proven Investments closed at 28.4 US cents, losing 0.1 US cent in exchanging 1,450,000 ordinary shares, JMMB 7.50% preference gained 1 cent to close at $2.06, with 231,200 changing hands and JMMB Group 7.50% preference closed at $1.10 with trades of 20,000 units.

 

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8 straight days of weakness on TTSE

May 25, 2017 by

Prices remained under pressure on Thursday on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, continuing a negative trend since Thursday May 18. At the close on Thursday 5 stocks declined, 1 advanced and 8 were unchanged with a total of 14 securities changing hands compared to 19 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index lost 1.30 points to 1,213.64, the All T&T Index fell 1.75 points to 1,793.04 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.11 points to close at 85.01. Trading closed with on. A total of 128,271 shares were traded at a value of $1,640,227 compared to Wednesday’s 328,366 shares valued at $8,363,330.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment was the sole stock rising as it just squeezed a gain of 1 cent to close at $22.51 with 9,000 shares trading.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL (TTNGL) loss a further 52 cents on top of the 66 cents fall, closing at $20.61 with 659 shares. The stock was trading at $22.50 at the start of the month, falling to $22 on May 17, the same day that the Board of Directors of sanctioned the additional sale of the shares by its majority shareholder.
JMMB Group lost 1 cent, closing at $1.27 exchanging 4,280 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 5 cent lower to close at $3.95, with 52,000 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.98, losing 1 cent trading 2,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 4 cents to close at $126.40, with 294 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens held firm at $31.85 trading 27,593 shares valued at $878,837, First Caribbean International exchanged 15,100 shares at $7.75, Guardian Holdings traded 5,801 shares at $16, and National Enterprises closed at $10.50, with an exchange of 2,402 shares. Prestige Holdingsclosed at $10.90, with 100 shares being traded, Readymix held firm at $11, with 1,251 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments traded 2,350 shares at $2.45 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 trading 5,441 shares.

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JSE main market retreats on Wednesday

May 24, 2017 by

Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 26 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 8 stocks advanced and 12 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 1,213,938 units valued at $26,942,858 compared to 2,049,349 units valued at $29,749,255 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 8,950 units valued at US$2,551.
The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 1252.85 points to close at 258,351.92 the JSE Market Index dropped 1,141.49 points to finish at 235,387.85 and the JSE US dollar market index advanced 11.73 points to close at 217.92.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 46,690 units valued at $1,036,264 per security traded, compared to an average of 81,974 units valued at $1,189,970 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 426,916 units with an average value of $5,892,603 compared with an average of 450,680 units and $6,196,124 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 9,963 shares at $19, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.35, with a loss of 2 cents exchanging 21,085 shares and Caribbean Cement traded 50 cents higher to close at $28.50 with trades of 84,386 units. Carreras exchanged 7,452 shares at $83, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, gaining 1 cent with trades of 55,130 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $19.50, with gains of 95 cents, after 42,750 shares changed hands, Jamaica Producers gained 1 cent to close at $16, with an exchange of 38,937 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 4 cents to close at $7.50 trading 3,917 shares. JMMB Group closed at $19.99, losing 2 cents with trades of 20,721 units, Kingston Properties traded for the first time after last week’s 2 for 1 stock split and jumped $1.70 to close at a new record high of $10 exchanging 7,820 shares, Kingston Wharves fell $2.10 to close at $29.40, with an exchange of 11,200 units, Mayberry Investments gained $1.12 to close at $5.30, with 200 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group closed at $71.50, losing 50 cents after trading 13,881 shares, 1834 Investments gained 1 cent to close at $1.46, with trades of 2,800 shares, 138 Student Living exchanged 32,606 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35.50, with a loss of 11 cents exchanging 14,745 shares. Radio Jamaica closed at $1.72, gaining 7 cents trading 10,616 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $32.50 with trades of 431,201 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.65, losing 64 cents exchanging 10,599 units, Scotia Group closed at $42.10, with a loss of $1.20 trading 28,989 units, Scotia Investments traded 5,193 shares at $37.50, after losing 35 cents, Seprod dropped $4 to close at $30 exchanging 27,802 shares, strong>Sterling Investments traded 10,400 shares at $16.90 and Supreme Ventures lost 49 cents to close at $7, with trades of 75,850 shares. Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 8,950 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.50% preference closed at $1.10 with trades of 243,195 units.

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Government selling more shares

May 24, 2017 by

T&TNGL dropped on TTSE on Wednesday based o more shares to be sold by TT Government..

Trinidad & Tobago NGL’s stock price fell 86 cents to $21.13 on the Trinidad & Tobago stock Exchange on Wednesday. This comes on the heels of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s intent to make an offer for an additional sale of 40,248,000 shares by National Gas Company.
The market saw trading in 19 securities compared to 17 on Tuesday with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 13 remaining unchanged. A total of 328,366 shares changed hands valued at $8,363,330 compared to Tuesday’s 449,650 shares valued at $12,647,675.
The Composite Index fell 1.90 points to 1,214.94, the All T&T Index declined 2.76 points to 1,794.79 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.14 points to close at 85.12.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with a 1 cent gain trading 21,142 shares and NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4, exchanging 148,884 shares valued at $591,330.
Losses| Ansa McAL closed at $66, with a loss of 39 cents exchanging 1,425 shares, Clico Investment lost 1 cent, closing at $22.50, with an exchange of 50,615 shares valued at $1,138,945, Scotia Investments traded 23 cents lower to close at $2.45 with 650 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 7,609 shares at $21.13, after losing 86 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,400 shares at $15, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, with an exchange of 2,171 shares, First Citizens remained at $31.85 trading 1,000 shares, First Caribbean International exchanged 7,223 shares at $7.75. Guardian Holdings traded 6,479 shares at $16, Massy Holdings held firm at $51.45 exchanging 1,300 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10.50, with an exchange of 14,718 shares, Prestige Holdingsclosed at $10.90, with trades of just 5 shares. Readymix was unchanged at $11, with 1,345 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings traded 56,190 shares at $101.92 valued at $5,726,885, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.99 exchanging 2,000 shares, Scotiabank remained at $58, with trades of 926 shares and Trinidad Cement held firm trading 3,284 shares at $4.20 .

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9 shares fall 2 rise on TTSE

May 23, 2017 by

Declining stocks dominated trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with 9 declining and just 2 stocks advancing while 6 remained unchanged, as 17 securities changed hands compared to 13 on Monday. Overall 417,217 shares traded valued at $11,971,869 compared to Monday’s 2,083,671 shares valued at $22,380,356.
The Composite Index lost 1.89 points to 1,216.84, the All T&T Index fell 0.97 points to 1,797.55 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.39 points to close at 85.26.
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| Clico Investment rose 1 cent to close at $22.51, in trading 32,433 shares with a value of $729,806 and Republic Financial Holdings rose 7 cents to close at $10.92 in exchange of 48,997 shares valued at $4,778,128.
Losses| Angostura Holdings shed 1 cent and closed at $15 with 6,567 shares, changing hands, JMMB Group lost 3 cents to close at $1.27, trading 5,395 shares. Massy Holdings lost 3 cents to end at $51.45, with an exchange of 3,710 shares, National Flour fell 5 cents to close at $2.35 with 1,700 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded 16,195 shares at $3.95 after falling 5 cents, One Caribbean Media fell 60 cents in trading 221 shares at $16, Sagicor Financial traded 1 cent lower to close at $8.99, trading 40,545 shares valued at $364,500, Scotia Investments lost 1 cent to close at $2.68, with 12,000 changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.44, with a loss of 4 cents trading 420 shares.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $31.85 with 124,718 shares valued at $3,972,270 exchanged, Guardian Holdings closed at $16, trading 140,026 shares valued at $2,240,416, National Enterprises closed at $10.50, in exchanging 500 shares and Scotiabank held firm at $58, with 1,493 shares trading, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.99, with an exchange of 50 shares and Trinidad Cement traded 16,780 shares at $4.20.

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JSE trading picks up a bit on Monday

May 22, 2017 by

Trading remained light on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with stocks worth less than $29 million trading, but higher than the $12 million traded, on Friday. The main and US dollar markets closed with just 25 securities changing hands, including one trading in the US dollar market, versus 20 on Friday. At the close, 7 stocks advanced and 11 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 2,049,349 units valued at $29,749,255 compared to 827,534 units valued at $10,595,699 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 42,110 units valued at US$11,227.
The All Jamaica Composite Index fell 82.35 points to close at 259,604.77 and the JSE Market Index lost 75.03 points to finish at 236,529.34. The JSE US dollar market index closed at 206.19 after falling 14.92 points.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 81,974 units valued at $1,189,970 per security traded, compared to an average of 43,554 units valued at $557,668 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 450,680 units with an average value of $6,196,124 compared with an average of 518,349 units with an average value of $6,907,416 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Barita Investments rose 10 cents to close at $7.10 trading 27,000 shares Berger Paints fell 1 cent to close at $19 while exchanging 14,842 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 1 cent and closed at $1.37, with 292,756 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement dropped $2 to close at $28 with 5,536 units traded, Carreras closed at $83 with an exchange of 4,672 shares, Grace Kennedy lost just 1 cent and closed at $42.99, trading 12,006 units. Jamaica Broilers dropped by $1.43 and closed at $18.55, with 168,804 shares changing ownership, Jamaica Producers gained 49 cents and closed at $15.99, with an exchange of 57,385 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents to close at $7.54 in trading 6,808 shares. Kingston Wharves closed at $31.50, with 7,876 units trading, JMMB Group lost 49 cents and closed at $20.01, with 196,659 units being exchanged, NCB Financial Group closed at $72 with a rise of 1 cent, after trading 170,655 shares, 1834 Investments traded 288,189 shares and lost 35 cents to close at $1.45, 138 Student Living traded 1,150 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35.61 with 2,684 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded 54,400 units and gained 10 cents to close at $14.50 after trading at a record high of $16.50 during the day, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.65 after falling 5 cents and trading 30,413 shares, Sagicor Group closed with a loss of $1 at $32.50 with 32,993 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 29 cents and closed at $11.29, while exchanging 2,701 units, Salada Foods lost 37 cents to close at $7.48, with 8,000 units trading, Scotia Group jumped $1.30 to close at $43.30 with 91,178 units changing hands, Seprod lost 50 cents to close at $34 in trading 1,500 units, Supreme Ventures eased 1 cent to close at $7.49 trading of 44,842 shares, Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 42,110 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 526,200 units at $1.10.

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