Jamaican stocks prices are still cruising on a high with the junior market 
hitting new high for the fourth day in a row and the main market continuing to move away from resistance heading towards 115,000 point.
The next major level to cross with the all Jamaica Composite index having passed the 110,000 mark as it gained 611.62 to sit at 110,122.61 after an hours trading. The junior market index is at an all-time high of 882.38 points having put on 13.39 in the early morning session.
The junior market has so far traded 9 securities and the main market 14 securities trading and resulted in 3.85 million units changing hands. A total of 7 stocks rose in price and 8 declined so far.
The notable trades so far are Caribbean Cement trading 232,500 shares with the price rising back to $5, Grace Kennedy trading 93,525 units at $65.25, Mayberry Investments with 2,734,501 units up $3 but now is back at $2.79, Seprod with 101,474 at $18.25. All the Mayberry shares were purchased through Mayberry Investments, with JMMB Securities virtually all except for 1,900 units with most being sold from JMMB inventory and bought by Mayberry for their in house purposes.
JSE over 110K, juniors new high Thursday
16 stocks rise 5 down on JSE
JMMB Group closed at 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday
The JSE Market Index gained 413.98 points to end at 99,124.54, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 462.85 points to close at 109,544.13 and the JSE combined index gained 544.39 points to close at 101,253.09. The market broke through resistance on Monday, and seems to be moving away from the latest test. The next test at 115,000 points that is likely to challenge the rally with earnings almost fully in in a few days.
The added factor is the short-term moving average is lagging by a large margin the current market level and they will need some time to catch up with each other, if a correction does not take effect to bring more in line with each other.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Stocks trading include Barita Investments ending with 320,000 shares trading 6 cents higher, at $2.37, for a 52 weeks’ high. Berger Paints had 20,571 units changing hands 16 cents $2, Cable & Wireless had 727,789 actively trading at 48 cents as the price ended 2 cents higher, Caribbean Cement closed at a new 52 weeks high of $5.05 with the price rising 51 cents with 671,498 shares changing hands.
Desnoes & Geddes closed with 15,000 shares to hit a 52 weeks’ high of $7.05 after posting a gain of 15 cents, Grace Kennedy traded 16,875shares to end at $65 but lost 49 cents, JMMB Group had 36,078 shares changing hands at 41 cents higher for a 52 weeks high of $9.50. National Commercial Bank traded 72,619 shares at $30, Sagicor Group exchanged 16,187 units at $12.10 with a gain of 10 cents, Salada Foods traded 5,910 units and put on 83 cents to $9.50, Scotia Group had 41,000 shares changing hands to close 1 cents higher at $25.03 after trading as high as $27, 81. Supreme Ventures traded 179,873 shares at a new 52 weeks; high of $3.95 by adding 6 cents. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 42,000 units at $2.10 but ended 1 cent lower and the 8.75% preference share traded 376,500 to end at $3, after losing 2 cents.
TTSE closes mostly positively
National flour closed at a 52 weeks high on Friday
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.18 points to close at 1,154.68, the All T&T Index advanced by 0.30 points to 1,969.13 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.01 points to 44.62.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Guardian Holdings trading 4,500 units, increasing by 5 cents to end at $14.30. Grace Kennedy traded 72,810 shares for $255,539 to close 1 cent higher at $3.51 and National Flour Mills added 5,076 shares to gain 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.64.
JMMB Group with a decent volume of 141,875 shares changing hands for a value of $78,031, closed with the loss of 1 cent at 55 cents.
Firm Trades|Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund closed trading with 8,911 shares valued at $201,031, to close at $22.55, First Citizens Bank trading 473 shares to close at $35.78. Massy Holdings traded 330 shares to close unchanged at $63.43 followed by Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 261 shares to end at $5.91. Scotiabank with just 812 shares ended at $62.50 followed by Republic Bank contributing 7,726 shares to the overall volume traded in the market and carrying a value of $888,490 to end at $115.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Six up 1 down on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 11 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 1 declined and 4 traded firm with a total of 149,740 units, valued at $857,089.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.09 points to close at 1,154.50, the All T&T Index remained unchanged at 1,968.83 points and the Cross Listed Index fell / increased by 0.29 points to end at 44.61.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Grace Kennedy with 49,642 shares trading for $173,727, closing at $3.50 with a 1 cent increase. JMMB Group contributed 36,565 shares while increasing by 6 cents to end at 56 cents, had 1,564 units trading, 2 cents higher to $1.62, while Prestige Holdings with 50,000 shares changing hands for a value of $500,000, closed with an increase of 12 cents to $10. Sagicor Financial Corporation added 7,293 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $5.91 and Scotia Investments ended with just 186 units changing hands but the price climbed 5 cents to $1.50.
Declines| Guardian Holdings declined 1 cent to end at $14.25 with 3,000 shares changing hands and was the only stock declining.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank trading 1,090 shares to close at $35.78, Massy Holdings trading just 50 shares at $63.43, Republic Bank traded 200 shares at $115 and Scotiabank traded 150 shares and ended at $62.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
JSE climbs to 3 ½ year high
JMMB Group closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $9
The JSE Market Index gained 483.17 points to 97,235.21, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 540.21 points to close at 107,431.77, a 3 ½ year high and the JSE combined index gained 455.12 points to close at 99,137.58.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
In trading, Barita Investments ended trading with 15,380 shares trading to close 5 cents higher at $2.30 as demand chips in for the stocks with the company releasing half year results, showing profits of $130 million versus $105 million in 2014. Desnoes & Geddes closed with 520,891 shares trading to close unchanged at $7, Grace Kennedy finished trading with 31,762 units 50 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $65.50, JMMB Group saw trading in 243,133 shares and rose 70 cents to a new 52 weeks low of $9. Mayberry Investments ended with the price slipping 15 cents to $2.65 with 501,020 shares changing hands. Mayberry released first quarter result after trading showing earnings of $82 million or 7 cents per shares, after booking the full amount of asset tax in the quarter.
National Commercial Bank closed unchanged with 575,063 shares at $30, Sagicor Group finished trading with 89,919 units and gained 14 cents to end at $12. Scotia Group concluded trading with 30,700 shares changing hands unchanged at $25, Supreme Ventures completed trading in 20,000 shares at $3.90 and gained 30 cents in the process, Proven Investments had dealing in 23,600 ordinary share at 21 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share contributed 389,300 units at $3.
Bulls reign for now on JSE
D&G traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $7
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 1,258.19 points to 96,752.04, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,406.71 points to close at 106,891.56 and the JSE combined index put on 1,082.65 points to close at 98,682.46. The All Jamaica Index is now at the highest level since November 10, 2011.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with offers that were lower.In trading, after a long period of drought, Barita Investments closed with 6,729,389 shares changing hands with as the price ended at $2.07 after trading as high as $2.25. Mayberry Investments bought 2,589.737 units from Barita’s clients for in house inventories and Barita bought 4 million units from the company’s clients for in house inventories. Caribbean Cement finished trading with 119,456 shares as the price ended unchanged at $5, Carreras concluded trading with 33,390 shares, $2.50 lower at $47.50. Ciboney ended trading 500,000 units and put on 1 cent to close at 10 cents, Desnoes & Geddes ended trading 330,611 shares to close higher by 49 cents at a 52 weeks high of $7, Grace Kennedy contributed 41,191 shares to close $1.38 higher, at a 52 weeks’ high of $65, after trading at $65.50.
Hardware & Lumber ended trading with 20,600 units to gain of 85 cents at $11, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished trading with 101,000 shares at $2.93 to record a 3 cents rise, National Commercial Bank while exchanged 193,050 units with a decline of 50 cents, to $30. Sagicor Group closed with 24,900 shares and fell 34 cents, to $11.86, Scotia Group had 52,719 shares trading, with the price ending unchanged at $25, Scotia Investments finished trading with 2,285 shares with a gain of 22 cents, to $24.50. Supreme Ventures closed with 120,624 units trading for 30 cents lower at $3.60, Proven Investments concluded trading with 97,144 ordinary shares at 21 US cents, after gaining moderately. IC Insider has confirmed that the company along with National Commercial Bank will be acquiring around 36 percent of Guardian Holdings a Trinidad Based Life assurance company. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded with 87,000 shares at $2.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded closing with 45,000 units changing hands at $3.
18 gains 10 new highs – Tuesday
H&L gained 35% or $2.65 to $10.15 on Tuesday
Hardware and Lumber one of the stocks after an hour freeze in the trade went through with a gain of 29.70 percent but Radio Jamaica price of $3 that the stock had attempted trading at, was well over the 30 percent allowed and was cancelled. Ciboney price gained more than thirty percent from the last price but the bid on the previous day was such that the trade could take place unimpeded as the benchmark for the 15 percent was the bid price in the case. The market closed with the prices of 18 stocks rising, 5 declining, with 30 securities changing hands, ending in 7,028,882 units trading, valued at $46,086,343, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained just 11.21 points to 95,493.85, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 12.53 points to close at 105,484.85 and the JSE combined index gained 181.45 points to close at 97,599.81.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
In trading, Caribbean Cement ended with 50,000 units to close higher by 80 cents to end at $5, a new 52 weeks’ high, Carreras closed with 18,000 shares trading as the price jumped $2.82 to $50, a new 52 weeks’ high. Ciboney finished with 500,000 units and put on 2 cents to close at 9 cents, Desnoes & Geddes finished trading with 500 shares and gained of 2 cents to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.51. Grace Kennedy concluded trading with just 10,193 units, 11 cents higher at $64.12, Hardware & Lumber had trading of 4,000 shares, the price climbed $2.65 to end at $10.15, Jamaica Broilers contributed 176,408 shares but the price gained by 9 cents to $5, JMMB Group finished trading with 1,026,000 units to close at $8.30, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Mayberry Investments had dealing in 120,581 units with a gain on 1 cent to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.80,
National Commercial Bank contributed 275,391 shares to trading and ended higher by 51 cents at $30.50, Pan Jamaican Investment ended with 169,314 units trading, 51 cents higher at $57.51. Sagicor Group closed with 160,357 shares traded with a gain of 20 cents to $12.20, a new 52 weeks’ high. Scotia Group finished with 30,305 shares as the price ended at $25, Seprod finished trading with 64,600 units to close at $18.50, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with 755,156 shares as the rice rose 39 cents to end at $3.90, a new 52 weeks’ high. Proven Investments had trading in 25,994 units with the price falling .001 us cents to end at 20.99 us cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share finished trading with 180,097 units with a decline of 20 cents to $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share closed with 64,240 units as the price slipped 5 cents to $5.
Market makes small correction
Grace gained 41 cents to end at $64.01 on Monday
Although there were more stocks rising than falling, declines in the prices of National Commercial Bank and Scotia Group were the main reason behind the fall. At the close, the JSE Market Index lost 606.45 points to 95,482.64,
the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 678.03 points to close at 105,472.32 and the JSE combined index dropped 514.59 points to close at 97,418.36.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with offers that were lower.
In trading, Cable & Wireless ended with 899,126 shares trading at 48 cents, Caribbean Cement closed with 3,506,670 units trading 20 cents higher to $4.20, but the stock traded as high as $5. Trading was halted in the stock when it initially hit $5, that price, exceeded 15 percent permitted initially, but on resumption after an hour and minutes before trading closed, the trade at the high, went through. Carreras finished with 8,160 units as the price slipped 32 cents to $47.18, Grace Kennedy finished trading with 216,915 units and put on 41 cents to close at $64.01. JMMB Group concluded trading with just 10,465 shares and closed with a gain of 30 cents at a new 52 weeks’ high of $8.30,
Mayberry Investments traded 264,418 units to close higher by 14 cents higher at $2.79 for a new 52 weeks’ high. National Commercial Bank finished trading with 3,569,062 shares but the price dropped by 51 cents to $29.99 after trading as high as $30.50, Sagicor Group had dealings in 34,220 units to close with a gain of 47 cents, to a new 52 weeks’ closing high of $12. Scotia Group contributed 1,236,023 units with a decline of 49 cents to $25, Scotia Investments ended with 19,550 shares trading lower by $2.72 to $24.28, Supreme Ventures closed with 31,377 shares trading with a gain of 1 cent to a new 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.51 and Proven Investments finished with 22865 units to end at 21 US cents.
Light trading as 4 stocks rose
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was with 13 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 1 declined and 8 traded firm with a total of 510,508 units, valued at $2,696,066.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.72 points to close at 1,153.12, the All T&T Index gained 1.43 points to close at 1,968.24 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 44.32.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank trading only 277 shares, to close with a gain of 1 cent at $35.77. Guardian Holdings with 26,723 shares trading for $378,664, ended with a gain of 2 cents at $14.17, Massy Holdings trading 121 shares to close with a gain of 5 cents at $63.42 and Trinidad Cement with 395,056 shares changing hands for a value of $1,145,163, gained 15 cents to end the day at $2.90.
Declines| Clico Investment Fund is the sole stock declining at the end of trading with 29,500 shares valued at $665,031 but declined by 1 cent to end at $22.54.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged are, Agostini’s trading 500 shares traded at $17.25, Ansa Merchant Bank contributed 3,871 shares to close unchanged at $38.90, Grace Kennedy trading 1,100 units to close at $3.49. JMMB Group trading 12,000 shares to end at 50 cents, One Caribbean Media with just 10 shares changing hands, closed at $22.30, Prestige Holdings added 17,300 shares valued at $173,006 to close at $10, Republic Bank with 50 shares, closed at $115 and Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 24,000 shares with a value of $141,600 and closed at $5.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
JSE off to tamer start than Friday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange stared off the week on a calmer note, than it did last Friday but there have been a few sizable trades so far. 
The larger trades in the first hour of trading are, Caribbean Cement with 300,000 changing hands at $4.08, Grace Kennedy 215,470 shares at $64, National Commercial Bank 3,512,412 shares at $30 and Scotia Group first traded 690,287 shares at $25 and then added more at $24.50 and a 1,390 units traded at $25, to bring the total to 714,543 units. The bulk of the National Commercial Bank shares were crosses done by NCB Capital Markets and that of Scotia Group were crosses done by Scotia Investments as well as purchased from other brokers. Thirteen stocks have traded so far amounting to 4.99 million units with four coming from the junior market.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 712.88 points to 95,376.21, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index jumped 797.02 points to close at 105,353.33, just below the level reached on November 11, 2011 and the JSE combined index leaped 679.81 points to close at 97,253.14.
