JSE trading jumps higher on Monday

Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up sharply on Monday, ending with more than twice the volume and value of trading on Friday as 9,756,068 units valued at over $152,399,537 changed hands versus 4,322,228 units valued at over $69,892,327 Friday.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 27 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 10 falling, 8 trading firm, leading to market indices to just eking out a moderate fall. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 296.85 points to 318,961.81 and the JSE Index lost 270.46 points to 290,610.27.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended 50 cents higher at $17.75, with 8,158 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 14 cents higher at $1.39, with 1,106,514 units, Carreras finished $10.85 higher at $10.85, with 539,399 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.45 higher at $33, with 50,831 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 1,199,900 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 51 cents higher at $43.51, with 545,333 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18.55, with 905,895 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 14 cents at $15.01, with 1,748,275 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 55 cents at $6.45, with 750 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading 40 cents higher at $25, with 20,794 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 15 cents at $42.45, with 674 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.85, with 1,200 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 1.02 cents at $98.97, with 11,830 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 8 cents at $1.20, with 11,000 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $560, with 100 stock units, PanJam Investment ended 25 cents higher at $41, with 670 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.80, with 28,096 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 1,141,002 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 54 cents at $36.01, with 1,912,055 stock units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 5,150 shares Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $53, with 6,955 shares, Seprod closed at $29.05, with 2,879 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, with 75,366 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 9 cents at $4.30, with 141,829 units and Wisynco Group settled 10 cents higher at $10.50, with 96,567 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded with a loss of 5 cents at $1.95, with 9,365 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1, with 55,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 129,981 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 fell on Monday.”

TTSE suffers fall in indices – Monday

Guardian Group fell 50 cents as NCB Financial offer to buy up 62% of the Insurance group lapses.

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 12 securities against 17 on Friday, The market closed with 1 stock rising, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 1.24 points on Monday to 1,267.47, the All T&T Indexfell 2.15 points to 1,699.42, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.04 points lower to close at 112.74.
Trading ended with 283,184 shares at a value of $14,736,676, compared to 1,126,271 shares at a value of $14,736,676.
IC bid-offer Indicator| IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Friday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 2 cents and ended at $27.12, trading 12,050 shares.
Losses| Guardian Holdings shares fell 50 cents in concluding trading at $16.50, with 409 shares as the NCB Financial offer to buy majority shares in the group lapsed and One Caribbean Media closed with a loss of 2 cents at $12.48, after 250 stock units changed hands.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments settled at $20, with 12,755 units, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading at $9.30, with 62,574 shares changing hands, First Citizens ended at $32.11, exchanging 3,363 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.35, with 15,000 units, LJ Williams A share closed at 22 cents, trading 10,273 shares. Massy Holdings ended at $47.30, with 3,390 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises settled at $9.65, with 179 units, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.53, trading 168,678 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.52, with 150 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank concluded market activity at $61.76, trading 4,386 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE main market fell on Friday

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on Friday, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 776.18 points to 319,258.66 and the JSE Index declining by 707.19 points to 290,880.73.
Trading on Friday closed 28 securities changing hands with 10 advancing, 10 declining and 8 trading firm in the main and US dollar markets.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a fall of $1.45 to $31.55, Grace Kennedy with a loss of $1.20 to $43, Salada Foods climbing $1 to $12, Scotia Group that rose by $1.50 to $53.50 and Seprod losing 94 cents to end at $29.05.
Main market activity ended with 4,322,228 units valued at $69,892,327 in contrast to 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635 on Thursday. Ciboney Group accounted for 1,385,481 units and 32 percent of total volume traded, followed by Jamaica Broilers Group accounting for 21 percent of volume traded with 904,680 units changing hands and Sagicor Group with 293,843 units or 6.8 percent.
Trading results in an average of 160,083 shares valued at $2,588,605 for each security traded, in contrast to 92,769 shares valued at $1,796,332 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 204,802 units valued at $3,183,567 and previously, 207,617 units valued at $3,223,626. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Traded in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments trading 667,350 shares at 21.99 US cents with a value of US$146,425 as the market index rose 1.03 points to 168.18.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading picks up on Friday.

JSE trading picks up on Friday

Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up modestly, and ended with 4,322,228 units valued at over $69,892,327 changing hands versus 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635 Thursday.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 27 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 10 falling, 8 trading firm, leading to market indices suffering a fall. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 776.18 points to 319,258.66 and the JSE Index lost 707.19 points to close at 290,880.73.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $8, with 5,000 shares, Berger Paints ended 20 cents higher at $17.25, with 13,290 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.25, with 61,100 units, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of $1.45 at $31.55, with 2,242 shares, Carreras closed $10.95, with 214,710 shares changing hands, Ciboney Group settled with a loss of 2 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 10 cents, with 1,385,481 shares traded. Grace Kennedy ended trading with a loss of $1.20 at $43, with 202,384 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 48 cents higher at $18.55, with 904,680 stock units, Jamaica Producers gained 15 cents to end at $15.15, with 40,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 30 cents higher at $7, with 7,400 shares. JMMB Group ended with a loss of 40 cents at $24.60, with 34,724 shares, Kingston Wharves finished at $42.60, with 5,344 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.75, with 12,598 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading 9 cents higher at $99.99, with 92,031 shares. PanJam Investment closed at $40.75, with 48,178 stock units, Portland JSX ended 22 cents higher at $10.22, with 800 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.05, with 109,000 shares traded, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 45 cents at $36.55, with 293,843 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 40 cents at $14.50, with 29,285 shares, Salada Foods ended trading $1 higher at $12, with 5,000 stock units, Scotia Group traded $1.50 higher at $53.50, with 216,374 units, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 94 cents at $29.05, with 81,403 shares, Sterling Investments closed at $13, with 300 shares. Supreme Ventures ended 10 cents higher at $11.90, with 19,328 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.39, with 188,796 stock units, Wisynco Group fell 10 cents to settle at $10.40, with 198,937 units and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% ended at $1.02, with 150,000 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 “JSE main market fell on Friday.”

All 3 TTSE indices falter – Friday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with trading in 17 securities, against 14 trading on Thursday, resulting in 4 stocks rising, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 2.02 points on Friday to 1,268.71, the All T&T Indexfell 0.37 points to 1,701.57, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.51 points lower to close at 112.78.
Trading ended with 1,126,271 shares at a value of $14,736,676, compared to 171,497 shares at a value of $1,699,257.
IC bid-offer Indicator| IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Friday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens added 1 cent and ended at $32.11, trading 1,212 shares, JMMB Group gained 2 cents and ended at $1.85, with 315,994 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank rose 5 cents and settled at $61.76, trading 44,460 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with a gain of 5 cents to settle at $88.55, trading 248 shares.
Losses| Agostini’s fell 45 cents and concluded at $20.55, trading 450,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading at $3.35, with 32,699 units, National Flour shed 4 cents and settled at $1.86, trading 1,000 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 7 cents and concluded trading at $6.53, with 244,510 shares and Sagicor Financial ended trading 6 cents lower at $7.82, with 15,443 units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal closed trading at $60, with 100 units changing hands, Clico Investments closed at $20, trading 7,954 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, trading 246 shares, LJ Williams B share concluded trading at 75 cents, with 3,707 stock units. National Enterprises completed market activity at $9.65, with 100 units, Point Lisas closed at $3.81, with 600 units, Prestige Holdings settled at $10, trading 1,171 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $27.10, trading 6,827 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE trading drops 87% on Thursday

JMMB Group accounted for 31% of volume traded.

Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended the total volume traded falling by 87 percent on Wednesday compared to Wednesday as 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635. JMMB Group accounted for 971,565 units or 36.11 percent of shares traded. Trading on Wednesday amounted to 20,208,278 shares valued at $255,279,222.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 29 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 9 falling, 11 trading firm, leading to market indices to just eking out a minute change. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index adding just 0.28 points to 320,034.84 and the JSE Index rising by a minute 0.25 points to 291,587.92.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended 5 cents higher at $17.05, with 1,680 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 11 cents at $1.25, with 156,030 units being exchanged Carreras finished at $10.95, with 205,552 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 2 cents at $33, with 8,520 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 4 cents close at 52 weeks’ low of 12 cents, with 322,400 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $44.20, with 81,830 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 93 cents at $18.07, while exchanging 240,916 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 15 cents at $15, with 38,889 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 49 cents higher at $6.70, with 3,634 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 971,565 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 3,899 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $42.60, with 27,033 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.80, with 3,500 shares. NCB Financial Group lost 10 cents to end at $99.90, with 33,214 shares, PanJam Investment ended 20 cents higher at $40.75, with 1,000 units changing hands, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 34,939 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $37, with 33,518 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.90, with 20,956 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1 at $11, with 77,119 units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 50,562 shares, Seprod closed at $29.99, with 143 shares, Sterling Investments ended 95 cents higher at $13, with 48,026 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading 15 cents higher at $11.80, with 709 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 10 cents higher at $4.40, with 126,721 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.50, with 143,855 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 5 cents higher at $2, with 300 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 300 shares, Productivity Business finished at $100, with 43,500 stock units, Proven Investments settled 10 cents higher at $5.15, with 10,000 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 main market in steady trading.”

Trinidad stocks inched higher – Thursday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was moderate on Thursday with trading in just 14 securities, against 11 trading on Wednesday. The market closed with 4 stocks rising, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market the, Composite Index gained 0.87 points on Thursday to 1,270.73, the All T&T Indexrose 0.73 points to 1,701.94, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.14 points to close at 113.29.
Trading ended with 171,497 shares at a value of $1,699,257, compared to 143,873 shares with a value of $1,406,116.
IC bid-offer Indicator| IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Thursday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s finished 13 cents higher and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21, trading 6,502 shares, JMMB Group rose 3 cents and completed trading at $1.83, with 18,346 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings added 30 cents and ended at $47.30, with 1,061 stock units trading, and Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent to $101.52, with 3,650 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments traded with a loss of 35 cents and settled at $20, with 18,360 units, First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $32.10, trading 4,737 shares and Scotiabank fell 1 cent and concluded trading at $61.71 with 2,124 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings
completed trading at $15.67, with 650 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.40, with 4,000 units, LJ Williams B share ended at 75 cents, trading 80,000 units, National Enterprises settled at $9.65, with 25,000 units. National Flour concluded market activity at $1.90, trading 1,000 shares, One Caribbean Media closed trading at $12.50, with 2,275 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $27.10, trading 3,792 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Wisynco Group corners 81% of trading

Wisynco takes 81% of market.

Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with a big jump to 20,208,278 shares valued at $255,279,222 with Wisynco Group accounting for 16,421,906 units and 81.26 percent of share traded.
Market activity ended with 26 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 6 falling, 11 trading firm, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged by 2,161.69 points to 320,034.56 and the JSE Index jumped by 1,969.54 points to 291,587.67.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17, with 24,212 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 160,929 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 67,843 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $3.80 higher at $35, with 1,663,767 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at 16 cents, with 791,013 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $44.20, with 207,655 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 225,282 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.15, with 7,208 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 49 cents at $6.21, with 15,107 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading 30 cents higher at $25, with 7,073 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $42.60, with 3,324 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 28 cents at $4.81, with 24,020 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $100, with 45,128 shares. PanJam Investment ended at $40.55, with 1,000 units, Pulse Investments finished 19 cents higher at $1.99, with 5,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 146,368 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading at $36.50, with 5,815 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 25 cents higher at $14.90, with 6,516 shares, Salada Foods traded $1 higher at $12, with 9,100 units, Scotia Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $52, with 31,700 shares, Seprod closed 99 cents higher at $29.99, with 143 shares, Sterling Investments ended $2.74 higher at $12.05, with 25,000 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 34 cents at $11.65, with 62,068 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.30, with 221,101 units and Wisynco Group traded 16,421,906 units but lost 20 cents to end at $10.49. In the main market preference segment, Proven Investments settled with a loss of 4 cents at $5.05, with 30,000 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 main market enjoyed big bounce.”

Trinidad stock market in steady mode – Wednesday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was moderate on Wednesday with trading in just 11 securities, against 19 trading on Tuesday. The market closed with 3 stocks rising, 1 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Friday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers, an indication of a greater level of stability in the market.
Trading ended with 143,873 shares with a value of $1,406,116, compared to 305,086 shares with a value of $4,018,435, changing hands.
At close the Composite Index shed 0.11 points on Wednesday to 1,269.86, the All T&T Index closed unchanged at 1,701.21 while Cross Listed Index slipped 0.03 points to close at 113.15.
Gains|Clico Investments concluded trading with a gain of 35 cents and finished at $20.35, with 1,285 units, First Citizens added 1 cent to finish at $32.11, trading 6,213 shares, the price of LJ Williams B share increased by 5 cents and finished at 75 cents, with 37,328 shares traded and Sagicor Financial rose 6 cents and finished at $7.88, with 36,259 units.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 40 cents and finished at $27.10, trading 14,127 shares.
Firm Traded| Grace Kennedy end at $3.40, with 10,000 units, JMMB Group finished at $1.80, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises closed at $9.65, with 500 units, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.60, trading 18,465 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed trading at $101.51, with 2,696 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement concluded trading at $3.50, with 12,000 stock units traded.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE majors in moderate trading Tuesday

Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with a modest 2,910,640 shares valued at $68,467,853 changing hands as 26 securities traded, ending with 9 securities rising, 8 falling, 6 trading firm.
Trading led to gains in the market indices, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rising 731.91 points to 317,872.87 and the JSE Index advancing 666.86 points to 289,618.13.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $8, with 3,653 shares, Berger Paints ended at $17.50, with 4,077 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.36, with 37,572 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 167,024 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $1.80 at $31.20, with 300 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 6 cents at 19 cents, with 474,739 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 5 cents at $44.20, with 129,019 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 40 cents higher at $19, with 18,348 units, Jamaica Producers closed 15 cents higher at $15.15, with 9,500 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.70, with 11,066 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $24.70, with 4,920 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $42.60, with 77,401 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 41 cents at $5.09, with 9,893 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 48 cents higher at $100, with 50,269 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 8 cents higher at $1.28, with 5,800 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $40.55, with 28,890 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 31,300 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.05, with 43,620 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $36.50, with 50,119 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 60 cents higher at $14.65, with 337,800 shares, Scotia Group finished trading 90 cents higher at $51.50, with 733,630 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 1 cent at $29, with 293 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $11.99, with 133,282 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 18 cents higher at $4.30, with 240,881 units and Wisynco Group traded 297,244 units with the price rising by 1 cent to end at $10.50. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed at $1.02, with 10,000 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 “JSE main market indices fall – Tuesday.”