Huge surge in Trinidad Stock Exchange

Trading on Tuesday took on a strong bullish tone on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange and resulted in nearly three stocks rising for every one falling and sending the Composite Index climbing 24.50 points to a record 1,522.84, the All T&T Index soaring 47.08 points to record 2,132.29, while the Cross-Listed Index just inched up 0.05 points to settle at 122.03, after 20 percent fewer shares were traded with 67 percent lower value than Monday.

A new record high for the Trinidad Stock Exchange.

At the close, 20 securities traded up from 17 on Monday, with eight rising, three declining and nine remaining unchanged. At the close, three stocks ended at 52 weeks’ highs.
A total of 77,313 shares traded, for $1,292,574 down from 97,023 units at $3,882,396 on Monday. An average of 3,866 units traded at $64,629 compared to 5,707 shares at $228,376 on Monday and month to date an average of 4,712 units at  $139,864. The average trade for December was 21,703 units at $306,768.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 4,839 shares at $33, Angostura Holdings ended at $18 with an exchange of 4,900 stocks, Ansa McAl remained at $59.49 25 stock units changing hands. Clico Investment Fund fell $3.63 to close at $31.37 after trading 388 units, First Citizens Group spiked $9.99 to an all-time high of $69.99, with 201 stocks crossing the exchange, FirstCaribbean International Bank rose 1 cent to $6.15, with 1,600 stock units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings finished at $30 after an exchange of 7,656 units, Guardian Media increased 1 cent to end at $3.05, with 1,000 shares clearing the market, JMMB Group remained at $2.29 with the swapping of 1,525 shares. Massy Holdings rallied $1.50 in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $106.50 while exchanging 4,128 stock units, National Enterprises ended at $3.40 while trading 18,137 units, National Flour Mills ended at $1.95 in switching ownership of 1,012 stocks. NCB Financial Group ended at $8 in exchanging 7,582 stock units, Prestige Holdings shed 20 cents at $7 as 4,000 units changed hands, Republic Financial Holdings gained 14 cents to end at $140.16 after exchanging 91 stocks. Scotiabank climbed $1.95 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $70.95, with 83 shares crossing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 50 cents in ending at $20 after an exchange of 29 shares,  Trinidad Cement popped 1 cent to $3.75 trading 14,963 stock units. Unilever Caribbean finished unchanged at $16.20, with 2,900 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco rallied 25 cents in closing at $28.50 in an exchange of 2,254 stocks.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Major gains for JSE Indices

In another bullish trading session market activity ended on Monday, with the volume of shares trading declining 81 percent with the value plunging 91 percent lower than on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as the market started trading in the New Year on a somewhat bullish note, with a big surge in the main market indices. 
The All Jamaican Composite Index spiked 5,120.48 points higher to 443,448.85, the JSE Main Index surged 4,165.18 points to 400,320.79 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.29 points to settle at 98.34. A total of 56 securities traded, up from 51 on Friday, with 19 rising, 29 declining and eight ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.2. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending up to August 2022.
Overall, 9,374,442 shares traded for $93,370,734 versus 49,011,312 units at $1,058,239,253 on Friday. Sterling Investments  ed trading with 2.51 million shares for 26.8 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.38 million units for 14.7 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 912,984 units, with 9.7 percent market share.
Trading averages 167,401 units at $1,667,335, compared to 961,006 shares at $20,749,789 on Friday. December closed with an average of 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with a bid higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments declined $1.82 to $96.after trading 24,509 stock units, Berger Paints rallied 90 cents to $13.40, with 20 units clearing the market. Eppley shed 45 cents in ending at $35.50 with an exchange of 362 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dropped $3.99 in closing at $43, with 250 stocks crossing the exchange, First Rock Capital spiked 79 cents in closing at $11.49 in trading 21,158 units. GraceKennedy fell $2 to end at $100 in switching ownership of 125,740 stock units, Guardian Holdings increased $5.20 to $518.70 trading 64 shares, Jamaica Producers  lost $1.37 to close at $22.12 in exchanging 683 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 79 cents to $17.21 in exchanging 3,442 shares,  strong>Kingston Wharves climbed 45 cents to end at $43.45 while exchanging 28,022 stocks, Margaritaville lost $1.30 to close at $14.70, with 3,200 units changing hands. Mayberry Investments dropped 80 cents to $7.20 with the swapping of 5,400 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined $15 to $100, with 812 shares crossing the market, NCB Financial shed $3.70 in closing at $125 after 127,117 units changed hands. 138 Student Living gained 65 cents to close at $5.10, with 14,826 shares crossing the market, Palace Amusement advanced $10 to end at $1050 after exchanging 4 stocks, PanJam Investment rose $1.51 to $67.51 in an exchange of 11,243 stocks, Proven Investments lost 51 cents in ending at $32.49 after exchanging 5,131 shares. Radio Jamaica popped 28 cents to close at $3.29 exchanging 833,060 units, Sagicor Group fell $4.85 in closing at $53.15 after 8,987 stock units changed hands, Scotia Group shed 90 cents to end at $35.50 with the swapping of 15,951 stocks. Seprod climbed 25 cents to $65.25, with 6,703 shares crossing the market, Stanley Motta rallied 30 cents $5.95 in trading 16,663 units, Supreme Ventures dropped 50 cents to close at $18, with 384 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Real Estate Finance declined 49 cents in closing at $15.51 clearing the market with 296 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% rose 61 cents in closing at $3.23 after trading 50 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Gains for Trinidad Exchange to start 2022

Market activity was mixed on Monday after declining stocks edged out those rising after 57 percent fewer shares changed hands, with 32 percent lower value than on Friday, at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

At the close, 17 securities traded similar to Friday, with four rising, five declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index popped 1.41 points to 1,498.34, the All T&T Index rallied 0.40 points to end at 2,085.21 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 0.35 points to settle at 121.98.
Just 97,023 shares traded, for $3,882,396 down from 223,523 units at $5,677,342 on Friday. An average of 5,707 shares traded at $228,376 versus 13,148 at $333,961 on Friday. The average trade for December ended at 21,703 units for an average of $306,768.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Angostura Holdings remained at $18 in an exchange of 5,080 shares, Ansa McAl traded 3,955 stock at $59.49, Ansa Merchant Bank finished at $43.10, with 38 units crossing the market. GraceKennedy climbed 6 cents to $6.24, with 1,053 stocks changing hands, Guardian Holdings remained at $30 in switching ownership of 32,007 stock units, JMMB Group slipped 1 cent to close at $2.29 with an exchange of 100 shares. Massy Holdings ended unchanged at $105 while exchanging 14,093 units, National Enterprises traded 8 shares at $3.40, National Flour Mills finished trading 100 stock units at $1.95. NCB Financial Group fell 10 cents to $8 after 25,939 stocks changed hands, One Caribbean Media popped 10 cents to $4.45 in exchanging 3,885 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost 3 cents in closing at $140.02 after trading 5,444 units. Scotiabank increased 50 cents to close at $69 after exchanging 500 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 50 cents to end at $20.50, with 110 stocks changing hands, Trinidad Cement rallied 16 cents to $3.74 after exchanging 1,985 stock units. Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.20 swapping of 100 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 25 cents to end at $28.25, with 2,626 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

JSE Majors slip on big trading day

Investors kept up the robust activity when trading ended on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with the volume of shares trading declining 43 percent and the value 50 percent lower than at the close on Thursday, with a healthy 49,011,312 shares changing hands for $1,058,239,253 down from 85,891,988 units at $2,099,498,233 leading to rising stocks beating out those declining two to one.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 4,131.53 points to 438,328.37, up 1.1 percent for the year. The JSE Main Index dropped 3,119.89 points to 396,155.61 and ended the year with a marginal increase of 0.1 percent and the JSE Financial Index declined 1.03 points to settle at 98.05, down 4 percent for the year.
Similar to Thursday, 51 securities traded, with 28 rising, 14 declining and nine ending unchanged.
PE Ratios are formulae for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.1. The PE ratios for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 16.98 million shares for 34.7 percent of total volume followed by Carreras with 5.99 million units for 12.2 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 4.17 million units for 8.5 percent market share. Scotia Group with 3.77 million units for 7.7 percent market share Other stocks that traded over a million include PanJam Investment with 2.84 million units for 5.8 percent market share and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 1.74 million units for 3.6 percent market share.
Trading on Friday averaged 961,006 units at $20,749,789 compared to 1,684,157 shares at $41,166,632 on Thursday and month to date an average of 479,143 units at $6,686,322, up from 455,849 units at  6,006,477 on Thursday. Trading in November averaged 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 18 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments gained $1.52 and ended the year at $98.52 after trading 339,630 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied $2.40 to $73 in an exchange of 1,685,686 stock units. Caribbean Producers fell 45 cents to $13, with 144,817 stocks crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $3.99 in closing at $46.99 after trading 43,624 units, First Rock Capital declined 30 cents to $10.70, with 5,149 stock units clearing the market. GraceKennedy spiked $1.65 in closing at $102 while exchanging 1,327,995 stocks, Guardian Holdings increased 50 cents to $513.50 after exchanging 994 shares, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.47 to end at $29.99 in trading 1,597,180 units. Jamaica Producers added $1.44 to close at $23.49 with an exchange of 519,535 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 85 cents higher to $18 after 116,581 stocks passed through the market, JMMB Group increased $1.50 to $39.50 in trading 370,335 shares. Kingston Properties shed 49 cents in closing at $9 with the swapping of 310,100 stock units, Kingston Wharves climbed $2.05 to close at $43 in switching ownership of 422,472 shares, NCB Financial spiked $2.72 in ending at $128.70, with 158,674 units changing hands. 138 Student Living rose 26 cents to $4.45 trading 27,330 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $10 to $1040, with 21 stocks crossing the market, PanJam Investment advanced $1 to $66, with 2,835,794 units changing hands, Proven Investments lost 50 cents to end at $33 after exchanging 29,177 stocks. Pulse Investments fell 30 cents to $4.40 after exchanging 1,371,217 shares, Sagicor Group rose $2 to $58 with the swapping of 4,173,260 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 50 cents in closing at $8.50 in exchanging 127,331 units. Salada Foods rallied 47 cents to end at $6.97, with 16,259 stocks crossing the market, Scotia Group shed $1.21 to close at $36.40 after trading 3,774,443 shares, Seprod gained $3 after ending at $65 in an exchange of 46,626 stock units. Supreme Ventures climbed 40 cents to $18.50 in an exchange of 954,593 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced 59 cents to close at $16 after 400 stock units cleared the market and Wisynco Group popped 55 cents to $17.50 with an exchange of 479,961 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Carib Producers Top stock of the year & Juniors up 30%

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market closed out 2021 with the market Index climbing 29.7 percent to settle at 3,428.30 points while the JSE Main Market index rose a mere one percent to end at 396155.61 points, the JSE USD market closed at 195.51 points for a yearly gain of just 4.99 percent.

Caribbean Producers gained 364% in 2021.

The Junior Market had 32 winners and nine losers, with 2021 newly list Future Energy Source, rising a substantial 266 percent, Fosrich was up 155 percent with rising profit, Jamaica Teas that had a gallant year helped by its investment arm posting positive results and helping to post increased profits for the year and Lumber Depot, with improved results for the year, both companies had a 99 percent rally, followed by ISP Finance up 95 percent.
The JSE main market had 24 stocks rising between one percent and a high of 364 percent. Caribbean Producers was switched from the Junior Market in July this year to the Min Market with the price under $5 and ended the year as the best performing stock in the overall market with a towering gain of 364 percent with the price closing at $13. Had the switch not taken place the Junior Market would have recorded greater gains than it did. Ciboney rose 221 percent as investors speculated heavily on it and Salada Foods jumped 117 percent, with the bulk of the increase coming as a result of a misunderstanding about the stock value. The price is likely to suffer a sharp correction in 2022.

Eppley Property gained 68 percent followed by Radio Jamaica with a 61 percent rise following big gains in profit for the half year that ended in September, this year and GraceKennedy rose 58 percent helped by continued growth in profit.
The average gain for the Junior Market stocks were 48 percent from 32 companies and a total of nine stocks lost an average of 16 percent in the Junior Market with the highest loss being 45 percent clocked up by CAC 2000.
The average gain for the Main Market stocks was 52 percent from 22 stocks and a total of 21 stocks lost an average of 15 percent in the Main Market with the highest loss being 33 percent clocked up by 1834 Investments and Wigton Windfarm.

Surge in trading for JSE Main Market

Trading surged at the close of market activity on Thursday, with the volume of shares trading rising 1,202 percent and the value jumping 2,297 percent higher than Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, even as rising stocks was half as much as those declining.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,495.30 points to end at 442,459.90, the JSE Main Index rose 2,173.27 points to 399,275.50 and the JSE Financial Index added 1.19 points to settle at 99.08. Trading ended with 51 securities, down from 55 on Wednesday, with 14 rising, 29 declining and eight left unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.1. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
A total of 85,891,988 shares traded for $2,099,498,233, up from 6,598,285 units at $87,589,534 on Wednesday. Carreras led trading with 62.33 million shares for 72.6 percent of total volume, followed by GraceKennedy with 10.01 million units for 11.7 percent of the day’s trade and NCB Financial with 3.93 million units for 4.6 percent market share. Wigton Windfarm ended with 2.53 million units for 2.9 percent market share, Pulse Investments traded 1.89 million units for 2.2 percent market share and Transjamaican Highway 1.19 million units for 1.4 percent of the volume.
Trading ended with an average of 1,684,157 units at $41,166,632, up from 119,969 shares at $1,592,537 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 455,849 units at $6,006,477, compared to 393,455 units at $4,220,453 on Wednesday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed $1.50 to $97 while exchanging 106,233 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.24 to end at $70.60 in switching ownership of 544,472 units, Caribbean Producers rose 45 cents to $13.45 in exchanging 35,136 stock units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell 50 cents to close at $43, with 13,768 stocks crossing the market, First Rock Capital shed 40 cents to $11 in an exchange of 40,100 units, Guardian Holdings declined $2 to $513 after exchanging 18,386 shares. Jamaica Producers lost $1.25 to close at $22.05 with the swapping of 1,826 stock units, JMMB Group declined $1 to end at $38, with 38,027 stocks clearing the market, Kingston Properties gained 74 cents in ending at $9.49 after trading 100 stocks. NCB Financial fell $1.02 in closing at $125.98, with 3,926,391 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement climbed $5 to $1050 after trading 97 units, Radio Jamaica lost 35 cents to end at $2.90 in an exchange of 325,031 stock units. Sagicor Group rallied $3 to end at $56 closed trading 54,009 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 49 cents to close at $8, with 6,743 stocks crossing the market, Scotia Group dropped 28 cents to $37.61 trading 104,335 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments popped 25 cents to $14.90 with an exchange of 1,043,947 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance shed 59 cents to close at $15.41 after exchanging 2,765 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference shares lost $1.38 to end at $6, with 10,320 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trinidad stocks hit record high

Stocks put in another solid performance on Thursday to record another all-time record high for the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on a day when rising stocks than had a near six to one margin over those stocks that declined and sent the All T&T Index up 17.7 percent for the year with just one more day of trading remaining.
The index hit a record high on November 16, this year bettering the previous record of 2,032.53 points reached on January 3, 2014. Since then the market hit record highs on each of the seven trading days from December 21. The rally was driven by 10 stocks with Massy Holdings announcing a 25 for one stock split is by far the major mover, with a rise of  $48.34 for a 79 percent gain for the year to date.
At the close of trading on Thursday, 19 securities traded up from 15 on Wednesday, with 11 stocks rising, two fell and six closing unchanged. The Composite Index climbed 10.88 points to 1,497.58, the All T&T Index spiked 17.31 points to 2,085.82 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 0.56 points to settle at 121.67.
A total of 303,294 shares traded, for $7,026,727 compared to 487,407 units at $11,558,864 on Wednesday. An average of 15,963 units traded at $369,828 compared to 32,494 at $770,591 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 22,121 units at $305,406 versus 22,477 units at $301,685. The average trade for November amounts to 35,109 units at $290,897.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 30 shares unchanged at $32, CinemaOne climbed 25 cents ending at $4.25 after exchanging 2,334 units, Clico Investment Fund advanced $4 to close at 52 weeks’ high of $35, with 19,475 stock units crossing the market. First Citizens Group gained 76 cents to end at $59.26 after trading 216 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank rallied 2 cents in closing at $6.15 after 13 stock units changed hands, GraceKennedy popped 13 cents to end at $6.18 in exchanging 63 shares. JMMB Group rose 6 cents to $2.30 with an exchange of 26,788 units, Massy Holdings climbed $3.98 ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $109.98 in exchanging 150 stocks, National Enterprises rose 1 cent in closing at $3.31, with 100 stocks crossing the market. National Flour Mills popped 5 cents to close at $1.95 in trading 6,530 units, NCB Financial Group ended unchanged at $8 in an exchange of 12,339 shares, One Caribbean Media fell 34 cents to $4.35 after exchanging 68,732 stock units. Prestige Holdings remained at $7 with an exchange of 4,996 stocks, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $140.02, with 27,048 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank gained 50 cents to end at $68.50 with the swapping of 71 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $21 after 90,454 shares changed hands, Trinidad Cement lost 8 cents to close at $3.68 in switching ownership of 42,500 units, Unilever Caribbean ended at $16.20 after trading 29 stocks and West Indian Tobacco rallied 6 cents to $28.50 with 1,426 shares clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Huge bounce for JSE Main Market

NCB Financial price jumped $3 at the close of market activity on Wednesday and helped with rising stocks more than doubling those declining in sparking a spirited rally and sending the All Jamaican Composite Index up a healthy 8,093.27 points to close at 439,964.60 and pushed the JSE Main Index up by a substantial 6,970.65 points to 397,102.23 at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The JSE Financial Index advanced 2.29 points to settle at 97.89.
Trading ended with 55 securities up from 54 on Tuesday, with 34 rising, 15 declining and six ending unchanged, with the volume of shares trading rising 63 percent more and the value 34 percent higher more than on Tuesday.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.2. The PE ratios for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Trading ended with 6,598,285 shares for $87,589,534 versus 4,038,953 units at $65,415,335 on Tuesday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 985,239 shares for 14.9 percent of total volume followed by Mayberry Investments with 950,031 units for 14.4 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras 506,223 units with a 7.7 percent market share.
Trading averages 119,969 units at $1,592,537 up from 74,795 shares at $1,211,395 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 393,456 units at $4,220,453, compared to 409,305 units at $4,372,756 on Tuesday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments popped $3.02 to close at $95.50 after trading 224,205 shares, Caribbean Cement spiked $1.83 to $72.84 in switching ownership of 19,845 stock units. Caribbean Producers declined 49 cents in closing at $13, with 61,421 stocks clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $1.05 in ending at $43.50 in swapping of 5,950 shares, First Rock Capital rallied 66 cents to $11.40 with an exchange of 2,350 units. GraceKennedy dropped 50 cents to close at $100.50 in exchanging 15,926 stocks, Guardian Holdings gained $5 after ending at $515, with 1,040 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Producers increased $1.37 in closing at $23.30 after trading 50 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 27 cents to end at $17.27, with 8,812 shares crossing the market, JMMB Group increased 81 cents to $39 with an exchange of 351,409 units, Kingston Properties shed 75 cents to $8.75 in an exchange of 250 stock units. Margaritaville fell 79 cents to close at $16.01 trading 3,145 units, Mayberry Investments lost 86 cents in closing at $8 after 950,031 stock units crossed the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 45 cents to end at $9.45 trading 19,200 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy spiked $15 to $115 after exchanging 7 shares, NCB Financial jumped $3 in closing at $127 while exchanging 14,026 shares, 138 Student Living climbed 36 cents to end at $4.20 after exchanging 340 shares, Palace Amusement declined $5 to close at $1045 in switching ownership of 15 stocks. PanJam Investment rose 30 cents to $64.80 after trading 24,522 stock units, Sagicor Group fell $1.90 to end at $53, with 362,580 units crossing the market, Scotia Group popped $2.14 in ending at $37.89 after exchanging 4,111 stocks. Seprod lost 30 cents to end at $62 after exchanging 8,522 stock units, Supreme Ventures climbed 36 cents to end at $18.25 in an exchange of 249,082 shares and Wisynco Group rallied 27 cents to close at $16.92 after 29,876 units changed hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share advanced $1.58 in closing at $7.38, with 600 units clearing the market, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 popped 57 cents to end at $3.10 in trading 25 shares and JMMB Group 7.25% dropped 77 cents in closing at $2.40 trading 16,367 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

 

Best results in 8 years for Trinidad stocks

The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange is on track to record its best performance in eight years, with market activity gathering momentum in the second half of the year to be up nearly 17 for the year to date, just shy of the 17.7 percent in 2013.
Trading ended Wednesday, with two stocks hitting 52 weeks’ high as an equal number of stocks rising and falling after trading 299 percent more shares, valued 142 percent more than on Tuesday, at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 15 securities traded compared to 17 on Tuesday, with five stocks each rising, declining and trading unchanged. The Composite Index added 1.41 points to close at 1,486.70, for a rise of 12.4 percent year to date. The All T&T Index rose 6.47 points to 2,068.51, up 16.7 percent for the year to date and the Cross-Listed Index dropped 0.56 points to settle at 121.11, up by 2.6 percent for the year.
A total of 487,407 shares traded, for $11,558,864, in contrast to 122,108 units at $4,034,922 on Tuesday. An average of 32,494 units traded at $770,591 compared to 7,183 at $237,348 on Tuesday, with trading month to date averaging 22,477 units at $301,865 versus 21,998 units at $279,285. The average trade in November amounts to 35,109 units at $290,897.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Ansa McAl traded 440 shares unchanged at $59.49, Clico Investment Fund rose $2.50 in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $31 with 60,645 units changing hands, FirstCaribbean International Bank fell 2 cents to $6.13 with an exchange of 2,000 stock units. GraceKennedy declined 13 cents to close at $6.05, with 120,000 stocks changing hands, Guardian Holdings shed 33 cents to close at $30 with the swapping of 7,914 units, JMMB Group dropped 2 cents in ending at $2.24 after exchanging 330 stocks. Massy Holdings climbed $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $106 in an exchange of 12,238 stock units, National Enterprises advanced 1 cent in closing at $3.30 after 6,000 shares changed hands, NCB Financial Group remained at $8 in switching ownership of 69,100 units. One Caribbean Media lost 11 cents to close at $4.69 in trading 5 stocks, Republic Financial Holdings spiked $2.02 to end at $140.02, with 22,011 stock units crossing the market, Scotiabank finished unchanged at $68, with 243 shares clearing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped $1.35 in closing at $21 after trading 185,866 units, Unilever Caribbean ended unchanged at $16.20 after trading 158 stocks and West Indian Tobacco remained at $28.44 while exchanging 457 stock units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Santa rally for JSE Main Market on Tuesday

Market activity ended on Tuesday, with the volume of shares trading declining 71 percent less and the value plunged 68 percent lower than Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as rising stocks exceeded those declining and sent the market indices substantially higher by the close.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,803.79 points to 431,871.33, the JSE Main Index spiked 3,178.62 points to close at 390,131.58 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.12 points to settle at 95.60.
Trading ended with 54 securities up from 51 on Friday, with 25 rising, 21 declining and eight closed unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.2. The PE ratios in the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Just 4,038,953 shares traded for $65,415,335 down from 13,887,175 units at $205,378,180 on Friday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 654,165 shares for 16.2 percent of total volume followed by Pulse Investments with 552,036 units for 13.7 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm 452,476 units with 11.2 percent market share.
Trading averages 74,795 units at $1,211,395, down from 272,298 shares at $4,027,023 on Friday and month to date, an average of 409,305 units at $4,372,756, compared to 429,488 units at $4,563,497 on Friday. Trading in November averaged 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed $2.46 to $92.48 after exchanging 86,288 stock units, Berger Paints dipped $1.20 to $12.50 in an exchange of 9,154 units. Caribbean Cement fell 99 cents to $71.01 in trading 19,492 stocks, Caribbean Producers popped $1.51 to end at $13.49 after 155,338 units changed hands, Eppley gained $1.77 to end at $36, with 155 shares clearing the market. Guardian Holdings rallied 50 cents to $510 after trading 1,599 stock units, Jamaica Producers dropped $1.52 to $21.93 in exchanging 272,747 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 50 cents to close at $17 with the swapping of 20,976 stocks. JMMB Group lost 26 cents in closing at $38.19 while exchanging 54,023 units, Mayberry Investments rallied 86 cents to $8.86 after 110,577 stock units passed through the exchange, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 49 cents to $9 in switching ownership of 8,218 shares. NCB Financial spiked $2.50 to close at $124, with 217,511 units crossing the market, 138 Student Living declined 40 cents to close at $3.84, with 101 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments increased 28 cents to end at $4.88 trading 552,036 stocks, Sagicor Group rose $1.90 in closing at $54.90, with 49,413 stock units crossing the market. Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed 50 cents to close at $8.50 with an exchange of 20,250 shares, Scotia Group dropped $1.75 to $35.75 trading 116,304 shares, Seprod declined $1.70 to $62.30, with 8,951 stocks clearing the market. Sygnus Credit Investments fell 40 cents to $14.50 after an exchange of 24,904 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied 79 cents in closing at $16 with 3,548 units changing hands and Wisynco Group fell 25 cents to $16.65 in exchanging 13,797 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% popped 41 cents to $3.17 in an exchange of 200 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.