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Few gains as market declined moderately

July 10, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of only 2 stocks rose and 9 declined with 24 securities changing hands, resulting in 3,236,728 stock units trading, valued at $17,661,162. Price changes were moderate and is reflected in moderate declines in the market indices.

Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 168.40 points to 70,424.78 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined by 188.30 points to close at 77,455.89.
Gains| Only Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained at the end of trading in the main market with 87,160 shares to close with a gain of 10 cents at $6.10.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Cable & Wireless with a mere 735 units to close at 29 cents, Caribbean Cement 5,936 shares to close at $2.20, Jamaica Broilers 24,427 units and closed at $4.57, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 1,000,000 shares to close at $7, Kingston Wharves 5,132 units to end trading at $6, National Commercial Bank with 51,246 shares trading, to close at $18, Pan Jamaican Investment 9,500 units that traded to close at $48.02 and Scotia Group with 17,500 shares trading to close at $18.40.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share with 436,000 units traded to close at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, 343,347 units traded to close at $3.03.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market are Berger Paints with 5,939 shares, declined by 5 cents to close at $1.60, Carreras with 25,536 units changing hands, to close 15 cents lower, at $35.05, Desnoes & Geddes 600 shares closing at 15cents down at $4.25, Jamaica Producers with 3,023 units traded down 24 cents to close at $18 and Sagicor Group with 481,750 shares closed at $9.05 with a 4 cents fall.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 9.89 points to close at 701.76 as 8 stocks traded with only 1 advancing and 4 declining.
Gains| General Accident Insurance was the only stock in the junior market to record an increase in price as 414,536 shares were traded to close 5 cents higher at $1.50.
Firm Trades| The stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before Blue Power with 7,100 shares traded to close at $9.01, Consolidated Bakeries 5,000 shares traded to close at 70 cents, Lasco Distributors with 206,900 shares trading, to close at $1.20.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are Caribbean Producers traded 2,000 units to close with a 17 cents fall to $2.66, Dolphin Cove had 961 shares changing hands but declined by 20 to end at $8.30, Lasco Financial had 5,400 units to close with a 10 cents decline at 90 cents, a 52 weeks low and Lasco Manufacturing with 97,000 shares to close 8 cents off at $1.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Carreras, Consolidated Bakeries, D&G, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, NCB, Pan Jam, Sagicor, Scotia

More stocks up than down for 3rd day

July 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Wednesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 9 stocks rose and 7 declined, the third consecutive day with more stocks rising than falling as 28 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,679,094 shares trading, valued at $40,219,824.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 396.20 points to close at 70,593.18 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved up by 443.48 points to close at 77,644.19.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Carreras with 13,570 shares changing hands, with a gain of 20 cents, to close at $35.20, Kingston Wharves 4,000 shares while gaining of 80 cents to close at $6, Mayberry Investments with only 1,020 units and gained 2 cents, to close at $1.50, Sagicor Group 590,364 units with a gain of 19 cents, to close at $9.09, Sagicor Real Estate Fund 4,930 units as the price gained of 5 cents, to close at $6 and Scotia Investments 16,500 shares, gained 80 cents, to close at $21.90.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Berger Paints, with 5,025 shares closing at $1.65, Cable & Wireless 19,705 shares, closing at 29 cents, Ciboney with 5,000 shares to close at 8 cents, Grace Kennedy 8,194 shares, closing at $56, Jamaica Broilers with 9,318 shares, to close at $4.57, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 1,009,508 shares closing at $7 and Radio Jamaica with 9,292 units, closing at $1.28
Preference| Access Financial 9% Short Term Note traded 5,000 units at $100 each, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share 384,621 units, to close at $3.03 and Proven Investments 8% preference share, 100 units to close at $5.07.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market are Caribbean Cement with 15,358 units and closed 5 cents down, at $2.20, Desnoes & Geddes with 600 shares closed at $4.40 with a decline of 5 cents, Kingston Properties 10,000 units, closing at $3.85 after shedding 15 cents, National Commercial Bank with 38,330 units and closed at $18, for a 35 cents fall, Pan Jamaican Investment 3,500 shares to close at $48.02 with a decline of 8 cents and Scotia Group with 1,274,586 shares after losing 21 cents to end at $18.40.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 4.96 points to close at 711.65 as 6 stocks traded with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are, General Accident with 100,000 units, with a gain of 5 cents, to close at $1.45, Lasco Distributors 55,007 shares, gained 1 cent to close at $1.20 and Lasco Manufacturing had 26,566 shares changing hands with a gain of 8 cents, to close at $1.08.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded and closed at the same price as the previous trading day are, Blue Power with 1,000 shares, in closing at $9.01 and Lasco Financial 60,000 shares to close at $1.
Declines| Only one stocks declined in the junior market at the end of trading with Consolidated Bakeries having 13,000 units changing hands and closed 10 cents lower, at 70 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Blue Power, C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Consolidated Bakeries, D&G, General Accident, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Lasco, Mayberry, NCB, Pan Jam, Proven, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor, Scotia

Proven Investments trades 7M shares

July 7, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Proven Investments was the dominant trade on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in Monday’s trading session. The company had 6,966,866 ordinary shares with a value of US$1,247,669 changing hands, at 1799 US cents each, down a fraction of a cent for the day.
The prices of 8 stocks rose and 5 declined as 22 securities changed hands, resulting in 8,451,027 shares trading, valued at $151,978,606, for the first trading day of the week.
Main Market| Notwithstanding, the slightly positive advance decline ratio, the JSE Market Index declined by 155.43 points to close at 69,746.90 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell by 173.80 points to 76,697.90 points.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 2,000 shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at $2.25, Carreras with 62,750 shares changing hands, to close 25 cents higher at $35, Grace Kennedy 2,486 units, to close $1.95 higher at $56. Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded just 4,300 units to gain 12 cents to close at $7 and Supreme Ventures with 5,000 units closed 2 cents up, at $1.97.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close trading without a price change are, Berger Paints with 3,115 shares while closing at $1.65, Jamaica Broilers with 38,252 units, to close at $4.57, Cable & Wireless 79,061 shares to close at 29 cents, Sagicor Group 643,931 shares at $8.80 and Scotia Group with 79,609 units to close at $18.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, traded 28,450 units with a 1 cent gain to $3.03.
Declines| The number of stocks declining in the main market are Desnoes & Geddes with 137,605 shares in losing 20 cents, to end at $4.30, National Commercial Bank 32,472 shares to close down 45 cents, to end at $17.50 and Radio Jamaica with 17,270 shares, closed a cent down at $1.28.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index rose by 5.45 points to close at 714.80 as 7 securities traded with 2advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are, Lasco Distributors with 14,910 units changing hands as the price gained a cent, to close at $1.19 and Lasco Manufacturing with 2,530 shares traded, with the price moving up 5 cents, to $1.12.
Firm Trades| The stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Access Financial Services with 420 units to close at $13.50, Caribbean Cream had just 10,000 shares changing hands at 70 cents, General Accident 150,000 shares to close at $1.40 and Medical Disposables with 70,000 units to end at $2.
Declines| The only stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading is Caribbean Producers in trading 100,000 shares and lost 34 cents to end at $2.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Carreras, D&G, Daily Trading, General Accident, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, JMMB, JSE Company, Lasco, Sagicor, Scotia, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Only 13 securities trade on the JSE

July 4, 2014 by IC Insider.com

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Only 3 stocks rose in Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and 6 declined as a mere 13 securities changed hands resulting in 2,903,200 shares trading valued at $40,743,114.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dropped by 589.94 points to 69,902.33 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved down 659.67 points to close at 76,871.70
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Carreras with 107,250 shares as the price gained 25 to $34.75 and Gleaner 384,900 units with an 8 cents rise to $1.18.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Jamaica Broilers with 3,728 units to close at $4.57 and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 20,000 units at 18 US cents.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 811,504 units at $3.02 and Jamaican Teas debenture note saw 19,000 units trading at $100 each.
Declines| Stocks that declined in the main market are National Commercial Bank with 149,678 units, closing 5 cents lower at $17.95, Pan Jamaican Investment with 200,375 shares, the price slipped 50 cents to $48.50, Sagicor Group with 237,115 shares, the price declined by 10 cents to end at $8.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 23,000 shares to lose 15 cents to end at $5.85 and Scotia Group with 927,200 shares lost 50 cents to close at $18.50.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index edged up by 1.08 points to close at 709.35 as only 2 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Lasco Manufacturing with 37,450 shares was the only stock that gained at the end of trading in the junior market, with the price inching up a cent, to close at $1.07.
Declines| Cargo Handlers lost a cent in trading 1,000 shares, to close at $14 and was the only stock in the junior market that traded to close at a lower price at the end of the trading day.
Firm Trades| No stock 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 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Carreras, Daily Trading, Gleaner, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, JMMB, Lasco, NCB, Pan Jam, Proven, Sagicor, Scotia

Scotia Group dominates with $83M on JSE

July 3, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 3 stocks rose and 8 declined as 27 securities changed hands resulting in 8,283,873 shares trading valued at $115,640,825.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index inched up by 10.40 points to 70,492.27 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved up 11.64 points to close at 77,531.37, after being up by 1,658 points to 79,177.73 at 10.12 AM, in early trading, with Scotia Group traded as high as $21.70.
Gains| Only one stock gained at the end of trading, in the main market with National Commercial Bank trading 61,078 units to close with an increase of 40 cents at $18.
Firm| Stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Berger Paints with 5,000 units to close at $1.65, Cable & Wireless 16,000 units to close at 29 cents, Caribbean Cement 6,820 shares to close at $2.20, Gleaner 163,282 units to close at$1.10, Jamaica Broilers with 23,170 shares in closing at $4.57, Kingston Wharves 650 units to close at $5.20, Pan Jamaican Investment 100,000 shares to close at $49, Proven Investments 280 units to close at 18 US cents, Radio Jamaica 2,814 units to close at $1.29 and Scotia Group with 4,310,653 units valued at $82,811,277 to close at $19. The bulk of the trades were conducted by stockbroker, Scotia Investments.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 1,297 units to close at $2, and the Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share, 431,000 units to close at $3.02.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market are Carreras with 200,000 units while losing 75 cents to end at $34.50, Grace Kennedy with 100 shares, declined by $3.75 to $54.05, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 1,002,596 ordinary shares traded but the price declined 12 cents to $6.88, Jamaica Producers had 13,114 shares changing hands, the price declined by a cent to $18.24, Sagicor Group had 1,030,623 units changing hands to close 10 cents lower at $8.90, Scotia Investments with 7,800 units close 40 cents down to a new 52 weeks low of $21.10.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 8.32 points to close at 708.27 points as 8 stocks traded with 2 advancing and 2 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are General Accident Insurance with 147,000 units, closing with a gain of 3 cents at $1.40 and Lasco Manufacturing with 14,500 shares to close a cent higher at $1.06.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are Access Financial Services with 1,925 units to close at $13.50, Blue Power with 100,000 shares to close at $9.01, Consolidated Bakeries with 458,761 units to end at 80 cents and Lasco Financial 10,000 shares to close at $1.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are Lasco Distributors 169,410 shares, declined by 12 cents to $1.18 and Medical Disposables with 6,000 shares changing hands declined by 5 cents $2.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Blue Power, C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Consolidated Bakeries, D&G, Daily Trading, General Accident, Gleaner, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, junior market, Kingston Wharves, Lasco, Medical Disposables, NCB, Pan Jam, Proven, Sagicor, Scotia

Prices mostly eased on the JSE

July 2, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Prices mostly slipped in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday as the prices of 4 stocks rose and 7 declined with 20 securities changing hands resulting in 9,278,096 shares trading valued at $66,160,539.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 200.04 points to 70,481.87 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved down by 223.69 points to close at 77,519.73.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Carreras with 202,600 shares to close with a gain of $1.15 at $35.25, Grace Kennedy with 257,606 units to close with a gain of $2.80 at $57.80 but all but 750 units traded between $54 and $54.02, and Kingston Wharves 6,450 shares to close with a gain of 20 cents at $5.20.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Cable & Wireless with 1,949,255 shares in closing at 29 cents, Desnoes & Geddes 30,000 units and closed at $4.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 1,017,350 ordinary shares to close at $7, Radio Jamaica with 2,065 units and closed at $1.29, Sagicor Real Estate Fund had activity in 32,470 units to close at $6 and Scotia Group traded 113,859 units and closed at $19.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 160,704 units and closed at $3.02 and Proven Investments 8% preference share had 2,800 units changing hands to close at $5.08.
Declines| The stocks that declined in the main market are Jamaica Broilers with 2,583,282 units to close 3 cents lower at $4.57, National Commercial Bank traded only 4,750 shares and fell 83 cents to $17.60, the stock rose on the Trinidad market to the equivalent of $19.60 as increased demand in that market has moved the price up in recent days. Sagicor Group had activity in a total of 1,390,430 shares as the price slipped by 5 cents to $9, Scotia Investments traded 405,125 shares with Scotia Investments brokering the sale of all, with the exception of 125 units, with the price dropping 60 cents, to $21.50 and Supreme Ventures had just 2,500 units trading with a 5 cents drop in price, to end at $1.95.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.36 points to close at 716.59 as only 4 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 2 declining.
Gains| Caribbean Producers traded 210,909 shares to close with a gain of 44 cents at $2.99 as the only stock to gain in price at the end of trading in the junior market.
Firm Trades| Lasco Financial was the only stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the trading day before as 10,000 units traded to close at $1.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are General Accident Insurance with 60,727 units changing hands to close 3 cents lower at $1.37 and Lasco Manufacturing with 835,214 shares to close 5 cents lower at $1.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 6 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C&WJ, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Carreras, D&G, Daily Trading, General Accident, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Lasco, NCB, Proven, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor, Scotia, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

JMMB trades 7m shares to dominate market

July 1, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Tuesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 7 stocks rose and 5 declined as only 22 securities changing hands resulting in 14,400,334 shares trading valued at $123,719,282 as Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded over 7 million shares just less than 50 percent of the volume traded.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 56.67 points to 70,681.91 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved down by 63.36 points to close at 77,743.42.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Carreras with 61,899 units changing hands as the price gained 10 cents to end at $34.10, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 7,052,081 units valued at $49,364,267 closed with a 20 cents gain at $7, the stock was mostly sold by Scotia Investments as brokers with the bulk being purchased by Pan Caribbean Financial Services as broker. Jamaica Producers Group stock price rose by $1.25 to close at $18.25 while 40,000 shares changed hands, National Commercial Bank enjoyed trading in 367,210 shares and the price recorded a gain of 43 cents to close at $18.43, Pan Jamaican Investment saw trading in 100,200 units with the price moving up by 50 cents to close at $49 and Sagicor Group traded 3,132,393 units with a value of $28,390,047 as the price rose 5 cents to $9.05.
Firm| The only stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Grace Kennedy with 391,782 shares valued at $21,367,330 while closing at $55, Jamaica Broilers Group with 3,744 units to end at $4.60, Mayberry Investments 7,040 units at $1.46, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 103,210 to close at $6 and Scotia Group 25,000 shares to close at $19.
Preference share| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 8,244 units to close at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 110,996units to close at $3.02.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market are Berger Paints with 22,262 units as the stock lost a cent to close at $1.65, Cable & Wireless with 72,000 shares while losing 2 cents to end at $0.29, Caribbean Cement 2,650 shares as the price fell 30 cents to end at $2.20 and Desnoes & Geddes with 704,916 units with a cent down to end at $4.50.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 4.05 points to close at 716.95 as only 5 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| The only stock gaining at the end of trading in the junior market was C2W Music with 1,500 shares as the price inched up a cent to close at $0.43.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the previous rading day are Jamaican Teas with 52,007 units to close at $3.25, Lasco Distributors with 20,000 shares and closed at $1.30 and Lasco Financial traded 26,000 units to close at $1.
Declines| Caribbean Producers traded 2,095,200 shares as the price slipped 15 cents to end at $2.55 and was the only stock declining 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 3 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), D&G, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, JMMB, JSE Company, Lasco, Mayberry, NCB, Pan Jam, Sagicor, Scotia

Market closes June on the up

June 30, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Monday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 10 stocks rose and only 4 declined as 23 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,003,461 units trading valued at $22,598,484.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index rose 641.81 points to end at 70,738.58, last year June, the index stood at 86,853.91points and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved up by 717.65 points to close at 77,806.78 this compares with 88,043.02 points on the end of June last year. The junior market index was also much higher at the end of last year June than this year.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Caribbean Cement with 1,650 shares to close up 20 cents at $2.50, followed by Carreras with 2,815 units to add 50 cents in closing at $34, Grace Kennedy with 1,600 shares to gain 99 cents to close at $55, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 2,848 shares gained 10 cents to end at $6.80, Jamaica Producers with 2,732 units jumped $1.38 to hit $17, but it closed with a bid of $18.24 for 48012 shares, Mayberry Investments with 3,988 shares gained a cent and ended at $1.46, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 800 shares and was up 44 cents to end at $48.50, Scotia Investments with only 2,776 shares was up 45 cents to $22.10 and Supreme Ventures put in a volume of 232,603 units at 2 cents higher to close at $2.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Jamaica Broilers with 78,178 units to close at $4.60, Sagicor Group with 1,994,932 shares, 1.976 million units of which were crosses by Pan Caribbean Securities with the price closing at $9 and Scotia Group with 34,540 units to close at $19.
Preference share| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 186,416 units to close at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share lost a cent in closing at $3.02 with 164,004 units changing hands.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market are Kingston Wharves with 31,596 shares to close down 2 cents at $5, National Commercial Bank saw 5,509 units changing hands with the price slipping a cent to $18 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 10 cents to close at $6 while trading 60,191 shares.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.70 points to close at 721.00 points compared with 801.30 points at the end of June 2013. Only 6 stocks traded with one advancing with no stock declining.
Gains| Medical Disposables with 43,000 units to close 10 cents higher at $2.05 was the only stock recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market.
Firm Trades| The stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are Access Financial with 67,400 units to close at $13.50, Caribbean Producers with 8,891 shares traded at $2.70, Dolphin Cove with 256 shares to close at $8.50, Lasco Distributors 69,236 traded to close at $1.30
And Lasco Financial closed with 7,500 shares changing hands at $1.
Declines| There were no stock declining 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 the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Carreras, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry, Medical Disposables, NCB, Pan Caribean Service, Pan Jam, Sagicor, Scotia

Market inches up on Friday

June 27, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the prices of 8 stocks rose and 5 declined as 20 securities changed hands resulting in 1,746,200 shares trading valued at $24,040,907.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained just 56.60 points to 70,096.77 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite moved up a mere 63.30 points to end at 77,089.13.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Jamaica Broilers with 1,229 units to close with a gain of 3 cents at $4.60, Pan Jamaican Investment 310,586 shares, gaining 5 cents to close at $48.06, Sagicor Group with 1,000 shares to close of 50 cents higher at $9, Sagicor Real Estate Fund 14,350 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents at $6.10, Scotia Group with 403,811 shares closed 1 cents higher at $19.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price are Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 15,900 shares closing at $6.70, Kingston Wharves 20,295 units changing hands to close at $5.02, Proven Investments 3,790 units to close at 18 US cents, Pulse Investments 60,000 units to close at 30 cents.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 35,500 units to close at $3.03 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 2,000 units to close at $5.08.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market are Barita Investments with 15,976 units as the price slipped 13 cents to close at $2.20, Cable & Wireless with 480,786 shares to lose 3 cents in closing at 31 cents, Caribbean Cement 22,040 units as the price lost 20 cents to close at $2.30 and National Commercial Bank ended at $18.01 for a 2 cents fall, as 21,322 units traded.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index edged up by 11.44 points to close at 720.30 with only 5 securities traded, with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are Caribbean Producers with 1,000 units to close with a 5 cents increase at $2.70, Lasco Distributors with 48,000 units to gain 10 cents to end at $1.30 and Lasco Manufacturing with 276,875 shares as it gained 4 cents to end at $1.10.
Firm Trades| The only stock in the junior market stocks that traded to close at the same price as the previous trading day is Lasco Financial Services with 3,000 units to close at $1.
Declines| Dolphin Cove traded 8,740 units to close at $8.50 while shedding a cent, was the only stock in the junior market to decline.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Blue Power, C&WJ, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaican Stock, JMMB, Kingston Wharves, Lasco, NCB, Pan Jam, Proven, Pulse Investments, Sagicor, Scotia

Heavy JSE trading but mostly crosses

June 26, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Trading was heavy on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with activity in 29 securities, accounting for 19,315,234 units changing hands valued at $138,385,972. There were a number of large trades as Barita Investment was involved in a series of crosses that helped to drive up the overall volume. At the end of trading the main indices declined but 13 stocks rose in price to 8 that declined. The stocks that dominated trades are Carreras, Desnoes & Geddes, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, National Commercial Bank, Sagicor Group, Scotia Group and Seprod.
. Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 200.81 points to 70,040.17 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index closed with a fall of 224.55 points at 77,025.83.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the main market are Cable & Wireless with a mere 4,200 units to gain 4 cents in closing at 34 cents, Desnoes & Geddes with 663,400 units to end up a cent higher at $4.50, Grace Kennedy with 402,705 shares valued at $21,750,097 with the price rising by a cent to $54.01, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 23,422 shares to close 5 cents higher at $6.70, Jamaica Producers 151,096 units to gain 2 cents to close at $15.62, Kingston Wharves with 183,651 shares to close 2 cents higher at $5.02, Proven Investments 320 ordinary shares to close at 2 US cents higher at 18 US cents, Sagicor Real Estate Fund 20,200 shares to close at $6.08 with an 8 cents gain, Scotia Investments with 211,369 units to close 15 cents up, at $21.65, Seprod with 586,550 units valued at $6,168,355, closed with a 20 cents gain at $10.70 and Supreme Ventures with 28,202 units closed with a gain of 8 cents at $1.98.
Firm| There were 5 stocks in the main market closing without a change in price as Gleaner with 6,000 shares, closed at $1.10, Jamaica Broilers 1,420,087 units valued at $6,560,425 to close at $4.57, Mayberry Investments 199,260 units to close at $1.45, Pulse Investments with 40,000 shares, closed at 30 cents and Radio Jamaica with 7,025 units to close at $1.29.
Declines| The number of stocks that declined in the main market are Caribbean Cement with 112,950 units while losing 45 cents to close at $2.50, Carreras with 545,700 units with a value of $18,549,227 as the price closed down 45 cents at $33.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange with 10,200,000 units valued at $19,278,000 and closed with a loss of 6 cents at $1.89, National Commercial Bank saw trading in 1,396,013 shares valued at $24,907,892 with 97 cents fall to $18.03, Sagicor Group put in 1,217,665 units with a value of $10,653,390 to close 50 cents lower at $8.50 and Scotia Group with 861,576 shares valued at $16,361,316, closed with a cent off at $18.99.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 321,495 units to close a cent higher at $3.03 and Jamaica Public Service 5% D preference share traded 1,000 shares to close at 35 cents
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.26 points to close at 708.86 as only 5 stocks traded in this market.
Gains| The sole stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market is General Accident Insurance with 318,132 units to close with a 3 cents decline at $1.40.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are Caribbean Producers with 329,316 shares at $2.65, Lasco Distributors with 31,000 shares changing hands at $1.20 and Lasco Financial with 900 units to close at $1.
Declines| Lasco Manufacturing with 32,000 shares and closed with a cent decline at $1.06 was the only stock declining 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 7 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
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