Watch Grace this week

October 1, 2018 by

Grace Kennedy could move up this week.

The main stocks of interest this week are Grace Kennedy, Stationery and Office Supplies, CAC 2000, NCB Financial, Caribbean Cream, Main Event, Wisynco and Berger Paints, most of these have limited supplies.
With the average PE of the market now exceeding a comfortable 15 times 2018 earnings and rising, stocks valued less than the market average, could see increased interest as investors look for bargains.
Bulls continue to push the Jamaican stock market, to new heights last week as low interest rates and good profits help push investors into stocks against the back ground of limited selling.
The supply of several of the main market stocks are extremely scarce and that is working in market favour to move much higher, before too long. There are several stocks priced well below the market’s average and that could encourage buying interest in them as well.
NCB Financial went sideways for around two weeks but bids started building close to the closing prices last week and that could help it move higher this week.
Grace Kennedy seems ready to break out of the $60 range as there is no supply on offer now. Caribbean Cement

keeps trading between $46 and $50, but there appears no real desire to move the price forward. Kingston Wharves has always had limited supply, so it could move higher going forward. Supply of JMMB Group have dried up and that could create the environment for the price to move higher.
An overall view of stocks indicates that the main market continues to be steered higher by an upward sloping support line as well the 45 and 125 day moving averages, lending support just below, but the 400,000 points resistance could likely stall the rally in the main market for a while. The Junior Market that traded recently at an all-time high, is being steered by an upward rising long-term support line and a golden cross. The golden cross is a very strong bullish long-term signal.

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Record JSE close for September

September 28, 2018 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, surged sharply for the second trading day with the All Jamaica Composite Index jumping 5,287 points to a record close of 393,277.29 and a gain of more than 10,500 points gain in just two days.
The main market closed on 14 trading days at record high for September helping to bring the gains in the market for the year to 24.3 percent.

The JSE Index that climbed by 4,768.22 points on Thursday, jumped another 4,817.06 points to close at 358,320.11, to be up a strong 9,585 points in just two days.
A total of 32 securities traded including 4 in the US dollar market, compared to 30 trading on Thursday with the prices of 15 securities rose and 8 declined and just 9 held firm.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.15, PanJam Investment traded at an intraday high of $64.90 but closed lower than Thursday closing price, while Sterling Investments closed at a new high of $22 and Supreme Ventures closed at a record high of $24.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading is very strong for continuation of the market’s rally and shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 7,891,758 units valued at over $231,891,130 changing hands, compared to 269,506,497 units valued at $3,571,606,905 changing hands on Thursday. Trading closed with  Wisynco Group exchanging 1,958,391 units accounting for 24.8 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Broilers with 1,868,677 units and 23.68 percent of total volume and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 923,865 units and just 11.7 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 281,849 units valued at over $8,281,826, in contrast to 10,365,635 shares valued at $137,369,496 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, compared to 579,751 shares valued $9,695,343 changed hands on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments rose $1 and closed at $19, trading 3,965 shares, Caribbean Cement shed $1.96 to finish at $47.04, in the trading of 803,000 stock units, Grace Kennedy gained $1.01 and settled at $60, with 128,848 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers jumped $1.50 to $30 and ended trading of 1,868,677 shares, Jamaica Producers lost $1 to close at $26, trading 34,657 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 20 cents and finished trading 150,000 units at $8.20, JMMB Group rose 35 cents and closed at $32.50, with an exchange of 56,396 shares. Kingston Wharves rose $2 to $74, with 16,204 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 65 cents to finish at 52 weeks’ closing high of $11.15, with 923,865 stock units trading, NCB Financial Group climbed $4 and ended trading of 470,875 shares at $125, PanJam Investment shed $2 and ended at $58, while exchanging 405,279 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 45 cents to settle at $13.50, trading 122,949 shares, Sterling Investments jumped $3 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $22, with 48,709 shares changing hands Supreme Ventures gained $7 and ended at an all-time high of $24, as 40,497 shares traded, Sygnus Credit Investments traded 1,800 shares and rose 70 cents to end at $13 and Wisynco Group rose 35 cents and concluded trading of 1,958,391 stock units at $9.45.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 48,266 units valued at $7,252 as JMMB Group 5.75% preference share concluded trading of 10,500 shares at $2, Productivity Business ended trading 14,100 shares and increased 4 cents to close at 59 cents and Proven Investments traded 7,115 shares at 20 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 13,543 units but lost 1 cent to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 2.60 points to close at 161.66.

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TTSE stocks closed mostly higher – Friday

September 28, 2018 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed with all indices gaining on Friday, with the Composite Index rising 0.62 points on Friday to 1,219.43, the All T&T Index added 0.24 points to 1,691.18, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.14 points higher to 100.51.
At close, 13 securities changed hands, with the price of 4 rising, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, against 16 trading on Thursday.
The market ended trading of 103,614 shares valued $2,240,963, compared to 988,299 shares valued $25,956,830 changing hands on Thursday.
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 closing with gains| Ansa Mcal added 50 cents and settled at $56, trading 25 units, Clico Investments increased 10 cents and completed trading at $19.90, with 28,305 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group rose 5 cents and ended at $1.70, after exchanging 15,000 shares and One Caribbean Media closed with a gain of 1 cent to end at $12.11, after trading 5,500 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings fell 20 cents and ended at $47, after exchanging 7,105 shares, Point Lisas closed with a loss of 8 cents and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.62, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 4 cents and concluded at $29.11, after exchanging 24,903 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Citizens concluded trading at $32.60, after exchanging 82 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $2.70, with 14,706 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises ended at $8.96, with 1,673 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank settled at $64.94, after trading 8 units, Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $26.25, with 50 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.44, with 5,257 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE main market in big jump – Thursday

September 27, 2018 by

Sterling Investments jumps to a high of $19 after split announcement.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a big day on Thursday with gains of more than 4,700 points in the market indices as the prices of 13 securities rose and 7 declined and just 10 held firm.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaica Composite Index surged by 5,233.40 points to close at 387,990.29 and the JSE Index jumped by 4,768.22 points to 353,503.05.
Sterling Investments ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $19, PanJam Investment traded at closing 52 weeks’ high of $60 while Supreme Ventures close trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $17.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading is very strong for continuation of the market’s rally and shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 closing with a lower offer.
A total of 30 securities traded in the main and US dollar markets compared to 34 trading on Wednesday with  Sagicor Real Estate Fund dominating trading with 264,879,865 units in the main market that ended with 269,506,497 units valued at $3,571,606,905 changing hands, compared to 117,820,162 units valued at $2,898,097,993 changing hands on Wednesday when JMMB Group dominated trading with 102,542,622 units and 87.03 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 10,365,635 units valued at over $137,369,496, in contrast to 3,681,880 shares valued at $90,565,562 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, compared to 579,751 shares valued $9,695,343 traded on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement shed $1.01 to finish at $49, in the trading of 29,872 shares, Jamaica Broilers fell 25 cents in trading 391,212 stock units, to close at $28.50, Kingston Wharves rose $1.70 to $72, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group climbed $3 and ended trading of 572,945 shares at $121, PanJam Investment climbed $3.76 and ended at 52 weeks’ closing high of $60, while exchanging 4,880 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained $1.05 to settle at $13.05, trading 264,879,865 shares, Seprod lost $2.20 and finished trading 11,100 shares at $43, Sterling Investments gained 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $19, with 290,741 shares changing hands Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents and ended at $17, as 291,464 shares traded and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 99,600 shares and lost $1.20 to end at $12.30.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 48,266 units valued at $7,252 as 300 units of JMMB Group 6% preference share traded  at $1.06, Margaritaville traded 14,742 units and rose 1 cent to 20 US cents, Proven Investments traded 2,024 shares at 20 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 31,200 units and rose 1 cent to end at 12 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.25 points to close at 159.06.

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TTSE stocks slip lower – Thursday

September 27, 2018 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

The two main indices of the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, lost ground on Thursday, with the Composite Index falling 1.19 points to 1,218.81, the All T&T Index declining 2.67 points to 1,690.94, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.04 points higher to 100.33.
At close, 16 securities changed hands, with the price of 2 rising, 4 declining and 10 remaining unchanged, against 19 trading on Wednesday.
The market ended trading of 988,299 shares valued $25,956,830, compared to 1,014,023 shares valued $26,822,916 changing hands on Wednesday.
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 6 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Massy Holdings rose 10 cents and completed trading at $47.20, after exchanging 108,701 shares and Trinidad Cement gained 4 cents and completed trading at $2.86, after exchanging 1,792 shares.
Stocks closing with losses|Ansa Mcal shares fell 50 cents and concluded trading of 260 units at $55.50, Prestige Holdings closed with a loss of 50 cents and concluded trading of 53,410 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.50, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 39 cents and ended at $29.15, after exchanging 30,776 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and concluded trading of 45,559 units at $88.44.
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holdings settled at $15.75, with 251,063 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant ended at $38, after exchanging 17,110 shares, Clico Investments closed at $19.80, with 5,735 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended at $32.60, after exchanging 131,600 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $2.70, with 172,148 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings concluded trading of 123,581 units at $16.90, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.73, after exchanging 1,792 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $103.69, after exchanging 26,016 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.75, with 131 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank concluded at $64.94, with 18,625 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE main market gains – Wednesday

September 26, 2018 by

Prices of 14 securities rose and 15 declined and just 5 held firm when the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday from 34 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets compared to 33 trading on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaica Composite Index advanced by 1,658.37 points to 382,756.89 and the JSE Index gained 1,510.97 points to close at 348,734.83.
Sterling Investments ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $18.50, PanJam Investment traded at an intraday high of $60 while Sagicor Real Estate Fund trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.68.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading is very strong for continuation of the market’s rally and shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 117,820,162 units valued at $2,898,097,993 compared to 24,501,665 units valued at $302,847,453 changing hands on Tuesday.
The day’s volume was led by, JMMB Group dominated trading 102,542,622 units and 87.03 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 10,177,834 shares accounting for 8.64 percent of main market volume and 138 Student Living with 3,333,334 units and just 2.83 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 3,681,880 units valued at over $90,565,562, in contrast to 844,885 shares valued at $10,443,016 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 579,751 shares valued $9,695,343, compared to 387,743 shares valued $4,414,023 traded on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments climbed 84 cents and closed at $18 with 205,636 shares changing hands, Berger Paints rose 32 cents to $22.43, in exchanging 1,500 stock units, Caribbean Cement shed $1.51 to finish at $47.99, in the trading of 15,599 shares, Grace Kennedy rose $1 and finished trading 57,180 shares at $59, Jamaica Broilers jumped $2.75 in trading 73,741 stock units, to close at $28.75, Jamaica Producers rose 50 cents and finished trading 146,786 units at $27, Kingston Wharves dropped $3.70 to $70.30, with 10,470 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments lost 25 cents and settled at $8.25, exchanging 13,000 units, NCB Financial Group lost $2 and ended trading of 76,697 shares at $118, PanJam Investment climbed $2.74 and closed at $56.24, while exchanging 53,945 stock units, after it hit a 52 weeks’ high of $60, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 99 cents to settle at $12, trading 10,177,834 shares, Scotia Group lost $2 in trading 118,566 units at $60, Seprod lost $1.60 and finished trading 3,791 shares at $45.20, Sterling Investments jumped $1.98 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $18.50, with 66,444 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 268,098 units valued at $69,579 as JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 6 cents completed trading of 18015 at $1.06 and Proven Investments traded 250,083 shares at 20 US cents after falling by 2 cents The JSE USD Equities Index declined 7.13 points to close at 159.31.

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TTSE stocks inched higher – Wednesday

September 26, 2018 by

The two main indices of the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed higher on Wednesday, with the Composite Index rising 1.70 points to 1,220, the All T&T Index gaining 3.36 points to 1,693.61, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 100.33.
At close, 19 securities changed hands, with the price of 3 rising, 4 declining and 12 remaining unchanged, against 16 trading on Tuesday.
The market ended trading of 1,014,023 shares valued $26,822,916, compared to 562,645 shares valued $7,567,683 changing hands on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Agostini’s advanced $1.82 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $22.97, after exchanging 10,873 shares, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 5 cents at $1.65, after exchanging 60,362 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 39 cents and settled at $29.54, after exchanging 49,741 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments shares fell 10 cents and ended at $19.80, with 12,727 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 10 cents and concluded exchanging 5,258 shares at $47.10, Trinidad Cement shed 4 cents and ended at $2.82, after exchanging 800 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 10 cents and completed trading at $88.45, with 26,146 unit changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 249,020 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal completed trading at $56, with 72,578 units, Ansa Merchant settled at $38, after exchanging 38,875 shares, First Citizens closed at $32.60, after exchanging 21,207 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 143 units at $16.90, National Enterprises ended at $8.96, with 334,410 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group settled at $5.73, after exchanging 6,968 shares, One Caribbean Media concluded trading at $12.10, exchanging 595 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading at $8, with 200 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $103.69, after exchanging 24,154 shares, Scotiabank completed trading of 99,466 units at $64.94 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $26.25, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Large drop for JSE main market index – Tuesday

September 25, 2018 by

Scotia Group closed with the offer at $58, well below the last traded price.

Prices of 20 securities rose and 9 declined when the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday but a sharp fall during the day by Scotia Group, sank the main market indices by more than 2,800 points.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaica Composite Index diving 3,116.64 points to 381,098.52 and the JSE Index dropping 2,839.61 points to close at 347,223.86.
Market activities resulted in 33 securities trading, including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 32 securities trading on Monday. Sterling Investments jumped to a record close following an announcement of a proposed stock split and rights issue.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading is very strong for continuation of the market’s rally and shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 7 closing with lower offers.
The main market ended with 24,501,665 units valued at $302,847,453 compared to 2,957,550 units valued at over $67,644,851 changing hands on Monday.
The day’s volume was led by, JMMB Group 7.50% preference dominated traded with 12,856,800 units and 52.47 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Group with 3,109,728 shares accounting for 12.7 percent of main market volume and Wisynco Group with 2,530,222 units and just 10.3 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 844,885 units valued at over $10,443,016, in contrast to 101,984 shares valued at $2,332,581 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 387,743 shares valued $4,414,023, compared to 360,577 shares valued $4,034,759 traded on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.50 to finish at $49.50, trading 10,500 shares, Grace Kennedy rose 83 and finished trading 412,044 shares at $58, Jamaica Broilers dropped $1.05 in trading 90,832 stock units, to close at $26, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents and finished trading 1,102,131 units at $26.50, Kingston Wharves jumped $5 and finished at $74, with 3,626 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments lost 30 cents and settled at $8.50, exchanging 4,700 units, NCB Financial Group climbed $4.98 and ended trading of 132,380 shares at $120, PanJam Investment fell $3.46 and closed at $53.50, while exchanging 129,129 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 50 cent to settle at $39, in the exchange of 3,109,728 shares, Salada Foods ended trading 100 stock units and rose $1 to end at $19. Scotia Group lost $1 in trading 243,253 units at $62.01, Sterling Investments jumped $2.02 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $16.52, with 28,864 shares changing hands,Sygnus Credit Investments traded 2,361,804 shares and jumped $1.67 to close at $13.72, Stanley Motta gained 46 cents to $5.31 trading 170,600 shares, Supreme Ventures added 50 cents and ended at $16.50 with an exchange of 25,610 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 19 cents and concluded trading 168,538 stock units at $3.70 and Wisynco Group rose 25 cents and finished at $9.10, with 2,530,222 units.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 110,523 units valued at $34,145 as JMMB Group 5.75% preference share declined by 1 cents completed trading of 10,845 at $2, JMMB Group 6% preference share lost 5 cents completed trading of 10,845 at $1.01, Proven Investments traded 66,878 shares at 22 US cents after falling by 1 cent and Sygnus Credit Investments USD Ordinary share traded 30,300 units losing 1 cent at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 4.42 points to close at 166.44.

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Modest price changes on TTSE – Tuesday

September 25, 2018 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

All three main indices of the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed higher on Tuesday, with the Composite Index fell 0.52 points to 1,218.30, the All T&T Index rose 0.89 points to 1,690.25, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.27 points to close at 100.33.
At close, 16 securities changed hands, with the price of 3 rising, 3 declining and 10 remaining unchanged, against 11 trading on Friday.
The market ended trading of just 562,645 shares valued $7,567,683, compared to 116,235 shares valued $1,984,887 changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains|Sagicor Financial advanced 5 cents and ended at $7.75, with 10,750 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement gained 6 cents and settled at $2.86, after exchanging 13,255 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed 10 cents higher at $88.55, with 1,946 units trading.
Stocks closing with losses| JMMB Group fell 5 cents and finished at $1.60, after exchanging 205,278 shares, One Caribbean Media fell 1 cent and closed at $12.10, after exchanging 1,980 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 10 cents in completing trading of 1,500 shares to close at $29.15.
Stocks trading with no price change|Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.75, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal closed at $56 trading 25,385 units, Ansa Merchant completed trading at $38, after exchanging 3,774 shares, Clico Investments ended at $19.90, with 1,505 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading 11,600 units at $8.50, First Citizens concluded trading at $32.60, after exchanging 1,365 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.70, with 200,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.20, after trading 30,521 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $8 after trading 5,000 units and Scotiabank ended at $64.94, trading 47,786 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE main market retreats on Monday

September 24, 2018 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed, with the All Jamaica Composite Index losing 2,368.58 points to 384,215.16 and the JSE Index dipping 2,158.04 points to 350,063.47.
Market activities resulted in 32 securities trading, including 3 in the US dollar market compared to 31 securities trading on Friday. The prices of 10 stocks rose, 11 declined and 11 closed, unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading is very strong for continuation of the market’s rally and shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 closing with a lower offer.
The main market ended with 2,957,550 units valued at over $67,644,851 compared to 10,467,731 units valued at $82,276,433 changing hands on Friday.
The day’s volume was led by, Wisynco Group with 1,164,093 units and 39.4 percent of the day’s volume and Scotia Group with 243,253 units.
Trading resulted in an average of 101,984 units valued at over $2,332,581, in contrast to 348,924 shares valued at $2,742,548 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 360,577 shares valued $4,034,759, compared to 376,915 shares valued $4,149,025 traded on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.50 to close at $17 trading 23,551 shares, Grace Kennedy lost 83 and finished trading 94,795 shares at $57.17, Jamaica Broilers dived $5.44 in trading 68,512 stock units, to close at $27.05, Jamaica Producers gained $2.45 and finished trading 23,000 units at $27, Kingston Wharves declined $3.50 and finished at $69, with 7,519 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments gained 80 cents and settled at $8.80, exchanging 5,632 units, NCB Financial Group climbed $4.92 and ended trading of 157,027 shares at $115.02, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents to settle at $38.50, in the exchange of 162,322 shares, Salada Foods ended trading 100 stock units and rose $1 to end at $19. Scotia Group lost $1 in trading 243,253 units at $62.01, Sygnus Credit Investments traded just 2,350 shares but lost 95 cents to close at $12.05, Supreme Ventures fell 45 cents and ended at $16 with an exchange of 81,842 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments rose 25 cents and concluded trading 101,842 stock units at $3.89.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 39,200 units valued at $14,546 as JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 1 cents completed trading of 10,000 at $1.06, Proven Investments traded 7,500 at 22 US cents after falling by 1 cent and Sygnus Credit Investments USD Ordinary share traded 21,700 units losing 1 cent at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 4.92 points to close at 162.02.

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