JSE to repeat today’s gains on Thursday

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks' high on of $26.50 on Wednesday

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on of $26.50 on Wednesday

The stock market closed on Wednesday with 12 stock recording price gain versus only 1 with a decline, that performance does not look like a flash in the pan based on what the IC Indicator is showing at the end of trading.,
The Investors Choice bid-offer Indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower, in the main and junior markets. IC Indicator reading is suggesting that the number of trades on Thursday should see another day of many more stocks rising than falling.
Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in 23 securities changing hands and ending with 4,735,155 units trading, valued at $24,434,254, in all market segments. National Commercial Bank, closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $26.50 with 301,200 shares changing hands at 50 cents higher than on Tuesday and ahead of the company reporting six months results and dividend payment on Thursday.
JSE 22-4-15 Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 474.33 points to 86,299.76, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 530.32 points to close at 95,205.43 and the JSE combined index gained 446.19 points to close at 87,994.37.
Cable & Wireless with 256,932 units traded at 52 cents and ended with the bid at 53 cents to buy 100,000 shares. Ciboney Group traded 2,000,000 shares at 6, Desnoes & Geddes gained 10 cents and traded 29,400 at $6 with an offer at $6.50 at the close. Grace Kennedy with 19,224 shares that traded closed at 90 cents higher at $63, Jamaica Broilers had 86,530 shares trading to close at $4.70,
JMMB Group traded 855,593 ordinary shares for 38 cents higher at $7.48. The stock had JMMB Securities on the offer selling 268,800 units at $7.48, 5000 units at $7.50 and 34,655 shares at $8.50 as the lowest offers posted at the end of trading.The broker posted small buy orders from $7.03 to $7.10. Victoria Mutual Wealth Management sold the bulk of the shares to trade with Sagiocr Investments being the major buyer of them.
Radio Jamaica traded 13,372 shares at $2 to gain 25 cents, Sagicor Group traded 66,350 shares JSE  qts 22-4-15to close at $10.55 while gaining 10 cents in the process but traded as high as $10.75 before the close. Sagicor Real Estate X Fund had 529,519 units changing hands to close at $6.50, after shedding 25 cents. Salada Foods traded 35,480 at $9, Scotia Group saw 118,289 units, closing at $22, Supreme Ventures 19,900 units traded 4 cents higher at $2.84 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, traded 317,331 units at $3.20 with an increase of 10 cents.

JSE gives back much of Monday’s gains

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the main market indices falling back sharply to erase a large portion of Monday’s gains as Scotia Group remained at the $22 level. JSe sum 21-4-15At the close the prices of 7 stocks rising, 7 declining as 26 securities changed hands, ending in 4,715,400 units trading, valued at $63,481,771, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 1,526.09 points to 85,825.43, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 1,706.24 points to close at 94,675.11 and the JSE combined index dropped by 1,524.04 points to close at 87,548.18.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with offers that were lower.
Caribbean Cement closed with 486,513 units trading at $2.25, Gleaner Company traded 220,242 shares to end at 85 cents after trading as high as 87 cents,JSE clse Qts - 21-4-15 Kingston Properties had 64,130 shares trading to end at $7, Sagicor Group traded 43,053 shares between $10.50 and $10.60 to end at $10.50. National Commercial Bank traded at a new intraday 52 weeks’ high of $26.70 and ended with 2,171,735, units at $26. Broker GK Capital Management crossed 2 million units at $25.85. Scotia Group traded 94,930 shares to end at $22.02 for a decline of but was up as high as $23.5 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 82,669 units at $3.10.

4 stocks gained 1 fell on TTSE

TTSEBuilding2_280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 9 securities comprising 301,289 units, with a value of $4,183,025 changing hands. A total of 4 securities advanced, 1 declined and 4 traded with prices unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.43 points to close at 1,150.93, the All T&T Index rose 0.49 points to 1,965.12and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.05 points to end at 44.15.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund that gained 6 cents to end at $22.56 with 7,690 shares trading, valued at $173,506, Grace Kennedy with 59,325 shares trading for $213,571, ended at $3.60 for a gain of 5 percent. Guardian Holdings with 223,700 shares changing hands for a value of $3,176,540 ended 6 cents higher at $14.20 and Trinidad Cement traded just 50 shares with a gain of 5 cents to $2.55.
Declines| Republic Bank was the sole stock declining, falling 4 cents to end at $115.84, for a new 52 weeks’ low.
TTSE 21-4-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank added 1,474 shares at $35.15. Massy Holdings contributed 7,900 shares with a value of $498,490, National Enterprises traded 600 shares to close at $17.30, while National Flour Mills with 50 shares closed at $1.50.
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 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

JSE near 2 year high with 2,528 points rise

Scotia Group closed higher at the close & helped to push market up on Monday

Scotia Group closed higher at the close & helped to push market up on Monday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a major move at the end of trading resulting from the prices of 13 stocks rising, 5 declining as Scotia Group contributed a large portion of the movement. Overall 24 securities changed hands, ending in 4,719,358 units trading, valued at $68,565,889, in all market segments.
Main Market|The JSE Market Index gained 2,261.39 points to 87,351.52, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 2,528.34 points to close at 96,381.35 putting it back in line with the close of 96,381.58 on May 3, 2012 and the JSE combined index gained 2,134.42 points to close at 89,072.22. Scotia Group’s price movement to $24.50 in early trading was the major factor behind the big surge in the main market indices, as such there may be a fall back on Tuesday as Scotia’s price seems likely to settle back well below the price of $23.81 used in computing today’s indices, unless other stocks move up to compensate.
JSe sum 20-4-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 with offers that were lower, with 2 of the offers being stocks that hardly trade.
In trading, Scotia Investments bought all Scotia Group’s shares to trade, in the early morning session up to $24.50, for a 52 weeks intra-day high, but the stock ended with 205,115 units trading to close at $22.10 with a 24 cents fall from Friday’s last sale price. Desnoes & Geddes traded 92,793 shares up to $5.90, with a 10 cents gain, Grace Kennedy traded 933,318 shares and closed at $62.01, with a total value of $57.8 million,JM qts 20-4-15 with the price dropping $1.99 from Friday’s last traded price of $64. National Commercial Bank traded only 21,750 shares to close higher at $26, with an increase of 47 cents. Radio Jamaica 86,383 units that traded did so at $2, Sagicor Group 16,400 units traded at $10.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund had 48,600 units changing hands at $6.75, to gain 25 cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 33,500 units at $3.10.
Kingston Wharves traded just 4,00 shares but ended up gaining 50 cents to close at $6.40, Scotia Investments gained 49 cents in trading 1,200 units at $23.50 and Supreme Ventures traded 4,000 units at $2.80 by gaining 30 cents.

NCB & Grace dominate trading on JSE

Grace traded over 1 million shares on Friday and closed at $64.

Grace traded over 1 million shares on Friday and closed at $64.

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 8 stocks rising, 7 declining as 24 securities changed hands, ending in 4,036,900 units trading, valued at $124,288,838, in all market segments as Grace Kennedy and National Commercial Bank controlled 1 million shares each.
JSE sum 17-4-15 Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 356.30 points to 85,090.13, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index increased by 398.35 points to close at 93,853.01 and the JSE combined index rose 340.07 points to close at 86,937.80.
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 2 with offers that were lower, down from Wednesday’s stronger reading.
Stocks trading included, Cable & Wireless with 989,876 shares, to close at 50 cents, after losing 2 cents, but traded as high as 52 cents,
Carreras traded 1 million units at $43.50, up by $1.50, Grace Kennedy had 1,100,230 units trading, to close $1.95 higher, than on Thursday, at $64, but the stock traded previously at $62.10. The trade was worth $68.3 million. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share ended with 38,800 units trading, at $3.10, JSE Qts -17-4-15National Commercial Bank traded 40,096 units, all at $25.53, slipping by 47 cents for Thursday’s close. Pan Jamaican Investment had 29,160 shares trading at $55.10, followed by Proven Investments closed with 20,151 unchanged at 18 US cents, Sagicor Group with 202,495 at $10.50, Scotia Group traded 25 cents higher at $22.25 having traded as low as $22 with 248,882 units and Scotia Investments with 22,000 units closed at $23.01.

14 stocks rise up on JSE Thursday

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks' high on Thursday at $26.

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Thursday at $26.

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 14 stocks rising, 6 declining as 29 securities changed hands, ending 7,222,423 in units trading, valued at $25,918,286, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 103.43 points to 84,734, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 115.64 points to close at 93,454.66 and the JSE combined index declined by 31 points to close at 86,597.73.JSE sum 16-4-15
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower, down from Wednesday’s stronger reading.
In trading, Cable & Wireless traded 3,172,266 shares to close at 52 with a 2 cents gain. Carreras traded 104,311 units to end at $42, Grace Kennedy had 51,721 shares changing hands and lost $1.15, to end at $62.05, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,100,000 units at $3.10. JSE qts 16-4-15Margaritaville (Turks) had 87,810 units trading at 10 US cents, after the company released nine months’ results to February. National Commercial Bank seemed to have reacted to the announcement of dividend consideration at the board meeting later this month, and traded 105,554 shares, first at $25.50 and then at $26 with a gain of 74 cents for a new 52 weeks’ high. Sagicor Group had 41,700 units changing hands and closed at $10.35 and Scotia Group traded 98,372 units at $22, and Supreme Ventures traded 1,435 units, lost 34 cents to end at $2.50.

JSE up slightly after 1 Hour

A total of 2.64 million shares traded coming from 9 securities after an hours trading on Thursday, with nearly 2 million coming from Cable & Wireless. JSE int 16-4-15
National Commercial Bank seemed to have reacted to the announcement of dividend consideration at the board meeting later this month and traded first at $25.50 and then at $26 with 105,554 shares trading. The stock remains scare and could be rising in the days ahead. Grace Kennedy had 46,721 changing hands at $62.05, Scotia Investment traded 76,000 units at $23.01. Lasco Manufacturing traded 352,851 units at $1.13, Margaritaville (Turks) had 68,510 units trading at 10 US cents as the company reported profit of 0.6 US cents per share for the nine months.
The main indices are up over 100 points so far and the junior market is up 7 points to 741.

Sideways movement on TTSE

TTSE Building2_280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 12 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 1 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 186,439 units, valued at $924,649.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index advanced by 0.41 points to close at 1,151.64, the All T&T Index rose 0.83 points to close at 1,965.32 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 44.31.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank trading 608 shares to close with a gain of 4 cents at $35.56 and Trinidad Cement with 92,027 shares changing hands for a value of $230,052 ended with a 10 cents gain and ending at $2.50.
Declines| Only one stock declined at the end of trading as Republic Bank fell 1 cent to end at a new 52 weeks’ low of $115.99 with 2,368 shares trading.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA Mcal trading 600 shares and ended at $66.91, Clico Investment Fund trading 1,330 at $22.50, Guardian Holdings ending with 3,093 units changing hands, to close at $14.20. Massy Holdings traded 132 shares to close at $63.05, National Enterprises with 2,579 shares trading, closed at $17.33, National Flour Mills TTSE cht 15-4-15with 45,533 shares trading, closed at $1.50, Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 12,565 shares, closed at $6.25, Scotiabank in trading 656 shares ended at $62.11 and Scotia Investments contributed 24,788 shares and ended at $1.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that is lower.

6 TTSE stocks fall 2 rose Tuesday

NCB is in demand in T&T & traded 750,000 units on Tuesday in that market.

NCB is in demand in T&T & traded 750,000 units on Tuesday in that market.

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 17 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 1,125,469 units, valued at $4,040,198.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.40 points to close at 1,151.23, the All T&T Index fell by just 1.80 points to 1,964.49 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.13 points to close at 44.31.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank traded 1,000 shares and closed 2 cents higher at $35.52 and Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 23 cents to end the at $6.25 with 2,000 shares.
Declines| Stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund trading 73,790 shares valued at $1,660,278 to end at $22.50, with a 1 cent loss. Guardian Holdings trading 9,782 shares while falling by 27 cents to $14.20, National Enterprises in closing at a new 52 weeks’ low with 2,811 closed at $17.33, Republic Bank trading 825 shares while losing 1 cent, to close at $116. Scotia Investments fell 7 cents to close at $1.46 while trading 23,262 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 5 cents while contributing 113,491 shares with a value of $273,930 to end at $2.40.
TTSE 14-4-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA Mcal trading 690 shares at $66.91, Grace Kennedy with 610 shares changing hands and ended at $3.55, JMMB Group traded 13,701 shares at 43 cents, Massy Holdings trading 2,868 shares to close at $63.05. National Commercial Bank had 750,063 shares changing hands for a value of $1,125,094 to end at $1.50, National Flour Mills with 120,703 shares being traded for $181,054 closing at $1.50, One Caribbean Media trading 7,555 shares at $22.30, Prestige Holdings with 2,168 shares ended at $10 and Scotiabank trading 150 units to close at $62.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that was lower.

D&G at new high with $64m trade

D&G traded over 10m shares on Monday

D&G traded over 10m shares on Monday

Desnoes & Geddes traded 10,710,929 shares, with a value of $64,265,574. Mayberry Investments sold from within their in house portfolio at $6 per shares, with the price ending at a new 52 weeks’ high after gaining 45 cents for the day.
Sagicor Investments bought the block as brokers for the buyer. Carreras was the other major traded to take place in the market with 1.3 million shares in ten separate trades. NCB Capital Market sold from in house inventory with Scotia Investments being the broker doing the vast majority of the buying. With the exception of 370 shares which traded at $43, the rest traded at $42.
Activity elsewhere on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising, 7 declining as 20 securities changed hands, ending in 13,368,989 units trading, valued at $131,890,39, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 327.75 points to 85,319.89, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 366.44 points to close at 94,109.89 and the JSE combined index dropped 351.94 points to close at 87,029.50
JSE sum 13-4-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Carreras traded 1,300,000 at $42 for a $1 fall, Grace Kennedy with 47,691 shares closed trading at $63 for a $2 fall, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share, closed with 250,000 units at $2.02, to record a 2 cents gain, Jamaica Producers Group lost $1.04 in trading only 200 shares and ended at $15.96. Sagicor Group traded 50,268 shares between $10.03 and $10.50 before closing at $10.50, Scotia Group ended up trading 354,932 shares for 45 cents higher at $22.50, Scotia Investments had 20,000 shares changing hands at $23 for a decline of 80 cents and Supreme Ventures closing with 36,120 units at $2.84, a decline of 11 cents.JSE qts 13-4-15 Stocks with good interest to buy are Berger Paints with 200,000 units on the bid at $1.60, Jamaica Broilers with the bid at $4.50 to buy 239,065 shares, JMMB Group with 807,884 shares on the bid at $7.02. Jamaica Producers has buyers for 496,855 units at $15.96, Radio Jamaica 200,000 shares at $1.50, Sagicor Group 341,717 shares on the bid at $10.06 and Scotia Investments with the bid at $23 to buy 133,940 shares.
There is strong interest to sell Sagicor Real Estate X Fund with 1,400,000 being offered at $6.95 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share at $3.20 for 400,000 units.