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NCB dominates JSE with 11m shares on Thursday

December 20, 2018 by IC Insider.com

NCB traded 11.4M shares.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed higher for the first time in four days on Wednesday with the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,618.48 points to close at 408,324.61, the JSE Index advanced by 1,474.62 points to 372,029.90.
Trading ended with 14,405,936 units valued at $1,728,218,971 with NCB Financial Group trading the almost 80 percent of the volume. Trading on Wednesday ended 1,491,666 units valued at $39,783,182.
NCB Financial Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 11.4 million units in accounting for 79 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Supreme Ventures with 807,515 units or 5.6 percent of the overall volume and Grace Kennedy with 559,304 units or 3.88 percent of volume traded.
A total of 28 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 10 rising, 5 declining and 13 remaining unchanged compared to 26 securities trading on Wednesday. Barita Investments was the only security to end at record high with the price moving to $38.21 by the close.
An average of 576,237 units valued at over $69,128,759 traded, in contrast to just 59,667 shares valued at $1,591,327 on Wednesday.

The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 157,223 units with a value of $9,178,153, compared to 129,656 units with a value of $4,932,360, 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 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $3.61 and ended at an all-time high of $38.21, with an exchange of 13,500 shares, Berger Paints rose $3.29 to end at $23.19, with 1,375 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement rose 50 cents to close at $43, with 24,199 shares traded, Grace Kennedy rose $2.25 and ended trading at $61.25, with 559,304 shares JMMB Group gained $1 in trading just 500 shares to close at $33.50. Mayberry Equities added 50 cents to close at $10, with 242,900

stocks changing hands. NCB Financial Group lost 50 cents in trading 11,369,487 shares to close at $145.50, Scotia Group jumped $3.50 and ended trading 58,256 stock units at $56, Sterling Investments rose 32 cents in closing at $3.40, with 119,121 shares trading and Supreme Ventures gained 40 cents to close at $15.50, with an exchange of 807,515 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 15,237 units valued at $4,269 with Margaritaville settled added 22.00 cents and ended at $0.22 with 2,900 shares, Proven Investments ended trading of 11,822 shares and declining 1 cent to end at 2 US cents. In the preference sector JMMB Group 5.75% concluded trading of 515 shares and ended at US$2. The USD Equities Index declined by 3.96 points to close at 167.77.

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, Margaritaville, 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

Trinidad stocks steady

December 20, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Trading ended with 17 securities changing hands against 14 on Wednesday, and finished with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 2.75 points to 1,306.41, the All T&T Index rose 1.29 points to 1,704.94, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.58 points higher to close at 122.69. Trading ended with 138,424 units valued at $3,799,658 compared to 271,435 units valued at $6,434,321 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| JMMB Group increased by 1 cent and completed trading at $1.78, after exchanging 10,000 shares, NCB Financial Group ended trading with a rise of 10 cents to $8.60, after exchanging 29,270 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 15 cents higher and to $29.25, after exchanging 2,542 shares and Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent and completed trading at $2.71, in exchanging 620 shares.
Stocks closing with Losses| First Citizens ended trading 1,030 shares with a loss of 85 cents to $33.15, Guardian Holdings concluded trading with 10,497 units and fell 27 cents to $17.73 and Republic Financial Holdings declined 17 cents and completed trading at $107.08, after exchanging 20,869 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments settled at $20.20, with 11,542 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy ended at $3, trading 4,150 stock units, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47, after exchanging 1,448 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8, with 5,913 stock units changing hands, National Flour concluded market activity with 20,518 units exchanged at $1.65 each, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $10.50, after exchanging 3,200 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $9.45, with 50 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank ended at $64.25, with 3,053 units clearing the market, Unilever Caribbean settled at $23, with 13,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $95.40, in exchanging 722 units.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

JSE stocks mostly fall on Wednesday

December 19, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Barita climbs to record high of Wednesday.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, lost more ground at the close of trading on Wednesday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,150.51 points to 406,706.13 and the JSE Index declining 1,048.24 to close at 370,555.28.
Trading ended with 1,491,666 units valued at $39,783,182, compared with 7,677,766 units valued at $240,095,427 on TuesdayA total of 26 securities changed hands, in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 9 rising, 11 declining and 6 remaining unchanged compared to 32 securities trading on Tuesday. At the end of trading, Barita Investments ended at record closing high and PanJam Investment traded at an intraday high but ended trading down at the close.
An average of 59,667 shares valued at $1,591,327 traded, in contrast to 274,206 units valued at over $8,574,837 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 129,656 units with a value of $4,932,360, compared to 134,585 units valued at $5,187,011, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 647,650 units, accounting for 43.4 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Supreme Ventures with 214,146 units or 14.4 percent of the overall volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.20 and ended at an all-time high of $34.60, with an exchange of 39,025 shares, Berger Paints rose 90 cents to end at $19.90, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement jumped $4 to close at $42.50, with 2,801 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed 50 cents and ended trading at $59, with 14,162 shares. Jamaica Producers dropped $3.85 in trading 14,340 units at $23, JMMB Group lost 45 cents trading 57,797 shares to close at $32.50. Kingston Wharves finished at $76.50, after falling 50 cents in trading 1,399 stock units, Mayberry Equities lost 50 cents in ending at $9.50, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group declined $2, trading 132,938 shares to close at $146. PanJam Investment dropped $2 to close at $72, with an exchange of 260 stock units, Scotia Group rose 48 cents and ended trading 53,116 stock units at $52.50, Seprod traded 6,510 shares units and declined 50 cents to end at $30.50, Stanley Motta rose 75 cents to close at $5, in exchanging 11,342 shares. Sterling Investments lost 42 cents in closing at $3.08, with 32,601 shares trading, Supreme Ventures dropped 40 cents in ending at $15.10, with an exchange of 214,146 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted from Proven Investments being the sole trade with 2,650 shares at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index remained unchanged to close at 171.73.

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, Margaritaville, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, 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

JSE stocks mostly fall on Tuesday

December 18, 2018 by IC Insider.com

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PanJam traded at a record high of $77.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, lost more grounds at the close trading on Tuesday with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,078.94 points to 407,856.64 and the JSE Index declining by 983.04 points to end at 371,603.52.
Trading ended with 7,677,766 units valued at $240,095,42, compared with 3,443,415 units valued at $195,803,075 on Monday. A total of 32 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 12 rising, 16 declining and 4 remaining unchanged compared to 36 securities trading on Monday. At the end of trading, Barita Investments and PanJam Investment ended at record closing highs.
At the close, an average of 274,206 units valued at over $8,574,837 traded, in contrast to 114,781 units valued at over $6,526,769 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 134,585 units with a value of $5,187,011, compared to 122,630 units with a value of $4,870,814, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.

Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 2,160,966 units in accounting for 28.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Mayberry Equities with 1,138,231units or 14.8 percent of the overall volume and Scotia Group with 952,302 units and 12.4 percent of the day’s volume.
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 6 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.01 and ended at an all-time closing high of $33.50, with an exchange of 7,764 shares, Berger Paints dropped $4.20 to ended at $19 with 1,770 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement dived $4.02 to close at $38.50, with 50,000 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed $2.50 and ended trading at $59.50, with 112,478 shares. Jamaica Producers jumped $4.35 finished trading 14,340 units at $26.85, JMMB Group lost 45 cents in trading 110,925 shares to close at $32.05. Kingston Wharves finished at $77, after jumping $4 in trading 256,450 stock units, Mayberry Investments finished with a loss of 80 cents at $9.10, with 16,891 stock units changing hands. Mayberry Equities rose 49 cents at $10, with 1,138,231 stock units changing hands.

PanJam Investment rose $1 to close at a record high of $75, with an exchange of 7,023 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 99 cents and finished at $40, with 545,715 shares trading, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to end at $10 in exchanging 302,950 units, Scotia Group dropped $3.98 and ended trading 952,302 stock units at $52.02 and Seprod traded 541,759 units and rose $1.49 to end at $31. In the preference sector Productivity Business Solution dropped $2.99 and ended trading of 115,000 shares to close at $105.01.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 90,900 units valued at over $50,904 with Proven Investments ended trading of 2,530 shares with a rise of 3 cents to end at 23 US cents Sygnus Credit Investments traded 15,643 stock units and lost 2 cents and settled at 9 US cents. In the preference sector JMMB Group 5.75% concluded trading of 1,028 shares with a fall of 6 cents and completed trading at US$2 and JMMB Group 6% fell 2 cents to completed t trading at $1.05 with 2,035 stock units. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 5.18 points to close at 171.73.

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, Margaritaville, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco Group

5 TTSE stocks rose 3 fell – Tuesday

December 18, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 16 securities against 17 on Monday, with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 6.65 points to close 1,294.42, the All T&T Index rose 4.53 points to 1,702.26, while the Cross Listed Index declined 2.48 points to close at 119.74. Trading ended with 364,521 units valued at $11,132,908 compared to 199,899 shares at a value of $3,145,094 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 2 cents and ended trading at $20.20, with 10,826 stock units changing hands, First Citizens closed with a gain of 85 cents and settled at $34, after exchanging 1,983 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 1 cent and settled at $29.25, in an exchange of 54,665 shares, Trinidad Cement finished trading 4,000 shares with a gain of 5 cents and ended at $2.70 and Unilever Caribbean closed with an increase of 5 cents at $23, with 2,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with Losses| Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents and ended at $3, with 33,194 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group fell 1 cent and concluded trading at $1.76, after exchanging 56,000 shares and NCB Financial Group shed 35 cents and settled at $8.15, in trading 8,269 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund completed trading at $15.50, after exchanging 250 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $47, after exchanging 186,100 shares, National Enterprises ended at $8, with 130 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media concluded trading at $10.50, after exchanging 5,000 shares, Prestige Holdings ended trading of 900 units at $7.50, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107, after exchanging 740 shares, Scotiabank traded 364 units at $64.41 and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $95.40, with 100 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 Citizens, Grace Kennedy, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Big gains push TTSE index – Monday

December 17, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 17 securities against 13 on Friday, with 4 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 8.62 points to close at 1,301.07, the All T&T Index climbed 22.32 points to 1,697.73, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.75 points to close at 122.22. Trading ended with 199,899 shares at a value of $3,145,094 compared to 113,059 shares at a value of $1,694,615 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains|Agostini’s rose 40 cents to $23.40, after exchanging 300 shares, Angostura Holdings added 20 cents to settle at $16, with 100 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal increased by 45 cents to $55.45, with 71 units trading and Massy Holdings rose 95 cents and completed trading at $47, after exchanging 182 shares.
Stocks closing with Losses| Clico Investments fell 2 cents and settled at $20.18, with 117,121 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents at $16.95, with an exchange of 4,007 units, NCB Financial Group shed 10 cents and ended at $8.50, after exchanging 1,175 shares and Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents and settled at $9.45, with 850 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| First Citizens ended at $33.15, after exchanging 289 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.05, with 2,740 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group completed trading at $1.77, after exchanging 40,300 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8, with 70 stock units changing hands, National Flour concluded trading of 17,352 units at $1.65, Prestige Holdings concluded at $7.50, with 250 units trading, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $107, after exchanging 1,443 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29.24, in exchanging 13,449 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $22.95, with 200 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, Clico Investments, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

Big drop for JSE stocks on Monday

December 17, 2018 by IC Insider.com

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed mixed on Monday, with declining stock just edging out advancers but the market indices dropped sharply.
A total of 36 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 12 rising, 14 declining with 10 remaining unchanged compared to 28 securities trading on Friday. At the close of the market, the All Jamaican Composite Index dived 4,293.22 points to 408,935.58. and the JSE Index dropped 3,911.61 points to close at 372,586.56.
Trading ended with 3,443,415 units valued at $195,803,075 changing hands, compared with 3,068,694 units valued at $164,573,042 on Friday.
At the close, an average of 114,781 units valued at over $6,526,769 traded, in contrast to 113,655 units valued at over $6,095,298 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 122,630 units with a value of $4,870,814, compared to 123,423 units with a value of $4,686,819, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
NCB Financial led trading for the third consecutive day with 702,122 units in accounting for 20.4 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Grace Kennedy with 606,009 units or 17.6 percent of the overall volume and Sagicor Group with 530,562 units and 15.4 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost 96 cents and ended at $32.49, with an exchange of 31,329 shares, Berger Paints rose $1.20 to close at $23.20, with just 5,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement fell 43 cents to close at $42.52, as 21,950 shares traded, Grace Kennedy ended trading 606,009 shares with an increase of $2 to end at $62. Jamaica Producers finished trading 17,375 units with a decline of $2.20 to close at $22.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 89 cents to close at $9.16, in trading 15,650 shares, JMMB Group shed $1.50 in trading 178,591 shares to close at $32.50. Kingston Wharves finished at $73, after falling $2.30 trading 15,042 stock units, NCB Financial Group rose 90 cents in ending trading of 702,122 shares at $148, PanJam Investment rose $2 to close at $74, with an exchange of 20,835 stock units, Sagicor Group fell $1.01 to close at $40.99, with 530,562 shares changing hands, Scotia Group climbed $1.99 in trading 240,745 units to close at $56 and Seprod fell $2.09 trading 142,852 shares to close at $29.51.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 116,255 units valued at $31,628 with Margaritaville gained 1 cent and ended at 25 US cents with 100 shares trading, Productivity Business ended trading 100 shares and increased 3 cents to 59 US cents, Proven Investments traded 100 stock units and lost 2 US cents to end at $20 us cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 719 units and rose 2 cents to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.33 points to close at 166.55.

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, Margaritaville, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, 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

Big bounce for JSE stocks on Friday

December 14, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Barita climbs to a new closing high of $33.45 on Friday.

Advancing stocks finally had the upper hand over declining ones, on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, leading the market indices to rise on Friday, at a faster pace than on Thursday.
At the close of the market, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 3,172.73 points to 413,228.80 and the JSE Index advanced by 2,890.71 points to end at 376,498.17.
Trading ended with 3,068,694 units valued at $164,573,042 changing hands, compared with 5,840,821 units valued at over $422,371,897 on Thursday. A total of 28 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 13 rising, 11 declining and 4 remaining unchanged compared to 29 securities trading on Thursday. At the end of trading two stocks ended at record closing highs.
At the close, an average of 113,655 units valued at over $6,095,298 traded, in contrast to 224,647 units valued at $16,245,073 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 123,423 units with a value of $4,686,819, compared to 124,399 units with a value of $4,530,322,

previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
NCB Financial led trading for the second consecutive day with 743,620 units in accounting for 24.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 462,923 units or 15 percent of the overall volume and Sagicor Group with 400,607 units and 13 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.45 and ended at a all-time closing high of $33.45, with an exchange of 17,698 shares, Berger Paints dipped $2.50 to close at $22, with just 2,500 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement fell $1.05 to close at $42.95, with 67,450 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers rose 50 cents in trading 38,920 stock units at $29.50, Jamaica Producers finished trading 114,650 units with a fall of

$1 to close at $24.70, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 55 cents to close at $10.05, in trading 104,874 shares, JMMB Group added $1 in trading 25,977 shares to close at $34. Kingston Wharves finished at $75.30, after falling by 70 cents in trading 4,300 stock units, NCB Financial Group rose $2.09 in ending trading of 743,620 shares at $147.10, PanJam Investment rose $2 to close at $72, with an exchange of 25,544 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 30 cents to close at $10.50, with 462,923 shares changing hands, Salada Foods gained $1 and ended trading of just 100 stock units at a record close of $31 and Scotia Group dropped $1.99 in trading 35,026 units to close at $54.01.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 90,900 units valued at over $50,904 with Productivity Business being the sole stock trading as the price ended trading with a loss of 3 cents to end at 56 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 2.34 points to close at 166.88.

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, 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

Republic knocks TTSE index – Friday

December 14, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Republic Bank

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market activity on Friday ended with the All T&T Index dropping 17.50 points as Republic Financial Holdings traded as low as $100 and ended with an average fall in price of $5.43 to inflict serious one day damage to the index.
At close of the market, the Composite Index declined 0.87 points to 1,292.45, the All T&T Index lost 17.50 points to 1,675.41, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged to close at 122.97.
Trading ended with 13 securities changing hands, the same as on Thursday. Market activity led to 4 securities advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged on a day when the volume a value of trading increased above Thursday’s levels. Trading ended with 113,059 shares at a value of $1,694,615 compared to 56,112 shares at a value of $1,242,837 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stock with bids higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens gained 15 cents and settled at $33.15, after exchanging 564 shares, National Flour increased by 1 cent and completed trading 34,395 units at $1.65, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended with a gain 3 cents and settled at $29.24, after exchanging 1,474 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 33 cents higher and completed trading 3,206 units at $95.40.
Stocks closing with Losses| Mora Ven Holdings traded 3,000 shares after falling 48 cents to end at a closing 52 weeks’ low of $12, Republic Financial Holdings shares fell 6 cents and ended at $107, after trading as low as $101 in exchanging 540 shares and Scotiabank closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading 165 units at $64.41.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments ended at $20.20, with 54,175 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.05, with 262 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading 2,333 units, at $17, JMMB Group closed at $1.77, after exchanging 9,700 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.50, after exchanging 1,935 shares and Prestige Holdings completed trading of 4,310 units at $7.50.

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 Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, National Flour, One Caribbean Media, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

Strong food & insurance sales gains at Grace

December 14, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Grace new HQ close to the end of construction in downtown Kingston

Grace Kennedy reported net profit attributable to shareholders of $3.26 billion for the year to September compared with $3.3 billion in 2017 on strong gains in Food and Insurance segments. For the September quarter, the group earnings of $1.06 billion was realized, down from $1.5 billion.
The current quarter’s result is negatively impacted by one off expenses.
Segment results show declines in the Money transfer business with segment results down to $2.34 billion from $2.46 billion in 2017. Banking was flat with results of $401 million but both Insurance and Food trading recorded healthy increases. Food reported $1.35 billion in 2017 and climbed a strong 12.5 percent to $1.52 billion and Insurance jumped a robust 22.7 percent from $508 million to $734 million.
When adjusted for non-recurring gains in 2017 and one-time expenses of $236 million in the September 2018 quarter, profit for the nine months would have been greater by approximately $600 million.
For the nine-months, the Company revenues rose 7 percent to $73.8 billion but climbed a healthier 11 percent to $25.46 billion for the September quarter, over the same period in 2017. Group Chief Financial Officer, Frank James, informed IC Insider.com that the savings from the rationalisation exercise will generate savings considerable higher than the cost, due partially to some former employees being retired and not incurring separation cost.
Operating cost rose faster than revenues, with an increase of 13 percent to $24.6 billion for the

Group Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby.

quarter and an increase of 8 percent to $71.4 billion for the nine months. Unfortunately, Grace continues the backward practice of not breaking out direct selling cost from other costs in their interim results as such investors cannot determine how movement in cost is affected by changes in revenues versus fixed and administrative cost.
Shareholders’ equity increased of $3.2 billion to $48.4 billion over 2017. Loans receivables remained flat at $26.4 billion compared to $26.58 billion in September 2017 and is down from $27.55 billion at the end of 2017. At the end of the period total assets increased $7.3 billion to $137 billion since September in 2017 and liabilities rose by a smaller $3 billion to $86.44 billion.
In speaking to the recent performance, Group Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby, affirmed, “The Company is investing strategically for future growth and efficiency to achieve this objective. We are seeing a 12.6 percent increase in profit over prior period, with the one-off adjustments, and we expect continued growth based on our strategy.”
Since 2018, the Group embarked on a programme which aims to improve its return on investment and shareholder value. The process involves a review of its overall organizational design, cost structure, and business processes at all levels resulting in restructuring which affected a number of positions in August. In expounding further Wehby stated, “Although the restructuring costs of $236 million impacted the quarter’s performance, I am confident that the Company will realize the benefits of this in subsequent periods.”
Grace pays an interim dividend of 50 cents per stock unit on December 13, bringing dividends to date to $1.35 per stock unit of more than $1.3 billion.
Wehby and the group’s chairman Gordon Shirley in their report to shareholders stated that Grace Kennedy anticipates continued growth for the fourth quarter, subsequent to the quarterly report the group announced changes in their Florida distribution with an investment in the company that manufactures it patties that will take over Graces distribution and warehousing in that area. The new arrangement will mean less cost and more profits for Grace.
IC Insider.com projects earnings is $4.80 for the current fiscal year to December and $6 for 2019. The stock is listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and trades at $60 for a PE of 12.5 times current year’s estimated earnings versus an average for the market in the region of 15, with a premium of a mere 20 percent above net book value per share and seems undervalued, currently. The stock looks like a good long term investment.