unlike Thursday when there were some large trades trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange got off to a slow start on Friday,
with the largest trade being National Commercial Bank with 139,796 shares trading at $40.48 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share with 1,331,340 units at $2.15.
Trading saw all major indices rising after 75 minutes of trading on Friday with an average of 73,514 per active stock traded, up from an average of 398,593 units traded in the mid-morning session on Friday.
A total of 22 securities compared to 33 on Thursday, accounting for 1,617,302 shares changed hands at 10.45 am as 4 stocks gained and 6 declined.
The market saw the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped by 1,257.04 points to 165,565.74, the JSE Market Index slipped 1,124.00 points to 149,087.24 the JSE combined index ending with a fall of 946.57 points to 157,122.37 and the junior market index increasing by 9.37 points to 1,834.87.
Slow start to Friday’s trading
Volumes climb early Wednesday
Trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange saw some spirited activity in 
Cable & Wireless with 1,058,537 trading up to $1.20 but backing off to $1.16, National Commercial Bank with 1,803,981 units at $40.05 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share with 1,541,085 units at $1.06 and KLE Group traded 270,000 at $1.65.
Trading saw all indices rising after 75 minutes of trading on Wednesday with an average of 251,635 per active stock traded, up from an average of 30,628 units traded in the mid-morning session on Tuesday.
A total of 20 securities, accounting for 5,032,702 shares that changed hands at 10.45 am as 8 stocks gained and 6 declined.
The market saw all Jamaica Composite Index rose 201.78 points to 166,718.58, the JSE Market Index rose 180.43 points to 150,118.06 the JSE combined index ending with a gain of 206.39 points to 157,949.73 and the junior market index gained 3.81 points to 1,822.90.
Big RJR trade on JSE – Wednesday
RJR traded 149M shares on Wednesday.
Stocks & Securities executed the bulk of the 148,818,235 Radio Jamaica shares that traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a value of $186 million. At the market continued to lose altitude, with the majority of stocks trading declining by more than a 2 to 1 ratio on Wednesday as 36 securities changed hands, in all market segments. The market ended with 9 stocks rising and 21 declining. One junior market stock traded at an intraday high.
The market closed with 153,740,039 units valued at $225,415,956 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 2,838,527 units, valued at $11,128,849 changing hands.
The JSE Market Index dropped 1,921.08 points to end at 150,282.68, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,148.48 points to 166,902.68 and the JSE combined index plunged 2,346.74 points, to close at 157,416.59.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Cable & Wireless sunk to $1 in trading 1,046,100 units, to close with a 7 cents loss, Caribbean Cement dropped $1 with just 250 shares changing hands to end at $24, Carreras added $1.12 in trading 6,526 shares to end at $66.14. The Gleaner Company, now renamed 1834 Investments and owns the non-media assets of the company, traded 15,000 units to close with a loss of 17 cents at a new low of $1.60. Grace Kennedy closed with 23,026 shares changing hands at $80.20 after losing $1.70 cents, Jamaica Broilers traded 71,240 units to close at $14.50, after falling 10 cents, Jamaica Producers traded 5,000 shares at $31. JMMB Group rose 30 cents as 24,730 shares changed hands at $10, Kingston Wharves traded 51,000 shares to close at $11.30, 
National Commercial Bank rose 49 cents with 108,051 shares changing hands to close at $41, Pan Jamaican Investments traded 15,826 shares to close at $93. Radio Jamaica with the largest trade of 149 million shares but lost 18 cents to close at $1.25, Sagicor Group fell 40 cents and ended with 333,131 shares changing hands at $23.60, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 2 cents in trading 45,610 shares to close at $10.02. Scotia Group traded 205,685 shares to close at $30, Scotia Investments fell $2.85 with only 916 shares changing hands to end at $25.10. Supreme Ventures rose 5 cents to close at $5 with 10,390 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary shares traded 112,700 units to end at 17.47 US cents down from 17.50 cents previously.
JSE gains in early trading – Thursday
Key Insurance listed on the junior market of the Jamaican Stock Exchange this morning but has not traded so far but have bids between $2.50 and $2.51 to buy 55,000 shares, there were no stocks offered for sale.
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, Caribbean Cement rose by $1 to $26 with a small volume, Jamaica Broilers traded with a gain of 57 with 362,086 shares at $14.85, JMMB Group lost 94 cents to trade at $10.01, RJR traded for the first time since the merger with the Gleaner and after issuing a bonus and splitting of its stock to shed 20 cents to be $1.46.
A total of 27 securities, accounting for 1,498,580 shares have changed hands at 10.45am as 7 stocks gained and 7 declined.
The indices enjoyed moderate gains in the main market after suffering modest declines earlier in the session with the all Jamaica Composite Index rising 18.35 points to 170,915.88, the JSE Market Index gaining 16.42 points to 153,871.09 the JSE combined index ending with a gain of 221.95 points to 162,404.47 and the junior market index gained 22.30 points to 1,917.06.
5 TTSE stocks close at a low – Thursday
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Wednesday as trading ended with 274,176 shares valued at $5,683,931 changing hands. A total of 12 securities traded with 8 falling, 3 gaining while 1 remained unchanged. One stock traded at a 52 weeks’ high while five stocks closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with the Composite Index declined by 0.83 points to close at 1,129.32, the All T&T Index fell by 1.84 points to close at 1,804.14 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.03 points at 60.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy, a clear sign of a weakness.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund traded 4,281 shares to end with a gain of 5 cents at $22.60, Sagicor Financial gained 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.01 with 41,302 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL gained 92 cents to close at $20 with 25,587 units valued at $508,448, changing hands.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with 16,959 shares changing hands to decline by 35 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $13.25, ANSA McAl added 11,400 shares valued at $712,500 but lost 35 cents $62.50, Calypso Macro Index Fund declined by 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of at $24.99 with 300 shares. JMMB group traded 9,345 shares and fell 1 cent to close at 59 cents,
National Enterprises closed with 3,253 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.99 after falling by 1 cent, Trinidad Cement closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.60 with 3,500 shares changing hands. L.J. Williams B share traded 900 units and lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 96 cents and West Indian Tobacco traded 533 shares but fell 1 cent in ending at $126.27.
Firm Trades| Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 146 units changing hands.
Jamaican$ mostly rose on Wednesday
Trading resulted in the Jamaican dollar mostly gaining value on Wednesday as the market ended with dealers buying the equivalent of US$40,064,336 and selling US$40,071,060, in contrast to US$42,863,013 purchased and US$47,456,165 sold on Tuesday.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$36,342,749 compared to US$38,864,989 on Tuesday, as the buying rate for the US dollar fell 1 cent to end at $121.32. A total of US$39,008,262 was sold versus US$44,298,247 on Tuesday, the selling rate rose 2 cents to end at $122.01.
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell $1.23 to end at $89.34 with dealers buying C$840,296 and selling C$496,721, at an average rate that dropped $3.15 to $91.54. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed $1.05 to $172.21 for the purchase of £1,967,596, while £301,680 was sold, as the rate fell $2.70 to $170. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, fell 33 cents to close at J$136.96, from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$134.17 for a fall of 38 cents from Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$309,670 being bought, while US$269,807 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at on Wednesday are, a rise of $1.15 in the highest buying rate of the US dollar to $123.30 and a rise of $1.97 in the lowest selling rate to $101.75. The highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar dropped $3.15 to $92.50 while a decline of $1.29 in the lowest buying rate took the final rate to $73. There was a rise of $1.30 in the highest buying rate to $175.90 for the British Pound while the lowest buying dipped $1.99 to $138.61.
TTSE falters again – Monday
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Monday as trading ended with 170,815 shares valued at $1,057,665 changing hands. A total of 10 securities traded with 3 falling, 2 gaining while 5 remained unchanged. One stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with the Composite Index declined by 3.87 points to close at 1,138.76, the All T&T Index fell by 7.34 points to close at 1,824.12 and is down by 6.3 percent since the start of the year and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.04 points to 60.21.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy.
Gains| Guardian Holdings ended trading just 100 shares but rose 10 cents to close at $13.80 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended trading 5,705 shares, but rose 1 cent to end at $19.06.
Losses| JMMB Group contributed 7,164 shares valued but lost 2 cents in closing at 57 cents, National Enterprises closed with 11,640 shares changing hands at to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $10 after falling by 50 cents 
and West Indian Tobacco traded 829 share but lost 2 cents in ending at $126.28.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,028 units at $38.95, Clico Investments Fund ended with a volume of 12,700 shares to end at $22.55, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with only 2,516 units changing hands. Grace Kennedy traded 53,773 shares to end at $5.20 and National Commercial Bank traded 86,000 shares at $2.40.
JSE took another dive – Tuesday
Jamaica Broilers traded over 3.3m shares on Tuesday.
The JSE Market Index shed 1,962.29 points to end at 151,473.49, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,192.97 points to end at 168,236.46 and the JSE combined index dived 1,429.27 points to close at 160,542.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 55 cents and ended with 14,612 shares trading at $3.40, Cable & Wireless closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.37 with 1,317,035 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to end at $20 with 23,847 shares trading. Carreras lost 49 cents to close at $64.50, while trading 14,840 units, Gleaner lost 10 cents to close at $2.10 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with 50,000 shares trading with a loss of 1 cent at $83.49, well below the $97 equivalent, it last traded at in Trinidad. Jamaica Broilers traded 3,323,214 units to close at $14.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 90,000 units to close at $22.50, JMMB Group had 72,435 units changing hands but fell 10 cents in closing at $10.30, Kingston Wharves traded 34,654 shares trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.45.
National Commercial Bank with 547,321 shares changing hands, to close at $41, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 530,450 units and fell 2 US cents in closing at 20 US cents, Radio Jamaica ended with 29,880 units changing hands at 40 cents higher to close at $4.35. Sagicor Group lost 90 cents with 94,090 shares changing hands at $22.10, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,343 shares to close at $10, Scotia Group had 296,974 shares changing hands to close at $30 after falling by $1, Scotia Investments rose $1.49 to close at $29.49 with 503,451 units trading. Supreme Ventures closed with a gain of 55 cents at $5.15 with 33,900 units changing hands, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 8 million units but fell 13 cents to close at $1.07 and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 50,000 shares to close at $2.15.
Sharp fall for JSE – Tuesday
Iron Rock Insurance traded for the first time since it went public earlier in March with 1,000 shares changing hands at $3.51 and is up from $3 per share it was offered to the public at.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange has gotten off to a rocky start on Tuesday big losses the main market indices in early trading but the junior market enjoyed moderate gain. Fall in the prices of some big capitalization stocks rock the indices. Falling are Cable & Wireless with a loss of 5 cents to $1.37, National Commercial at $40.5o down 50 cents, 
Sagicor Group lost 95 cents to be trading at $22.05, Scotia Group lost $54 cents to be at $30.46 and Scotia Investments trades at $26.30 down from $28.
After 75 minutes of the market’s opening, 29 securities traded, accounting for 11,795,810 shares changing hands. A total of 5 stocks gained and 13 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,026.54 points to 168,402.89, the JSE Market Index slipped 1,813.37 points to 151,622.41, the JSE combined index ended with a fall of 1,532.81 points to 160,439 but the junior market index rose gained 19.26 points to 1,934.03.
Jamaica Broilers traded 3,268,865 shares at $14.50, JMMB Group 7.50% traded 8,000,000 units but fell 13 cents to $1.07. Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $43 with only 126 units changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing traded 8,450 units at $3.90 versus $3.50 it closed at on Monday.
TTSE stocks closed down – Monday
Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Monday with trading ended with 271,900 shares valued at $5,178,918 changing hands. A total of 12 securities traded with 3 falling, one gaining while 8 remained unchanged. A total of 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 1.07 points to close at 1,159.44, the All T&T Index dropping 1.62 points to close at 1,865.06 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.07 points to close at 60.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 2 cents to close with 500 units changing hands to close at $5.15.
Losses| JMMB Group traded 15,406 shares to close with a loss of 2 cents at 58 cents. Massy Holdings ended with 60,200 shares with a value of $3,426,958 changing hands as the price dropped $1.04 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $56.75 and Scotia Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75 while trading 98,856 shares.
Firm Trades|Clico Investments traded 26,975 shares with a value of $608,779 to close at $22.55, First Citizens traded 16,000 shares at $34.99, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed with 19,723 units changing hands at $6.50, National Commercial Bank had 25,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.40, National Flour closed with 3,400 shares changing hands at $1.95. Point Lisas closed with 5,000 shares trading to close at $4, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 6,569 shares changing hands to close at $7 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended trading 7,677 shares to close at $19.