Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as 24 securities changed hands, resulting in 6,955,242 units valued at $271,269,169 trading.
The main market closed with just 5 securities rising, 11 declining and 8 trading firm, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 96.51 points to 325,799.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 87.93 points to 296,840.01.
In market activity, Berger Paints gained 5 cents to end at $19.05, with 74,992 stock units, Carreras concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $10.60, in the trading of 476,294 units, Caribbean Cement lost 51 cents and finished at $38, with 213,889 shares, Ciboney Group gained 1 cent to end at 13 cents with 1,630,930 shares trading. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $49, after gaining 50 cents with 24,964 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded with a fall of 50 cents at $20.50, exchanging 4,898 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading 6,648 units at $16.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 5 cents and closed at $6.85, trading just 100 shares. 
JMMB Group fell 75 cents and ended at $26.50, with 120,688 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped of $3.50 to $49.50, trading 3,418 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled for a fall of 3 cents at $6.02, with 17,367 units changing hands. NCB Financial Group ended trading with a fall of $1.50 to $95, with 2,259,648 shares, PanJam Investment lost 25 cents in exchanging 190,902 shares at $43.75. Radio Jamaica ended with 10,077 shares trading at $1.05, Sagicor Group settled at $37.50, after 33,966 shares traded and Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $15, with 1,000 shares. Salada Foods traded 30,900 shares at $11.20, 
Scotia Group lost $1.49, to trade at $50.50, with 69,878 units, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.57, with 44,591 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.30, after rising 24 cents with 130,176 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10.50, down 40 cents with 1,609,916 units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded a mere 300 units at $2.55, while Productivity Solutions 9.75% traded 350 units at $105 and Proven Investments 8.25% finished at $5, with 1,079,574 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 ekes out modest rise – Thursday.”
Only 12 stocks trade on TTSE – Thursday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 12 securities against 16 on Wednesday, with 4 advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 386,288 shares at a value of $3,996,908 compared to 679,573 shares at a value of $4,850,767 on Wednesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index rose 2.09 points on Thursday to 1,229.73, the All T&T Index inched up by 0.08 points to 1,694.20, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.57 points to close at 103.01.
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 4 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 5 cents and concluded trading at $3.15, with 144,330 units, Guardian Holdings increased in price by 1 cent and ended at $15.01, after exchanging 2,140 shares, JMMB Group rose 4 cents and settled at $1.90, with 21,023 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 10 cents after completing trading at $5.50, with 24,504 shares.
Losses| Massy Holdings shares fell 2 cents and settled at $47.40, with 479 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 5 cents at $27.85, with 86,261 units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings settled at $15.72, with 3,375 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.15, with 500 units, First Citizens closed at $32.55, after exchanging 2,183 shares, National Flour ended at $1.80, with an exchange of 500 shares, Sagicor Financial concluded market activity at $7.80, with 100,650 units traded and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.62, after exchanging 343 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market trading elevated – Wednesday
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday as 26 securities changed hands, resulting in 14,655,576 units valued at $227,353,346 trading.
The main market closed with 11 securities rising, 11 declining and 4 trading firm, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,060.23 points to 325,702.82 and the JSE Index declined by 965.99 points to 296,752.08.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $10.25, with 1,025 shares, after adding 25 cents, Berger Paints lost 10 cents and ended at $19, with 10,656 stock units, Carreras fell 5 cents and concluded trading at $10.75, with 4,337,080 units, Caribbean Cement jumped $1.51 and finished at $38.51, with 66,979 shares, Ciboney Group declined by 2 cents and settled at 12 cents, with 2,161,849 units. 
Grace Kennedy ended trading with a loss of 51 cents at $48.50, with 35,620 shares, Jamaica Broilers gained 90 cents in traded 14,955 stock units to end at $21, Jamaica Producers finished trading at $16.50, with 1,044,013 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 10 cent and closed at $6.90, with 1,260 shares. JMMB Group dropped $1.08, ending at $27.25, with 170,021 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $3 and finished at $46, with 15,000 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.05, for a rise of 3 cents, with 108,012 units, NCB Financial Group climbed $1.40 to $96.50, with 46,142 shares. 1834 Investments closed trading at $1.15, with 81,945 shares, PanJam Investment lost 1 cent and closed at $44, with 72,100 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading at $1.79, after falling 1 cent with 108,000 shares, 
Sagicor Group fell 49 cents and settled at $37.50, with 25,985 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $15, with a rise of 99 cents trading 17,835 shares. Salada Foods gained 5 cents and ended trading at $11.20, with 43,684 stock units, Scotia Group jumped $1.79 to $51.99, with 1,959,155 units, Seprod climbed $1 and finished trading at $35, with 25,820 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.75, up 5 cents with 527,887 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.06, after rising 31 cents with 357,576 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10.90, with 3,412,434 units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 2,138 stock units at $1.92 and JMMB Group closed at 99 cents, with 8,405 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 main market retreats on Wednesday.”
Trading levels fall on the TTSE – Wednesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 16 securities against 13 on Tuesday, with 5 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 679,573 shares at a value of $4,850,767 compared to 729,767 shares at a value of $20,238,234 on Tuesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index rose 0.02 points on Wednesday to 1,227.64, the All T&T Index inched up by 0.04 points to 1,694.12, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged, 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 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 1 cent and ended at $47.42, with 1,281 stock units changing hands, National Flour finished trading with a rise of 5 cents and settled at $1.80, after exchanging 72,002 shares, Scotiabank closed with an increase of 23 cents and settled at $62.75, in exchanging 1,132 shares, Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent to $2.62, after trading 460,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 4 cents higher to $88.55, with 50 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal shed 10 cents and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.80, with 16 units and Clico Investments lost 1 cent and ended at $20.15, with 11,679 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $40, after exchanging 25 shares, First Citizens concluded trading at $32.55, with 1,900 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.10, with 1,932 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15, trading 2,265 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.86, with 13,919 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings settled at $10.01, after 3,265 shares traded, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.58, with 368 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.80, with 5,275 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading at $27.90, with 104,464 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market falls – Tuesday
Wisynco, traded the most shares on tuesday.
Stocks closed lower on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Tuesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 831.65 points to 326,763.05 and the JSE Index declined 757.73 points to 297,718.07.
At the close, 27 securities traded, compared to 24 on Monday and ended with the prices of 9 stocks rising, 8 falling and 10 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading, Jamaica Producers ended with a loss of 99 cents to $16, JMMB Group rose $1.11 to $28.33, as some buying came into the market for the stock. NCB Financial dropped $1.90 to $95.10, Sagicor Group rose $1.14 to $37.99, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 99 cent to $14.01 and Scotia Group declined $1.30 to $50.20 and Seprod rose 99 cents to $34.
Main market activity ended with 10,843,662 units valued at $263,546,997 compared to 3,603,029 units valued at $73,318,401 on Monday. 
At the close of trading, Wisynco Group closed with 2,509,633 units changing hands and accounting for 23.14 percent of the volume traded, Jamaica Broilers Group ended with 1,888,250 units or 17.4 percent of the volume and Carreras with 1,714,181 units accounted for 15.8 percent of the day’s volume. Also trading over a million units are Supreme Ventures with 1,094,984 units and Scotia Group with 1,029,931 shares.
Trading resulted in an average of 401,617 units valued at an average of $9,761,000 for each security traded. In contrast to 156,653 units valued at an average of $3,187,757 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 747,221 shares with a value of $4,720,546 and previously 770,204 shares valued $4,361,464. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
There was no trading in the US dollar market leaving the Market index at 172.17.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading picks up on Tuesday.
Trading picks up on the TTSE – Tuesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 13 securities against 18 on Monday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 729,767 shares at a value of $20,238,234 compared to 354,649 shares at a value of $2,152,473 on Monday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index lost 1.92 points on Tuesday to 1,227.62, the All T&T Index rose 0.71 points to 1,694.08, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.63 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 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Massy Holdings rose 1 cent and settled at $47.41, with 109 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank added 1 cent and ended at $62.52, after exchanging 120,628 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 45 cents and concluded trading at $27.90, with 423,311 units and Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent and ended at $2.61, after exchanging 345 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group closed with a loss of 3 cents to settle at $1.86, with 113,425 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group shed 10 cents and completed trading at $5.40, after exchanging 6,515 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 4 cents and settled at $88.51, with 50 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.16, with 12,325 units, First Citizens completed trading at $32.55, after exchanging 300 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.10, with 20,000 units, Guardian Holdings ended at $15.00, exchanging 10,144 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.58, with 436 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial concluded at $7.80, with 22,179 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
15 TTSE stocks traded firm – Monday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with the vast majority of shares closing unchanged as 18 securities traded against 13 on Friday, with 1 advancing, 2 declining and 15 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 354,649 shares at a value of $2,152,473 compared to 305,552 shares at a value of $8,200,326 on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index added 0.27 points on Monday to 1,229.54, the All T&T Index slipped 0.13 points to 1,693.37, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.09 points to close at 103.07.
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, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| NCB Financial Group closed with a rise of 1 cent and concluded trading at $5.50, after exchanging 625 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group share price fell 1 cent and ended at $1.89, with 1,820 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 5 cents and completed trading at $27.45, with 1,972 units.
Firm Traded| Agostini’s concluded market activities at $21.06, after exchanging 425 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $15.72, with 5,355 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.16, with 438 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.90, after exchanging 455 shares, First Citizens ended at $32.55, exchanging 2,780 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.10, with 169,784 units, Guardian Holdings settled at $15, after trading 2,375 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.40, with 224 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises completed trading at $9.65, with 2,100 units, National Flour settled at $1.75, after exchanging 800 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.58, with 475 stock units trading, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.80, with 86,136 units, Scotiabank settled at $62.51, after exchanging 6,005 shares, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.60, with 72,696 shares traded and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88.55, with 184 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New JSE record on limited volume
Trading levels rose on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday but remained moderate with an average of only 156,653 units valued at $3,187,757 for each security trading.
At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands, resulting in 6,877,671 units valued at $68,979,399 trading, up sharply from the 2,507,681 units valued at only $38,468,870 on Friday.
The main market closed with 9 securities rising, 7 declining and 7 trading firm, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increasing by 1,415.92 points to end at a record close of 327,594.70 and the JSE Index rising 1,290.06 points to a new closing record of 298,475.80.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 33,268 shares, Berger Paints rose 10 cents and ended at $19.10, with 4,237 stock units, Carreras concluded trading at $10.90, with 1,171,484 units, Caribbean Cement finished at $36.50, with 64,512 shares, Grace Kennedy rose 65 cents and ended trading at $49.65, with 6,186 shares. Jamaica Broilers rose 45 cents to $20.50, with 570,105 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended with a rise of 99 cents at $16.99, with 12,676 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 2 cents and closed at $6.52, with 2,350 shares, JMMB Group lost $1.10 to closed at $27.22, as some selling came into the market for the stock, and ended with 1,208,947 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves lost 5 cents and finished at $49.95, with 2,471 stock units after it traded at an intraday high of $51, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.05, with 20,200 units, NCB Financial Group rose $1 and ended trading at $97, with 76,990 shares, 1834 Investments lost 5 cents, to end at $1.15, trading 18,055 shares. 
PanJam Investment rose $1.45 to $44.45 trading 2,522 stock units, Sagicor Group settled at $36.85, with 15,203 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 99 cents to end at $15, with 6,365 shares. Scotia Group climbed $1.34 to $51.50, with 30,645 units, Seprod finished trading at $33.01, with 427 shares, Supreme Ventures fell 5 cents and ended at $11.70, with 36,109 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.21, after slipping 4 cents with 218,181 stock units, Wisynco Group fell 9 cents and finished at $10.90, with 95,232 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% ended trading at $2.55, with 500 shares and Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.92, with 6,364 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 hits new record – Monday.”
Kingston Wharves pushes JSE to new record.
Kingston Wharves jumped $5 to a record close at $50 on Friday.
Kingston Wharves jumped $5 and ended at a record high of $50 on modest volume and helped to push the market to new highs on Friday. On Tuesday, the price jumped $5, to the then new high of $45.
Scarcity seems the main factor behind the sharp rally in so short a time frame with 94 percent of the 1.347 billion shares held by the top 10 shareholders. Kingston Wharves close trading with the bid to buy 1,400 units at $50 and no stock being offered. This stock is ideal for a split with more than the relatively high price and limited supply.
Trading levels rose on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday but remained moderate with an average of only 264,526 shares valued at $2,653,054 each trading.
At the close 26 securities changed hands, resulting in 6,877,671 units valued at $68,979,399 trading compared to 2,507,681 units valued at $38,468,870 on Thursday.
The main market closed with 9 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 trading firm, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increasing by 1,200.80 points to end at a record close of 326,178.78 and the JSE Index rising 1,094.07 points to a new closing record of 297,185.74.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 100,889 shares, Berger Paints ended at $19, with 101,218 stock units, Carreras concluded trading at $10.90, with 214,871 units, Caribbean Cement finished at $36.50, with 28,334 shares, Ciboney Group rose 1 cents and settled at 13 cents, trading 3,042,400 shares. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $49, with 17,235 shares, Jamaica Broilers fell 40 cents to close at $20.05, trading 4,327 stock units, Jamaica Producers climbed 90 cents and finished trading at $16, with 1,958,288 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 48 cents and closed at $6.50, with 30,000 shares. JMMB Group ended at $28.32, after gaining 32 cents with 181,452 shares trading, Kingston Wharves jumped $5 and finished at $50, with an exchange of 3,200 stock units, 
Mayberry Investments settled with a gain of 5 cents at $6.05, with 72,493 units, NCB Financial Group fell 25 cents and ended trading at $96, with 79,768 shares. 1834 Investments traded with a gain of 13 cents at $1.20, with 128,014 shares, PanJam Investment climbed 60 cents and closed at $43, with 55,875 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading at $1.80, with 59,400 shares, Radio Jamaica rose 5 cents finished at $1.10, with 251,100 shares. Sagicor Group settled dropped 65 cents and landed at $36.85, with 14,377 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 99 cents to settled at $14.01, with 3,000 shares changing hands. Salada Foods fell 5 cents to $11.15, with 400 stock units, Scotia Group lost $1.84 to $50.16, with 187,520 units trading, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 99 cents at $33.01, after trading 942 shares. Sterling Investments closed at $13.89, with 1,000 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.75, with 19,400 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.25, with a loss of 13 cents in exchanging 38,035 stock units and Wisynco Group rose 49 cents and finished at $10.99, with 284,133 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 record close for JSE – Friday.”
2 gains 2 losses on TTSE – Friday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 13 securities against 14 on Thursday, with 2 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 305,552 shares at a value of $8,200,326 compared to 329,306 shares at a value of $2,890,817 on Thursday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 0.98 points on Friday to 1,229.27, the All T&T Index rose 0.37 points to 1,693.50, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.32 points to close at 102.98.
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 bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| National Flour rose 9 cents and ended at $1.75, after exchanging 3,476 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with a gain of 4 cents and settled at $88.55, with 49,215 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Grace Kennedy ended trading 4 cents lower to $3.10, with 45,861 units and NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and at $5.49, after exchanging 22,700 shares.
Firm Traded| First Caribbean International Bank ended trading at $8.90, after exchanging 2,183 shares, First Citizens completed trading at $32.55, with 317 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.90, with 625 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.40, with 50,399 units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.58, with 10 shares trading, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.80, with an exchange of 123,978 units, Scotiabank ended at $62.51 trading 1,434 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded at $27.50, with 2,954 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.60, after exchanging 2,400 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.