Scotia Group dropped to $56 from $61 close of Wednesday, Grace Kennedy fell to $61 from $63 and from a trade at $75 in early trading and Jamaica Broilers fell to $28 from $31 and pulled the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange under water, with 45 minutes of trading left for the day.
All the gains earlier in the morning that pushed the market into record territory was given up with the All Jamaica Composite Index pulling back 1,892.60 points from Wednesday’s close, to trade at 406,560 and the JSE Index fell 1,724.38 points to 370,422.16.
Earlier, the All Jamaica Composite Index on Wednesday moved higher by 3,093.31 points to a record 411,545.91.
Fall in Scotia pushed market down
October 4, 2018 by
All Jamaica claims 411,546 – Thursday
October 4, 2018 by
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange broke through 410,000 mark based on movement of the All Jamaica Composite Index in early trading on Wednesday and moved higher by 3,093.31 points to a record 411,545.91.
The JSE Index that jumped to a record 374,251.61 in early trading moved on to 374,964.90 with gains of 2,818.36, The Junior Market rose 19.93 points to 3,401.72. Grace Kennedy raced to an all-time high of $75, NCB Financial moved up to a record of $131, Supreme Ventures climbed to $21.70, JMMB Group jumped to $35 and Mayberry Jamaican Equities traded at $12.
The main market broke through all resistance points, with the last being 400,000 points with the next big one being 510,000 points region. If it got there in 2018, would represent a gain of 24 percent from current levels and lift the gains for the year to 60 percent.
All Jamaica breaks 410,000
October 4, 2018 by
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continue to surge forward on Wednesday, with the All Jamaica Composite Index climbing 2,310.44 points to a record 410,763.04 after Grace Kennedy raced to an all-time high of $75.
The JSE Index gained 2,105.07 points to a record 374,251.61, The Junior Market rose 9.81 points to 3,391.60.
The main market has broken through all resistance points with the last being around 400,000 points and the next big one is at 510,000 points, which would represent a gain of 24 percent and lift the gains for the year to 60 percent.
The Junior Market sits just below a short term resistance that is holding it back from moving higher in the short term. Positive news is required for a number of the companies to move that market forward and that may be coming with new set of quarterly results that should start coming in a few days.
More records signaled for JSE
October 3, 2018 by
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market climbed to another record close on Wednesday past the 408,000 points mark based on the movement of the All Jamaica Composite Index. Closing quotes suggest that the market should move higher on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 closing with a lower offer, suggesting mostly gains ahead for stocks.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index climbed 3,109.71 points to close at a record closing high of 408,452.60 and the JSE Index jumped 2,833.30 points to a record close of 372,146.54.
A total of 32 securities traded including 3 in the US dollar market, compared to 29 trading on Tuesday with the prices of 20 securities rising, 5 declining and 4 that held firm. The market had 4 new highs during trading but ended with just two closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
The main market ended with 2,630,637 units valued at over $70,273,331 changing hands, compared to 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading closed with JMMB Group accounting for with 740,000 shares or 19.22 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Group with 539,066 units and 14 percent of the volume traded and Grace Kennedy with 434,750 units and 11.3 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 132,745 units valued at over $3,474,891, in contrast to 97,431 shares valued at $2,602,716 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 114,884 shares valued $2,790,409 and previously, 105,635 shares valued $2,435,945. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints dropped $1.50 and ended at $21, trading 12,969 stock units, Caribbean Cement lost 90 cents to finish at $49.10, in trading 20,497 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 in trading 25,397 stock units at $31, Jamaica Producers lost $2 to close at $30, trading 204,464 stock units,
Kingston Wharves added $1.10 to close at a record $75.10, with 6,139 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Equities rose 15 cents to finish at closing high of $11.60, trading 122,247 stock units, PanJam Investment rose 5 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.90, while exchanging 3,376 stock units, Portland JSX ended at $9 with 19,245 units trading after falling 50 cents, Pulse Investments lost 40 cents and concluded trading of 24,989 shares at $2.40, Sterling Investments close at $24, with 19,180 shares changing hands after trading at an all-time intraday high of $28 and Supreme Ventures rose $1.50 in trading 88,917 shares to end at $21.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 70,385 units valued at $22,180 as JMMB Group 6 percent preference share concluded trading of 50,000 shares at $1.06, Margaritaville rose 4.1 cents and ended at $0.24 with 1,200 shares trading and Proven Investments traded 3,200 shares to close at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 1.73 points to close at 174.64.
5 TTSE stocks fall 2 rise on Wednesday
October 3, 2018 by
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed with all three main indices declining on Wednesday. At the close, the Composite Index fell 1.98 points to 1,218.09, the All T&T Index shed 0.90 points to 1,692.53, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.42 points to 99.95.
At close, 14 securities changed hands, with the price of 2 rising, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, against 14 trading on Tuesday.
The market ended trading of 194,813 shares valued $1,743,710, compared to 624,349 shares valued $13,033,986, changing hands on Tuesday.
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 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| One Caribbean Media closed with a gain of 1 cent and settled at $12.11, after exchanging 800 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 5 cents and completed trading at $29.16, after exchanging 6,167 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 4 cents and ended at $19.80, with 8,118 stock units 
changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $8.40, trading 412 units, Massy Holdings shed 5 cents and settled at $47 after exchanging 6,591 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent and settled at $103.69, after exchanging 3,124 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 1,000 units, 44 cents lower at $88.
Stocks trading with no price change| Grace Kennedy closed at $2.70, with 140,000 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.90, trading 1,210 units, National Enterprises ended at $8.96, with 10 stock units changing hands, National Flour ended trading of 282 units at $1.60, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.53, with 24,306 units trading, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.75, with 475 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended at $64.94, trading 911 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
6 TTSE stocks rise 1 fall on Tuesday
October 2, 2018 by
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed with the two main indices gaining on Tuesday. At the close, the Composite Index rising by 2.11 points to 1,220.07, the All T&T Index adding 4.16 points to 1,693.43, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 100.37.
At close, 14 securities changed hands, with the price of 6 rising, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, against 12 trading on Monday.
The market ended trading of 624,349 shares valued $13,033,986, compared to 568,679 shares valued $22,800,556 changing hands on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 6 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa Mcal advanced $1.50 completed trading of 106,017 units at $57, Clico Investments gained 4 cents and ended at $19.84, with 6,868 stock units changing hands, First Citizens added 20 cents and settled at $32.80, while exchanging 3,185 shares, Prestige Holdings increased 3 cents and completed trading of 272,400 units at $7.53, Republic Financial Holdings rose 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $103.70, trading 414 shares and Trinidad Cement closed with a gain of 4 cents at $2.90, after exchanging 1,300 shares. 
Stocks closing with losses| One Caribbean Media fell 1 cent to $12.10, after exchanging 300 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading at $16.90, with 12,452 units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.05, after exchanging 460 shares, National Flourcompleted trading with 32,300 units at $1.60, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 134,470 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading of 27,555 units, at $64.94, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.11, after exchanging 12,687 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 13,941 units at $88.44.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New record high for JSE main market
October 2, 2018 by
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market surged past the 405,000 points for the first time based on the movement of the All Jamaica Composite Index on Tuesday aided by the prices of 20 stocks rising.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index advanced 2,242.60 points to a record close of 405,342.89 and the JSE Index rose 2,043.26 points to a record close of 369,313.24.
A total of 29 securities traded including 2 in the US dollar market, compared to 33 trading on Monday with the prices of 20 securities rising, 5 declining and 4 that held firm. The market closed with 4 new highs with three closing at a 52 weeks’ high and Radio Jamaica trading at a 52 week’s low of 90 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with lower offers.
The main market ended with 2,630,637 units valued at over $70,273,331 changing hands, compared to 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands on Monday.
Trading closed with Sagicor Real Estate Fund accounting for 598,360 units or 22.75 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 522,434 units and 19.86 percent of the volume traded and NCB Financial Group with 211,075 units and 8 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 97,431 units valued at over $2,602,716, in contrast to 113,272 shares valued at $2,280,675 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement rose $2 to finish at $50, in trading 157,526 shares, Grace Kennedy climbed $3 and ended trading 39,239 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, Jamaica Producers rose $4 to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $32, trading 59,422 stock units, JMMB Group gained 49 cents and ended at $32.99, with 150,136 shares trading, Kingston Wharves added $2 to close at $74, with 5,513 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments climbed 25 cents to finish at $8.50, with 93,300 stock units trading, Mayberry Equities rose 45 cents to finish at $11.45, trading 21,567 stock units, NCB Financial Group climbed $1.25 and ended trading of 211,075 shares at $130, while 138 Student Living rose $1.20 and finished at $5 while trading 10,000 stock units, 
PanJam Investment jumped 35 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.85, while exchanging 76,624 stock units, Portland JSX climbed $1.15 and ended at $9.50, in exchanging 51,000 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.89 to settle at $13, trading 598,360 shares, Salada Foods rose $1.20 and ended trading of 101,826 stock units at 52 weeks’ high of $20, Seprod traded 1,605 units after gaining 50 cents to close at $43.50, Scotia Group lost $1.10 trading 6,756 units to close at $60.90, Sterling Investments jumped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $24, with 22,457 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures dropped $4.40 in trading 27,237 shares to end at $19.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 70,385 units valued at $22,180 as JMMB Group 5.75 percent preference share concluded trading of 3,385 shares at $2 and Proven Investments traded 67,000 shares and rose 3 cents to close at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 11.88 points to close at 172.91.
Q4 off to record high for JSE majors
October 1, 2018 by
Stocks surged to new record high on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market at the start of October, as the market opened, with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping within 535 points of the critical 400,000 mark and with 35 minutes of trading, it climbed over 400,000 points for the first time.
At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86.
A total of 33 securities traded including 4 in the US dollar market, compared to 32 trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities rising, 12 declined and 11 held firm. The market closed with 3 new highs and Radio Jamaica trading at a 52 week’s low of 92 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 3,284,901 units valued at $66,139,568 changing hands, compared to 7,891,758 units valued at $231,891,130 changing hands on Friday.
Trading closed with Sagicor Real Estate Fund accounting for 1,221,240 units or 37.18 percent of the day’s volume, followed by with 342,484 units and 10.43 percent of the volume traded and with 252,932 units 7.70 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 113,272 units valued at $2,280,675 units, in contrast to 281,849 shares valued at $8,281,826 on Friday. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 49 cents to close at $18.51, in trading 9,748 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 96 cents to finish at $48, in the trading of 8,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose $2 to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $28, trading 10,364 stock units, Kingston Wharves lost $2 to $72, with 4,140 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments climbed 25 cents to finish at $8.25, with 32,181 stock units 
trading, NCB Financial Group climbed $3.75 and ended trading of 77,954 shares at $128.75, PanJam Investment jumped $6.50 and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $64.50, while exchanging 3,510 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 90 cents to settle at $39, in the trading of 157,640 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dived $2.39 to settle at $11.11, trading 1,221,240 shares, Scotia Group rose $2 trading 64,186 units to close at $62.00, Sterling Investments jumped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $23, with 3,352 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 12,500 shares and fell 50 cents to end at $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 20,932 units valued at $7,170 as JMMB Group 5.75 percent preference share concluded trading of 2,500 shares at $2, Proven Investments traded 2,088 shares at 20 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 7,500 units but lost 1 cent to end at 10 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 8,844 units to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.63 points to close at 161.03.
TTSE stocks fell on Monday
October 1, 2018 by
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed on Monday, with the Composite Index falling 1.47 points on Monday to 1,217.96, the All T&T Index declining 1.91 points to 1,689.27, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.14 points higher to 100.37.
At close, 12 securities changed hands, with the price of 1 rising, 5 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, against 13 trading on Friday.
The market ended trading of 568,679 shares valued $22,800,556, compared to 103,614 shares valued $2,240,963 changing hands on Friday.
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 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and concluded trading at $47.05, after exchanging 5,075 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Mcal shares fell 50 cents and completed trading of 240 units at $55.50, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $19.80, with 55,547 stock units changing hands, Gaurdian Media shed 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $15.70, after exchanging 100 shares, JMMB Group lost 10 cents to end at $1.60, after exchanging 6,000 shares and National Flour ended trading of 8,764 units 10 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60.
Stocks trading with no price change| Guardian Holdings completed trading of 142,027 units at $16.90, Republic Financial Holdings concluded at $103.69, after exchanging 162,361 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 171,500 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.94, with 1,532 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.11, after exchanging 9,557 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $26.25, with 751 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.44, with 5,185 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica jumps 9,823 points to record close
October 1, 2018 by
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, started the final quarter of the year with huge gains to end at a record close on Monday after the market traded as high as high as 404,050.65 on the all Jamaica Composite Index.
The All Jamaica Composite Index passed the 400,000 mark for the first time shortly after trading commenced on Monday. At the end of trading All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 9,823 points to a record close of 403,100.29 after it earlier jumped 10,773.36 points with just 13 minutes to close and the JSE Index surged 8,949.87 points to a record close of 366,558.39 after trading higher to a record intraday high of 368,135.86. The Junior Market rose 1.98 points to close at 3,397.
In the main market NCB Financial traded at $128.75 but with 77,954 shares trading and Jamaica Producers traded up to $28, Jamaica Broilers traded up to $30, Pan Jam Investment traded at $63, Scotia Group closed at $62 while Supreme Ventures traded at $23.90 and Sterling Investments traded at a new high of $23.