Trading on the Trinidad stock market closed the week moderately, with 11 securities changing hands, of which 1 advanced, 4 declined and 6 traded firm with 198,565 stocks changing hands, with a value of $3,016,022.
The Composite Index lost 2.48 points to close at 1,162.35, the All T&T Index fell by just 2.87 points to close at 2,006.58 and the Cross Listed Index fell by a mere 0.27 points to end at 41.65.
Gains| The sole stock gaining on Friday is First Citizens Bank, closing at $35.52, up a cent, while trading 4,597 shares.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are Clico Investment Fund with 23,398 shares valued at $506,599 as the price fell 36 cents, to end at $21.65, Massy Group with 200 shares, lost a cent to end at $69.41, National Enterprises 53,051 shares, traded for $955,073, closed with loss of 23 cents at $18 and National Commercial Bank fresh from reporting strong nine month results, fell 4 cents to $1.05 as 25,002 shares with a value of $26,347 traded.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading, are Agostini’s that had 1,000 shares changing hands to close at $17.45, Ansa Mcal 8,680 units closed at $66.30, Grace Kennedy with 3,471 shares ended at $3.45, Prestige Holdings with 68,666 shares changing hands, for a value of $645,460, closed at $9.40 followed by Point Lisas Industrial Port Development that added 10,000 shares to the volume, with value of $41,500 to close at $4.15 and West Indian Tobacco with 500 shares closed at $118.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 1 stock with the offer that is lower.
TTTSE closes week with moderate trading
Lasco companies dominant in JSE trades
In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the three Lasco companies dominated trading accounting 9,346,942 or 86 percent of the volume traded and nearly 37 percent of the value.
Elsewhere the prices of 6 stocks rose and 11 declined as 27 securities changed hands, resulting in 10,814,964 shares trading, valued at $25,066,008. Three stocks closed at new 52 weeks low, at the end of trading.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index rose by 165.72 points to 70,113.79 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved up 185.31 points to close at 77,108.16.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market, are Caribbean Cement with 10,000 shares, to close with a gain of 10 cents at $2.50, Gleaner with 3,000 units changing hands, gained 2 cents to close $1.12, Grace Kennedy with 4,575 shares, gained 5 cents to close at $56.05, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 7,800 units, to close 30 cents up at $6.35 and Scotia Group exchanged 99,000 shares, to close up 20 cents at $18.70.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a price change, are Berger Paints 3,799 shares to close at $1.62, Jamaica Broilers 2,200 units traded, to close at $4.57, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 112,700 shares closed at $6.95, Jamaica Producers, with 309 shares closed at $17.51 and Sagicor Group 67,700 units closed at $9.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market, are Cable & Wireless with only 6,494 units, closed at 26 cents with a 3 cents decline, Carreras lost 5 cents in trading 188,550 shares to close at $33.85, Desnoes & Geddes with 250,000 units closed with a decline of 25 cents, to end at $4, a new 52 weeks low, National Commercial Bank exchanged 45,564 shares and closed with a one cent loss at $18, Radio Jamaica traded 2,550 units in losing 6 cents, to end at $1.22, Scotia Investments traded at a new 52 weeks low of $21 as 9,310 shares were exchanged, with a 10 cents decline and Supreme Ventures traded only 680 shares in losing 2 cents off the price, to close at $1.95.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) 8.50% preference share traded 57,000 units and closed at $3.50 and the JMMB 8.75% preference share traded 16,695 units, to lose 2 cents and closed at $2.99.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 14.07 points to close at 649.27 as 7 stocks traded with one advancing and 4 declining.
Gains| Dolphin Cove was the sole stock, recording a gain at the end of trading in the junior market, it traded 304,625 shares and climbed 10 cents to $8.40.
Firm Trades| The actives stocks in the junior market that closed at the same price as the day before are, Caribbean Producers with 75,000 units to close at $2.50 and Lasco Financial 1,446,904 units to close at $1.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading, are Access Financial with 34,680 shares at $8.97, down a cent $1.03, General Accident 3,000 units traded with decline of 4 cents to close $1.46, Lasco Distributors had 762,355 shares changing hands and declined by a cent to $1.19 and its sister company, Lasco Manufacturing with a large volume of 7,137,683 shares, closed at a new 52 weeks low of 90 cents, after falling 10 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
JSE slips slightly on Wednesday
In Wednesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 3 stocks rose, 4 declined as 18 securities changed hands, resulting in 4,500,373 shares trading, valued at $18,301,213.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 32.60 points to 69,948.07 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index lost 36.46 points to close at 76,922.85.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market, are Carreras with 1,348 shares and gained 30 cents to close at $33.90 followed by Ciboney with 510,000 shares to close one cent higher at 9 cents and National Commercial Bank 138,815 units gained 1 cent and closed at $18.01.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, are Gleaner with 3,102 units and closed at $1.10, Grace Kennedy traded 2,500 units to close at $56, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 6,100 ordinary shares closed at $6.95, Pan Jamaican Investment had 6,030 units trading, to close at $48.02, Sagicor Group 87,408 shares closed with the price at $9 and Scotia Investments traded only 2,625 units to close at $21.10.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 30,000 units to close unchanged at $2.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market, are Jamaica Broilers with only 3,101 shares and closed with a decline of 4 cents at $4.57, Proven Investments with 4,000 ordinary shares, closed with a decline of 0.0095 cent to end at 17 US cents, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with a decline of 25 cents, to end at $6.05 with 211,930 units changing hands and Scotia Group with 97,601 shares closed with a decline of 11 cents at $18.50.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 6.52 points to close at 663.34 as 4 stocks traded with none advancing nor declining.
Gains| No stocks gained in the junior market at the end of trading.
Firm Trades| The stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before, are KLE Group with 9,424 shares to close at 95 cents, Buy Rated Knutsford Express had 1,812,228 units changing hands to close at $5.17, Lasco Distributors with 1,148,711 units, closed at $1.20 and Lasco Manufacturing with 425,450 shares closed at $1.
Declines| No stocks declined in the junior market at the end of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains more than losses but indices fall on JSE
In Tuesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 8 stocks rose, 5 declined as 23 securities changed hands, culminating in 3,304,455 shares trading, valued at $12,238,376.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dropped by 278.54 points to 69,980.67 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 311.45points to close at 76,959.31.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market, are Cable & Wireless with 331,127 units as the price closed 4 cents higher at 29 cents, Caribbean Cement with 15,180 shares, closed with a 15 cents gain at $2.40, Grace Kennedy traded just 1,140 units and gained $1 to end at $56, Jamaica Broilers had 107,554 shares changing hands with a 4 cents gain, to end at $4.61, Mayberry Investments had 9,000 units trading, with a 2 cents gain to close at $1.57, Scotia Group traded only 12,450 shares with a gain of 10 cents as the price closed at $18.61 and Supreme Ventures 8,000 units, resulted in a 2 cents rise to $1.97.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, are Berger Paints with 14,787 to close at $1.62, Ciboney 6,000 shares to close at 8 cents, Desnoes & Geddes 1,959,606 shares to close at $4.25, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,235 ordinary shares to close at $6.95, Kingston Wharves traded 68,182 shares to close at $5, National Commercial Bank traded 15,557 shares to close at $18, Radio Jamaica with 135,998 shares closed at $1.28 and Salada Foods 30,000 shares changed hands, to close at $7.90.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market, are Gleaner with 3,696 units to close at $1.10, after shedding a cent, Pan Jamaican Investment with 18,740 shares as the price slipped 24 cents to $48.02, Sagicor Group 15,168 shares traded with a loss of 5 cents to end at $9 and Scotia Investments closed at $21.10 with a loss of 20 cents, as 3,000 shares were traded.
Preference| Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 5,000 units to close unchanged at $5.04.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 9.54 points to close at 669.86 as only 3 securities traded, with one advancing and one declining.
Gains| The only stock to gain at the end of trading in the junior market is General Accident with 440,040 units as the price closed up 5 cents to $1.50.
Firm Trades| The active stock in the junior market to close at the same price as the day before, is Dolphin Cove with 1,000 shares at $8.30.
Declines| Lasco Manufacturing was the sole stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading, as 100,995 shares changed hands at $1 for a 4 cents fall.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Grace acquires US$80M US food company
Jamaica’s Grace Kennedy continues its overseas expansion in what it says is a continuation of its strategy of becoming a Global Consumer Group. The company through one of its subsidiaries entered into an agreement to purchase the operating assets and business of La Fe Foods Inc., including its brand.
Grace Kennedy accounted for 82% of Monday’s volume.
La Fe is said to be the top Hispanic Brand in the frozen food category in Northeast USA. The company was established in 1968 and currently has revenues of approximately US$80 million. Grace expects the acquired business will be the platform for the growth of Grace Kennedy’s North American business going forward. The purchase price is US$26 million.
This acquisition is a major step in achieving our vision of being a Global Consumer Group,” said Grace Kennedy Group CEO, Don Wehby. “La Fe was attractive to us for several reasons, including its distribution channels across the East Coast USA and its strong relationships with blue-chip retailers across the US. The company has operations in Moonachie, New Jersey; Miami, Florida and Raleigh, North Carolina, with brand and distribution presence in the New York/Tri-state area, Florida, Georgia and the East Coast. Our international business started with the Jamaican diaspora. We have served them proudly for a very long time, and we will now be able to serve them even better while catering to a new market for Grace Kennedy as well. We are very excited about this acquisition, which we anticipate will be a serious game-changer for our Food Distribution Network,” he said.
Grace Kennedy products
The La Fe transaction is the second major acquisition for Grace Kennedy outside of Jamaica for the Foods Division with the first being the acquisition of WT Foods (now Grace Foods UK) in the UK in 2007. Grace Foods UK has shown improved profits and revenue since the 2007 acquisition.
The acquisition comes on the heels of Grace finalising the divestment of a part of its financial arm, to Proven Investments for US$18.6 million or J$2.05 billion for
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Moderate price changes on JSE Friday
In Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 5 stocks rose, 7 declined as 20 securities changed hands, resulting in 2,619,479 shares trading, valued at $11,003,465.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index declined by 346.05 points to 70,187.51 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 386.94 points, to close at 77,190.59.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market, are Grace Kennedy with 21,000 shares as the price improved by a cent to close at $54.01, Jamaica Producers traded 233 shares to close with a cent gain, at $17.51 and Sagicor Group traded 73,000 shares in closing at $9.10, for a 3 cents gain.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market, are Cable & Wireless with 2 cents loss while trading 697,629 units, to close at 27 cents, Carreras with 7,535 shares closed 30 cents lower at $33.60, Hardware & Lumber traded 600 shares to close with a 35 cents loss at $9.15, Kingston Wharves with 100,000 units closed with a 25
One Caribbean Media drops $1.74
The previous Buy Rated One Caribbean Media which was moved to the Market Watch, tumbled by $1.74 in Friday’s trading levels on the Trinidad Stock Exchange. The stock closed with a bid to buy 17,412 shares at the closing price, but there was no stock on offer for sale at the close.
Scotiabank closed at a new 52 weeks low. The price continues to adjust downwards, following the bank’s fall in second quarter results. At the close there was little demand for the stock, with the bid at $65 well off the last sale price.
There was activity in 12 securities, of which 3 advanced, 4 declined and 5 traded firm with 207,602 stocks changing hands, valued at $2,718,931. The market indices closed mixed, with the Composite Index losing 0.17 points to close at 1,164.85, the All T&T Index declined by 1.74 points to close at 2,008.78 and the Cross Listed Index inched up by 0.19 points to close at 42.02.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Clico Investment Fund with 39,920 shares valued at $867,712, to advance by 15 cents to end at $21.85, First Citizens Bank traded 4,470 shares to close at $35.30, up 19 cents and Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 27,883 shares with a value of $188,005, to close with a gain of 23 cents at $6.75.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading, are One Caribbean Media suffering a loss of $1.74 to close at $23.26 while trading 5,333 shares, valued at $124,662, Prestige Holdings with 77,131 shares changing hands for a value of $725,091, closed down a cent at $9.40, Republic Bank with 70 shares changing hands, closed with a decline of 5 cent to end at $122 and Scotiabank with only 14 shares, declined by 4 cents to close at $68.41.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Angostura Holdings with a volume of 45,206 shares being traded for $576,377 to close at $12.75, Grace Kennedy with 2,505 shares to end at $3.45, Guardian Holdings contributed 4,056 with the price closed unchanged at $14.40, Massy Group traded 14 units to close at $69.50 and Trinidad Cement traded 1,000 to close at $1.95
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
More stocks fall than rise but main indices up
In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 4 stocks rose, 7 declined as 16 securities changed hands, resulting in 2,965,442 shares trading, valued at $16,295,528.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 168.74 points to 70,533.56 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved up 188.68 points, to close at 77,577.53.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Berger Paints trading 2,955 shares to close with a 2 cents gain at $1.62, Carreras 7,535 shares closed 10 cents higher at $33.90, Desnoes & Geddes 21,750 units traded to close 5 cents higher, at $4.25, National Commercial Bank gained 5 cents to close at $18.20, with 900 units changing hands, Sagicor Group traded 1,137,827 shares in closing at $9.07 for a 2 cents gain and Scotia Group traded 11,881 units to close 9 cents up, at $18.60
Firm| Kingston Wharves with 511 units closing at $5.25 was the only stocks in the main market to close without a change in price.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 439,700 units to close at $2,
Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share with 523,950 units closed at $3.01 and Jamaica Public Service 5% D preference share with 23,675 units closed at 35 cents.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market are Cable & Wireless that lost a cent with 6,758 units to close at 29 cents and Grace Kennedy with 25,000 shares as the price slipped $1 to close at $54.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 15.40 points to close at 670.67, only 4 stocks traded with none advancing and 3 declining.
Firm Trades| Only one stock in the junior market that traded, close at the same price as the day before with Lasco Financial Services trading 10,000 shares as the price closed at $1.
Declines| Junior market stocks declining at the end of trading are Caribbean Producers with 505,000 shares, declining by 5 cents to close at $2.50, Lasco Distributors with 129,000 shares changed hands for 5 cents higher at $1.20 and Lasco Manufacturing 119,000 shares, closed with a loss of 8 cents at $1.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Moderate price changes on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange saw moderate price changes and accounted for 14 securities changing hands of which 3 advanced, 2 declined and 9 traded firm, with 273,809 stocks changing hands, with a value of $9,839,147.
The Composite Index lost 0.26 points to close at 1,165.02, the All T&T Index rose fell by just 0.53 points to close at 2,010.52 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 41.83.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Ansa Merchant Bank that traded 21508 shares valued at $840,102 to close with a gain of 2 cents to end at $39.06, First Citizens gained 8 cents to close at $35.11 with 94 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean gained 22 cents to end the day at $62.56 with 244 shares trading as the stock traded at a new 52 weeks high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are Angostura Holdings with 50,094 shares changing hands for a value of $638,699, closed with a loss of 23 cents at 12.75 followed by Scotiabank declined further with a loss of 3 cents to close at $68.45 for anew 52 weeks low, with 1,000 units.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Clico Investment Fund traded 111,940 shares valued at $2,426,776 remained at $21.70, while Grace Kennedy close at $3.45 with 610 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings traded 1,684 units to end at $14.40, Jamaica Money Market Brokers added 20,000 shares to close at 45 cent, Massy Group with 3,752 units closed at $69.50, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 1,114 shares closed at $6.52, Republic Bank with 45,219 shares traded for $5,518,979 to close at $122.05, Trinidad Cement traded 5,000 units to close at $1.95 and LJ Williams B shares traded 11,250 shares to close at 90 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Very slow trading on JSE
Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was very light on Wednesday, with only 1,218,280 shares trading, valued at $6,917,508. The prices of 5 stocks rose and 11 declined as 19 securities changed hands. Main Market| The JSE Market Index declined by 421.31 points to 70,364.82 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 471.09 points, to close at 77,388.85.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market, are Jamaica Broilers with 14,228 units to close with a 3 cents gain at $4.60, Mayberry Investments, with a gain of 5 cents while trading 6,000 shares, to close at $1.55, Sagicor Group with 333,000 shares, closed with a gain of 2 cents at $9.05 and Scotia Group traded 10,000 shares and close with 1 cent gain, at $18.51.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, are Caribbean Cement with 10,619 shares, closing at $2.25 and Seprod with 10,000 units traded, to closed at $10.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% preference share traded 28,000 units, to close at a cent lower at $3.50 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, with 313,150 units changing hands, closed 2 cents down at $3.01.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market, are Carreras with 2,032 shares and the price fell $1.10 to close at $34, Desnoes & Geddes with 21,750 shares, declined by 25 cents to close at $4.30, Grace Kennedy traded 6,048 units and declined by $1 to close at $55, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,040 ordinary shares, declining by 5 cents to close at $6.95 and National Commercial Bank with 87,114 units, declined by 35 cents to close at $18.15.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 6.59 points, to close at 686.07 as 6 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 3 declining.
Gains| only one stock gained at the end of trading in the junior market with KLE Group trading 2,112 shares to close 5 cents higher at 95 cents.
Firm Trades| The stocks in the junior market that traded and closed at the same price as the day before are Caribbean Cream with 113,700 units trading at 70 cents and Consolidated Bakeries with 11,861 shares, to close at 80 cents.
Declines| Junior market stocks declining at the end of trading are Caribbean Producers with 5,000 units changing hands and declined by 5 cents to close at $2.55, followed by Lasco Distributors with 156,500 shares as the price declined by 5 cents to close at $1.25 and Lasco Manufacturing with 85,126 shares the price fell 2 cents to close at $1.08.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
