4 Trinidad stocks rise 2 fall on Friday

February 2, 2018 by

Grace Kennedy traded at a new high on the TTSE on Friday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 12 securities against 15 on Thursday, with 4 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 0.87 points to 1,275.08, the All T&T Indexgained 0.28 points to 1,707.08, while Cross Listed Index added just 0.20 points to end at 113.77.
Market activity ended with 93,884 shares with a value of $1,571,326 traded, compared to 128,336 shares with a value of $4,248,142 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 1 cent to conclude trading at $32.01, with 31,544 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy rose 4 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.51, with 1,385 units, Massy Holdings closed with 1 cents gain and finished at $47.50, with 8,559 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 10 cents and finished at $26.61, with 1,900 units.
Losses| National Flourshare fell 5 cents, in finishing at $1.90, with 16,503 shares trading and Unilever Caribbean ended trading with a fall of 1 cent to $28.99, exchanging just 5 shares.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal closed at $61 with 77 units changing hands,Clico Investments ended trading at $20.50, with 1,000 units, First Caribbean International Bank finished at $9.30, trading 1,060 shares, JMMB Group finished at $1.85, with 7,651 stock units changing hands. LJ Williams B share ended at 70 cents, with 24,000 units traded and NCB Financial Group closed at $6.60, in trading just 200.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Trading volume falls on JSE – Thursday

February 1, 2018 by

Wisynco, producers of Wata, traded 1.5 million shares on Thursday.

Trading on the pulled back Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday to 5,854,377 shares valued at $100,038,878, in contrast with 17,559,021 shares valued at $97,721,084 trading on Wednesday.
Market activity closed with 23 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 11 stocks rising, 7 declining and 5 trading firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 791.51 points to 315,155.86 and the JSE Index declined by 721.16 points to 287,142.63.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $17.35, with 8,986 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.35, with 10,843 units, Carreras finished 17 cents higher at $11.17, with 750,303 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 40 cents higher at $43.50, with 65,011 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $17.90, with 15,579 units. Jamaica Producers closed 10 cents higher at $17, with 4,373 shares, JMMB Group ended trading at $25, with 1,540,700 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 50 cents higher at $34, with 28,000 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 1 cent higher at $6, with 19,473 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 24 cents at $100.60, with 131,321 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 100 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 1.50 cents at $39.50, with 6,142 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 5,766 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 26,107 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $36, with 16,220 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 49 cents higher at $14.50, with 1,071,797 shares, Scotia Group finished trading 1 cent higher at $53, with 21,044 shares, Seprod closed $3.50 higher at $33.50, with 879 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 2 cents higher at $12, with 133,955 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished 3 cents higher at $4.13, with 231,077 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 1.68 cents at $10.31, with 1,495,101 shares In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1.15, with 271,400 shares and Proven Investments settled at $5.90, with 200 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE Main market lost ground – Thursday.”

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JSE main market lost ground – Thursday

February 1, 2018 by

JMMB Group had most shares trading on Thursday.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 791.51 points to 315,155.86 and the JSE Index declining 721.16 points to 287,142.63.
Main and US market activities ended with 10 stocks rising, 11 declining and 6 trading firm as 24 securities traded, versus 29 on Wednesday, including 1 from the US market.
Main market activity ended with 5,854,377 shares valued at $100,038,878 trading, in contrast with 17,559,021 shares valued at $97,721,084 on Wednesday.
The US market traded 39,500 units with a value of US$9,085 with the JSE US Equities Index gained 2.24 points to end at 174.33. Trading ended with Proven Investments exchanging 39,500 ordinary shares, at 22.5 US cents.
Market activity ended with an average of 254,538 units valued at an average of $4,349,516 for each security traded, in contrast to 650,334 units for an average of $3,619,299 on Wednesday. January closed with average of 239,900 units valued at $5,158,193 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, PanJam Investment lost $1.50 and Seprod jumped $3.50. The volume traded was dominated by JMMB Group that closed with 1,540,700 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 1,071,797 units and Wisynco Group trading 1,495,101 units and fell $1.68.

For more details of market activities see – Trading volume falls on JSE – Thursday.

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2 Trinidad stocks rise 6 fall on Thursday

February 1, 2018 by
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Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday, with trading in 15 securities, against 16 on Wednesday, with 2 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 1.68 points to 1,274.21, the All T&T Indexgained 3.03 points to 1,706.80, while Cross Listed Index closed added just 0.04 points to end at 113.57.
Market activity ended with 128,336 shares with a value of $4,248,142 traded, compared to 334,468 shares with a value of $9,456,041 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal closed at $61, with 200 units and Unilever Caribbean ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $29, trading 320 shares.
Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent at $32, trading 53,628 shares, National Flour share fell 4 cents, in finishing at $1.95, with 5,000 shares trading, Sagicor Financial closed with a fall of 1 cent to $7.89, with 2,565 units changing hands. Scotiabank finished 69 cents lower to close trading at $61.31, with 1,005 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 3 cents and ended at $26.51, with 10,323 units and West Indian Tobacco finished trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.50, with 2,650 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Agostini’s closed trading with 196 shares at $20.76, Clico Investments ended at $20.50, with 3,643 units, JMMB Group finished at $1.85, with 6,000 stock units changing hands., Massy Holdings concluded trading at $47.49, with 2,532 units changing hands. National Enterprises ended at $9.67, with 2,000 units, NCB Financial Group closed at $6.60, in trading 23,223 shares and Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 15,051 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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C&W and Wisynco in big trades on JSE

January 31, 2018 by

Cable & Wireless with an exchange of 11,351,768 shares and Wisynco Group trading 4,146,449 units dominated trading with 88 percent of volume on the main market on Wednesday.
Market activity closed with 27 securities changing hands, leading to 17,559,021 shares valued at $97,721,084 changing hands. At the close the prices of 8 stocks rose, 10 declined and 9 traded firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,844.76 points to 315,947.37 and the JSE Index surged 2,591.90 points to 287,863.79.
In main market activity, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 50 cents at $7.50, with 100 stock units, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 15 cents at $17.35, with 143,691 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 11,351,768 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 25 cents at $11, with 799,248 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.50 higher at $34.50, with 26,394 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $43.10, with 7,210 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 51 cents higher at $18.01, with 27,100 units, Jamaica Producers closed 40 cents higher at $16.90, with 17,262 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 86,312 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $25, with 107,680 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $33.50, with 24,000 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5.99, with 1,270 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 1 cent at $100.84, with 99,261 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $1.30, with 11,877 shares, Pulse Investments ended with a loss of 19 cents at $1.80, with 30,876 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.07, with 17,435 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $35.60, with 126,082 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 49 cents at $14.01, with 19,627 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of 50 cents at $10.50, with 1,355 units, Scotia Group finished trading 4 cents higher at $52.99, with 35,488 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 28 cents higher at $11.98, with 92,495 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.10, with 215,060 units and Wisynco Group gained 54 cents to $11.99, with 4,146,449 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 160,230 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.17, with 9,651 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,000 shares, Proven Investments climbed 85 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.90, with 100 units traded.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Big surge in JSE Main market – Wednesday.”

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Trinidad stocks decline again

January 31, 2018 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 16 securities against 14 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close, the Composite Index lost 0.50 points to 1,272.53, the All T&T Index fell 0.99 points to 1,703.77, while Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 113.53.
Market activity ended with 334,468 shares with a value of $9,456,041 traded, compared to 194,026 shares with a value of $3,847,017 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.76, with 200 shares trading, Angostura Holdings gained 70.00 cents and ended at $15.70, with 80 stock units changing hands, Bourse Brazil finished trading with a gain of 30 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.40, with 500 stock units changing hands and Guardian Holdings closed with an increase of 25 cents, to finish at $17.25, trading 93,718 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments fell by 40 cents and close at $20.50, with 7,654 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 1 cent and finished at $47.49, with 102 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings fell 20 cents and finished at $10.30, trading 450 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell $1.01 and close at $26.54, with 96,007 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, trading 2,434 shares trading, First Citizens finished at $32.01, trading 150 shares trading, National Enterprises close at $9.67, with 6,168 units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 30,700 shares trading, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.50, with 41,534 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 5,145 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.75, trading 46,495 shares trading and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.51, with 3,131 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Several JSE prices up ahead of month end

January 30, 2018 by

Trading activity on the main market ended on Monday as 28 securities changed hands, leading to 4,096,473 shares valued at $78,829,626 changing hands, with the prices of 16 stocks rising, 3 declining and 9 trading firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 927.49 points to 313,102.61 and the JSE Index advanced by 845.05 points to 285,271.89.
In main market activity, Barita Investments ended at $8, with 108 stock units, Berger Paints closed at $17.50, with 407,139 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 1 cent higher at $1.36, with 18,175 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 4 cents at $11.25, with 147,989 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 50 cents higher at $33, with 1,936 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at 22 cents, with 167,535 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 60 cents higher at $43.10, with 61,812 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of $1 to $17.50, with 18,019 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.50 higher at $16.50, with 16,403 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 35 cents higher at $7, with 33,400 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $24, with 824,485 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 50 cents higher at $33.50, with 6,556 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $6, with 56,902 shares. NCB Financial Group traded at $100.85, with 118,542 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 32,027 shares, 138 Student Living ended 15 cents higher at $6.15, with 300 shares, PanJam Investment ended 50 cents higher at $41, with 37,100 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99, with 4,400 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 28,454 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 80 cents higher at $36, with 20,854 stock units, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.55 at $11, with 500 units, Scotia Group jumped $2.90 to close at $52.95, with 250,531 shares. Seprod closed 50 cents higher at $30, with 48,496 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 3,942 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 20 cents higher at $11.70, with 83,345 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 9 cents higher at $4.10, with 308,773 units. Wisynco Group settled $1.00 higher at $11.45, with 1,249,530 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 149,220 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market trading picks up with 17 gains.”

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Main market trading picks up with 17 gains

January 30, 2018 by
Wisynco traded the most shares on teh JSE on Tuesday

Wisynco traded the most shares on the JSE on Tuesday

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 927.49 points to 313,102.61 and the JSE Index advanced by 845.05 points to 285,271.89.
Main and US market activities ended with 17 stocks rising, 5 declining and 9 trading firm as 31 securities traded, versus 26 on Monday, including 3 from the US market.
Main market activity increased with 4,096,473 shares valued at $78,829,626 traded, in contrast with 3,323,821 shares valued at $32,670,539 on Monday.
The US market traded 35,129 units with a value of US$7,605 with the JSE US Equities Index declining 1.18 points to end at 174.32. Trading in this market ended with Margaritaville closing at 22 US cents with 4,100 units after shedding 3 cents, Proven Investments trading 27,087 ordinary shares, to close with a gain of 2 cents at 23 US cents and Sterling Investments closing with a loss of 2 US cents and ended at 12 US cents with 3,942 shares.
Market activity ended with an average of 146,303 shares valued at $$2,815,344, in contrast to 132,953 shares valued at $1,306,822 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 220,146 units valued at $5,239,823 and previously 224,025 units valued at $5,115,100. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offer.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of $1, Jamaica Producers lost $1.50, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.55 and Scotia Group jumped $2.90. The volume traded was dominated by JMMB Group concluded trading at $24, with 824,485 shares and Wisynco Group with 1,249,530 shares with the price jumping $1.

For more details of market activities see – Several JSE prices up ahead of month end.

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TTSE stocks reverse most of Monday’s gains

January 30, 2018 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 14 securities changed hands against 15 on Monday, with the prices of just 2 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index lost 3.05 points on Tuesday to 1,273.03, the All T&T Index fell 5.48 points to 1,704.76, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.08 points lower to close at 113.53.
Market activity ended with 194,026 shares with a value of $4,409,625 traded, compared to 283,597 shares with a value of $4,409,625 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 5 cents and ended at $27.55, with 4,176 units and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to end at $88.51, with 1,437 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments shed 5 cents and ended at $20.90, trading 2,553 units, First Citizens had 10,200 shares changing hands, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $32.01, Scotiabank declined by 1 cent to close at $62.00, with 11,600 stock units changing hands, after trading as low as $61.20 and Unilever Caribbean shares fell 1 cent, in concluding trading at $28.99, with an exchange of 79 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal ended trading at $60, with 6,458 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank finished at $9.30, trading 47,200 shares, Grace Kennedy finished at $3.47, with 12,000 units, JMMB Group finished at $1.85, with 28,930 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed at $47.50, with 25,476 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group concluded trading at $6.60, with 27,021 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 735 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $7.90, with 16,161 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE main market slipped on Monday

January 29, 2018 by

Victoria Mutual Investments traded more than 1 million shares to lead the market on Monday.

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended on Monday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index slipping just 36.79 points to 312,175.12 and the JSE Index inched 33.52 points lower to 284,426.84, even as declining stocks beat out those rising by a decent margin.
Main and US market activities ended with 7 stocks rising, 12 declining and 7 trading firm as 26 securities traded, the number as on Friday, including 1 from the US market.
Main market activity ended with slightly more volume than on Thursday with 3,323,821 shares valued at $32,670,539 traded, in contrast to with 2,638,664 shares valued at $47,864,816 on Friday.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Proven Investments trading 6,490 ordinary shares with a value of US$1487, to close with a loss of 2 cents at 21 US cents.  The JSE US Equities Index declined 0.42 points to end at 172.50.
Market activity ended with 132,953 units for an average of $1,306,822 in contrast to 105,547 units for an average of $1,914,593 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 224,025 units valued at $5,115,100 and previously 228,507 units valued at $5,313,035. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offer.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Jamaica Producers lost $1 the second day running to end at $15, JMMB Group lost $1 to end at $24, NCB Financial regained the 85 cents it lost on Friday to end at $100.85 and Scotia Group fell 95 cents to $50.05. The volume traded was dominated by the two newest listings on the market, Victoria Mutual Investments finishing with 1,225,416 units at $4.01 and Wisynco Group closed at $10.45, with 900,281 shares.

For more details of market activities see – Trading on JSE’s main market sinks – Monday.

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