Trading activity on the main market ended on Friday closed as 25 securities changed hands, leading to trading of 2,638,664 shares valued at $47,864,816, compared to 2,456,156 shares valued at $27,810,830 on Thursday.
Market activities ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 8 declining and 10 trading firm. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,561.89 points to 312,211.91 and the JSE Index fell by 1,423.06 points to 284,460.36.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed 50 cents higher at $17.50, with 8,805 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.35, with 44,595 units, Carreras finished 1 cent higher at $11.30, with 747,503 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 22 cents, with 25,000 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 60 cents higher at $43.10, with 52,300 stock units. 
Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of $1 at $16, with 1,643 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 8,268 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 104,692 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 78 cents higher at $33.50, with 530 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $5.75, with 20,566 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 85 cents at $100, with 148,370 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 4,000 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 50 cents at $40, with 38,200 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $1.95, with 14,423 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 10,800 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 45 cents higher at $35.20, with 42,625 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 29 cents at $14.20, with 38,692 shares. 
Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1.50 at $51, with 168,778 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50, with 2,689 shares. Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 5,200 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.50, with 62,339 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 6 cents higher at $4.12, with 788,378 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $10.20, with 295,467 shares and In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Broker 7.25% ended trading at $2.49, with 2,140 shares and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded at $2, with 2,661 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market dropped on Friday.”
Trinidad stocks fall slightly – Friday
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, 16 securities changed hands against 15 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index fell 0.33 points on Friday to 1,272.21, the All T&T Index slipped 0.72 points higher to 1,704.18, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.01 points to close at 113.39.
Market activity ended with a mere 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529, traded, compared to 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 50 cents and ended at $47.50, with 162 stock units and National Flour gained 7 cents and closed at $1.99, trading 59,599 shares.
Losses| First Citizens ended trading 15 cents lower at $32, trading 2,600 shares, One Caribbean concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $13.05, with 8,992 stock units and Scotiabank closed with a fall of 10 cents and ended at $61.15, with 6,302 stock units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 1,740 units, Clico Investments finished at $20.99, with 1,708 units trading, Grace Kennedy concluded at $3.45, with 10,000 units, Guardian Holdings ended at $17, trading 5,100 shares, JMMB Group closed at $1.81, with 8,668 stock units. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.60, trading 30,596 shares, Republic Financial Group closed at $101.50, with 919 stock units, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 2,287 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished at $27.50, with 9,116 units. Trinidad Cement close at $3.75, trading 3,519 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $88.50, with 2,145 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Declining stocks edged out rising ones
Trading activity on the main market ended on Thursday closed as 23 securities changed hands, leading to trading of 2,456,156 units valued at $27,810,830.
Trading ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 6 trading firm as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 949.83 points to 313,773.80 and the JSE Index advanced by 865.40 points to 285,883.42.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 90 cents at $17, with 7,900 shares, Barita Investments ended 50 cents higher at $8, with 14,825 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.35, with 830,321 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 8 cents at $11.29, with 310,261 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at 22 cents, with 3,200 shares. 
Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.50, with 157,692 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 1,835 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.50 higher at $17, with 57,020 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 10 cents higher at $7, with 28,000 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 68,965 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $5.60, with 4,080 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 85 cents higher at $100.85, with 59,911 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 500 shares. PanJam Investment ended $1.50 higher at $40.50, with 5,750 units, Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 440,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 75 cents at $34.75, with 78,695 stock units,
Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 45 cents at $52.50, with 29,435 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $14.49, with 1,000 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50, with 329 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 43 cents at $11.55, with 5,051 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.06, with 215,320 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.70, with 127,568 shares and . In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brkers 7.5% traded 8,498 stock units at $2.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market gains on Thursday.”
Trinidad stocks slightly up – Thursday
Scotiabank hits new high in T&T on Thursday.
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Wednesday , with 3 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 0.36 points on Thursday to 1,272.54, the All T&T Index inched 0.51 points higher to 1,704.90, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to close at 113.38.
Market activity ended with 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761, traded, compared to 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561 on Wednesday.
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 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to end at $3.45, with 29,072 units trading, Scotiabank increased 24 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $61.25, with 160 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents and closed at $27.50, with 4,500 units.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 51 cents and concluded trading at $20.99, with 2,801 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 50 cents to $47, with 10,788 stock units, National Enterprise close with the loss of 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.65, with 244 units and One Caribbean price fell 9 cents and close at $13.06, with 1,103 stock units.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32.15, trading 3,150 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $17, trading 117,281 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.81, with 100 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 261,082 shares, Republic Financial Group ended at $101.50, with 1,664 stock units. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 190 units, Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 153 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad stocks falls – Wednesday
Ansa Mcal dropped $2.39 to a 52 weeks’ low of $60.
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 16 securities changed hands against 13 on Tuesday, with 5 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 3.27 points on Wednesday to end at 1,272.18, the All T&T Index dropped 10.45 points to 1,704.39, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.55 points to close at 113.35 as 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561, traded, compared to 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments gained 4 cents and finished at $21.50, with 10,802 units, First Caribbean International Bank finished trading with a gain of 15 cents and close at $9.30, trading 800 shares, First Citizens closed with an increase of 15 cents and ended at $32.15, trading 3,943 stock units, Scotiabank rose 1 cent to end at $61.01, with 1,471 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 25 cents to $27.25, with 1,850 units.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a fall of $2.39 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $60, with just 48 units trading, Grace Kennedy shares fell 1 cent and concluded trading at $3.44, with 34,928 units, National Flour close with a loss of 6 cents at $1.92, trading 1,000 shares, 
One Caribbean Media share fell 85 cents and finished with $13.15, with 523 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed with a fall of 10 cents at $3.75, trading 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 48 cents lower at $88.50, with 1,204 stock units.
Firm Traded| JMMB Group finished trading at $1.81, with 3.489 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 322 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 1,400 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with 26,120 stock units trading with a value of $2,651,180 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 3,786 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE volume down from Tuesday’s level
Trading on the main market activity ended on Wednesday was moderate with the highest volume traded of any stock being just over 386,000 units. At the close 28 securities changed hands, leading to trading of just 2,074,587 shares valued at $32,079,634.
Trading ended with the prices of 6 stocks rising, 11 declining and 11 trading firm leading to a sizable fall in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,818.81 points to 312,823.97 and the JSE Index slipped 1,657.14 points to 285,018.02.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 4,599 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 204,907 units, Carreras finished 12 cents higher at $11.37, with 144,663 shares, 
Caribbean Cement settled 50 cents higher at $32.60, with 6,925 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 21 cents, with 205,370 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.75, with 107,908 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 25 cents higher at $18, with 2,800 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.50, with 126,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90, with 1,529 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $25, with 179,487 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 78 cents at $32.72, with 100 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.95, with 9,667 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $100, with 62,602 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 4,650 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 89 cents at $39, with 1,500 units, Pulse Investments finished $1.99 higher at $1.99, with 38,077 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 3 cents at $1.05, with 21,988 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 40,188 stock units, 
Scotia Group finished trading at $52.95, with 74,200 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 100 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 48 cents higher at $11.98, with 80,718 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments Limited finished 6 cents higher at $4.11, with 182,030 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.70, with 386,112 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 64 cents higher at $14.50, with 70,447 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 1,535 stock units, JMMB Group closed at $1.10, with 95,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 1,485 shares, Proven Investments settled with a loss of 85 cents at $5.05, with 20,000 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market falls on Wednesday.”
JSE volumes down as indices surge
Bulls pushing Jamaican stocks.
Market activity ended on Tuesday with 26 securities changing hands, leading to moderate trading of 3,559,954 shares valued at $75,487,760. At the close only 8 stocks enjoyed a rise in price, 12 declined and 7 traded firm leading to a big jump in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged sharply by 6,707.14 points, to 314,642.78 and the JSE Index jumped 3by 6,110.96 points to 286,675.16.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18, with 9,302 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 1 cent higher at $1.36, with 525,614 units, Carreras lost 5 cents to close at $11.25, with 179,362 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.60 higher at $32.10, with 97,095 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 13,820 stock units with a loss of 45 cents at $43. 
Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $17.75, with 138,809 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $15.50, with 28,920 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 3,839 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1.50 higher to $26, with 25,215 shares. Kingston Wharves climbed $3 to end at $33.50, with 15,614 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6.05, with 7,600 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 41 cents higher at $100, with 498,494 shares, 138 Student Living concluded trading at $6, with 140 shares trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1.36 at $39.89, after trading 64,174 units. Pulse Investments finished trading $1.99, with 26,916 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica finished 3 cents higher at $1.08, with 114,894 shares, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 25 cents at $35.75, exchanging 81,183 shares, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded with a loss of 14 cents at $13.86, as 17,000 shares changed hands. Scotia Group traded $2.45 higher at $52.95, with 58,008 units, Seprod ended 69 cents higher at $29.50, with 401 shares. Supreme Ventures finished 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 1,560 units, Victoria Mutual Investments settled with a loss of 7 cents at $4.05, after 218,285 shares traded, Wisynco Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $10.71, with 334,820 shares and In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 2,401 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.10, with 1,092,488 shares, Productivity Business preference share ended trading with a loss of $5 to $100, with 4,000 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market indices in big surge – Tuesday.”
Trinidad stocks slightly up – Tuesday
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 13 securities changed hands against 14 on Monday, with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 1.15 points on Tuesday to end at 1,275.45, the All T&T Index rose 1.90 points to 1,714.84, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.58 points to close at 112.80 as 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 traded, compared to 215,486 shares with a value of $1,243,006 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments closed 45 cents higher and ended at $21.46, with 5,159 units trading, Grace Kennedy added 14 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, with 1,000 units changing hands, JMMB Group added 1 cent to finish at $1.81, with 34,867 stock units trading, Scotiabank finished trading after rising 48 cents to close at $61, with 279 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 49 cents and ended at $27, with 18,905 units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 40 cents at $47.50, with 2,826 stock units trading, Prestige Holdings ended trading 1 cent lower and closed at $10.49, trading 27 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.98, with 420 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32, trading 600 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 16,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with just 10 stock units trading, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 17,015 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 550 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading picks up on JSE but prices dip
Jamaica Producers traded 2 million shares.
Market activity ended on Monday with 27 securities changing hands, leading to robust trading of 8,068,298 shares valued at $158,749,884. At the close only 8 stocks enjoyed a rise in price, 11 declined and 8 traded firm.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped sharply by 3,788.87 points to 307,935.64 and the JSE Index dived 3,452.09 points to 280,564.20.
In main market activity, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50, with 500 stock units, Berger Paints closed at $18, with 595,022 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.35, with 1,198,425 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 7 cents at $11.30, with 90,743 shares, Caribbean Cement plunged $4.50 to $30.50, with 100,300 shares trading. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at 27 cents, with 5,000 shares, Grace Kennedy traded at $43.45, with 291,775 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 50 cents higher at $18, with 529,600 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $16, with 2,009,809 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 1.5 cents at $24.50, with 71,211 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of $3 at $30.50, with 1,486 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6.05, with 38,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 21 cents at $99.59, with 259,556 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 12,919 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $41.25, with 8,108 units, Portland JSX concluded trading 30 cents higher at $11, with 2,000 shares, Pulse Investments finished 9 cents higher at $1.99, trading 8,084 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1.05, with 9,046 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading $1 higher at $36, with 676,952 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14, with 5,962 shares, Salada Foods traded at $12.50, with 1,735 units, Scotia Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $50.50, with 465,642 shares. Seprod closed with a loss of $1.19 at $28.81, with 874 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $11, with 77,665 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 12 cents higher at $4.12, with 470,256 units and Wisynco Group settled 5 cents higher at $10.70, with 1,127,628 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 10,000 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 “Main market in sharp fall – Monday.”
Trinidad stocks fairly stable on Monday
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, 14 securities changed hands against a similar number on Friday, with 3 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 0.41 points on Monday to end at 1,276.03, the All T&T Index lost 0.58 points to 1,712.94, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.03 points to close at 113.38. as 215,486 shares with a value of $1,243,006 traded, compared to 674,993 shares valued at $11,049,643 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.31, with 60,000 units changing hands, Point Lisas finished trading after rising 1 cent to $3.81, with 20,000 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 1 cent at $26.51, with 392 units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent and finished at $32, trading 4,594 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a fall of 5 cents and finished at $17, trading 4,325 shares, JMMB Group share price fell 1 cent to $1.80, with 65,644 stock units changing hands, 
Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 10 cents at $47.90, with 1,890 stock units, NCB Financial Group share fell 15 cents and finished at $6.60, trading 53,088 shares after trading as high as $6.75 and Republic Financial Holdings closed with a fall of 1 cent and ended at $101.50, with 1,159 stock units.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments closed at $21.01, with 1,148 units trading, LJ Williams B ended trading 546 shares to close at 70 cents, Prestige Holdings finished at $10.50, trading 215 shares, Sagicor Financial finished trading at $7.90, with 2,185 units and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 300 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.