Trading levels dipped sharply lower on Friday, compared to Thursday with a volume of 5,136,325 units valued at $124,111,209, down from the 11,332,892 units traded for $423,780,603 on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The main market closed with 27 securities changed hands, with 7 rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 763.78 points to a record close of 326,087.70. The JSE Index rose 695.89 points to a record closing high of 297,102.76.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 4,191 shares trading, Berger Paints ended trading 84 cents higher at $17.95 with 1,818 stock units changing hands, 
Cable & Wireless concluded trading after gaining 5 cents, to end at $1.25 with 233,216 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.70, with 819,568 shares. Caribbean Cement lost 10 cents to end at $37.90, with 8,132 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 to close at $48, with 63,016 stock units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $20, trading 550,887 shares, Jamaica Producers finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $15.30, in exchanging 4,241 units. JMMB Group fell 50 cents to $26, trading 1,575,126 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading at $7, with 196,327 stock units, Kingston Properties ended market activity at $6.64, with 1,360 shares. Kingston Wharves concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $39, with 3,100 shares, NCB Financial Group settled 40 cents higher at $97.50, with 277,542 units, 1834 Investments ended trading at $1.20, with 489,668 shares, 138 Student Living finished at $5.50, with 1,630 stock units, Palace Amusement traded with a loss of $150 at $750, with 252 shares. PanJam Investment closed trading at $43, with 3,559 shares, Pulse Investments ended at $1.70, with 2,300 units, Radio Jamaica concluded trading at $1.05, with 22,798 shares,
Sagicor Group finished 60 cents higher at $37.60, with 46,511 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 2 cents to $15.28, with 11,296 units. Scotia Group ended trading with a loss of $1.50 at $52, while exchanging 436,897 stock units, Seprod traded 80 cents higher at $35, with 12,757 units, Supreme Ventures closed with a loss of 40 cents at $11.50, after 30,705 shares changed hands, Victoria Mutual Investments ended 37 cents higher at $4.38, with 151,100 shares. Wisynco Group concluded trading with a loss of 16 cents at $10.20, with 158,328 stock units and in the main market preference segment, Proven Investments 8.25% traded at $5.15, with 30,000 shares 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 “Another record close for JSE on Friday.”
2 rise 3 fall on TTSE –Friday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Only 2 stocks advanced, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Friday, as 12 securities traded against 14 on Thursday.
Trading volume remained low, resulting in more volume trading with 342,317 shares valued at $5,336,268 changing hands, compared to 293,550 shares valued at $2,488,584 on Thursday.
At close, the Composite Index lost 3.49 points on Friday to 1,260.41, the All T&T Index fell 0.11 points to 1,700.40, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.98 points to close at 110.65.
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 only 1 stock ended with the bid lower than their last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank gained 9 cents and ended at $62.65, after exchanging 173 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading with a rise of 46 cents and closed at $27.71, after 12,092 shares changed hands.
Losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $20.15, with 6,327 units, NCB Financial Group fell 15 cents and completed trading at $6.25, after exchanging 10,500 shares and One Caribbean Media lost 4 cents and 
settled at $12.44, with 1,900 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens completed trading at $32.70, after exchanging 4,561 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.15, with 5,910 units trading, Guardian Holdings ended at $16, exchanging 10,587 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $47, with 55,329 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises concluded market activity at $9.75, with 1,118 units, Prestige Holdings ended at $10.01, after trading 400 shares and Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $7.80, with 233,420 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New closing high for JSE on Thursday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market recovered from losses on Wednesday to end at a new closing record high on Thursday, with the market indices rising more than 1,000 points.
At the end of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,135.75 points to record close of 325,323.92 and the JSE Index rose 1,034.80 points to record closing high of 296,406.87.
At the close with only 29 securities traded versus 25 on Wednesday. Trading resulted in the prices of 9 stocks rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, NCB Financial Group trading down $2.15 to $97.10,
Grace traded nearly 7.8 million shares on Thursday.
Palace Amusement dropped $200 to $900, Sagicor Group lost $2 to $37 and Scotia Group finished with a rise of $2.50 to $53.50.
Main market activity ended with 11,332,892 units valued at over $423,780,603 compared to 2,346,923 units valued at $42,062,008 changing hands on Wednesday. Grace Kennedy trade 7,778,385 units valued at $$380 million, accounting for 68.64 percent of the overall market volume. Carreras with 1,133,057 units and 10 percent of total volume traded and Victoria Mutual Investments closed with 657,398 units changing hands.
Trading resulted in an average of 419,737 shares valued at $15,695,578, for each security traded, compared to 97,788 shares valued at $1,752,584 on Wednesday. The average for the month to date is 1,510,327 shares with a value of $7,058,809 and previously 2,887,284 shares with a value of $2,486,402. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 11,628 units valued at US$2,565 as Margaritaville traded 237 units to gain 5 US cents to 25 US cents and Proven Investments traded 11,391 units closing with a gain of 2 US cents to end at 22 US cents and pushing the market index up by 11.85 points to close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Grace Kennedy top traded stock on JSE
Grace Kennedy top traded JSE stock
Grace Kennedy traded 7.8 million shares for $380 million accounting for 69 percent of the overall market volume of 11,332,892 units for $423,780,603 on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The main market closed with 27 securities changed hands, with 7 rising, 12 falling and 8 trading firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,135.75 points to a record close of 325,323.92. The JSE Index rose 1,034.80 points to a record closing high of 296,406.87.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of 50 cents at $9, with 42,553 shares, Berger Paints ended 1 cent higher at $17.11, with 20,000 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.20, with 52,210 units as trading winds down with the shares scheduled for delisting on April 11. Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.80, with 1,133,057 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 50 cents at $38, with 9,810 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $49, with 7,778,385 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $20.50, with 4,320 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 15 cents at $15.50, with 22,722 shares, shares of Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 2 cents higher at $6.97, with 64,250 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $26.50, with 223,718 shares, Kingston Properties finished 24 cents higher at $6.64, with 13,000 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 4,077 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $6, with 41,007 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of $2.15 at $97.10, with 73,521 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $200 to $900, with 200 stock units, PanJam Investment ended at $43, with 48,145 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.70, with 45,700 shares. 
Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.05, with 92,144 shares, 
Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of $2 at $37, with 32,881 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.30, with 1,000 shares. Scotia Group finished trading $2.50 higher at $53.50, with 19,086 shares, Seprod closed 20 cents higher at $34.20, with 6,422 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.90, with 148,640 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 39 cents at $4.01, with 657,398 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 3 cents at $10.36, with 389,901 shares and In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1, with 8,500 shares, Proven Investments 8.25% settled with a loss of 75 cents at $5.15, with 400,245 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 “New closing high for JSE on Thursday.”
4 stocks rise on TTSE 2 fall – Thursday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended Thursday, with 14 securities trading, against 15 on Wednesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading volume remained low, resulting in 293,550 shares valued at $2,488,584 changing hands, compared to 186,626 shares valued at $3,719,226 on Wednesday.
At close, the Composite Index gained 0.84 points on Thursday to 1,263.90, the All T&T Index rose 1.95 points to 1,700.29, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.04 points to close at 111.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 1 stock with the bid lower than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments closed with an increase of 1 cent and completed trading at $20.16, with 24,533 units, First Citizens finished 19 cents higher and concluded at a 52 weeks’ high of $32.70, after exchanging 2,000 shares, JMMB Group rose 1 cent and ended at $1.86, with 39,000 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial added 4 cents and completed trading at $7.80, with 47,615 units.
Losses| Ansa McAl shares fell 5 cents and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.95, with 19 units changing hands and First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 15 cents at $9.35, after exchanging 59,150 shares.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy ended trading at $3.15, with 99,926 units, Massy Holdings ended at $47, with 250 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.68, after exchanging 1,824 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.58, with 600 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank settled at $62.56, after exchanging 3,480 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $27.25, after exchanging 11,138 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.60, with 4,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.55, after exchanging just 15 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Light trading on JSE main market – Wednesday
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market stocks had a light on Wednesday with trading of just 2,989,332 units, valued at a mere $34,924,721 as 24 securities changed hands, with 12 rising, 7 falling and 6 trading firm.
The main market closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 421.16 points to 324,188.17 and the JSE Index declined 383.73 points to 295,372.07.
In market activity, Berger Paints jumped 60 cents to end at $17.10, with 10,199 stock units trading, Carreras finished 20 cents higher at $10.90, with 298,389 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $2.50 to $38.50, with 3,401 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 50 cents at $48.50, with 62,851 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $20.50, with 15,756 units. 
Jamaica Producers closed 53 cents higher at $15.65, with 53,028 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.95, with 36,598 shares changing hands, JMMB Group concluded trading at $26.50 after rising 90 cents, with 14,840 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 3,626 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 37 cents at $6.05, with 54,300 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a rise of $1.76 to end at $99.25, after exchanging 148,413 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $1,100, with 286 stock units, PanJam Investment ended 35 cents higher at $43, with 31,067 units. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1.04, with 138,578 shares, Sagicor Group climbed $2.85 to $39, with 23,975 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 19 cents at $15.30, 
with 180,332 shares changing hands, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2.99 to $51, with 104,447 shares, Seprod closed after rising $1 to $34, with 6,118 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading and gained 20 cents to end at $11.90, with 98,103 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with 771,188 units trading and rose 35 cents to $4.40, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 11 cents at $10.39, with 286,528 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1, with 250 shares, Proven Investments ended trading 1 cent higher at $5.90, with 200 shares 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 majors’ late pull back on Wednesday.”
More TTSE stocks rise than fall – Wednesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended Wednesday, with 15 securities trading, against 14 on Tuesday, with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading volume remained low, resulting in 186,626 shares valued at $3,719,226 changing hands, compared to 117,881 shares valued at $1,542,037 on Tuesday.
At close, the Composite Index lost 1.08 points to 1,263.06, the All T&T Index declined 0.98 points to 1,698.34, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.16 points to close at 111.67.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens finished trading with a gain of 1 cent at $32.51, after exchanging 1,622 shares, JMMB Group closed with an increase of 10 cents at $1.85, with 50,990 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended trading and gained 4 cents to end at $12.48, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent and completed trading at $7.76, with 23,935 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading 5 higher at $88.55, after exchanging 707 shares.
Losses| Grace Kennedy fell 10 cents and completed trading at $3.15, with 5,000 units, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 40 cents and ended at $47, with 2,482 stock units changing hands and National Enterprises shed 4 cents and completed trading at $9.75, with 500 units.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.72, with 500 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.15, with 7,379 units, National Flour settled at $1.68, after exchanging 27,397 shares. Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.58, with 15,598 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank settled at $62.56, after exchanging 109 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded market activity at $27.25, after exchanging 4,407 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $32, with 36,000 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New high for JSE with more to come
The JSE main market closed at a new high on Tuesday with indicators pointing to more gains ahead as the market moves gradually upwards.
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market stocks continued on their upward climb as bullish sentiments exert upward pressure and steering the market higher, landed it at new closing high on Tuesday with more gains to come.
The main market closed with moderate trading of 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721, flowing from 27 securities changing hands, with 9 rising, 10 falling and 7 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,341.98 points to end at a record closing high of 324,609.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,222.70 points to a new closing record high of 295,755.80.
In market activity, 
Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 1,317 shares trading, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $1.20, with 143,146 units, Carreras finished 10 cents higher at $10.70, with 102,432 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1 higher at $36, with 112,607 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 1,496 stock units in rising $1 to end at $49. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, in exchanging 198,187 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 88 cents at $15.12, with 6,207 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 25 cents higher at $6.95, with 6,248 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $25.60, as 5,739 shares changed hands. Kingston Properties finished 15 cents higher at $6.40, with 5,000 stock units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 88 cents higher at $6.42, with 36,780 shares, NCB Financial Group fell by $1.51 to $97.49, with 21,004 shares trading, 1834 Investments rose 1 cent to $1.20, with 37,871 shares. 138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 8,500 shares, changing hands. Palace Amusement rose $100 and closed at $1,100, with 100 stock units trading, 
PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 35 cents at $42.65, with 1,351 units, Radio Jamaica settled 8 cents higher at $1.09, with 102,002 shares, Sagicor Group lost 35 cents to end at $36.15, with 75,366 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.49, with 300 shares. Scotia Group finished at $53.99, with 1,985 shares changing hands, Seprod closed at $33, with 30,103 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, after 83,750 stock units were exchanged, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 44 cents at $4.05, with 474,525 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 34 cents at $10.50, with 1,520,527 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.99, with 1,193 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 11,396 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Record close for JSE majors on Tuesday.”
Record close for JSE majors on Tuesday
The main market Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a second consecutive day of gains on Tuesday, with the market indices ending at new record closing highs.
At the end of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,341.98 points to end at a record closing high of 324,609.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,222.70 points to finish at a record closing high of 295,755.80.
Trading resulted in, flowing from the exchanging of 29 securities, with 10 rising, 10 falling and 9 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, including a rise of $1 in the price of Caribbean Cement to $35, Grace Kennedy gained of $1 to $49, Mayberry Investments rose 88 cents to $6.42,
Palace share price climbed $100 to $1,100
Palace Amusement added $100 to $1,100 and NCB Financial lost $1.51 to end at $97.49.
Main market activity ended with 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721 changing hands compared to 11,248,457 units valued at over $130,109,783 on Thursday. Wisynco Group with 1,520,527 units that accounted or 50.87 percent of the overall market volume and Victoria Mutual Investments closed trading with 474,525 units and 15.87 percent of traded volume were the two dominant trades.
Trading resulted in an average of 110,716 shares valued at $1,293,508, for each security traded, compared to 387,878 shares valued at $4,486,544 on Thursday. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with 144,650 units valued at US$30,130. JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,500 units with rise of a fraction of a cent, to close at US$1 after rising by 5 US cents and Proven Investments closed trading with 143,150 units at 20 US cents. The market index closed unchanged at 161.45 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – New high for JSE with more to come
JSE in big Holy Thursday recovery
Caribbean Cement dropped $4.54 on Thursday.
The main market Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 2,405.36 points to 323,267.35 on Thursday while the JSE Index climbed 2,191.55 points to 294,533.10, as advancing stocks out did declining ones on the last trading day for April.
Trading closed with 32 securities changing hands, up from 27 on Wednesday, leading to 16 advancing, 10 declining and 6 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets. Securities closing with sizable price changes include, including a drop of $4.94 in Caribbean Cement to $35, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1.45 to $48, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to an all-time high of $21, Jamaica Producers added $1.05 to end at $16, Kingston Wharves gained $2 at in trading at $40, PanJam Investment recovered from the sharp fall of $10.10 on Wednesday, jumping $11 to $43 and a surge of $3.14 in Scotia Group pushed the closing price to $53.99.
Jamaica Broilers closed at a record high on Thursday.
Main market activity ended with 11,248,457 units valued at over $130,109,783 compared to 5,013,846 units valued at $96,400,279 changing hands on Wednesday. Ciboney Group traded 3,892,538 units for 34.61 percent of the day’s volume followed by Wisynco Group with 1,877,516 units or 16.69 percent of the overall market volume, Kingston Wharves with 1,224,813 units or 10.89 percent of stocks traded, Carreras traded 847,800 units and Victoria Mutual Investments closed trading with 731,119 shares changing hands.
Trading resulted in an average of 387,878 shares valued at $4,486,544, for each security traded, compared to 192,840 shares valued at $3,707,703 on Wednesday. For the month to date, an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 traded, compared to 639,063 units with an average value at $20,361,477 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 213,336 units, valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 51,494 units valued at over US$26,317. Productive Business Solution traded 43,029 units with rise of a fraction of a cent, to close at 58 US cents Proven Investments closed trading with 7,170 units at 20 US cents and Margaritaville (Turks) ended with 1,295 units trading and fell 5 US cents to 20 US cents. The market index closed with a fall of 6.32 points to 161.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Sharp price changes continue on JSE main market – Thursday.
