TTSE stocks moving quietly upwards – Thursday

February 14, 2019 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands against 13 on Wednesday, with 4 advancing, 4 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.63 points to end at 1,310.23. The All T&T Index rose 0.51 points to 1,710.58, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.10 points higher to close at 122.93.
Trading ended with 414,470 shares at a value of $4,718,365, compared to 382,241 shares at a value of $9,662,035 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains | First Citizens gained 2 cents and ended at $34.22, after exchanging 9,092 shares, Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $10, after trading 80,900 shares. Trinidad Cement closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2.55, with 1,091 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco gained 19 cents and completed trading of 10 stock units at $95.75.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 2 cents and completed trading with 33,175 stock units at $20.14, Massy Holdings share fell 1 cent and ended at $48, after exchanging 277 shares. NCB Financial Group shed 5 cents to end at $8.40, after exchanging 183,268 shares and Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent in closing at $108, after exchanging 692 shares.
Stocks closing firm | Agostini’s ended at $23.30, after exchanging 10 shares, Grace Kennedy completed at $3.10, with 400 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings settled at $18, with the trading of 84 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, after exchanging 11,759 shares, LJ Williams B Share closed at 70 cents, after exchanging 13,200 shares. National Enterprises completed trading at $8, with 10 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.65, with 38,557 units trading, Point Lisas completed trading 1,245 stock units at $3.45, Prestige Holdings settled at $7.35, trading 200 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.50, with 40,500 units changing hands.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

JSE main market closes down – Wednesday

February 13, 2019 by

Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market indices and ending with more declines even as advancing stocks were more than declining ones.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 877.61 points to 409,723.94 and the JSE Index lost 798.74 points to 373,309.38.
The main and US markets traded a total of 35 securities, compared to 34 securities trading on Tuesday, with the prices of 11 rising, 9 declining and 15 remaining unchanged.  JMMB Group 7% NC preference share closed at a 52 weeks’ low $1.98.
Main market activity ended with, 9,650,019 valued at $141,880,042, compared to 9,605,896 units valued at $71,284,670 changing hands, on Tuesday.
Wisynco Group led trading with 3.3 million shares for 34 percent of the day’s volume, Radio Jamaica was next with 2,093,021 shares and accounting for 22 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Jamaica Broilers with 1,959,403 shares, for 20 percent of the day’s volume and Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 1.16 million units.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
An average of 292,425 units valued at an average of $4,299,395 compared to 300,184 units valued at an average of $2,227,646 for each security traded, on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 318,056 shares with a value of $9,511,657 and previously, 321,224 shares with a value of $10,240,490. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Grace Kennedy traded 35,455 stock units and climbed $1.84 to end at $59.50, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 1,959,403 shares and rose 30 cents to end at $33.80, Kingston Wharves rose $1 to close at $71, with 1,192 units changing hands, 183 Student Living rose 99 cents and finished trading 5,000 shares at $5. PanJam Investment dropped $2.99 in closing at $75.01, trading 1,500 units, Sagicor Group  fell $1.40 and ended trading 23,200 stock units at $37.10,  Salada Foods traded just 18,495 shares, but lost $5.50 to close at $32.50. Stanley Motta  fell 50 cents to end at $4.50, with an exchange of 1,616 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 45 cents and finished trading of 129,583 units at $19.80. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 75 cents to end at $11 with an exchange of 16,550 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments  rose 35 cents to settle at $4.05, with 30,867 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group rose 40 cents and concluded trading of 3,318,014 shares $10.90.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 41,480 units valued at $7,059 changing hands. Proven Investments traded 30,000 units at 22 US cents and Sterling Investments rose 2 cents in exchanging of 11,480 shares at 4 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 5.09 points to close at 175.84.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

2 days of strong JSE main market gains end

February 12, 2019 by

Radio Jamaica traded more than 4 million shares as the compnay posted strong gains in profit in the December quarter.

Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with the market snapping two days of solid gains in the market indices and ending with big declines even as advancing stocks were more than declining ones.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 2,837.49 points to 410,601.55 and the JSE Index dived by 2,582.48 points to 374,108.12.
The main and US markets traded a total of 34 securities, compared to 33 securities trading on Monday, with the prices of 16 rising, 11 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. Three stocks traded at new highs during the trading session but only two ended at a new closing high and one closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
Main market activity ended with, 9,605,896 units valued at $71,284,670 compared to 3,396,161 units valued at $104,302,598 changing hands, on Monday.
Radio Jamaica led trading with 4,707,436 shares for 49 percent of the day’s volume, after the company posted strong gains in profit in the December quarter of $168 million versus $79 million in the similar period in 2017. JMMB Group 6% preference share was next with 1,799,538 shares and accounting for 18.7 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and 1834 Investments with 705,080 shares, for 7 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
An average of 300,184 units valued at an average of $2,227,646 compared to 106,130 units valued at an average of $3,259,456 for each security traded, on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 321,224 shares with a value of $10,240,490 and previously, 324,089 shares with a value of $11,497,407. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Berger Paints lost 50 cents and ended at $19.50, with an exchange of 6,803 stock units, Grace Kennedy traded with 88,962 stock units and lost 34 cents to end at $57.66, Jamaica Producers regained 50 cents to close at $23 in trading 6,008 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 and closed trading with 36,189 units changing hands, at a record close of $16, JMMB Group rose 65 cents and concluded trading 18,827 shares at $32.75, Kingston Wharves dropped $2 and settled at $70, with 44,616 units changing hands, 138 Student Living rose 49 cents and finished trading 1,199 shares at $4.01. PanJam Investment  jumped $2.99 and ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $78, trading 6,262 units, Sagicor Group  lost 35 cents and ended trading at $38.50, with 39,275 stock units, Salada Foods traded just 700 units, but lost 50 cents to close at $38, Scotia Group  dropped $1.89 to finish trading 195,910 shares at $51.11. Seprod climbed $2.50 to finish trading of 695,712 shares at $39, Stanley Motta  rose 30 cents to end at $5, with an exchange of 5,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 35 cents and finished trading of 12,668 units at $19.35. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 75 cents to end at $11 with an exchange of 16,550 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 30 cents to settle at $3.70, with 236,520 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 99,033 units valued at over $11,543 changing hands. Proven Investments traded 6,633 units to close at 22 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose by 2 cents in exchanging of 92,400 shares at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 6.87 points to close at 170.75.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

More gains for JSE main market – Monday

February 11, 2019 by
Add your HTML code here...

Barita Investments dominated trading with 1.1 milliobn shares changing hands.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with a second day of strong gains in the market indices with the prices of 16 rising, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,028.23 points to close at 413,439.04 and the JSE Index climbed 2,756.09 points to close at 376,690.60 after both rose by more than 2,944 points on Friday.
Importantly, NCB financial that played a big role in many of the big movements in recent months had little impact in Mondays move and suggesting that investors’ interest is more broad-based now than a few weeks ago.
The main and US markets traded a total of 33 securities, compared to 31 securities trading on Friday.
Main market activity ended with, 3,396,161 units valued at $104,302,598 changing hands, in contrast to 7,016,682 units valued at $207,252,597, on Friday.
Barita Investments led trading with 1,113,243 units for 33 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 628,630 shares and accounting for 19 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Seprod with 443,979 stock units for 13 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
An average of 106,130 units valued at an average of $3,259,456 for each security traded, in contrast to 241,955 units valued at an average of $7,146,641 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 324,089 shares with a value of $11,497,407 and previously, 358,447 units valued $13,030,049. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments surprisingly, added 51 cents to close at $50.01, with the trading a large volume of 1,113,243 shares up to $52. Berger Paints gained 50 cents and ended at $20, with an exchange of a mere 100 stock units, Caribbean Cement rose 90 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $43, Jamaica Broilers climbed 50 cents in trading of 51,600 units, to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $33.50. Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close at $22.50 and trading 6,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 and closed trading with 34,786 units changing hands, at a record close of $15, JMMB Group fell 70 cents concluded trading at $32.10, with 57,512 shares. Kingston Wharves rose $3.48 cents and settled at $72, with 6,449 units changing hands, Pulse Investments traded 2,000 units and lost 50 cents to close at $2.70, Salada Foods traded 10,860 units, but lost 50 cents to close at $38.50. Seprod rose $1.65 to finish trading of 443,979 shares at $36.50, Supreme Ventures lost 80 cents and finished trading 42,611 units at $19 and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 90 cents to end at $10.25 with an exchange of 49,018 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 54,933 units valued at $57,130 changing hands as the sole stock trading, JMMB Group 6% preference share, lost 2 cents and concluded trading with 54,933 units at US$1.04. The JSE USD Equities Index closed at 163.88.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

7 TTSE stocks gain 2 fell on Monday

February 11, 2019 by

Massy traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday.

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 15 securities against 20 on Friday, with 7 advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.98 points to close at 1,308.82. The All T&T Index rose 1.77 points to 1,707.55, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.02 points to close at 122.97.
Trading ended with 302,158 shares at a value of $4,351,193, compared to 240,095 shares on Friday valued at $9,611,692.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 4 cents and closed at $20.16, with 16,875 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 34 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $48, after exchanging 3,326 shares, One Caribbean Media finished 5 cents higher and settled at $10.40, after exchanging 50 shares. Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading of 195 shares after rising 14 cents to $107.80, after, Sagicor Financial added 63 cents and settled at $9.74, after exchanging 167,608 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 20 cents and ended at $29.50, with 24,155 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean rose 44 cents and settled at $25.50, after exchanging 104 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Prestige Holdings fell 5 cents to $7.35, with an exchange of 44,293 units and Scotiabank fell 1 cent concluded trading 11,209 stock units at $63.64.
Stocks closing firm | Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 2,500 shares to close at $14, First Citizens completed trading at $34.05, after exchanging 1,513 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.10, with 1,585 stock units changing hands. Guardian Holdings ended at $18, trading 10,835 units, JMMB Group settled at $1.76, after exchanging 5,207 shares and NCB Financial Group completed trading at $8.45, with an exchange of 12,703 shares.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

JSE main market bounces – Friday

February 8, 2019 by

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed increased trading levels at the close on Friday over Thursday’s improved levels, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to jump 3,235.32 points to 410,410.81 and the JSE Index climbing by 2,944.56 points to 373,934.51.
Main market activity ended with, 7,016,682 units valued at $207,252,597 changing hands, in contrast with 4,986,769 units valued at $74,552,633, on Thursday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 33 securities, with prices of 13 rising, 9 declining with 9 remaining unchanged, compared to 31 securities trading on Thursday.
Wisynco Group led trading with 2,688,897 units for 38 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Grace Kennedy, with 1,521,787 shares and accounting for 22 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Sygnus Credit with 543,056 stock units for 8 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
An average of 241,955 units valued at an average of $7,146,641 for each security traded. In contrast to 184,695 units for an average of $2,761,209 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 358,447 units valued $13,030,049 and previously, 523,805 units valued $16,891,062. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Berger Paints lost $1.50 and ended at $19.50, with an exchange of 5,153 stock units, Jamaica Broilers climbed $4 in trading of 58,277 units, to close at $33, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $23, trading 17,568 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 81,864 units changing hands, with a rise of 5 cents to a record close of $14, Kingston Wharves lost 38 cents and settled at $68.52, with 266,720 units changing hands. Proven Investments traded 3,000 units and rose 50 cents to close at $27.50, Sagicor Group rose 25 cents in trading 25,424 stock units, to close at $38.80, Scotia Group fell 99 cents and finished trading of 489,552 shares at $53 and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 45 cents to end at $11.15 with an exchange of 543,056 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 52,812 units valued at over $10,639 changing hands. JMMB Group 6% preference share concluded trading at $1.06 with 218 units, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share closed at $2 trading 2,114 shares, Proven Investments traded 14,180 units to close at 22 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged of 36,300 shares at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 5.54 points to close at 163.88.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

9 TTSE stocks gained on Friday

February 8, 2019 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 20 securities against 18 on Thursday, with 9 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 3.80 points to 1,307.84. The All T&T Index rose 0.99 points to 1,705.78, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.91 points to close at 122.95. Trading ended with 240,650 shares at a value of $9,611,692, compared to 409,577 shares on Thursday valued at $4,344,587.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Agostini’s closed with an increase of 5 cents to $23.20, after exchanging 115 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund gained 49 cents trading 555 shares to close at $14, Clico Investments ended trading with a rise of 2 cents and ended at $20.12, with 31,635 stock units changing hands. First Citizens closed 5 cents higher at $34.05, after exchanging 700 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading of 4,800 stock units and rose 4 cents to end at $3.10, JMMB Group added 1 cent and concluded trading of 15,208 shares at $1.76. NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to settle at $8.45, after exchanging 3,000 shares. Republic Financial Holdings rose 11 cents and settled at $107.66, after exchanging 235 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed with a gain of 6 cents at $25.06, after exchanging 1,205 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings lost 1 cent and ended at $16.03, with 112 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 20 cents and completed trading of just 25 units at $29.30.
Stocks closing firm | Guardian Holdings completed trading of 600 units at $18, Massy Holdings closed at $47.66, after exchanging 982 shares, National Enterprises ended at $8, with 4,122 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media concluded trading at $10.35, after exchanging 100 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading with 1,000 units, at $7.40. Sagicor Financial ended at $9.11, after exchanging 92,023 shares, Scotiabank ended at $63.65, with 4,910 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.50, after exchanging 562 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.50, with 78,761 stock units changing hands.

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

Filed Under: TTSE Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

JSE main market drops – Thursday

February 7, 2019 by

Trading picked up over that on Wednesday on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 1,009.17 points to 407,175.49 and the JSE Index declining by 918.47 points to 370,989.95.
Main market activity ended with, 4,986,769 units valued at $74,552,633, in contrast with 2,541,810 units valued at $57,485,785 on Wednesday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 31 securities, with prices of 13 rising, 9 declining with 9 remaining unchanged, compared to 34 securities trading on Wednesday.
JMMB Group 7.5% preference share led trading with 2,001,000 units for 40 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Broilers with 1,531,165 shares and accounting for 21 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Wisynco Group with 589,188 stock units for 12 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
An average of 184,695 units valued at $2,761,209, in contrast to 42,483 units valued at $1,358,497 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 523,805 units valued $16,891,062 and previously, 523,805 units valued $16,891,062. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell $1.52 to close at $49.48, with 5,691 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement shed 95 cents to finish at $42.05, trading 15,476 shares, Jamaica Broilers dropped $3.51 in trading of 1,531,165 units, to close at $29. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 35,508 units changing hands, with a rise of 45 cents to a record close of $13.95. JMMB Group concluded trading with 12,319 shares but rose 80 cents to $32.80, Kingston Wharves lost $1.10 and settled at $68.90, with 6,557 units changing hands, 138 Student Living rose 41 cents to $3.40, in trading 1,000 units, PanJam Investment rose $1 to end at $75 with 11,974 units changing hands. Sagicor Group fell by 20 cents in trading 30,407 stock units, to close at $38.55, Scotia Group climbed $2.94 and finished trading of 59,319 shares at $53.99 and Seprod lose $1.41 to end at $34.92 with an exchange of 13,581 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 10,022 units valued at US$4,728 changing hands. JMMB Group 6% preference share concluded trading with a gain of 2 cents to settle at $1.06 with 950 units, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share finished with a rise of 1 cent to $2 with 486 shares trading, JMMB Group 5.5% preference share settled ended at $2 with 486 shares and Proven Investments traded 8,100 units and rose 1 cent to close at 22 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index was unchanged at the close at 169.42.

Filed Under: Company News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

TTSE close mixed on Thursday

February 7, 2019 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 18 securities against 14 on Wednesday, with 6 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.91 points to 1,304.04. The All T&T Index shed 2.30 points to 1,704.79, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.07 points to close at 122.04.
Trading ended with 409,977 shares at a value of $4,344,587, compared to 619,436 shares at a value of $6,956,090 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Calypso Macro Index Fund gained 1 cent trading 400 shares to close at $13.51, National Flour gained 1 cent and completed trading of 2,908 units, at $1.65, Republic Financial Holdings rose 3 cents and settled at $107.55, after exchanging 1,024 shares. Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 9 cents at $9.11, after exchanging 5,799 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 30 cents and completed trading with 4,822 units at $29.50 and West Indian Tobacco finished 8 cents higher at $95.50, with 52 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Merchant Bank fell 50 cents and settled at $38, after exchanging 1,399 shares, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 8 cents and ended at $20.10, with 4,810 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings shed 9 cents and ended at $47.66, after exchanging 3,825 shares, Scotiabank lost 25 cents and ended at $63.65, with 3,322 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended trading 10 cents lower at $2.50, after exchanging 500 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Ansa Mcal completed trading of 2,000 units at $55, First Citizens settled at $34, after exchanging 3,478 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.06, with 200 stock units changing hands. Guardian Holdings completed trading of 10,500 units at $18, National Enterprises ended trading at $8, with 3,805 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group settled at $8.40, after exchanging 360,000 shares and Prestige Holdings completed trading at $7.40, with 1,133 units changing hands.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Robust JSE main market gain – Wednesday

February 6, 2019 by

Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,683.64 points to 408,184.66 and the JSE Index advancing by 1,532.33 points to close at 371,908.42.
Main market activity ended with just 2,541,810 units valued at $57,485,785, in contrast with 1,062,072 units valued at over $33,962,415 on Tuesday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 34 securities, with prices of 7 rising, 12 declining with 15 remaining unchanged, compared to 29 securities trading on Tuesday.
Supreme Ventures led trading with 622,892 units for 24.5 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 539,782 shares and accounting for 21 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 415,445 stock units for 16 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
An average of 81,994 units valued at an average of $1,854,380, in contrast to 42,483 units valued at $1,358,497 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 523,805 units valued $16,891,062 and previously, 684,936 units valued at $22,375,029. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell 40 cents to close at $51, with 158,787 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers fell by 49 cents in trading of 21,422 units at $32.51, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 46,997 units changing hands with a rise of 50 cents to $13.50. Kingston Wharves gained 80 cents and settled at $70.00, with 3,678 units changing hands, 138 Student Living rose 68 cents to $2.99, in trading 100 units, PanJam Investment lost $1 to end at $74 with 4,680 units changing hands. Sagicor Group fell by 25 cents trading 22,412 stock units, to close at $38.75, Scotia Group lost $1.95 and finished trading of 16,288 shares at $51.05 and Seprod lost 99 cents to end at $33.51 with an exchange of 12,894 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 61,777 units valued at $6,450 changing hands. Margaritaville  ended trading 477 shares at 24 US cents, Proven Investments traded 6,300 units and rose 1 cent to close at 22 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 55,000 units to close at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 0.33 points to close at 169.42.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,