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Trading climbs on TTSE

July 14, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Market activity ended on Wednesday, with the indices declining after trading 73 percent more shares carrying 205 percent greater value than on Tuesday after the market ended with more stocks falling than rising at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 18 securities traded up from 15 on Tuesday, with three stocks rising, seven declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index slipped 1.76 points to 1,422.65, the All T&T Index dropped 4.78 points to 1,939.18, and The Cross-Listed Index popped 0.21 points to 121.91 and
A total of, 363,804 shares traded for $3,241,755 compared to 210,094 units at $1,063,951 on Tuesday.
An average of 20,211 units traded at $180,097 compared to 14,006 at $70,930 on Tuesday. The average trade month to date amounts to 25,338 units at $317,298 versus 25,938 units at $333,335. The average trade for strong>June amounts to 45,770 units at $724,497.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s closed at $24.55 in exchanging 13,402 shares, Angostura Holdings remained at $16.49 with the swapping of 3,082 stock units, Clico Investment Fund slipped 1 cent to $26.80 after 2,349 stocks cleared the market, First Citizens Bank dropped 28 cents to $50.02, with 945 stocks changing hands. GraceKennedy dropped 14 cents to close at $5.85 with the swapping of 5,418 shares, Guardian Holdings fell 14 cents to $33.85 in trading 232 stocks, Guardian Media lost 20 cents to end at $3.05, with 300 shares clearing the market. JMMB Group closed at $1.95 after 17,000 shares crossed the exchange, L.J Williams B share ended at $1.50 in exchanging 15,009 units, National Enterprises ended at $3.50 in trading 4,400 shares. National Flour Mills settled at $2.04 in switching ownership of 62,000 shares, NCB Financial Group dipped 1 cent to $8.24, in trading 195,502 stocks, Prestige Holdings remained at $7 in an exchange of 3,494 stocks. Republic Financial Holdings rallied 25 cents to $139.25 after trading 500 stock units, Scotiabank dropped $1.19 to $58.55, with 1,411 stocks crossing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $18.21 in exchanging 570 shares. Unilever Caribbean rose 8 cents to $16.33, with 32,473 stock units crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco rallied 50 cents to $32.50, with 5,717 units changing hands.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Angostura Holdings, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, LJ Williams, National Enterprises, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

Stocks in retreat on Tuesday

July 13, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Trading returned to more normal levels following Monday when 95 million shares of NCB Financial crossed the exchange following what the company states flowed from a director and a Senior Officer have surrendered the shares in the group under a new compensation arrangement.
Elsewhere, activity continued on Tuesday with the market declining with an exchange of 94 percent fewer shares valued 99 percent less than on Monday at the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The main indices wiped out gains made over the past three trading days at the close, with the All Jamaican Composite Index plunging 8,432.60 points to 459,268.54, the JSE Main Index dived 7,836.94 points to end at 421,263.27 and the JSE Financial Index shed 2.12 points to 103.86.
Trading ended with 49 securities, as was the case on Monday, with 18 stocks rising, 19 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The market commenced trading in Caribbean Producers shares previously listed on the Junior Market and investors exchanged 275,415 units at the close after a slow start to trading in the stock, well above the 58,282 traded on Monday 34,319 shares exchanged on Friday.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.4 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 5,572,104 shares trading for $90,965,287 versus 102,643,964 units at $13,868,036,024 on Monday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 35.7 percent of total volume for an exchange of 1.99 million shares, Sagicor Select Financial Fund 13.3 percent with 738,402 units and Grace Kennedy 9.2 percent with 513,821 units changing hands.
Trading averaged 113,716 units at $1,856,434, compared to 2,094,775 shares at $283,021,143 on Monday. Trading month to date averaged 362,662 units at $33,596,379, in contrast to 393,158 units at $37,484,522 on Monday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell $2.18 to $82.82 in exchanging 766 shares, Berger Paints shed 96 cents to close at $13.89 with an exchange of 28,360 shares, Eppley spiked $4.40 to $43.90 in trading 3,991 stock units. First Rock Capital rallied $2 to $15.50 with the swapping of 5,093 units, GraceKennedy dropped $4.92 to $98.28 in transferring 513,821 shares, Guardian Holdings plunged $35 to $650 in switching ownership of 3,966 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 42 cents to $17.67 with 23,050 shares crossing the market, Kingston Properties lost 39 cents to close at $8.01 with 99,707 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents in closing at $48 trading 10,313 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $12.45 to settle at $134.55, with 84 units clearing the market, Palace Amusement rallied $60 to $1,250 with 7 stocks changing hands, Pan Jam Investment shed $1.49 to $66.01, with 11,233 stock units crossing the exchange. Proven Investments rose 45 cents to $34.60 in switching ownership of 4,506 stocks, Sagicor Group fell $2.94 to $55 in exchanging 23,431 stock units, Seprod fell $1 to $71 in transferring 14,512 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 20 cents to $14.80 in trading 33,382 shares and Wisynco Group spiked 40 cents to $15.90 with the swapping of 17,180 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% rose 92 cents to $6.98 in trading 5,007 stock units.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Caribbean Producers, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Stocks back above water

July 13, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Trading ended with the market rising after trading 36 percent more shares with a value that was 1,820 percent higher on Tuesday, than on Monday, at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange as the market closed back above the 2020 closing index.
Trading ended with six securities changing hands, compared to five on Monday with prices of one stock rising, one declining and four remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index popped 4.34 points to end at 189.35. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averages 12.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 566,829 shares traded for US$130,805, up from 417,802 units at US$6,812 on Monday.
Trading averaged 94,472 units at US$21,801, compared to 83,560 shares at US$1,362 on Monday. Trading averaged 108,247 units, month to date at US$10,968 in contrast to 110,215 units at US$9,421 on Monday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital closed at 8 US cents while trading 925 shares, Margaritaville closed at 9.2 US cents after exchanging 30,890 units, Productive Business Solutions dipped 0.01 of a cent to end at 80 US cents in switching ownership of 54 stocks. Proven Investments remained at 24 US cents, with 530,672 units crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.11 of a cent to end at 0.81 US cents with the swapping of 3,802 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% settled at US$1.0995 in trading 486 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, JSE US dollar market, Margaritaville, Productive Business Solutions, Proven Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway

Trading levels drop on TTSE on Tuesday

July 13, 2021 by IC Insider.com

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Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday, with the market rising after trading 34 percent fewer shares carrying 67 percent less value than on Monday, resulting in more stocks falling than rising.
At the close, 15 securities traded, down from 20 on Monday, with three stocks rising, five declining and seven remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index inched 0.93 points higher to settle at 1,424.41, the All T&T Index rose 10.99 points to 1,943.96 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 1.38 points to close at 121.70.
A total of, 210,094 shares traded for $1,063,951 down from 319,283 units at $3,468,098 on Monday.
An average of 14,006 units traded at $70,930 versus 15,964 at $173,405 on Monday. The average trade month to date amounts to 25,938 units at $333,335 versus 27,225 units at $361,652. The average trade for June ended with 45,770 units at $724,497.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s closed at $24.55 in trading 3,179 shares, Clico Investment Fund fell 9 cents to $26.81 with the swapping of 834 stock units. First Citizens Bank ended at $50.30, with 1,604 shares changing hands, FirstCaribbean International Bank lost 10 cents to close at $6.40 trading 111 stock units. GraceKennedy closed at $5.99, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings slipped 1 cent to $33.99 with the swapping of 2,697 units, JMMB Group lost 5 cents to end at $1.95 in switching ownership of 172,563 stock units. Massy Holdings closed at $80.60 trading 1,087 stocks, National Enterprises popped 25 cents to close at $3.50 in switching ownership of 5,600 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $8.25, with 13,685 stock units changing hands. Prestige Holdings closed at $7, with 47 units crossing the market, Republic Financial Holdings gained $3.50 in ending at $139 after exchanging 360 stocks, Scotiabank settled at $59.74 after exchanging 985 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 1 cent in closing at $18.21 and trading 6,042 stocks and West Indian Tobacco declined 50 cents to close at $32 in trading 300 units.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, Trinidad Cement, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

NCB Financial Monday’s dominant trade

July 12, 2021 by IC Insider.com

NCB Financial traded 95.2 million shares costing $1.38 billion and commanded 93 percent of the overall volume of the market on Monday with driving the volume of shares exchanged up 11 times Friday’s levels with the value surging 4,808 percent higher on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.

NCB Financial Montego Bay branch

The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 3,234.89 points to close at 467,701.14, the JSE Main Index advanced 2,473.87 points to end at 429,100.21 and the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.56 points to 107.72.
Trading ended with 49 securities compared to 52 on Friday, with 15 stocks rising, 20 declining and 14 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate value of each stock, averages 16.6 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 102,643,964 shares trading for $13,868,036,024 versus 9,325,241 units at $282,546,221 on Friday. Wigton Windfarm was the second lead trade, with 1.54 percent for 1.58 million units, Transjamaican Highway followed with 1.5 percent for 1.51 million stock units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund 1.3 percent, with 1.38 million shares changing hands.
Trading averaged 2,094,775 units at $283,021,143, compared to 179,332 shares at $5,433,581 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 393,158 units at $37,484,522, versus 155,610 units at $3,207,330 on Friday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rose 95 cents to $85 with an exchange of 2,400 stock units, Caribbean Cement shed $1 to end at $91 with 4,849 stocks crossing the market, Eppley lost 79 cents in ending at $39.50 after an exchange of 12,416 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund plunged $5.89 to $41 with a transfer of 1,701 units, First Rock Capital dived $2.10 to $13.50 in switching ownership of 106,626 shares. Grace Kennedy slipped $1.69 to close at $103.20 with 314,616 shares crossing the market, Guardian Holdings popped $1 to $685 in trading 317 stock units, Jamaica Producers shed $1.92 to end at $22.03 with the swapping of 115,747 shares. Kingston Wharves fell $2.50 to $47.50 after 9,360 stock units crossed the market, Mayberry Investments popped 51 cents to $6.51 in exchanging 19,050 stocks. NCB Financial declined $7 to $139 in trading 95,187,289 shares, Palace Amusement plunged $110 to $1,190 with a transfer of 127 units. Pan Jam Investment shed $1.50 to close at $67.50 with 27,771 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Group spiked $2.94 to $57.94 after an exchange of 10,433 units, Salada Foods rose 28 cents to $8.90 in trading 21,207 stocks, Scotia Group shed 68 cents in ending at $39.50 after transferring 24,895 shares. Stanley Motta rose 20 cents to $5.90 with the swapping of 15 stock units, Supreme Ventures gained 32 cents to end at $19.32 in trading 1,162 units and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 40 cents to $14.60 with an exchange of 262,714 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% dropped $1.04 to $6.06 and exchanging 3,121 stocks, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 fell 45 cents to $2.90 in switching ownership of 63,006 shares and JMMB Group 7.25% rallied 27 cents to $1.53 with the swapping of 176 units.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Rising stocks edged out decliners on TTSE

July 12, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Market activity ended on Monday, with the market eking modest gains after traded 534 percent more shares with a 251 percent increased value than on Friday, resulting in more stocks falling than rising at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

At the close, 20 securities traded, up from 17 on Friday, with five rising, three declining and 12 ending unchanged.
The Composite Index rallied 2.65 points to 1,423.48, the All T&T Index climbed 5.52 points to end at 1,932.97 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.06 points to settle at 123.08.
A total of, 319,283 shares traded for $3,468,098 compared to 50,340 units at $988,918 on Friday.
An average of 15,964 units traded at $173,405 compared to 2,961 at $58,172 on Friday. The average trade month to date equals 27,225 units at $361,652 versus 29,118 units at $393,290. The average trade for June ended at 45,770 units at $724,497.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Angostura Holdings traded 254 shares at $16.49, Ansa Mcal popped $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $58 in swapping of 9 stock units, Clico Investment Fund rose 10 cents to $26.90 in switching ownership of 54,161 stocks. First Citizens Bank ended at $50.30, with 645 units crossing the market, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.50, with 1,100 shares changing hands, GraceKennedy ended at $5.99 after trading 3,405 stock units, JMMB Group closed at $2, while exchanging 148,043 units. L.J Williams B share spiked 16 cents to $1.50, trading 1,691 stock units, Massy Holdings popped 18 cents to $80.60 in swapping 3,047 stocks, National Flour Mills fell 21 cents to $2.04, with 13,000 stocks changing hands. NCB Financial Group lost 23 cents in closing at $8.25 after trading 61,159 units, One Caribbean Media remained at $4.60 while 1,193 units passed through the exchange, Point Lisas ended at $3.15, with 3,600 stock units clearing the market. Prestige Holdings remained at $7, trading 380 shares, Republic Financial Holdings popped 40 cents to $135.50, with 2,148 shares clearing the market, Scotiabank closed at $59.74, with the swapping of 2,379 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to end at $18.20 in exchanging 21,670 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.30 in trading 50 shares, Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.25 with an exchange of 1,335 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $32.50 in trading 14 stock units.

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

Filed Under: TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Ansa Mcal, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, LJ Williams, Massy Holdings, National Flour, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Prestige Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, Trinidad Cement, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

JSE Main Market slips into weekend

July 9, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks slipped into the weekend on Friday, after an exchange of just 5 percent more shares valued 26 percent more than on Thursday, with the market indices lost grounds even after prices of more stocks rose than those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 223.23 points to 464,466.25, the JSE Main Index slipped just 71.20 points to end at 426,626.34 and the JSE Financial Index ended 0.38 points lower to 105.42.
Trading ended with 52 securities compared to 50 on Thursday, with 22 stocks rising, 19 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate value for a stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 9,325,241 shares trading for $282,546,221, up from 8,889,308 units at $224,811,511 on Thursday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 28.5 percent after trading 2.66 million shares followed by Caribbean Cement 21.7 percent with 2.02 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 11.3 percent after an exchange of 1.06 million units.
Trading averaged 179,332 units at $5,433,581, compared to 177,786 shares at $4,496,230 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 155,610 units at $3,207,330, within distance of 151,484 units at $2,820,155 on Thursday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments shed 95 cents to close at $84.05 after an exchange of 24,203 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $1.75 to $92 with 2,024,458 shares crossing the exchange, Eppley rose 43 cents to 40.29 with 108 stocks clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $3.11 to $46.89 in trading 737 units. Grace Kennedy popped 89 cents to $104.89 with a transfer of 220,111 stock units, Guardian Holdings advanced $14 to $684 with 566 units changing hands, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.90 to $23.95 in an exchange of 3,045 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 25 cents to $17.25 after clearing the market with 3,198 units, JMMB Group gained 45 cents in closing at $38 in switching ownership of 135,193 shares, Kingston Wharves rose $2.06 to $50 with 454,312 stock units crossing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed $30 to close at $147, with the swapping of 76 units, NCB Financial Group advanced $4 to $146 in exchanging 13,064 stocks. Palace Amusement spiked $150 to $1,300 with the swapping of 36 stock units, Pan Jam Investment rose $1.40 to $69 in trading 2,065 units, Proven Investments lost 22 cents to $34.10 in crossing the market with 33,999 stocks. Sagicor Group shed $1 to settle at $55 in exchanging 457,729 shares, Salada Foods rallied 37 cents in closing at $8.62 in trading 47,287 stock units. Scotia Group shed 82 cents to $40.18 after exchanging 25,980 stocks, Supreme Ventures spiked 95 cents to $19 after crossing the market with 12,971 units and Wisynco Group shed 25 cents to close at $15.50 in exchanging 41,535 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share rose 22 cents to $7.50 in trading 2,500 stocks, Eppley 8.25% rallied $1.04 to $7.10 with 470 units changing hands and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share declined $25 to $80 in transferring 2,000 shares.

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

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Community & Workers Credit Union, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Proven & Transjamaican dominate JSEUSD Market

July 9, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks put in a spirited performance in trading on Friday, resulting in a sharp 1,617 percent spike in the number of shares changing hands with the value 1,317 percent greater than on Thursday after the transfer of 2,934,749 shares with a value of US$260,628, up from 170,930 units at US$18,367 on Thursday at the close of Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market.

Proven Investments had the second highest volume of stocks trading on Friday.

Trading was dominated by Proven Investments and Transjamaican Highway, with more than one million shares each.
Trading averaged 419,250 units at US$37,233, compared to 34,186 shares at US$3,673 on Thursday. Month to date trades average 113,817 units at US$10,510 in contrast to 42,549 units at US$4,274 on Thursday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Trading ended with seven securities changing hands, compared to five on Thursday with prices of three rising, three declining and one remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index fell 2.62 points to end at 186.99. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averaged 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital dipped 0.11 of a cent to finish at 8.89 US cents with 1,860 shares passing through the market, Margaritaville remained at 9.2 US cents with an exchange of just one unit, Proven Investments gained 0.38 of a cent to end at 24.48 US cents with 1,010,948 stocks changing hands. Sterling Investments fell 0.03 of a cent to 1.87 US cents with 110,000 stock units traded, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1.45 cents to 14.45 US cents with a transfer of 2,000 shares and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.11 of a cent to a 52 weeks’ low of 0.71 US cents with 1,809,928 units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% rallied 6.95 cents to US$1.10 with 12 shares changing hands.

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

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, JSE US dollar market, Margaritaville, Proven Investments, Sterling Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Transjamaican Highway

Moderate trading on TTSE

July 9, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Market activity ended, with a sharp drop in volume and value of stocks trading on Friday, with the market declining moderately after 90 percent fewer shares traded, with 96 percent less value than on Thursday. At the close, slightly more stocks rose than fell on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

At the close, 17 traded compared to 18 on Thursday, with four stocks rising, three falling and 10 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index fell 1.44 points to 1,420.83, the All T&T Index lost 1.21 points to settle at 1,927.45 and the Cross-Listed Index declined 0.24 points to 123.14.
A total of 50,340 shares traded for $988,918 compared to 526,607 units at $23,241,270 on Thursday. An average of 2,961 units traded at $58,172 compared to 29,256 at $1,291,182 on Thursday. Month to date trading averages 29,118 units at $393,290 versus 33,477 units at $449,143. The average trade for June amounts to 45,770 units at $724,497.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s settled at $24.55 in trading 1,000 shares, Ansa Mcal closed at $57, with 2,000 units crossing the market, Calypso Macro Investment Fund settled at $16.50 in trading 2,224 units. Clico Investment Fund fell 10 cents to $26.80 while exchanging 1,354 units. Endeavour Holdings climbed 44 cents to $7.94 trading 85 stock units, First Citizens Bank settled at $50.30 with an exchange of 289 units. FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.50 with the swapping of 1,603 units, Grace Kennedy settled at $5.99 in switching ownership of 937 stocks, Guardian Holdings ended at $34 after 16,789 units crossed the market. JMMB Group declined 5 cents to $2 in an exchange of 1,271 units, L.J Williams B share, settled at $1.34, with 320 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas rose 5 cents to $3.15, with 25 stock units clearing the market. Prestige Holdings popped 1 cent to $7 after 20,598 units crossed the market, Scotiabank dipped 1 cent to $59.74 in an exchange of 50 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 1 cent to $18.21 in an exchange of 620 stocks. Trinidad Cement ended at $3.30, with 175 shares crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.25 trading 1,000 stocks.

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

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Ansa Mcal, Calypso Micro Index Fund, Clico Investment, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, Endeavour Holdings, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, LJ Williams, Point Lisas, Prestige Holdings, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, Trinidad Cement, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean

Major stocks rebound

July 8, 2021 by IC Insider.com

Stocks settled on a robust recovery at the end of trading on Thursday and, in the process, wiped out all the losses of the past two days with moderately more stocks declining than rising after the volume of shares and the value traded fell 22 percent and 29 percent respectively compared to Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index spiked 4,025.26 points to 464,689.48, the JSE Main Index sprung 3,462.72 points higher to 426,697.54 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.87 points to 105.80.
Trading ended with 50 securities compared to 51 on Wednesday, with 19 stocks rising, 23 declining and eight remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 8,889,308 shares trading for $224,811,511 versus 11,432,806 units at $317,069,162 on Wednesday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 13.6 percent of total volume for an exchange of 1.21 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 10.1 percent for 894,159 units and Grace Kennedy with 9.3 percent after trading 833,408 units.
Trading averaged 177,786 units at $4,496,230, compared to 224,173 shares at $6,217,042 on Wednesday. Trading month to date averages 151,484 units at $2,820,155, in contrast to 146,203 units at $2,483,594 on Wednesday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments surged $3.09 to $85 after trading 50,941 stocks as investors responded positively to the news that the directors will be to consider increasing the company’s capital, Berger Paints rallied 96 cents to close at $14.85 after exchanging 100 units, Caribbean Cement fell $1.05 to $93.75 in transferring 8,307 units. First Rock Capital lost 21 cents to close at $15.60 with 16,948 stocks changing hands, Grace Kennedy rallied $2 to $104 in switching ownership of 833,408 shares, Guardian Holdings dropped $19.99 to $670 with the swapping of 3,832 stock units. Jamaica Broilers gained 43 cents to end at $35.98 with an exchange of 27 units, Jamaica Producers shed 95 cents in ending at $22.05, with 17,393 stocks clearing the market. Kingston Properties fell $1.10 to $8.40 in swapping of 19,760 units, Margaritaville rose $1 to $15.10 after exchanging 814 units, Mayberry Investments added 34 cents in closing at $6.19 with the transfer of 759,331 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 75 cents to $9 in switching ownership of 25,606 stock units. NCB Financial advanced $1 to $142 after exchanging 176,301 stocks, Palace Amusement dived $200 to end at $1,150 with the swapping of 100 units, Pan Jam Investment lost 40 cents in ending at $67.60 after trading 21,361 stocks. Proven Investments slipped 78 cents to $34.32 with 1,024 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group rallied $4 to $56 with 278,687 stock units crossing the market, Salada Foods picked up 25 cents to settle at $8.25 with the swapping of 56,192 stock units and Supreme Ventures shed 96 cents to close at $18.05, with 237,056 shares clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% fell $1.04 to $6.06 exchanging 623 units and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 rose 15 cents to a record $3.45 with a transfer of 51,094 stocks.