The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up moderately on Wednesday, but that was inadequate to stem another sharp fall in the main market indices as several sharp price movement impacted the market.
At the close of market activity, the prices of 8 securities rose, 13 declined, while 8 remained unchanged, with the All Jamaica Composite Index dropping another 5,289.54 points to close at 383,883.07 after falling 3,094.77 points on Tuesday and falling more than 5,400 points on Monday and the JSE Index dived 4,819.37 points to close at 349,760.94.
Trading closed with 29 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, on Wednesday compared to 30 on Tuesday with 3,082,297 units valued at $88,764,558 changing hands compared with 2,572,843 units valued at $35,216,901 being exchanged, on Tuesday.
Main market trading closed with Scotia Group leading with 1,085,516 units, or 35.2 percent of the day’s volume, Ciboney with 518,577 units for 16.8 percent of main market volume and Supreme Ventures with 486,361 units and 15.8 percent of volume traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 7 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 114,159 units valued at over $3,287,576, in contrast to 95,290 shares valued at $1,304,330 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 455,927 valued at $2,943,139, compared to 539.060 valued at $2,116,944. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 50 cents and closed at $20, with 11,900 shares being traded, Caribbean Cement climbed $1 to close at $45 trading of 16,795 shares, Grace Kennedy dropped $2 and ended trading 2,739 shares to close at $55, JMMB Group lost $1 to end at $33, trading 25,600 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 45 cents in trading 37,505 shares to close at $10, Kingston Wharves lost 95 cents in closing at $75 after trading 7,000
shares, Mayberry Jamaica Equities traded 47,475 units, fell 20 cents to close at $10.30, PanJam Investments fell 44 cents and ended trading 29,500 shares to close at $61.56, Sagicor Group lost $2 and concluded trading41,540 shares at $37. Scotia Group lost $1.20 to end at $50, trading 1,085,516 units, Seprod gained $2.70 to close at $39 trading a mere 2,963 units, Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents and ended at $17, as 486,361 shares were traded and Sygnus Investments traded 21,338 shares after gaining $1 to end at $12.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 29,530 units valued at $26,401. At the close of the market,JMMB Group 5.75% percent preference share completed trading of 11,120 to end at $2.05, Proven Investments traded 18,410 units at 20 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.66 points to close at 162.08.
Republic pulled back $2.95 on TTSE
After closing for the Divali holiday on Tuesday, trading resumed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with Republic Financial Holdings pulling back $2.95 and ended at $109.05, after exchanging 830 shares while Massy Holding closed with a loss of $1.75.
Market activities ended with 12 securities trading against 11 on Monday, with 2 advancing, 6 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. At the close 57,944 units valued at $1,115,191 compared to 112,893 units valued at $3,207,686, changing hands on Monday.
The Composite Index fell 0.70 points to 1,230.13. The All T&T Index dropped 12.68 points to 1,689.19, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.57 points to close at 103.77.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Republic Holdings, and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| Grace Kennedy advanced 22 cents and completed trading at $3, with 2,481 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial Group rose 15 cents to finish at $6.15 after exchanging 3,000 shares,
Stocks closing with losses| Guardian Holdings slipped 10 cents to settle at $16.65, exchanging 500 units, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of $1.75 at a 52 weeks’ low of $45 after exchanging 2,200 shares,
Republic Financial Holdings dropped $2.95 and ended at $107.05, after exchanging 830 shares, Scotiabank concluded trading of 446 units, with a loss of 24 cents at $64.50, Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined by 1 cent and closed at $29.49, after exchanging 16,041 shares and Trinidad Cement slipped 5 cents and ended at $2.60, after trading 500 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Ansa Mcal closed at $55.50, with 681 units trading, First Citizens ended trading at $32.65 after exchanging 6,970 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a gain of $1.64 after exchanging 12,000 shares, National Enterprises completed trading at $8.51, with 12,295 stock units changing hands,
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Republic jumps $3.39 back at $110 on TTSE
Republic Financial Holdings jumped $3.39 ended at $110, after exchanging 189 shares to $110 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, while Sagicor Financial and Unilever closed at 52 weeks’ lows.
Market activities ended with 12 securities trading against 11 on Friday, with 4 advancing, 4 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. At the close 112,893 units valued at $3,207,686 compared to 111,962 units valued at $1,415,895, changing hands on Friday.
The Composite Index gained 4.70 points to 1,230.91. The All T&T Index rose 9.59 points to 1,701.87, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.04 points to close at 102.20.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| Apart from Republic, other stocks gaining at the close of trading are, National Enterprises that finished trading with a rise of 2 cents at $8.51, with 2,715 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media climbed $1 to $12, after exchanging 1,428 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading after an increase of 1 cent to $29.50, in exchanging 93,891 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| National Flour shed 4 cents and settled at $1.65, with 2,000 units changing hands, Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents and completed trading 2,444 stock units at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.45, Scotiabank ended trading 1 cent lower to close at $64.74, with 2,482 units and Unilever Caribbean concluded trading with a loss of $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $24, with 100 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Ansa Mcal settled at $55.50, with 306 units traded, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.01, with 2,768 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended at $32.65, after exchanging 2,735 shares and Guardian Holdings settled at $16.75, with 1,835 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading picks up modestly on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday remains low but picked up to 111,962 units valued at $1,415,895 compared to 16,715 shares with a value of $445,427, changing hands on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 11 securities trading against 15 on Thursday, 4 advanced, 3 declined and 4 remained unchanged with the Composite Index declined 1.40 points to 1,226.21. The All T&T Index lost 0.77 points to 1,692.28, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.28 points to close at 102.24.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 1 cent to close at $20.01, with 3,423 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading and rose 1 cent to $106.61, after exchanging 5,986 shares,
Sagicor Financial added 5.00 cents and ended at $7.50, with 5,313 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 8.00 cents, settling at $29.49, after exchanging 17 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| First Citizens concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents and settled at $32.65, after exchanging 9,105 shares, JMMB Group fell 6 cents and ended at $1.64, after exchanging 79,682 shares and National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.49, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading at $16.75, with 4,165 units, Massy Holdings ended at $46.75, after exchanging 3,403 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading of 100 units at $7.50 and Unilever Caribbean ended trading at $25.00, with 268 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Mixed November start for TTSE stocks

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange sank lower on Thursday to just 16,715 shares changing hands with a value of $445,427, compared to 69,698 shares traded with a value of $1,598,906, changing hands on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 15 securities trading against 11 on Wednesday, 5 advanced, 5 declined and 5 remained unchanged, with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ low. The Composite Index rose 0.70 points to 1,227.61. The All T&T Index declined 1.90 points to 1,693.05, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.46 points to close at 102.52.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| First citizens ended trading with a rise of 4 cents and settled at $32.69, after exchanging 257 shares, JMMB Group finished trading 7 cents higher to $1.70, after exchanging 1,000 shares, National Flour rose 4 cents and completed trading of 1,000 units, at $1.69, Scotiabank added 1 cent to end at $64.75, with 1,000 units and West Indian Tobacco gained 7 cents and completed trading of 1,200 units at $90.10.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments shares fell 15 cents and ended at $20, with 5,080 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading at $8.45,
with 1,163 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings shed 15 cents and completed trading at $16.75, after exchanging 40 units, National Enterprises lost 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50, with 600 stock units changing hands and One Caribbean Media ended trading with a loss of $1.03 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $11, after exchanging 900 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Agostini’s concluded at $23.40, after exchanging 575 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $15.70, with 150 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal completed trading at $55.50, with 700 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 800 shares to close at $15.81 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.41, after exchanging 2,250 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange slipped further on Tuesday, leading to more stocks falling than rising and resulting in another fall in the market indices.
Main market trading closed with Victoria Mutual Investments leading with 1,026,110 units, or 39.9 percent of the day’s volume and
trading 27,735 shares, Kingston Wharves gained 95 cents to close at $75.95 with 4,281 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments lost $1.35 to settle at $10, in exchanging 20,365 units,
The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined to very low levels on Monday, leading to more stocks falling than rising and resulting in a big drop in the market indices.
the day’s volume, Carreras with 327,902 units and 19.7 percent of volume traded and Sagicor group with 163,681 units with 10 percent of the day’s volume.
to end at $33, trading 38,544 shares, Kingston Wharves lost 95 cents to close at $75 with 2,792 stock units trading, Mayberry Jamaica Equities traded 26,649 units and rose 75 cents to close at $11.25, NCB Financial Group lost $1.70 and ended trading 33,122 shares to close at $125.10. Portland JSX declined by 50 cents and ended at $8, with 450 units changing hands, Sagicor Group dropped $3.01 to settle at $41.99, with 163,681 shares, Scotia Group lost 50 cents to end at $51.99, trading 116,085 units and Stanley Motta traded 17,000 shares after falling 52 cents to end at $4.48.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in more stocks rising than falling leading to a moderate pick up in the market indices as trading levels declined sharply.
12.4 percent of the day’s volume.
falling 29 cents, Jamaica Producers jumped $3.49 and finished trading 7,040 units at $28,
Having risen strongly on the last trading day for October, the Jamaica Stock Exchange slipped back to normal on Thursday with stocks giving back most of the gains of the previous day, in keeping with patterns seen at month ends and openings, going back several years. 
Kingston Wharves gained 95 cents and finished at $75.95 with 24,474 stock units trading,
The Jamaica Stock Exchange hit several new highs in October but closed the month with a net gain of 7,478.51 points on the All Jamaica and 6,813.78 points on the JSE index leading to gains of 26.6 percent for the first 10 months of the year. 
added $1 and ended trading 108,157 shares to close at $126, PanJam Investment closed with a loss of 50 cents to end at $64, trading 36,716 stock units, Portland JSX rose 50 cents and ended at $8.50, with 500 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $1 to settle at $12, exchanging 26,431 shares, Scotia Group fell 74 cents to settle at $53 in trading 142,970 units, Seprod dropped $3, in finishing trading at $36, with 7,900 shares changing hands. Supreme Ventures jumped $1.80 to close at $19.80, with 3,066,003 shares changing hands.