Trading on the Main and US dollar markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 26 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 13 declined and 6 traded firm as the main market indices dropped.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,137.38 points to close at 321,469.52 and The JSE Index declined by 1,947.39 points to close at 292,895.09 with 7,565,517 units valued at $85,572,923 trading.
In the main activity, Berger Paints finished trading $2 higher at $18, with 26,175 stock units, but closed with an offer at $16.90. Cable & Wireless rose 4 cents to $1.07, with 115,615 shares, Caribbean Cement finished trading with a loss of 85 cents to $36.10, with 12,250 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $11.40, with 649,192 shares, Grace Kennedy traded $3 lower at $40, with 144,598 
stock units, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading 10 cents higher at $18.60, with 188,364 shares. Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 6,919 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 45 cents higher at $6.90, with 1,800 units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 35 cents at $27.75, with 908,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 35 cents at $32.65, with 59,517 shares, Mayberry Investments settled at $4.30, with 16,385 units. NCB Financial Group lost $1 to end at $107, with 159,165 shares trading, 1834 Investments concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.35, with 21,592 units, PanJam Investment fell $2.40 to end at $41.60, with 110,977 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments concluded trading 7 cents higher at $1.97, with 22,705 stock units trading, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.15, with 1,732,474 units. Sagicor Group 
traded with a loss of $1 at $38, with 46,295 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished with a loss of 26 cents at $14.14, with 20,818 units, Scotia Group finished with a loss of $1.50 at $50.50, with 112,944 stock units, Seprod ended with a loss of $2 at $28, with 3,800 shares and Supreme Ventures finished with a loss of 20 cents at $11.80, as 237,350 units traded. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% concluded trading at $1.85, with 2,769,878 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.15, with 198,200 units. In the US dollar market Proven Investments rose 0.49 US cents in trading 415,521 ordinary shares at 23.99 US cents and Productivity Business traded 15,881 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 57.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 6,300 units at $1.12.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE record sharp gains
Sharp gains in the prices of NCB Financial, PanJam Investments and Scotia Group ensured the continuation of the bull run in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday.
At the close 20 securities traded in the main market, 10 advanced, 4 declined and 6 traded firm with 1,993,979 units valued at $25,589,860. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,606.73 points to close at a record 323,606.90 and the JSE Index jumped 2,375.03 points for a record close of 294,842.48.
In the market activity, Barita Investments lost 1 cent to end at $8.99, with 1,000 units trading, 
Berger Paints fell $1 to end at $16, with 55,939 stock units trading, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.03, after trading 372,654 units, Caribbean Cement traded 85 cents higher at $36.95, with 27,939 shares, Carreras concluded trading at $11.50, with 323,179 stock units. Grace Kennedy traded 17 cents higher at $43, with 3,100 shares, Jamaica Broilers closed 44 cents higher at $18.50, with 84,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 12,221 units, JMMB Group closed 10 cents higher at a new closing high of $28.10, with 177,182 shares, after it traded at a new intraday high of $29.99 in early trading activities. Kingston Wharves settled at $33, with 2,980 stock units, a $3 jump in the price of 
NCB Financial pushed it to a record close of $108 while trading 25,163 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $1.99 to $44, with 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 526,148 stock units at $1.15, Sagicor Group closed at $39, with 30,015 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 8,498 shares, Scotia Group traded $2 higher at $52, with 107,093 shares, Seprod finished trading at $30, with 3,884 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $12, with 161,330 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.85, with 14,454 shares, JMMB Group settled 1 cent higher at $1.11, with 54,700 stock units changing hands and 8,700 units of JMMB 6% US dollar preference shares traded with a gain of 2 cents at US$1.12.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Modest stock trading in Port of Spain
West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.96 on Monday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange remained subdued on Monday with only 9 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Friday and closed with a sharp fall in the price of West Indian Tobacco.
At the close, 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 3 were unchanged as 401,886 shares traded at a value of $3,227,519 compared to Friday’s trades of 184,060 valued at $2,231,341.
The Composite Index fell 0.49 points to 1,261.73, the All T&T Index declined by 1.17 points to 1,759.98 and the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.03 points to close at 102.78.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| At the end of market activity, Clico Investment climbed 46 cents to $21.46, in exchanging 8,380 shares, Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.90 with 26,184 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings traded $1 higher to $50 with 1,011 units and 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended with gains of 9 cents, at $23.49 with 4,311 shares traded.
Losses| At the close of trading Sagicor Financial ended at $7.95, with a loss of 5 cents after 2,500 shares changed hands and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.96 and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $123, having traded 406 units.
Firm Trades| At the close of trading,Ansa McAL closed at $63.01, with 17,870 shares valued at $1,125,989, First Citizens remained at $31.80 with 9,427 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $4 with 331,797 shares valued at $1,327,188.
JSE jumps sharply to record close – Friday
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged on Friday to the fourth week record closing in as many weeks. At the end the All Jamaica Composite Index pushed sharply higher by 4,673.29 points to close at record 321,000.17.
The JSE Index climbed considerably by 4,257.90 points to close at record 292,467.45, with market ended on Friday with 25 securities changing hands with 2 trading in the US dollar market leading 12 advanced, 5 declined and 7 traded firm with 2,104,737 units valued at $70,790,40. Trading in the US dollar market ended with 156,714 units valued at US$36,816 with the index remaining unchanged at 183.13 points.
In the main activity, Barita Investments ended at $9, exchanging only 730 shares, Berger Paints closed 25 cents higher at $17, with 90,738 units, 
Cable & Wireless rose 4 cents and closed at $1.06, with 539,939 stock units, Caribbean Cement ended $3.10 higher at $36.10, with 22,557 units, Carreras ended with a loss of $1.50 at $11.50, with 129,369 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at 15 cents, with 10,600 stock units, Grace Kennedy ended at $42.83, trading 6,745 units, Jamaica Broilers finished with a loss of 43 cents at $18.06, with 7,883 shares, Jamaica Producers closed at $16, with 2,637 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 5 cents at $6.45, with 9,838 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $28, with 224,609 stock units, Kingston Properties finished 80 cents higher at $8, with 1,244 units, Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents to end at $33, with 20,949 stock units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 2,993 stock units. NCB Financial lost 65 cents and closed at $105 with 157,631 shares trading, 138 Student Living settled at $5.40, with 2,119 units, 
1834 Investments ended with a loss of 3 cents at $1.37, with 22,200 stock units, PanJam Investment finished 1 cent higher at $42.01, with 250,435 shares, Portland JSX settled at $9.15, with 2,000 units. Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $1.90, while trading 34,000 stock units. Radio Jamaica added 2 cents and ended at $1.15, with 123,400 shares, Sagicor Group jumped $4.47 to $39, with 29,209 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished 10 cents higher at $14.50, with 18,319 shares, Scotia Group ended trading at $50, with 139,016 units and Supreme Ventures ended 1 cent higher at $12, with 45,257 shares.
In the US dollar market while Proven Investments traded 156,614 ordinary share at 23.5 US cents and Sterling Investments traded 100 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 12 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
NCB climbs to new high on TTSE
NCBFG trading at a record high of $6 on the Trinidad Stock Exchange.
NCB Financial Group closed 5 cents higher at a record high of $6 while trading 9,542 shares on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange while Trinidad & Tobago NGL controlled 68 percent of the value of the securities exchanged at the closed on Friday.
The market closed with 8 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Thursday as 2 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 5 remained unchanged with 184,060 shares traded at a value of $2,231,341 compared to Thursday’s trades of just 134,005 valued at $1,152,320.
The Composite Index was down 0.05 points to 1,262.22, the All T&T Index slid 0.89 points to 1,761.15 and the Cross Listed Index topped its previous gains by 0.11 points to close at 102.75.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Apart from NCB Financial Group that rose on Friday Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 28 cents to close at $23.40 with 64,553 shares valued at $1,510,048 trading.
Losses| The only security declining is Scotiabank that closed at $58.10, after losing 40 cents exchanging 612 units.
Firm Trades| The latest prices and the volumes of securities trading unchanged at the close of the market are, Clico Investment that closed with 13,215 shares at $21, First Citizens ended at $31.80 with 563 units, Grace Kennedy exchanged 57,103 shares at $2.89, JMMB Group held firm at $1.85 with 36,410 shares trading, but closed with the bid at $1.191 and Massy Holdings closed at $49 with 2,062 units.
JSE closed down on Thursday
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,128.83 points, to close at 316,326.88 and the JSE Index shed 1,028.50 points to end at 288,209.55 to break the 9 consecutive days of closing records on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Trading ended with 23 securities changing hands, in the main and US dollar market as 11 advanced, 7 declined and 5 traded firm with 3,021,277 units valued at $73,512,131 changing hands.
In the main activity, Barita Investments finished at $9, with 148,800 units after trading down to $8, Berger Paints 
traded 75 cents higher at $16.75, with 149,835 units, 54 percent above the Ansa Coatings offer price. Cable & Wireless closed 1 cent higher at $1.02, with just 6,715 shares, Caribbean Cement traded $3.99 higher to $33, with 55,758 stock units trading, Carreras rose $1.50 to $13, with 375,369 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading 7 cents higher at $42.83, with 100,966 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a gain of 49 cents to $18.49, with 1,126,834 units. Jamaica Producers closed 40 cents higher at $16, with 109,041 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading with a loss of 47 cents at $6.50, with 4,072 units, JMMB Group ended trading 40 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $28, with 110,531 shares, Kingston Wharves ended with a loss of 49 cents at $32.50, with 5,657 shares,
NCB Financial lost 36 cents and closed at $105.65 with 157,631 shares trading, 138 Student Living closed at $5.40, with 10,000 units, PanJam Investment traded 50 cents higher at $42, with 1,500 shares, Pulse Investments finished 19 cents higher at $1.80, with 105,000 units, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.13, with 125,960 shares, Sagicor Group finished trading with a loss of 3.47 cents at $34.53, with 24,735 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 21,217 stock units, Scotia Group traded with a loss of $2 at $50, with 281,355 units, Seprod traded $1.25 higher at $30, with 12,346 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures ended trading at $11.99, with 67,955 stock units and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 20,000 stock units, while Productivity Business Solutions traded 1,100 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 57.5 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 stocks rise 8 fall
The main market closed with 8 securities rising, 8 falling and 7 traded firm with 3,975,709 units valued at $69,965,883 compared to 10,920,273 units valued at $178,163,037 on Tuesday.
In the main activity, Berger Paints finished trading at $16, with 75,396 stock units, Cable & Wireless lost 8 cents at $1.01, with 213,894 shares trading, Caribbean Cement ended 41 cents higher at $29.01, with 11,923 units, Carreras concluded trading at $11.50, with 749,555 stock units, Grace Kennedy finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $42.76, with 18,410 shares. Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 318,870 units changing hands, Jamaica Producers settled with a loss of 40 cents at $15.60, in exchanging 24,091 shares, 
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, with 220 units, JMMB Group ended 60 cents higher at $27.60, with 157,825 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled $1.49 higher at $32.99, with 1,950 shares trading. Mayberry Investments concluded trading at $4.20, with 20,194 stock units, 1834 Investments finished at $1.40, with 2,079 units, PanJam Investment settled $1.50 higher at $41.50, with 285,310 units, Portland JSX ended trading at $9.15, with 2,000 shares, Pulse Investments concluded trading 1 cent higher at $1.61, with 47,439 units. 
Radio Jamaica ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.14, with 36,167 shares trading, Sagicor Group finished with a loss of $1.99 at $38, with 33,719 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 35 cents higher at $14.50, with 1,209 units, Scotia Group finished trading $1 higher at $52, with 478,019 shares, Seprod finished trading with a loss of $1.25 at $28.75 as 626 stock units traded. Supreme Ventures rose 1 cent and concluded trading at $11.99, with 366,286 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% settled at $1.11, with 1,087,990 units In the US dollar market segment, Proven Investments closed with 11,330 units trading at 23.5 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
13 stock prices rose on Tuesday
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues its bullish mood as trading closed with the 8 consecutive record on Tuesday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,582.36 points to a record 316,696.32 and the JSE Index advancing 1,441.71 points to a record 288,546.16.
In the main activity, NCB Financial climbed back by $4 to close at $107 with 72,595 trading and Productivity Business traded 400 preference shares for a gain of $5 to close at a record high $105.
Berger Paints jumped 97 cents to close at $16, with 263,833 shares, this compares with the price of $10.88 that company’s majority shareholder offered, to buy out the minority shares and the company’s directors recommended as a fair value. Cable & Wireless traded 2 cents higher at $1.09, with 124,962 units, Caribbean Cement ended 50 cents higher at $28.60, with 82,419 shares, Carreras concluded trading 1 cent higher at $11.50, with 505,010 shares, 
Grace Kennedy settled 20 cents higher at $43, with 3,036 stock units, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 49 cents at $18, after trading 13,309 units, Jamaica Producers finished at $16, with 5,905 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 30 cents higher at $7, with 12,934 shares, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 50 cents at $27, trading 264,989 units, Kingston Wharves ended at $31.50, with 8,255 shares, Mayberry Investments closed with a loss of 40 cents at $4.20, with 73,720 stock units trading, 
138 Student Living ended trading 9,581 shares at $5.40. PanJam Investment settled with a loss of $1.99 at $40, exchanging 925 units, Portland JSX gained 15 cents to end at $9.15, with 1,800 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $1.60, with 2,750 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 50,837 stock units, Sagicor Group jumped 99 cents higher to $39.99, with 18,676 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 15 cents higher at $14.15, with 580,923 stock units, Scotia Group closed 50 cents higher at $51, with 2,453,400 units trading, Seprod closed at $30, with 38,390 shares and Supreme Ventures finished 9 cents higher at $11.99, with 763,256 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.10, with 5,568,368 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
NCB hits record high at $110
NCB Financial surged to record high of $110 on Monday but failed to hold at this level, and closed with a fall of $4 from Friday’s close, while trading 66,239 units.
Gains in 7 securities in addition to an increase in the average price of NCB pushed the market to another record close with an increase of 1,123.42 points for the All Jamaican Composite Index, to a new record close of 315,113.96 and the JSE Index ending at a new closing high with a rise of 1,023.56 points to 287,104.45.
Trading in the main and US dollar markets ended with 22 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 8 declined and 7 traded firm.
In market activity, Berger Paints rose $1.03 to $15.03, trading 88,561 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.07, with 149,565 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded $1 higher at $28.10, with 354,168 stock units, Carreras finished with a loss of 1 cent at $11.49, with 173,526 stock units, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.80, with 16,111 shares. Jamaica Broilers lost 46 cents to end trading at $18.49, with 77,769 stock units, Jamaica Producers settled at $16, trading 10,675 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 30 cents at $6.70, with 75,914 stock units, JMMB Group settled at $27.50, with 75,887 shares, 
Kingston Wharves concluded trading at $31.50, with a mere 295 shares. Mayberry Investments ended 50 cents higher at $4.60, with just 300 units, 1834 Investments closed 5 cents higher at $1.40, with 84,295 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $2.49 higher to $41.99, with 28,445 stock units, Pulse Investments added 20 cents to close at $2, with 316,977 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 333,324 units at $1.15. Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 50 cents at $39, after 26,730 units changed hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $14, with 1,695 units being exchanged, Scotia Group jumped $1.42 to $50.50, with 56,422 shares, Seprod traded at $30, with 4,420 stock units and Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.90, with 115,550 shares. In the main market bond market NCB US 6% bond traded 19,000 units at J$131.02 after falling by 20 cents and In the US dollar market segment Proven Investments closed with 2,300 units trading at 23.5 US cents.
NCB trades at record $107
NCB Financial Group trades at $107
NCB Financial (NCB) surged $13 to record high of $107 while trading 26,721 units, as 10 securities gained and pushed the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index by 8,028.94 points to a record close of 313,990.54.
NCB closed with just two offers for stocks placed on the market for sale at the close on Friday for a total of 5,320 shares, an indication that supply is drying up faster that demand for the stock.
Trading in the main and US dollar markets ended with 24 securities changing hands, of which 10 advanced, 7 declined and 7 traded firm.
In the market activity, Berger Paints closed $1.50 higher at $14, with 20,799 stock units changing hands, Cable & Wireless traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.10, with 171,802 units, Caribbean Cement ended with a loss of 90 cents to end at $27.10, with 3,910 shares, 
Carreras finished trading 30 cents higher at $11.50, with 191,102 stock units, Grace Kennedy traded 11,334 shares and gained 30 cents to end at $42.80. Jamaica Broilers ended trading 94 cents higher at $18.95, with 562 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 2,066 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded at $7, with 19,850 units, JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $27.50, with 159,999 stock units, Kingston Wharves rose $1.50 to $31.50, with 5,248 units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 11 cents at $4.10, with 73,995 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.35, with 4,390 units trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1.50 at $39.50, with 12,000 stock units. 
Radio Jamaica closed 5 cents higher at $1.15, with 73,031 units, Sagicor Group ended trading at $39.50 after rising $1.50, with 71,333 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped 99 cents to a new high at $15, with 3,630,842 units, Salada Foods Jamaica finished with a loss of 20 cents at $9.80, with 2,000 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 92 cents at $49.08, with 247,759 shares. Supreme Ventures ended trading 40 cents higher at $11.90, with 13,160 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group finished trading at $1.11, with 417,882 stock units, In the US dollar market segment, Productivity Business traded 135,846 shares at 57.5 US cents after losing 2.5 cents and Proven Investments closed with 4,015 units trading at 23.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 1,500 units at $1.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.