Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with more than 5,000 points jump in the market indices, after crossing a series of record highs during the trading session and closed at the highest level in the market’s history.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 5,792.25 points to close at a record 335,742.09 points and the JSE Index jumped 5,277.40 points to a closing record high of 305,898.98.
A total of 26 securities changed hands, resulting in 11 advancing, 11 declining and 4 remaining firm.
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value returning to more normal levels of 4,749,951 units valued at $102,233,802 units.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $12.09, with an exchange of 200 shares, Berger Paints ended at $19.50, with 16,000 stock units traded, Carreras closed at $10.60, with 5,130 units, Caribbean Cement gained 20 cents and finished at $39, with 47,447 shares, Ciboney Group rose 1 cent to settle at 13 cents, with 12,000 shares trading. Grace Kennedy added just 1 cent and ended trading at $50, with 2,369 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded at 52 weeks’ high of $23.20, after rising 25 cents with 10,703 stock units, JMMB Group jumped $1 and ended trading at $28.50, with 230,317 shares, Jamaica Producers lost 5 cents and finished trading at $16.45, with 24,901 units changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a rise of 11 cents to $7.30, trading 370 shares. Kingston Properties ended at $6.50 after falling 10 cents, with 1,800 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $4 and concluded trading at $46, with just 500 shares changing hands, Mayberry Investments rose 44 cents to end at $6.45, with 15,504 stock units, NCB Financial Group settled 9 cents lower at $95.26, with 51,713 units. 1834 Investments dropped 18 cents to $1.06, with 3,500 shares, PanJam Investment finished with a rise of 65 cents to $50.65, trading 6,300 shares, 
Pulse Investments ended at $1.79, exchanging 40,100 units, Radio Jamaica lost 12 and concluded trading at $1.08, with 1,800 shares. Sagicor Group lost 50 cents and ended at $39.50, trading 2,674,599 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents and finished at $14.50, with 1,600 units. Scotia Group gained 1 cent and ended trading at $53, with 2,019,507 stock units trading, Supreme Ventures closed with 48,970 shares trading and fell 10 cents to $12.90, Victoria Mutual Investments ended at $3.90, with 442,461 shares. Wisynco Group concluded trading at $9.80, with 5,360,241 stock units but fell 5 cents in the process. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group lost 1 cent and ended at $2, with 300 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1, with 642,856 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 “Jamaica Broiler grabs 99% of trade – Tuesday.”
Mixed trading on TTSE
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with 13 securities trading against 11 on Tuesday, with 2 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading remained subdued, leading to lower volume and value of transactions on Wednesday as market activity ended with just 51,696 shares, valued at $689,794, compared to 72,809 shares valued at $827,426 on Tuesday.
The Composite Index rose 4.90 points on Wednesday to 1,241.42, the All T&T Index shed 0.67 points to 1,720.15, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.45 points to close at 102.59.
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 7 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group finished trading by rising 22 cents to $5.49, after exchanging 88 shares and Prestige Holdings concluded trading with a gain of 13 cents and settled at $10.14, after exchanging 300 shares.
Losses| First Citizens ended trading 9 cents lower and concluded at $34.90, after exchanging 2,894 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents and ended at $1.87, with 2,000 stock units changing hands and Massy Holdings traded with a loss of 34 cents and ended at $47.15, with 745 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant settled at $40, after exchanging 1,200 shares, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.20, with 12,718 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $3, with 21,000 units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.35, with 12 stock units traded, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $102.66, with 170 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.95, with 5,637 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading at $29.06, with 1,810 units changing owners and Unilever Caribbean concluded market activity at $29.50 after exchanging 1,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. Daily Trading, TTSE, Trading Activity,
Ansa Mcal crash to new low on TTSE
Ansa Mcal ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $58.
Ansa Mcal crashed to a new 52 weeks’ low of $58 when Trading ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
The market close with 12 securities changing hands versus 14 on Monday, leading to 4 advancing, 4 declining and 4 remaining unchanged as market activity fell sharply below Monday’s level. Trading ended with a mere 72,809 shares valued at just $827,426 being exchanged compared to Monday’s trading of 738,852 shares valued at $6,383,542.
The Composite Index fell 2.32 points on Tuesday to 1,236.52, the All T&T Index shed 4.46 points to 1,720.82, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.02 points to close at 101.14.
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| Massy Holdings rose 1 cent and completed trading at $47.49, with 205 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises added 14 cents and settled at $9.64, with 350 units, Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent and completed trading at $102.66, with 2,900 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent and settled at $29.06, with 3,600 shares trading.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of $1 and settled at 52 weeks’ low of $58 with 200 units traded, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $3, with 23,000 units, Sagicor Financial shed 2 cents and settled at $7.95, with 21,144 units and Scotiabank lost 75 cents to close at $64.25, after exchanging 80 shares.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund closed trading with 990 shares at $16 Clico Investments settled at $20.20, with 6,340 units, LJ Williams B share ended at 70 cents, after exchanging 10,000 units and National Flour concluded trading at $1.80, after trading 4,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Calypso Fund drops $2 on TTSE – Monday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Calypso Macro Index Fund suffered another sharp fall of $2 to a 52 weeks’ low of $16 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday but with a mere 10 units changing hands.
The stock which did not trade for a long time lost $2 when it traded for the second time in over a year on the May 23. Elsewhere market activity picked up sharply over the levels on Friday and ended with 738,852 shares valued at $6,383,542 compared to Friday’s trading of 168,587 shares valued at $1,793,714 and ended with 14 securities changing hands versus 13 on Friday, leading to 3 advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index fell 3.48 points on Monday to 1,238.84, the All T&T Index shed 5.34 points to 1,725.28, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.21 points to close at 101.16.
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 4 with lower offers.
Gains| The price of Clico Investments increased 5 cents to end at $20.20, with 133,823 units, Massy Holdings rose 1 cent and concluded trading at $47.48, with 300 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed with a gain of 10 cents at $88.50, with 5,500 stock units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent and settled at $34.99, after exchanging 202 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 68 cents and completed trading at $16.50, after exchanging 1,578 shares, 
JMMB Group shed 1 cent and concluded at $1.89, with 5,176 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises lost 15 cents, ending at $9.50, with 100 shares trading and Sagicor Financial ended trading 3 cents lower and ended at $7.97, with 121,664 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.72, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed trading at $8.85, after exchanging 117,954 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.05, with 351,000 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $102.65, with 500 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank completed trading at $65, after exchanging just 45 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE trading back to normal – Friday
The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped to 4,603,241 units valued at $166,353,769, well down from 170,209,058 units on Thursday valued at $3,113,335,699.
The main trades were Grace Kennedy with 1,462,365 units amounting to 31.77 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sagicor Group with 1,357,691 units for 29.49 percent of total volume and Wisynco Group with 721,410 units and 15.67 percent of trade.
Market activities resulted in 25 securities trading, compared to 26 on Thursday, in the main and US markets. At the close, 7 securities gained, 10 declined and 8 traded firm and the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 3,607.57 points to 329,083.46 and the JSE Index jumped 3,286.90 points to close at 299,832.21.
Stocks with major price changes are, Caribbean Cement declining $1 to $39, Jamaica Broilers rising $2.81 to $21, Kingston Wharves down 90 cents to end at $46, NCB Financial Group trading at $96 after rising $1, Sagicor Group rallying $1.30 to $38.30 and Scotia Group advancing $1.05 to $51.05
Trading resulted in an average of 200,141 units valued at an average of $7,232,773 for each security traded, in contrast to 7,092,044 units for an average of $129,722,321 on Thursday. May closed with an average of 589,414 shares with a value of $16,532.367, for each security traded.
In the US dollar market, Productivity Business Solution, ordinary share finished trading with a fall of 1 cent, to 62 US cents, with 618 units trading and Proven Investments ended with 13,475 units trading with a loss of 2 cents to 20 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 9.75 points to close at 171.36
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE main market indices jump sharply – Friday.
JSE main market indices jump sharply – Friday
Bulls may be lurching to pounce on Jamaican stocks.
Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with, the All Jamaican Composite Index leaped 3,607.57 points to 329,083.46 and the JSE Index surged 3,286.90 points to close at 299,832.21.
A total of 23 securities changed hands, resulting in 6 advancing, 9 declining and 8 remaining firm.
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value returning to more normal levels of 4,603,241 units valued at $166,353,769, from the big surge on Thursday when Jamaica Broilers pushed trading 170,209,058 units valued at $3,113,335,699.
In market activity, Berger Paints ended at $19.50, with 1,562 stock units, Carreras gained 10 cents and concluded trading at $10.40, with 57,502 units, Caribbean Cement lost $1 and finished at $39, with 30,882 shares traded, Grace Kennedy fell 65 cents and ended trading at $49, with 1,462,365 shares, Jamaica Broilers recovered $2.81 to close at $21, with 19,907 stock units trading. Jamaica Producers lost 10 cents and finished trading at $16.50, with 80,429 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down 39 cents to end at $7, with 25,500 shares, JMMB Group declined 80 cents and ended at $27, with 20,764 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $6.60, with 200 shares. Kingston Wharves finished at $46 after falling 90 cents, with 3,395 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.45, with 10,756 units, NCB Financial Group gained $1 to end trading at $96, with 34,277 shares, 
138 Student Living settled at $4.68, with a loss of 31 cents trading 100 units, PanJam Investment closed at $45, with 69,332 stock units. Radio Jamaica finished at $1.25, after falling 3 cents with 25,100 shares, Sagicor Group added 20 cents and settled at $38.50, with 1,357,691 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 30 cents and finished at $14.30, with 7,998 units. Scotia Group climbed $1.05 in trading 422,278 stock units to close at $51.05, Supreme Ventures closed at $13, exchanging 94,024 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments ended at $4, with 50,009 shares and Wisynco Group concluded trading with a rise of 5 cents to close at $10, in the exchange of 721,410 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% concluded trading at $1.50, with 1,000 shares and JMMB Group finished at $1, with 106,760 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 back to normal – Friday.”
TTSE trading inched higher – Friday
Scotiabank jumped 72 cents to $65 on the TTSE on friday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 168,587 shares valued at $1,793,714 compared to Tuesday’s trading with 117,323 shares valued at $1,121,005.
Market activity, ended with 13 securities changing hands against 12 on Tuesday leading to 2 advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index fell 4.78 points on Friday to 1,242.32, the All T&T Index added 2.08 points to 1,730.62, while the Cross Listed Index fell 1.62 points to close at 101.37.
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| Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a gain of 2 cents completed trading at $102.65, with 357 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank jumped 72 cents to close at $65 after exchanging just 47 shares.
Losses| Angostura Holdings fell 3 cents to $15.72 and completed trading with 5,266 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings lost 3 cents and completed trading at $47.47, with 60 stock units changing hands, 
NCB Financial Group fell 23 cents to end at $5.27, after exchanging 200 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $3 with a loss of 5 cents, after exchanging 28,985 shares.
Firm Traded| At the close of trading, Clico Investments ended at $20.15 settled at $20.15, with 31,148 units, First Citizens ended at $35.00, after exchanging 4,573 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.05, with 21,210 units trading, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12.35, with 3,500 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas settled at $3.81, with 2,375 units, Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $8, with 65,690 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.05, with 5,176 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market in recovery mode – Thursday
Jamaica Broilers dropped $3.81 on Thursday.
Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with, the All Jamaican Composite Index rising 1,297.53 points to 325,475.89 and the JSE Index gaining 1,182.20 points to close at 296,545.31.
A total of 24 securities changed hands, resulting in 10 advancing, 4 declining and 10 remaining firm.
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value surging normal levels with 170,209,058 units valued at $3,113,335,699 changed hands.
In market activity Carreras rose 49 cents and concluded trading at $10.50, with 53,990 units, C
aribbean Cement jumped $1.95 to finish at $40, with 290,000 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $49.65, with 615 shares, Jamaica Broilers dived $3.81 in trading 169,101,565 stock units to close at $18.19, Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents and finished trading at $16.60, with 55,264 units. JMMB Group ended at $27.80 after falling 20 cents, with 32,827 shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.90 to end at $46.90, with 8,237 stock units, Mayberry Investments added 35 cents to settle at $6.45, with 16,539 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading at $95 after rising $1, with 30,897 shares changing hands. 1834 Investments traded at $1.16, with 45,000 shares, 138 Student Living lost 10 cents to end at $4.99, with 229 units, PanJam Investment closed at $45, with 16,005 stock units, 
Portland JSX rose 25 cents and ended at $9.50, with 3,000 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.28, with 54,000 shares. Sagicor Group rallied $1.30 to settle at $38.30, with 113,627 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14, with 16,082 shares, Salada Foods ended trading at $14, with 35,962 stock units, Scotia Group dropped $1.53 in closing trading at $50, with 102,271 units, Sterling Investments closed at $12.80, with 455 shares. Supreme Ventures ended with a gain of 20 to end at $13, with 30,505 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4, with 37,052 stock units, Wisynco Group finished at $9.95 having risen 25 cents, with 162,964 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 972 stock units, Productivity Business 9.75% lost $2 in trading 1,000 shares at $103.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Jamaica Broiler grabs 99% of trade – Thursday.”
Drop in TTSE trading – Tuesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with only 117,323 shares valued at $1,121,005 compared to Monday’s trading with 377,827 shares trading valued at $3,010,056.
Market activity, ended with 12 securities changing hands against 11 on Monday leading to 1 advancing, 1 declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index rose 0.20 points to 1,247.10, the All T&T Index added 0.34 points to 1,728.54, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.01 points to close at 102.99.
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| Trinidad Cement, the sole winner on Tuesday concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $3.05 after exchanging 2,600 shares.
Losses| The price of West Indian Tobacco shares fell 10 cents and to $88.40, with 27 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| At the close of trading on Tuesday, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.15, with 457 units, First Citizens concluded activity at $35, after exchanging 4,525 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $17.18, after exchanging 2,742 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.90, with 4,635 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.50, with 310 stock units traded, National Flour settled at $1.80, after exchanging 100 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.50, after exchanging 3,631 shares, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $8, with 96,830 units, Scotiabank settled at $64.25, after exchanging 1,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $29.05, with 466 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading drops for JSE main market – Monday
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value falling below normal levels on Monday as 2,736,291 units valued at over $44,287,155 changed hands.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,975.96 points to close at 325,401.15 and the JSE Index shot up 1,800.32 points to close at 296,477.22 as 28 securities changed hands, resulting in 12 advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining firm.
In market activity, Barita Investments fell 55 cents and closed at $11.54, with 15,100 shares, Berger Paints ended at $20, with 22,128 stock units trading, Carreras fell 10 cents and concluded trading at $10.45, with 127,792 units, Caribbean Cement finished at $38, exchanging 307 shares, Ciboney Group rose 1 cent and settled at 13 cents, with 45,893 shares. 
Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48.60 after rising 10 cents, with 10,193 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 25 cents in closing at $20.25, with 51,343 stock units, Jamaica Producers fell 45 cents to finish trading at $16.25, with 1,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 40 cents to $7.10, in trading 700 shares. JMMB Group rose 5 cents to end at $27.05, with 38,277 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $1 and finished at $46, with 329,678 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.25, after rising 25 cents with 29,780 units trading, NCB Financial Group shed 19 cents and ended trading at $94.80, with 81,775 shares. 138 Student Living settled at $5.09, after slipping 1 cents with 10,000 units, PanJam Investment added 50 cents to trade at $45, with 55,613 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10, with 4,524 stock units, Radio Jamaica rose 29 cents and concluded trading at $1.29, with 22,024 shares, Sagicor Group finished 35 cents higher at $36.50, trading 70,113 shares, Salada Foods lost $1 in settling at $14, with 10,000 shares changing hands. 
Scotia Group ended trading at $50.63, with 4,964 stock units, Seprod ended trading at $35, with 77,744 units, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and closed at $13, with 44,500 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 5 cents and ended at $4, with 1,373,388 shares and Wisynco Group rose 30 cents and concluded trading at $10, with 159,255 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 500 stock units, JMMB Group 7% closed at $2.01, with 124,800 shares, JMMB Group 7.25% issued in 2019 ended at $2.05, with 24,800 shares and the older dated JMMB Group 7.25% concluded trading at $1.50, with 100 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 recovers some losses – Monday.”