Trading volumes rose but the total sum traded declined on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 4,971,238 units valued at $81,421,271 changing hands compared to 3,313,428 units valued at $132,584,977 on Wednesday.
The main market closed with just 23 securities changing hands, of which 16 rose, 4 declined and 3 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 2,036.04 points to 324,977.98 and the JSE Index jumped 1,855.07 points to 296,091.67.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 2,000 shares trading, Berger Paints fell 22 cents and ended at $19, with 78,805 stock units, Carreras concluded trading at $10.90, with 363,060 units, Caribbean Cement finished at $36.50, with 18,529 shares, 
Ciboney Group rose 1 cent to close at 12 cents, with 290,000 shares. Grace Kennedy gained 51 cents and ended trading at $49, with 17,135 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 18,625 units and gained 25 cents to close at $20.45, Jamaica Producers finished trading at $15.10, with 36,245 units but lost 60 cents in the process, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.98, with 5,500 shares. JMMB Group ended at $28, with 204,808 shares, Kingston Wharves finished at $45, trading 27,949 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled at $6, with 78,629 units, NCB Financial Group rose by 26 cents and ended trading at $96.25, with 97,448 shares. 
PanJam Investment lost 60 cents and closed at $42, with 5,000 stock units, Radio Jamaica finished with a fall of 5 cents at $1.05, exchanging 50,000 shares. Sagicor Group settled at $37.50, with 28,720 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed 50 cents to $15, with 10,344 shares. Scotia Group traded at $52, trading 9,220 units, Seprod finished trading at $34, with 3,735 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.75, with a rise of 5 cents, trading 532,107 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments gained 13 cents and concluded trading at $4.38, with 124,747 stock units and Wisynco Group finished trading at $10.50, with 477,649 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 “Big gains for JSE stocks again – Thursday.”
Witco jumps $3.51 on TTSE – Thursday
West Indian Tobacco recovers $3.51 it lost on Wednesday.
West Indian Tobacco recovered the $3.51 drop on Wednesday to end at $88.51 and was the main reason for the rise in the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index on Thursday.
Market activity ended on Thursday with trading in 14 securities against 10 on Thursday, with 2 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 329,306 shares at a value of $2,890,817 compared to 351,112 shares at a value of $12,063,114 on Wednesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 0.75 points on Wednesday to 1,230.25, the All T&T Index gained 5.61 points to end at 1,693.13, while the Cross Listed Index fell 1.00 points to close at 103.30.
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 4 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Sagicor Financial closed with a gain of 10 cents and concluded trading at $7.80, with 105,000 units and West Indian Tobacco jumped $3.51 and settled at $88.51, with 200 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Grace Kennedy shed 1 cent to end at $3.14, with 1,000 units, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents and settled at $47.40, with 547 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises ended trading 10 cents lower at $9.65, with 10 units and NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $5.50, after exchanging 106,242 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings settled at $15.72, with 220 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.16, with 46,425 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.90, after exchanging 100 shares, First Citizens completed trading at $32.55, in exchanging 3,231 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.90, with 52,665 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank ended at $62.51, after exchanging 100 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded at $27.50, with 10,167 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.60, after trading 3,399 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Witco heads falling TTSE prices – Wednesday
West Indian Tobacco stock price dropped $3.51 to end at $85 and was the main reason for a big dip in the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index on Wednesday.
Declining stocks had the upper hand over advancing ones five to one as the market index sank further for the week to date. The number of securities traded dropped to 10 against 17 on Tuesday as the market closed with just 1 stock advancing, 4 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 351,112 shares at a value of $12,063,114 compared to 96,389 shares at a value of $1,565,623 on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 5 points on Wednesday to 1,231.00, the All T&T Index dropped 9.87 points to 1,687.52, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged to close at 104.30.
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| Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled with a gain of 2 cents at $27.50, after exchanging 13,275 shares.
Losses| Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 30 cents and completed trading at $15, after exchanging 59,627 shares, Scotiabank lost 14 cents in closing at $62.51 with 148,531 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement lost 27 cents and ended trading at $2.60, with 1,600 stock units changing hands West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of $3.51 to close at $85, after exchanging a mere 150 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments traded 12,785 units at $20.16, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8.90, after exchanging 33,030 shares, First Citizens settled at $32.55, after exchanging 1,850 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded market activity at $101.58, with 2,197 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading 10 cents lower and $7.70, trading 74,685 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Falling prices dominate TTSE – Tuesday
Bearishness sentiments continued on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as declining stocks over powered advancing ones by a ratio of more than two to one, while 2 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ lows.
On Tuesday, the number of securities traded rose to 17 against 15 on Monday as the market closed with just 3 stocks advancing, 7 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 96,389 shares at a value of $1,565,623 compared to 393,337 shares at a value of $2,153,910 on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 8.30 points on Tuesday to 1,236, the All T&T Index rose 0.45 points to 1,697.39, while the Cross Listed Index declined 2.37 points to close at 104.30.
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 4 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Ansa Mcal ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.90.
Gains| Massy Holdings added 4 cents and concluded trading at $47.44, with 2,014 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises increased 10 cents and ended at $9.75, with 2,688 units and Trinidad Cement rose 36 cents and ended trading at $2.87, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
Losses|Ansa McAl traded with a loss of 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.90, with 50 units, First Caribbean International Bank fell 10 cents and completed trading at $8.90, after exchanging 120 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 35 cents and completed trading at $15.30, after exchanging 1,000 shares, NCB Financial Group shed 15 cents and settled at $5.65, after trading 14,400 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost 7 cents and concluded market activity at $101.58, with 6,543 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended trading 10 cents lower and closed at 52 weeks’ low of $7.70, with 4,000 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $88.51, after exchanging 55 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings closed at $15.72, with 4,596 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments ended trading 844 units at $20.16, First Citizens settled at $32.55, after exchanging 3,004 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.15, with 3,300 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.90, with 36,500 stock units changing hands, National Flour completed trading at $1.66, after exchanging 1,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $27.48, after exchanging 13,275 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Modest fall for JSE majors – Monday
There was just modest volume trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Monday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 763.81 points to 320,289.16 and the JSE Index declined by 695.92 points to 291,819.62.
At the close, 28 securities traded, compared to 27 on Friday and ended with the prices of 9 stocks rising, 13 falling and 6 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading only NCB Financial Group ended trading with sizable price change having fallen by $1.08 to $95.50.
Main market activity ended with 2,407,626 units valued at $18,652,792 compared to 8,083,593 units valued at $186,825,752 on Friday. At the close of trading, Ciboney Group closed trading with 1,349,330 units amounting to 56 percent of the volume traded and JMMB Group with 7.50 percent with 240,686 units and 10 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 89,171 shares valued at $690,844, for each security traded, compared to 384,933 shares valued at $8,896,464 on Friday. The average for the month to date is 1,015,505 shares with a value of $4,839,315 and previously 1,111,701 shares with a value of $5,320,039. 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 Monday with Productivity Business finished trading at 56 US cents after trading 3,000 shares. Trading ended with an unchanged market index of 162.84.
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 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE main market trading drops sharply – Monday.
Trading picks up on TTSE – Monday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Bearishness sentiments continue to dominate trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with decline in all three indices on Monday, but with increased trading volume and value.
On Monday, the number of securities traded rose to 15 against 12 on Friday as the market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 393,337 shares at a value of $2,153,910 compared to 159,389 shares at a value of $998,772 on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index declined 1.14 points on Monday to 1,244.30, the All T&T Index lost 0.26 points to 1,696.94, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.28 points to close at 106.67.
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 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 7 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Clico Investments closed with an increase of 1 cent and ended at $20.16, with 2,290 units trading, First Citizens finished 3 cents higher and completed trading at $32.55, after exchanging 2,237 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading and rose 40 cents and settled at $47.40, with 1,062 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 3 cents and completed trading at $27.48, after exchanging 2,425 shares.
Losses| National Enterprises shares fell 10 cents and ended at $9.65, with 835 units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 14 cents and completed trading at $5.80, after exchanging 75,400 shares and Scotiabank shed 5 cents and ended at $62.65, trading 1,900 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings closed at $15.72, with 12,000 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9, after exchanging 100 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded market activities at $3.15, with 270,678 units traded, JMMB Group settled at $1.90, with 2,262 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas concluded trading at $3.81, with 660 units, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.65, with 488 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended trading at $7.80, with 20,000 units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88.55, with 1,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market trading drops sharply – Monday
Trading levels rose sharply on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with 2,407,626 units valued at just $18,652,792 changing hands, compared to 8,083,593 units valued at $186,825,752 changing hands on Friday.
The main market closed with just 27 securities changing hands, of which 9 rose, 13 declined and 5 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell 763.81 points to 320,289.16 and the JSE Index declined by 695.92 points to 291,819.62.
In market activity, Berger Paints added 10 cents to end at $18, with 74,122 stock units trading, Carreras fell 10 cents and concluded trading at $10.80 with 11,218 units, Caribbean Cement lost 3 cents and finished trading at $35.77 with 2,291 shares, Ciboney Group settled 12 cents trading 1,349,330 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48, with 2,181 shares. Jamaica Broilers rose 25 cents and closed trading at $20.50 with 1,035 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading losing 19 cents to end at $15.80, with 4,312 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 50 cents and closed at $7, with 1,000 shares, JMMB Group lost 50 cents to end at $27, with 16,603 shares. Kingston Properties lost 20 cents and concluded trading at $5.25, with 3,727 shares, Mayberry Investments shed 25 cents and settled at $6, with 8,063 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading losing $1.08 to $95.50 with 18,081 shares, 1834 Investments traded at $1.19 with 16,986 shares after slipping 1 cent. PanJam Investment closed 50 cents lower at $41.50 with 3,960 stock units, Portland JSX ended at $8.01 with a loss of 49 cents after trading 15,883 units,
Radio Jamaica rose 4 cents and finished at $1.09 with 45,943 shares, Sagicor Group gained 1 cent and settled at $37.56 with 77,870 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 50 cents to $14.50 with 13,983 shares. Salada Foods added 10 cents and ended trading at $11.20 with 2,940 stock units, Scotia Group traded 164,153 units, rising 5 cents to $50.20 in the process, Seprod fell 10 cents and finished trading at $35.40 with 118 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.65 with 10,500 shares after losing 5 cents, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 5 cents and concluded trading at $4.20, with 191,987 stock units and Wisynco Group rose 27 cents and ended at $10.48 with 119,419 units trading. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% finished trading at $1.50, with 100 units and JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1, with 240,686 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 “Modest fall for JSE major – Monday .”
JSE major drops 1,553 points – Friday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 1,552.80 points to 321,052.97 and the JSE Index shedding 1,414.78 points to 292,515.54.
At the close, 23 securities traded, compared to 27 on Thursday and ended with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 6 falling and 7 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading only two stocks closed with sizable changes, with Kingston Wharves falling 99 cents to close at $40 and Scotia Group losing $1.85 to end at $50.15.
Main market activity ended with 8,083,593 units valued at $186,825,752 compared to 4,713,225 units valued at $80,181,699 on Thursday. At the close of trading, Kingston Wharves closed trading with 3,363,504 units accounting for 41.61 percent of trading followed by Jamaica Producers with 2,014,107 units or 24.92 of the day’s volume and Ciboney with 1,258,000 units or 15.56 percent of stocks traded.
Trading resulted in an average of 384,933 shares valued at $8,896,464, for each security traded, compared to 181,278 shares valued at $3,083,912 on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 1,111,701 shares with a value of $5,320,039 and previously 1,175,559 shares with a value of $4,965,770. 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 Friday with Productivity Business finished trading at 56 US cents after falling 1.23 cents with 500 shares and Proven Investments closed trading with 25,000 units valued at $5,280 and closed at 20 US cents. Trading ended with a fall of 1.13 points of the market index to 162.84.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Trading jumps on JSE main market – Friday.
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Trading jumps on JSE main market – Friday
Trading levels rose sharply on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with 8,083,593 units valued at $186,825,752 changing hands, compared to 4,713,225 units valued at $80,181,699 changing hands on Thursday.
The main market closed with 21 securities changing hands, the same as on Thursday of which 10 rose, 5 declined and 6 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived by 1,552.80 points to 321,052.97. The JSE Index dropped 1,414.78 points to 292,515.54 on Friday.
In market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 30 cents at $17.90, with 3,073 stock units, Carreras concluded trading 30 cents higher at $10.90, with 219,500 units, Caribbean Cement finished 30 cents higher at $35.80, with 26,800 shares, Ciboney Group gained 1 cent to end at 12 cents, with 1,258,000 shares trading, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48, with 24,135 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded with a loss of 25 cents at $20.25, with 46,838 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading 58 cents higher at $15.99, with 2,014,107 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.50, with 56,585 shares, JMMB Group ended 50 cents higher at $27.50, with 31,989 shares. Kingston Properties concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $5.45, with 12,000 shares, Kingston Wharves finished 99 cents higher at $40, with 3,363,504 stock units, NCB Financial Group ended trading gaining 6 cents to end at $96.58, with 41,945 shares, 
PanJam Investment closed at $42, with 981 stock units. Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $37.55, with 71,388 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $15, with 53,000 shares. Scotia Group traded with a loss of 1.85 cents at $50.15, with 113,898 units, Supreme Ventures ended 17 cents higher at $11.70, with 122,713 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.15, with 95,150 stock units and Wisynco Group finished 6 cents higher at $10.21, with 41,525 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% fell 5 cents to $1.90, with 466,462 stock units and Proven Investments 8.25% settled at $5.15, with 20,000 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 major falls 1,553 points – Friday.”
Cable & Wireless leaves JSE – Thursday
C&W was delisted from the JSE at the end of trading on Wednesday
Cable & Wireless was delisted from trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at the close of the market on Wednesday, ending more than 30 years of trading after it was listed in 1988 as Telecommunication of Jamaica.
Overall trading accounted for 4,713,225 units valued at $80,181,699, compared to 22,695,573 units valued at $68,289,794 changing hands on Thursday.
The main market closed with 26 securities changing hands, the same as on Wednesday of which 14 rose, 9 declined and 3 traded firm leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived by 1,840.39 points to 322,605.77. The JSE Index dropped 1,676.81 points to 293,930.32 on Thursday.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 5,000 shares, Berger Paints ended at $18.20, with 36,731 stock units, Carreras concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $10.60, with 79,983 units, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of 18 cents at $35.50, with 46,133 shares, Ciboney Group settled with a loss of 4 cents at $0.11, with 100,000 shares. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48, with 51,258 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, with 417,859 stock units, 
Jamaica Producers finished trading 1 cent higher at $15.41, with 89,331 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 47 cents at $6.50, with 87,853 shares. JMMB Group ended 98 cents higher at $27, with 44,688 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $5.80, with 2,000 shares, Kingston Wharves finished with a loss of 99 cents at $39.01, with 134,108 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 17 cents at $6.25, with 4,650 units. NCB Financial Group ended trading at $96.52, with 87,672 shares, 1834 Investments traded with a loss of 1 cent at $1.20, with 4,318 shares, PanJam Investment closed with a loss of 1 cent at $42, with 161,331 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 17 cents at $1.53, with 149,544 shares. Radio Jamaica finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.05, with 230,083 shares,
Sagicor Group settled 5 cents higher at $37.60, with 148,536 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 20 cents at $15, with 47,741 shares changing hands. Scotia Group traded at $52, with 142,073 units, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 14,373 shares. Sterling Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $13.89, with 3,500 shares, Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 17 cents at $11.53, with 804,931 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 139,875 stock units and Wisynco Group finished trading with a loss of 35 cents at $10.15, with 1,679,654 units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major shed 1840 points – Thursday.”