The JSE main market slipped slightly at the close of trading on Tuesday with advancing stocks being outnumbered by a wide margin with declining prices, for the second day.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 78.81 points to 325,657.17 and the JSE Index declined 71.81 points to close at 296,710.48. as 26 securities changed hands, resulting in 6 advancing, 13 declining and 7 remaining firm. Salada Foods closed trading at a new high of $15.
Market activity resulted in 28,791,979 units valued at $527,232,319 versus 13,526,719 units valued at $293,683,413 trading on Tuesday.
In market activity, Carreras rose 7 cents and finished at $10.60, with 202,080 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at $37.50, with 23,652 shares, 
Ciboney Group lost 1 cent and ended trading at 12 cents, with 425,941 shares, Grace Kennedy declined 75 cents to $47.75, with 32,133 stock units trading, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19.26, with 22,755,531 units changing hands but dropped $2.34 in the process. Jamaica Producers gave up 14 cents in closing at $16.56, with 4,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange inched up by 1 cent and ended at $7.50, with 25,570 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $27.50 after inching down 10 cents as 959 stock units changed hands, Kingston Wharves settled at $48.70, with 3,570 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6.01, falling 9 cents with 95,320 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $95, with 342,566 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.08, with 116,281 units trading, 138 Student Living ended trading at $5.10, with 10,000 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $45.20, with 35,105 units. 
Pulse Investments rose 18 cents and finished at $1.78, with 50,000 shares trading, Radio Jamaica rose 1 cents and settled at $1.31, with 150,000 shares, Sagicor Group dropped $1.50 and ended trading at $36.50, with 81,902 stock units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 25 cents higher at $14.75, with 25,793 stock units. Salada Foods traded 10 cents higher to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $15, with 13,000 units. Scotia Group fell $138 to close at $49.25, trading only 763 shares, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of $1 to end at $35, with 7,688 stock units, Supreme Ventures settled for a 40 cents loss to close at $12.60, with 3,202,706 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments fell 7 cents, ending trading at $4.10, with 77,137 shares and Wisynco Group traded at $9.80, after falling by 20 cents with 360,903 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% ended at $2, with 25,000 shares and JMMB Group 7.5% finished with a loss of 5 cents to end at $1, as 724,379 stock units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Broilers pushes JSE volume again – Thursday.”
Scotiabank hits new high on TTSE – Thursday
Scotiabank hits new high in T&T on Thursday.
Trading levels picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday in the exchange of 668,999 shares valued $13,061,809, compared to 449,674 units valued at just $3,940,185 previously traded.
Market activity, ended with 15 securities changing hands against 9 on Wednesday leading to 5 advancing, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, with Scotiabank trading at a new high of $65. The Composite Index the Composite Index rose 0.20 points on Thursday to 1,246.98, the All T&T Index gained 2.75 points to 1,732.17, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.33 points to close at 102.44.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal climbed 95 cents and ended at $59.95, with 30,282 units, First Caribbean International Bank closed with an increase of 2 cents at $8.90, after exchanging 40,960 shares, National Flour ended trading with a rise of 5 cents at $1.80, after exchanging 700 shares, Scotiabank jumped 75 cents higher to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $65, after exchanging 475 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent, concluding trading at $29.01, with a mere 300 units changing hands.
Losses|Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 3 cents to end at $3.05, with 251,894 units, Sagicor Financial shed 1 cent and concluded trading at $7.98, with 124,277 units and Unilever Caribbean dropped $2.50 to close at $29.50, after exchanging 52,944 shares.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant ended at $40, after exchanging 1,010 shares, Calypso Macro Fund closed at $18 trading 28 units, First Citizens completed trading at $35, after exchanging 265 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $47.50, with 150,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $5.50, after exchanging 10,500 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $102.63, with 2,884 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended at $3, after exchanging 2,483 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market index down again – Tuesday
Stocks declined again in trading on the main market on Tuesday, even as advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones by a wide margin.
At the close the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,074.92 points to 325,735.98 and the JSE Index fell 979.37 points to 296,782.29 as 27 securities changed hands, resulting in 15 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining firm.
Market activity resulted in 13,526,719 units valued at over $293,683,413 compared with 6,884,784 units valued at $95,400,967 trading on Monday.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $12.20, with 3,600 shares, Berger Paints gained 50 cents and ended at $20.50, with 1,194 stock units, Carreras rose 3 cents and concluded trading at $10.53, with 46,980 units, 
Caribbean Cement finished trading at $37.50, with 4,490 shares, Ciboney Group settled at 13 cents trading 100,000 shares. Grace Kennedy fell 32 cents trading 9,823 shares at $48.50, Jamaica Broilers lost 40 cents to end at $21.60, with 11,507,048 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose 19 cents in trading 3,167 units at $16.70, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.49, with 1,260 shares. JMMB Group ended at $27.60, with 166,847 shares after rising by 60 cents, Mayberry Investments eased just 1 cents, settling at $6.10, with 14,104 units, NCB Financial Group rose by $1 and ended trading at $95, with 55,030 shares, 1834 Investments traded 100 shares, gaining 1 cent to end at $1.08. PanJam Investment closed with a rise of 95 cents at $45.20, exchanging 839,895 stock units, Portland JSX ended at $10, with 129 units, Radio Jamaica lost 5 cents and finished at $1.30, with 68,950 shares, Sagicor Group gained 49 cents to settle at $38, with 84,700 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished 60 cents higher at $14.50, with 6,700 units. 
Salada Foods jumped $1.49 to a record high of $14.90, with 1,250 stock units, Scotia Group jumped $2.63 traded 62,337 units to close at $50.63, Seprod finished trading at $36, with 200 shares, Supreme Ventures gained 32 cents and ended at $13, with 306,420 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.17, exchanging 101,057 stock units and Wisynco Group concluded trading at $10, after rising by 5 cents with 76,787 shares traded. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% rose 5 cents and ended trading at $2.55, with 1,613 shares, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% closed trading at $2, with 2,271 stock units and JMMB Group 7.5% rose 4 cents to finish at $1.05, with 55,767 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market volume dives – Tuesday.”
6 stocks 1 fell on TTSE – Tuesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with slightly more securities trading than on Monday and with much more prices rising than falling leading to a rise in market indices.
Trading ended with 14 securities changing hands against 15 on Monday leading to 6 advancing, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Market activity resulted in 533,003 shares at a value of $22,897,749 trading, compared to 276,320 shares valued at $4,320,119 changing hands, on Monday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 0.62 points on Tuesday to 1,244.60, the All T&T Index gained 1.36 points to 1,727.96, while the Cross Listed Index eased by 0.02 points to close at 102.37.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments gained 4 cents and completed trading at $20.15, with 11,102 units, First Citizens finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and concluded market activity at $35, after exchanging 17,912 shares, 
Grace Kennedy closed with an increase of 3 cents and completed trading at $3.08, with 1,760 units, Republic Financial Holdings jumped 92 cents to end at $102.63, with 200,798 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended 5 cents higher and completed trading at $7.95, with 4,000 units and Trinidad Cement concluded trading and rose10 cents to end at $3, with10,983 shares changing hands.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank was the sole stock declining and closed with a loss of 1 cent at $8.88, after exchanging 50,560 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 5,859 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant settled at $40, after exchanging a mere 28 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, with 155,096 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group concluded the day’s activity at $5.50, after exchanging 68,752 shares, Scotiabank settled at $64.25, after exchanging 134 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $29, with 5,569 units and Unilever Caribbean endded trading at $32, with an exchange of 450 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Falling stocks dominate TTSE – Monday
Scotiabank closed at a new high of $64.2.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with slightly more securities trading than on Friday but with prices falling than rising but all market indices rose.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands against 12 on Friday leading to 3 advancing, 7 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
The stocks that gained were mostly in the Market activity resulted in 276,320 shares at a value of $4,320,119 compared to 220,145 shares at a value of $3,003,375 changing hands, on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 6.34 points on Monday to 1,243.98, the All T&T Index added 1.28 points to 1,726.60, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.58 points to close at 102.39.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings finished trading with a rise of 70 cents to end at $17.20, after exchanging 6,500 shares, JMMB Group gained 2 cents and concluded trading at $1.75, with 6,404 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading with an increase of 24 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $64.25, after exchanging 116 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments shares fell 9 cents and ended at $20.11, with 4,160 units traded, First Citizens share fell 1 cent and settled at $34.99, after exchanging 640 shares, Massy Holdings shed 23 cents and concluded the day’s activity at $47.27, with 1,300 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings lost 95 cents and ended at $101.71, with 22,241 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 5 cents lower at $29, with 1,850 units, Trinidad Cement concluded trading with a loss of 9 cents to end at $2.90, after exchanging 24,323 shares and Unilever Caribbean traded with a loss of 50 cents and settled at $32, after exchanging 4,644 shares .
Firm Traded| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8.89, after exchanging 20,000 shares, National Flour closed at $1.75, after exchanging 900 shares, NCB Financial Group settled at $5.50, after exchanging 67,050 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 116,137 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.50, with 55 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market volume dives – Friday
Supreme Ventures dropped $2.75 to $12.25 on Friday.
Volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped back to low levels on Friday, ending with 1,921,527 units valued at $46,900,896 compared to 7,688,997 units valued at $220,155,817 changing hands on the main market on Thursday.
The low volume was built from Carreras with 417,958 units amounting to 21.75 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Scotia Group with 315,705 units accounting for 16.43 percent of volume traded and Berger Paints with 262,929 units with 13.68 percent of the volume traded.
At the end of market activities, 23 securities traded, compared to 28 on Thursday, in the main and US dollar markets as 9 stocks rose, 11 declined and 3 traded firm. At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 1,070.06 points to 327,520.83 and the JSE Index declined by 974.94 points to 298,408.49.
Stocks with major price changes are, Caribbean Cement rose $2 to $37.50, PanJam Investment climbing $1 to $7. Grace Kennedy declined $1.15 to $48.50, JMMB Group fell $1.20 to $26.80, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.60 to $46.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell $1.10 to $13.99, Scotia Group lost $1.90 to $49.10 and Supreme Ventures dropped $2.75 to $12.25.
Trading resulted in an average of 87,342 units valued at an average of $2,131,859 for each security traded. In contrast to 137,284 units for an average of $1,083,320 on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 279,765 shares with a value of $13,009,983, previously 292,000 shares with a value of $13,757,854. In contrast, April closed with an average of 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 for each security traded.
In the US dollar market, Proven Investments traded 15,000 shares at 22 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.98 points to close at 174.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – 1,000 points fall for JSE main market – Friday.
1,000 pts fall for JSE main market – Friday
Stocks declined again in trading on the main market on Friday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 1,070.06 points to close at 327,520.83 and the JSE Index fell 974.94 points to 298,408.49.
Trading was characterized by big price movements in a number of stocks but with those declining outnumbering rising ones by a 3 to 1 margin.
The market closed with only 1,921,527 units valued at $46,900,896 trading, down from 7,688,997 units valued at $220,155,817 trading on Thursday. On Friday 22 securities changed hands, resulting in 9 advancing, 11 declining and 2 remaining firm.
In market activity, Barita Investments lost 15 cents and closed at $12.38, with 2,940 shares traded, Berger Paints ended at $20, after declining 21 cents with 262,929 stock units changing hands, Carreras concluded trading and gained 1 cent to $10.60, with 417,958 units, Caribbean Cement jumped $2 and finished at $37.50, with 104,243 shares trading, Ciboney Group rose 1 cents to 13 cents, with 10,850 shares. Grace Kennedy dropped $1.15 to end trading at $48.50, with 5,386 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 20 cents to $21.70, with 11,080 stock units trading, Jamaica Producers lost 9 cents and finished trading at $16.51, with 22,786 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.40, with 7,579 shares. JMMB Group ended at $26.80, with 103,297 shares, Kingston Wharves declined by $1.60 and finished at $46.80, trading 7,000 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.17, with 8,100 units, NCB Financial Group rose 77 cents and ended trading at $95.75, with 24,497 shares. PanJam Investment gained $1 and closed at $47, with 23,518 stock units changing hands, 
Radio Jamaica finished 14 cents higher at $1.35, with 22,682 shares, Sagicor Group lost 2 cents to settle at $38, with 141,760 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $13.99, after falling $1.01 with 36,401 shares, Scotia Group dropped $1.90 to $49.10, with 315,705 units. Seprod finished trading at $36, with 7,000 shares, Supreme Ventures dived $2.75 and ended at $12.25, with 167,126 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments slipped 3 cents and concluded trading at $4.17, with 77,262 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10, with a rose of 30 cents and 141,428 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market volume dives – Friday.”
Stocks mostly rise on TTSE – Friday
Scotiabank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with less securities trading than on Thursday but with prices ending mostly higher as 12 securities traded against 15 on Thursday leading to 7 advancing, 1 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The stocks that gained were mostly in the Market activity resulted in 220,145 shares at a value of $3,003,375 compared to 1,076,127 shares valued at $20,874,283 changing hands, on Thursday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 2.65 points on Friday to 1,237.64, the All T&T Index gained 3.04 points to 1,725.32, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.31 points to close at 100.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 1 stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings concluded trading by rising 50 cents and settling at $16.50, after exchanging 83,904 shares, NCB Financial Group added 25 cents and concluded trading at $5.50, after exchanging 51,783 shares, Republic Financial Holdings increased 16 cents and ended at $102.66, with 2,500 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial rose 4 cents and completed trading at $7.90, with 55,672 units, 
Scotiabank gained 1 cent and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $64.01, after exchanging 2,086 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 5 cents and completed trading at $29.05, with 601 units and Unilever Caribbean finished trading with a rise of 25 cents to $32.50, after exchanging 75 shares.
Losses| Prestige Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents and settled at $10.01, after exchanging 1,453 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.20, with 18,407 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.89, after exchanging 499 shares, First Citizens concluded at $35, after exchanging 3,000 shares and National Enterprises completed trading at $9.65, with 165 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big gains on Thursday push TTSE
Demand rises for Republic Financial Holdings
Strong gains in Guardian Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings and NCB Financial helped to push the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market indices up on Thursday as trading level rose sharply.
The movement in Guardian and NCB shares followed a report that the NCB and disgruntled minority shareholders of Guardian were to meet to have discussions in an attempt to resolve concerns about the pricing of the offer. Republic gains follows strong March quarter results and pent up demand for the stock.
The market ended trading in 15 securities against 16 on Tuesday, with 7 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged. Market activity resulted in 1,076,127 shares valued at $20,874,283 compared to 335,799 shares at a value of $3,449,592 changing hands, on Wednesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index jumped 8.29 points on Thursday to 1,234.99, the All T&T Index rose 5.67 points to 1,722.28, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.50 points to close at 100.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy closed with a gain of 5 cents and settled at $3.05, with 301,234 units traded, Guardian Holdings gained 70 cents and concluded trading t $16, after exchanging 372,650 shares, Guardian Media finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and ended at $65.06, after exchanging just 6 shares, JMMB Group finished trading after an increase by 1 cent and completed trading at $1.73, with 149,834 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group rose 20 cents and ended at $5.25, after exchanging 49,276 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished 79 cents higher and completed trading at $102.50, with 1,209 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement rose 24 cents to $2.99, after exchanging 90 shares.
Losses| Ansa Mcal shed 23 cents and settled at 52 weeks’ low of $59, with 143 units, 
National Flour lost 5 cents, ending at $1.75, after exchanging 400 shares and Unilever Caribbean dropped $1.75 and ended at $32.25, after trading 1,810 shares.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant concluded market activity at $40, after exchanging 500 shares, Clico Investments settled at $20.20, with 3,678 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended trading at $8.89, after exchanging 1,250 shares, Point Lisas settled at $3.81, with 1,283 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $29, with 65,343 units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.50, with 127,421 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place and are in TTSE dollars.
JSE main market attempts recovery – Thursday
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,822.14 points to 328,590.89 and the JSE Index climbed 1,660.18 points to 299,383.43.
Volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply from Wednesday’s level, ending with 3,157,522 units valued at $24,916,371 compared to 7,688,997 units valued at $220,155,817 changing hands on the main market on Wednesday.
The lower volume was built from Ciboney Group with 1,660,000 units accounting for 52.57 percent, followed by JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 345,000 units or 10.93 percent of the day’s volume.
At the end of market activities, 24 securities traded, compared to 23 on Wednesday, in the main and US dollar markets. Only 13 stocks rose, 6 declined and 5 traded firm.
Stocks with major price changes are, Caribbean Cement losing $2 to $35.50, Grace Kennedy rising $1.45 to $49.65, JMMB Group rising $1.50 to $28, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.90 to $48.40, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained $1 to end at $15 and Supreme Ventures climbed $2.30 to an all-time high of $15.
Trading resulted in an average of 137,284 units valued at an average of $1,083,320 for each security traded. In contrast to 366,143 units for an average of $10,483,610 on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 292,000 shares with a value of $13,757,854, previously 303,017 shares with a value of $14,739,384. In contrast, April closed with an average of 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 for each security traded.
In the US dollar market, Productivity Business ended trading at 59 US cents with 5,000 shares. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.13 points to close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE main market volume down prices up – Thursday.
