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Trading levels dropped sharply in Trinidad

January 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

In a delayed trading session of the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Friday, due to connectivity issues that prevented trading from taking place, the market closed with considerably lower volume and value trading.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 2.49 points to 1,306.30, the All T&T Index gained 0.09 points, to close at 1,709.06, while the Cross Listed Index eased 0.70 points to close at 122.08.
The market closed with 13 securities changing hands on Friday, against 19 on Thursday and finished with 1 advancing, 2 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 64,237 valued at $1,038,842 compared to 908,602 valued at $14,315,716 on Thursday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with just one stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 5 cents and completed trading of 600 units at $29.15.
Stocks closing with losses|National Enterprises closed with a loss of 1 cent to end at $8, with 9,770 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 10 cents and settled at $8.55, after exchanging 40,314 shares.
Stocks trading firm| Ansa McAl completed trading with 1,875 units, at $55, Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading of 80 shares to close at $15, Clico Investments ended at $20, with 4,287 stock units changing hands, First Citizens settled at $34, after exchanging 100 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.05, trading 864 stock units. Massy Holdings closed at $47, after exchanging 1,810 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $107.26, after exchanging 1,356 shares, Scotiabank ended at $64, with 207 stock units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean concluded at $23, exchanging 1,726 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.25, with 1,248 stock 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: Angostura Holdings, Ansa Mcal, Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

JSE majors climb on Thursday

January 3, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Stocks closed higher on the second day of trading for the new year on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, but with very low volume even as the number of securities trading rose above Wednesday’s level.
The main and US dollar markets, had 32 securities changing hands with prices of 8 rising, 12 declining with 12 remaining unchanged, compared to 30 securities trading on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 1,565.74 points to 417,788.14 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,426.57 points to close at 380,652.24. Trading ended with 1,104,557 units valued at $29,738,314 compared to a mere 854,686 units valued at just $19,069,873 changing hands on Wednesday.
JMMB Group 7.25% led trading with just 425,000 units and 38.5 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Kingston Wharves with 139,281 units or 12.6 percent of the volume changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments with 137,604 units accounting for 12.5 percent of the day’s volume.
An average of 36,819 units valued at over $991,277, in contrast to 31,655 shares valued at $706,292 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 34,373 units valued at $856,284. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Grace Kennedy lost $2 to close at $63, trading 5,966 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 6,677 shares after rising $1 to close at $29. Jamaica Stock Exchange regained $1.10 in closing at $10.50 after 500 shares traded. Kingston Wharves declined by $1.50 and finished trading of 139,281 stock units at $76, NCB Financial Group lost 40 cents in trading 73,050 shares at $149.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined $1.32 after trading just 100 shares to end at $12.75. Scotia Group traded 30,397 shares with a gain of $2 to close at $56, Seprod lost 90 cents to close at $30, with 6,075 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures rose $1 to close at $17.50 trading 18,987 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 21,126 units valued at $22,035. JMMB Group 5.75% preference share lost 6 cents and ended at US$2 with 9,800 shares changing hands and Proven Investments traded 11,326 stock units and increased 1.5 cents to 21.50 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 5.94 points to close at 165.27.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

More gains for Trinidad stocks – Thursday

January 3, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Stocks recorded more gain for the second consecutive day of trading for the year trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Thursday, as the market closed with all three main indices ending higher.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.90 points to 1,308.79, the All T&T Index gained 2.80 points, to close at 1,708.97, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.13 points to close at 122.78.
The market closed with 19 securities changing hands on Thursday, against 14 on Wednesday and finished with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 908,602 valued at $14,315,716 compared to 1,076,008 valued at $6,913,140 on Thursday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with just 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Grace Kennedy added 5 cents and completed trading at $3.05, with 6,447 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings increased 90 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $19, with an exchange of 2,500 units, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents and ended at $47, after exchanging 125,979 shares. National Enterprises closed with a gain of 1 cent to close at $8.01, with 666,562 stock units changing hands and Prestige Holdings gained 20 cents and settled at $7.50, after trading 250 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 16 cents and completed trading at $20, with 3,853 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $64, with 312 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement shed 2 cents and concluded trading at $2.70, after exchanging 4,750 shares.
Stocks trading firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading of 7,160 shares to close at $15. First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.30, with the trading of 49,999 units, First Citizens ended at $34, after exchanging 1,173 shares, JMMB Group exchanged 200 shares to end at $1.75, NCB Financial Group concluded trading 1,100 shares at $8.65, One Caribbean Media closed at $10.25, after trading 2,879 shares. Point Lisas finished trading at $3.65, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.26, after exchanging 188 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $9, in swapping 6,372 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.10, with 6,978 units trading and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $95.25, with 20,900 stock 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: Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

JSE majors down first trading day of 2019

January 2, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Barita Investments – 2018 best performing JSE stock ,closed at a new high on Wednesday.

Stocks closed down on the first day of the year on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, but only after rising in early trading during the day as the market adjusted for the usual end of year window dressing of prices of the last day of 2018.
At the close of trading on Wednesday, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 620.33 points to 416,222.40 and the JSE Index declined by 565.19 points to close at 379,225.67. Trading ended with a mere 854,686 units valued at just $19,069,873, compared to 4,522,721 units valued at $121,494,950 changing hands on Monday.
Mayberry Investments led trading with 184,285 units 21.56 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 110,370 units 12.91 percent of the volume changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments with 70,834 units 8.29 percent of the day’s volume.

The main and US dollar markets, had 30 securities changing hands with prices of 12 rising, 14 declining with 4 remaining unchanged, compared to 31 securities trading on Friday. Barita Investments moved to another record closing high, with the price moving to $54.20 at the close of trading.
An average of 31,165 units valued at $705,292, in contrast to 161,526 units valued at over $4,339,105 on Monday. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $2.20 and ended at an all-time closing high of $54.20, with an exchange of 18,501 shares, Grace Kennedy jumped $4 to close at $65 in trading 24,340 units, Jamaica Broilers traded 54,550 shares after falling $1.50 to close at $28. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell $1.10 in closing at $9.40 after 10,638 shares were traded, JMMB Group gained $1.44 to close at $34, with 43,583 shares trading. Kingston Wharves declined by 50 cents and finished trading of 4,456 stock units at $76, PanJam Investment closed with 8,077

units trading but fell $2 to $72, Sagicor Group rose 99 cents to end at $39.99, trading 16,220 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined $1.63 after trading 63,513 shares to end at $14.07. Salada Foods traded 10,000 but fell $3.50 to close at $31.50, Scotia Group traded 1,620 shares with a loss of $1 to close at $54, Supreme Ventures lost $1.50 to close at $16.50 trading 13,430 shares and Wisynco Group lost 49 cents and ended at $10.50 with 25,118 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 49,850 units valued at $6,170. JMMB Group 6% preference share ended at US$1.05 with 550 shares changing hands, Proven Investments traded 10,500 stock units and increased 2 cents to 20 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 2 cents cents and ended at 9 US cents with 38,800 shares changing hands. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.28 points to close at 159.33.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

Positive start in 2018 for Trinidad stocks

January 2, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trading ended on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on the first day of 2019 with all three main indices ending with modest gains.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 4.41 points to 1,306.89, the All T&T Index gained 1 points, to close at 1,706.17, while the Cross Listed Index added 1.08 points to close at 122.65.
The market closed with 14 securities changing hands on Wednesday, against 14 on Monday and finished with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 1,076,008 valued at $6,913,140 compared to 140,142 units valued at $3,083,731 on Monday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa Merchant gained 24 cents to $38.50, after exchanging 383 shares, Clico Investments gained 16 cents and ended at $20.16, with 3,516 stock units changing hands, First Citizens advanced by 3 cents to settle at $34 after exchanging 10,657 shares. Grace Kennedy concluded trading with a gain of 10 cents to end at $3, with 967,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 15 cents and settled at $8.65, after exchanging 397 shares,
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings to finish at $46.95 concluded at $46.95, after exchanging 52,181 shares, National Flour completed trading of 25 units at $1.65 and Point Lisas lost 5 cents and ended at $3.65, with 4,019 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s closed at $23.4 concluded at $23.40, after exchanging 200 shares, Ansa Mcal advanced $55 completed trading at $55.00, with 1,000 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading 630 shares to close at $15. First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 986 units at $8.30, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading with 32,740 units at $29.10 and Unilever Caribbean closed at $23.00 after exchanging 2,274 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: Ansa Mcal, Calypso Macro Index Fund, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, Point Lisas, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

JSE majors end 2018 up 31.7%

December 31, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Stocks surged on the last day of the year on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the main market ending 2018 with a gain of 31.7 percent after rising over 10,000 points on Monday. Four stocks with gains of more than 100 percent contributed to the year’s performance.
The main market’s 2018 performance, fueled primarily by a 50 percent climb in the price of heavily weighted NCB Financial, fell below that of 2017, when the index rose 50.7 percent.
At the close of trading on Monday, the market rose sharply. The All Jamaican Composite Index surged 11,006.58 points to close at 416,842.73 and the JSE Index jumped 10,028.24 points to 379,790.86. Trading ended with 4,522,721 units valued at $121,494,950, compared to 38,390,816 units valued at $962,896,660 changing hands on Friday.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund led trading with 2,286,480 units and accounted for 50.6 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 427,320 units or 9.5 percent of the volume changing hands and PanJam Investment with 413,486 units and 9 percent of the day’s volume.
The main and US dollar markets, had 31 securities changing hands with prices of 15 rising, 6 declining with 10 remaining unchanged, compared to 32 securities trading on Friday. Trading in the main market included Eppley ordinary share that has migrated from the Junior Market. Barita Investments moved to another record high, with the price moving to $56 but pulling back by the close to a record closing high of $52.
An average of 161,526 units valued at $4,339,105, in contrast to 1,279,694 shares valued at $32,096,555 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, compared to 871,027 units with a value of $27,121,540, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $2 and ended at an all-time closing high of $52, with an exchange of 14,240 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1 to close at $10.50 in trading 427,320 units, JMMB Group jumped $4.30 and ended at $32.56, with 71,004 shares trading. Kingston Wharves declined by $1 and finished trading of 1,147 stock units at $76.50, NCB Financial Group gained $2 as 42,537 shares changed hands, to close at $150. PanJam Investment closed with 413,486 units trading with a gain of $2 to finish at $74, Sagicor Group lost $1 to end at $39, trading 48,381 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $4.23 after trading 2,286,480 shares to end at $15.70. Seprod traded 41,618 shares and rose $1.49 to close at $31, Supreme Ventures rose $2 and closed at $18 trading 103,314 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 60 cents and ended at $11 with 77,195 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 111,418 units valued at $ $71,730. Eppley 5% preference share closed at $1 trading 1,374 shares, JMMB Group rose 6 cents and ended at US$2.06 with 5,244 shares changing hands and Productivity Business traded 104,800 stock units and increased 1 cent to 59 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.12 points to close at 159.61.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, Margaritaville, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

Trinidad stocks down for 5th year

December 31, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading ended on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on the last day of 2018 with modest changes to the three main indices, leaving the All T&T Index down for the fifth year in a row.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.49 points to 1,302.48 and rose just 2.85 percent for the year. The All T&T Index gained 0.32 points to 1,705.17, but had a modest decline of 1.36 percent for the year, the market in 2017, closed down 4.08 percent, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.18 points to close at 121.57 but rose 12.17 percent for the year, well off the 36 percent rise in 2017.
The market closed with 14 securities changing hands on Monday, against 13 on Friday and finished with 3 advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 140,142 units valued at $3,083,731 compared to 336,690 units valued at $6,885,454 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Guardian Holdings closed with a gain of 10 cents and settled at $18.10, in trading 665 units, Massy Holdings gained 10 cents and ended at $47.10, after exchanging 11,058 shares and Unilever Caribbean rose 5 cents and completed trading at $23, with 6,107 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 50 cents in trading 700 shares to close at $15, Clico Investments fell 16 cents and completed trading at $20 with 48,196 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 45 cents and completed trading of 7,516 stock units at $9 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 15 cents and ended at $29.10, after exchanging 25,660 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s ended at $23.40, after exchanging 100 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $2.90, with 2,551 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises completed trading at $8, trading 101 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed at $8.50, after exchanging 33,923 shares. Republic Financial Holdings ended at $107.26, after exchanging 1,073 shares, Scotiabank settled at $64.25, with 1,000 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $95.25, after exchanging 1,492 units.

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

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Big gains for JSE Monday

December 31, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged 11,391.32 points on the All Jamaica Composite index (AJI) with nearly 2 hours of trading on Monday with the index at 417,227.47 points but pulled back from the day’s high of 421,063.54 points earlier after rising 15,227.39 points.
The JSE Index climbed 10,378.78 points to 380,141.40 but the Junior Market Index rose 47.45 points to 3,229.84.
NCB Financial traded at $150, Barita Investments traded at a new high of $55, Grace Kennedy at $68.50 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped to $13.93.

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Another block of JMMB shares go

December 28, 2018 by IC Insider.com

JMMB Group accounted for 71% of volume traded.

Following on from Thursday when NCB Financial sold 327 million JMMB Group’s shares, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Friday’s market activity was dominated by trading in JMMB Group’s shares, but with a reduced 27 million units, changing hands.
At the close of trading, the market rose sharply, as the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 8,520.67 points to 405,836.15 and the JSE Index jumped 7,763.29 points to close at 369,762.62. Trading ended with 38,390,816 units valued at $962,896,660 compared to 329,919,002 units valued at $9,327,532,031 changing hands on Monday.
JMMB Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 27,208,371 units and accounted for 71 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 5,278,788 units or 13.75 percent of the volume changing hands and Wisynco Group with 2,625,261 units and 6.84 percent of the day’s volume.
The main and US dollar markets, had 32 securities changing hands with prices of 14 rising, 8 declining with 10 remaining unchanged, compared to 30 securities trading on Monday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $50 at the close while Salada Foods closed at a record high of $35.

An average of 1,279,694 units valued at over $32,096,555, in contrast to 11,782,822 shares valued at $333,126,144 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 871,027 units with a value of $27,121,540, compared to 846,209 units with a value of $26,801,946, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $1.40 and ended at an all-time closing high of $50, with an exchange of 31,044 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose $3.49 in exchanging 26,686 o close shares at $29.49, JMMB Group dropped $4.54 and ended at $28.26, with 27,208,371 shares trading. Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents and finished trading 1,147 stock units at $77.50, NCB Financial Group gained $1.20 as 174,838 shares changed hands, to close at $148, Sagicor Group rose $2 to $40, trading 274,101 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 47 cents after trading 5,278,788 stock units to end at

$11.47. Salada Foods jumped $5 and ended trading of 25,000 stock units at $35, Scotia Group rose $2.99 to close at $55, with 7,727 units changing hands, Seprod finished trading 19,742 shares, with a loss of $1.29 to close at $29.51. Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and closed at $16 trading 1,841,957 shares and Wisynco Group rose 39 cents to finish at $10.99, with 2,625,261 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 38,308 units valued at $9,537 with JMMB Group 6% preference share ending trading at $1.05 with 2,400 stock units and Proven Investments declining 1 cent ended trading 35,908 shares at 18 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 2.14 points to close at 159.49.

JMMB big sale dominates JSE trading

December 27, 2018 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial sale of 327 million shares in JMMB Group dominated trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday swelling the total amount of stocks trading to $9.3 billion.
At the close of trading, the market suffered a big fall, as the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 7,385.56 points to close at 397,315.48 and the JSE Index dived 6,729.08 points to 361,999.33. Trading ended with 329,919,002 units valued at $9,327,532,031 compared to 21,522,449 units valued at $497,625,550 changing hands on Monday.
JMMB Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 327,137,347 units and accounted for 99 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 561,455 units.
The main and US dollar markets, had 30 securities changing hands with prices of 12 rising, 10 declining with 8 remaining unchanged, compared to 30 securities trading on Monday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $48.60 at the close after it hit an intraday high of $49.50.
An average of 11,782,822 units valued at over $333,126,144, in contrast to 768,659 units valued at $17,772,341 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 846,209 units with a value of $26,801,946, compared to 189,073 units valued at $7,264,184, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $2.10 and ended at an all-time closing high of $48.60, with an exchange of 82,575 shares, Caribbean Cement lost 20 cents to close at $41.80, trading 25,150 shares, Grace Kennedy climbed $1 in trading 5,523 shares to close at $61. Jamaica Broilers fell $1.75 in exchanging 149,033 shares at $26, Jamaica Producers gained 53 cents trading 57,369 shares to close at $23, Kingston Wharves shed 50 cents and finished trading 452 stock units at $77, Mayberry Investments lost 75 cents to close at $9.25, with 11,020 stocks units trading. Mayberry Equities gained 35 cents to close at $9.55, with 9,576 stocks units changing hands, NCB Financial Group jumped $2.80 as 284,630 shares changed hands to close at $146.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $1 and traded 300,883 stock units to end at $11. Scotia Group fell 50 cents to close at $52.01, with 275,519 units changing hands and Supreme Ventures lost 40 cents and closed at $15.60 trading 81,392 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 63,148 units valued at $11,894 with Proven Investments ended trading 61,848 shares at 19 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rising 2 cent and ended at 11 US cents with 1,300 shares changing hands. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 2.31 points to close at 157.35.