Stocks surged higher, at the close of trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with the market ending at record closing levels as JMMB Group NCB Financial and Scotia Group record strong gains, pushing the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to a record close of 300,363.16.
Trading on the main market ended with 22 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 6 declined and 11 traded firm with 4,504,312 units valued at $68,391,852 compared to 94,545,441 units valued at $1,119,081,050 on Thursday. In the US dollar market 425,898 units traded for a value of US$102,239 for two securities.
In market activity, volumes are those trades for the day and the closing prices are those at which the last trade took place. At the close on market activity, Barita Investments ended trading with a loss of $1 at $8, with 40,452 stock units trading, Cable & Wireless finished at $1.10, with 42,361 units, Caribbean Cement settled 54 cents higher at $26.55, with 3,000 shares, Carreras closed at $12, after 462,635 stock units changed hands, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents at $42.75, with 12,005 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 5 cents at $17.95, with 1,858 units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 2,278 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading $1.20 higher at $7.20, with 1,064,940 shares switching owners, JMMB Group finished $3 higher at $26, after trading 21,667 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4.10, with 15,378 shares. PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $3.48 to $38.52, with 9,732 units, Portland JSX ended trading after falling 50 cents to an all-time low of $8.50, with 50,000 stock units after the company reported a loss for the six months to August of US$221,251. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, trading 10,100 shares, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.49 cents at $38.51, with 7,700 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 4 cents higher at $13.25, with 19,700 stock units, after it traded at an all-time high of $15. Salada Foods closed at $8.50, with 350,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $3.08 higher at $50.98, with 414,399 stock units, Seprod traded 339 units at $30 and Supreme Ventures finished 37 cents higher at $11.85, with 130,790 shares.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5%, ended trading 700,000 shares at $2 and JMMB Group 7.5% ended 1 cent higher at $1.15, with 870,000 stock units changing hands.
In the US dollar market segment, Productivity Business traded 5,898 shares at 57.5 US cents and Proven Investments closed with 420,000 units trading at 23.5 US cents.
Banks push JSE to new high – Friday
JSE closes 1,000 points shy of 300,000
The market made another run at the 300,000 mark on the All Jamaican Composite Index on Monday, but fell just under 1,000 points shy, with the index ending at 299,091.16 points as the investors continued their bullish attack on a limited set of stocks.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 23 securities changing hands, 9 advanced, 12 declined and 2 traded firm with 310,999,356 units valued at $2,974,897,171 as Supreme Ventures accounted for 307 million units. One stock traded in the US market resulting in the price rising on small volume.
In market activity, volumes are those trades for the day and the closing prices are those at which the last trade took place. In the main activity, Barita Investments concluded trading 24 cents higher at $8, with 10,673 units changing hands, Cable & Wireless rose 2 cents to $1.02, with 126,398 shares, Caribbean Cement ended at $28, with just 144 units, Carreras ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $13.48, with 252,898 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy finished with a loss of 40 cents at $43, in trading 38,318 units. Jamaica Broilers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $18, while exchanging 8,266 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 80 cents at $15.20, with 6,459 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 10 cents higher at $7.70, with 27,315 units, JMMB Group traded 89 cents higher at $26, with 36,897 stock units, Kingston Properties settled with a loss of 5 cents at $7.15, with 2,000 units, Kingston Wharves finished 75 cents higher at $30.75, with 20,539 shares. Mayberry Investments exchanged 9,218 stock units at $4.50, property company, 138 Student Living finished 1 cent higher at $5.41, with 2,700 shares, PanJam Investment shed $1 to end at $43, with 11,244 stock units, Pulse Investments traded with a loss of 2 cents at $1.80, trading 69,750 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 9 cents at $1.11, with 87,688 units. Sagicor Group jumped $4.99 to a record $39.99, with 52,394 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with a loss of 8 cents at $13, after trading 3,100,000 units, Scotia Group fell 96 cents to $50, with 91,270 stock units, Seprod settled with a loss of $1.50 at $28.50, with 8,160 shares and Supreme Ventures finished with a loss of 60 cents at $9.50, with 306,999,685 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed at $1.15, with 600 units and in the US dollar market Productive Business Solution rose 0.25 US cents in trading 2,300 units to close at 60 US cents.
Higher & Higher the market grows
Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday saw the market indices climbing 2,955.43 points in the first 2 minutes of trading as JMMB Group climbed to a new high of $27.99 but fell back later to close just above Thursday last trade and Scotia Group landed at $50.96.
The market was ending for the 5 consecutive day at a new record close with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 2,145.18 points to end at a record close at 297,756.90 and the JSE Index climbing 1,954.50 points to a record close of 271,290.21.
Twenty one (21) securities changed hands, 8 advanced, 5 declined and 5 traded firm as 5,262,809 units valued at $149,711,405 traded,
The volume and prices quoted for securities are amounts traded for the day at the last trading price. In the main activity Cable & Wireless finished at $1, with 119,166 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded $1.99 higher at $28, with 7,936 shares changing hands, Carreras finished $1.50 higher at $13.50, with 409,425 units trading, Grace Kennedy ended trading 40 cents higher at $43.40, with 61,347 stock units, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 49 cents at $18.50, with 17,587 units, Jamaica Producers finished $1 higher at $16, with 3,874 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7.60, trading 6,885 stock units, JMMB Group traded 11 cents higher at record close of $25.11, with 21,622 stock units, but the stock traded earlier in the day as high as $27.99. Kingston Wharves dived $1.50 to $30, with 19,925 units, Mayberry Investments finished with a loss of 49 cents at $4.50, with 6,000 shares trading, 1834 Investments ended 2 cents higher at $1.40, trading 79,098 stock units, PanJam Investment traded at $44, with 7,913 shares, Radio Jamaica finished 5 cents higher at $1.20, with 31,981 units, Sagicor Group traded 47 cents higher at $35, with 2,916,828 stock units traded. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended at $13.08, with 37,602 stock units, Scotia Group finished with a loss of 2 cents at $50.96, with 449,341 units changing hands, Seprod finished at $30, with 11,924 stock units, Supreme Ventures finished with a loss of 90 cents at $10.10, with 723,521 shares traded and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group settled at $1.15, with 46,130 stock units and Sagicor Bank A share traded 207,000 units at $1.05.
In the US dollar market, Productive Business traded 75,347 units at 57.5 US cents after shedding 0.50 US cent and Proven Investments traded 254,650 shares 1.99 cents higher to 23.99 cents.
Main market climbs higher on Thursday
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at a new record high on Thursday, as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 516.81 points to record close of 295,611.68 and the JSE Index advancing 470.87 points to a record close at 269,335.73.
A total of 21 securities changed hands in the main market, with, 8 advancing, 5 declining with 3,821,978 units valued at $54,648,279. The JSE US Dollar Equities Index advanced 1.65 points to close at 186.63 with 1,000 units trading, valued at US$598.
In the market activity, volume and prices quoted are amounts traded for the day at the last trading price. In the main activity, Cable & Wireless ended trading 1 cent higher at $1, with 640,469 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.59 to $26.01, with just 400 units, Carreras traded 542,284 shares, to close at $12. Grace Kennedy fell 45 cents to end at $43, with 49,438 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 49 cents higher at $18.99, with 6,020 stock units. Jamaica Producers settled with a loss of $1 at $15, with 93,586 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 20 cents at $7.60, with 1,739 stock units, JMMB Group closed $2.50 higher at a record close of $25, with 371,074 shares. Kingston Properties traded with a loss of 20 cents at $7.20, with 1,400 stock units, Kingston Wharves concluded trading at $31.50, with 4,080 units. 1834 Investments concluded trading at $1.38, with 1,843 shares, PanJam Investment settled $2.15 higher at $44, with 5,905 stock units, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 2,500 shares, Sagicor Group settled 3 cents higher at $34.53, with 23,475 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended at $13.08, with 300 units changing hands. Salada Foods finished at $8.50, with 10,000 stock units, Scotia Group ended trading $1.98 higher at $50.98, with 185,115 stock units, Seprod traded $1.95 higher at $30, with 13,026 shares and Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of $1 at $11, with 1,783,545 shares.
In the main market preference segment, Sagicor Bank A shares closed at $1.05, with 23,000 units changing hands and in the US dollar segment Productive Business ordinary share traded 1,000 units at 58 US cents.
Majors jump to record close
Trading ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with just 23 securities trading leading to the prices of 9 advancing and 11 declining as the market finished at a record closing high.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed to a record close of 295,094.91 with gains of 929.05 points and the JSE Index rose 846.47 points to a new closing high of 268,864.84 as 4,324,540 units valued at $37,838,559 changed hands.
In the market activity, volume and prices quoted are amounts traded for the day at the last trading price. At the close of the market, Barita Investments ended trading with a loss of 24 cents at $7.76, with 2,150 units changing hands, Berger Paints lost 45 cents at $11.25, with 77,437 shares, Cable & Wireless ended with a loss of 6 cents at $0.99, with 2,312,610 stocks units trading, Caribbean Cement finished 60 cents higher at $28.60, with 3,500 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 60 cents at $12, with 787,049 shares trading. Grace Kennedy closed at $43.45, with 6,516 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 30 cents at $18.50, with 35,182 units, Jamaica Producers gained 95 cents to end at $16, with 14,581 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 19 cents at $7.80, with 5,832 stock units, JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $22.50, with 264,042 stock units changing hands, Kingston Wharves ended trading at $31.50, with just 100 stock units, Mayberry Investments finished 89 cents higher at $4.99, with 209,716 shares, 138 Student Living ended 60 cents higher at $5.40, with 10,000 stock units, PanJam Investment traded with a loss of $1.20 at $41.85, with 7,370 units, Pulse Investments closed 17 cents higher at $1.82, with 26,600 shares trading. Radio Jamaica closed 4 cents higher at $1.15, with 77,200 stock units, Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 3 cents at $34.50, trading 24,279 stock units, Scotia Group closed at $49, trading 4,559 units, Seprod ended with a loss of $1.95 at $28.05, with 1,594 shares. Sterling Investments finished 20 cents higher at $12.25, with 2,486 stock units, Supreme Ventures ended trading $1 higher at $12, with 319,536 shares and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 4 cents at $1.15, with 9,853 units changing hands.
Scotia pushes JSE to new record close
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 22 securities changing hands main market and one in the US d0llar market, leading 8 advancing and 11 declining as trading volume jumped sharply to 78,668,713 units.
At the close, the main market ended at a new closing high as Scotia Group jumped sharply to $49 at the close.
In the main activity, Berger Paints settled with a loss of 30 cents at $11.70, with 174,040 units, Cable & Wireless ended trading fell 6 cents to end at $1.05, with 83,989 units, Caribbean Cement closed with a loss of 50 cents at $28, with 3,800 shares, Carreras concluded trading with a loss of 90 cents at $12.60, with 958,423 units as high as $14 before falling back later in the trading session. Grace Kennedy closed 45 cents higher at $43.45, with 170,391 stock units, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading 30 cents higher at $18.80, with 19,831 shares, Jamaica Producers ended trading with a loss of 45 cents at $15.05, with 25,823 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 1 cent at $7.99, with 17,681 shares. JMMB Group closed with a loss of 30 cents at $22.70, with 46,302 stock units trading, Kingston Wharves closed 50 cents higher at $31.50, with 1,177 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 70 cents at $4.10, with 35,723 shares changing hands, 1834 Investments ended at $1.38, with 5,000 stock units trading, PanJam Investment traded 55 cents higher at $43.05, with 36,636 shares, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 28 cents at $9, with 10,000 units, Pulse Investments traded 25 cents higher at $1.65, with 25,236 units, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.11, with 17,206 stock units, Sagicor Group finished at $34.53, with 222,778 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished with a loss of 72 cents at $13.08, with 76,479,720 units, Scotia Group settled $2.90 higher at $49, with 57,385 units, Seprod closed at $30, with 31,820 shares, Supreme Ventures settled 19 cents higher at $11, with 17,901 shares ahead of news breaking that one shareholder in the company, holding 49.9 percent of the share, is raising funds to acquire the shares not already owned by them in the major shareholding company that would bring their holdings to just under 50 percent of SVL and in the US dollar market Proven Investment traded 48,005 units at 22 US cents.
JSE stocks up 37% for 2017
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made strong gains in the indices at the close of the week and for September, leading to gains of 37 percent for the year to date.
Trading on Friday was dominated by Berger Paints, jumping $3.57 to $15 at the close and Scotia Group rising $2.89 to end at $48, while Jamaica Producers traded 1.57 million units to be the leading trade.
Market activity ended with 21 securities changing hands, 13 advanced, 8 declined and 2 traded firm at the last prices of the day, while 1 traded in the US dollar market.
In the main activity, Berger Paints closed $3.57 higher at $15, with 27,167 units, Cable & Wireless ended 9 cents higher at $1.10, with 558,054 stock units, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $1.20 at $27.30, with 126,250 stock units, Carreras closed with a loss of 35 cents at $12.15, with 376,643 shares, Grace Kennedy ended 40 cents higher at $43, with 88,357 units, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading 60 cents higher at $18.60, with 64,504 units, Jamaica Producers ended 40 cents higher at $15.50, with 1,574,959 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a rise of 50 cents at $7.50, with 115,657 shares, JMMB Group traded with a loss of 11 cents at $22.25, with 495,589 stock units trading, Kingston Properties gained 40 cents to $7.40, with 5,000 units, Kingston Wharves concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $32, with 19,250 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled 70 cents higher at $4.80, with 204,020 shares, NCB Financial Group had 542,955 shares changing hands after rising $1.20 to end at $88. 138 Student Living settled 5 cents higher at $4.80, with 200 stock units, PanJam Investment finished at $41, with 34,989 shares, Portland JSX traded 5 cents higher at $9.30, with 6,385 shares, Radio Jamaica ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.11, with 421,563 stock units. Sagicor Group ended 48 cents higher at $34.53, with 233,535 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with a loss of 30 cents at $13.50, with 43,815 units, Salada Foods concluded trading at $8.50, with 7,400 shares, Scotia Group jumped $2.89 to $48, with 46,200 stock units, Seprod settled with a loss of $1 at $30, with 3,000 stock units and Supreme Ventures closed with a loss of 30 cents at $10.51, with 9,900 shares trading.
There was no trading in the main market preference segment, on Friday.
In the US dollar market, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, while exchanging 30,490 units.
50% of trade goes to JMMB
The narrow difference between winners and losers continued on Wednesday with 11 securities rising an 8 declining out of 27 that traded, leading the market indices to record small gains around 100 points. JMMB Group traded 2.4 million units out of a total of 4.8 million units traded on Wednesday.
In the market activity, securities trading and volume exchanged at the last price trades took place at are, Berger Paints that closed with a loss of 10 cents at $11.40, trading 67,562 units, elsewhere, Cable & Wireless closed 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 149,655 units, Caribbean Cement settled $2 higher at $27.50, with just 100 stocks, Carreras closed with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 347,667 stocks changing hands, Ciboney traded with a loss of 1 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 15 cents, with 4,400 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy finished with a loss of 20 cents at $42.50, with 18,567 units, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 20 cents at $17.30, with 4,738 stock units, Jamaica Producers settled 50 cents higher at $15, with 810,000 shares trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 1 cent at $6.45, with 50,000 units, JMMB Group concluded trading with a gain of 39 cents to $22.89, with 2,406,969 stocks trading, Kingston Properties traded 20 cents higher at $7, with 4,758 stocks changing hands, Kingston Wharves finished 25 cents higher at $30.99, with 220,309 units. Mayberry Investments ended at $4.10, with 63,200 units, NCB Financial had a 145,037 shares trading with a rise of 50 cents to close at $88, 1834 Investments finished at $1.40, with 240 units, PanJam Investment ended 91 cents higher at $35.91, with 10,620 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.70, trading 55,000 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.12, with 23,555 shares, Sagicor Group traded at $34.25, with 106,100 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $12.05, with 8,938 shares, Scotia Group settled 91 cents higher at $45.01 trading 44,431 units and closed with the bid at $48 to buy500 units. Scotia Investments concluded trading at $35.50, with 6,160 stock units, Seprod lost $3 to close at $30, with 32,196 shares and Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $11.10, with 55,577 units changing hands.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished at $2.08, with 83,093 units trading.
In the US dollar market, Productive Business Solution US ordinary share closed at 65 US cents while trading 1,595 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, after rising 0.99 US cent, exchanging 83,638 units, while NCB Financial had a new listing of a US dollar bond, carrying a coupon rate of 6 percent, but no trades were executed.
Scotia Group pushed JSE down – Tuesday
Main market stocks of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, continue to have small differences between the number of winners and losers, but another big fall in the price of Scotia Group shares along with 9 other stocks, pulled the market down on Tuesday as 25 securities changed hands.
The main and the US dollar markets traded 29 securities with 9 advancing and 11 declining based on the last price for the day, with Carreras hitting an intraday high of $13 after the recent 10 to one stock split and ended at new closing high of $12.50.
At the close of market activity, Berger Paints closed at $11.50 with gains of 25 cents trading 47,524 shares, as investors continue to buy above the Ansa Coatings offer price of $10.88. Cable and Wireless exchanged 1,173,288 units at $1, Carreras advanced $1 to $12.50 with 492,727 shares, after it traded at an intraday high of $13, Grace Kennedy ended at $42.70, after losing 80 cents with 11,605 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.50 with 653,854 shares trading, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close at $14.50 with 23,685 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 4 cents, to $6.46 with 61,389 units trading, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $22.50 trading 158,134 shares. Kingston Properties exchanged 200 units at $6.80, having lost 20 cents, Kingston Wharves traded $2.23 higher to $30.74 with just 2,700 units, Mayberry Investments settled at $4.10 with 12,135 units, NCB Financial gained 62 cents to close at $87.50 trading 193,108 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.75 with trades of 12,334 units. PanJam Investment exchanged 123,149 shares at $35, Portland JSX lost 5 cents, in trading 1,500 units at $9.25, Pulse Investments closed at $1.80 with 47,470 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.12 trading 103,200 shares, Sagicor Group rose 25 cents, to settle at $34.25 with 346,129 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 55 cents, closing at $12.05 with 41,155 shares, Scotia Group closed $1.90 lower to $44.10 exchanging 631,765 stock units, after it traded at $49, the high for the day. Scotia Investments lost 1 cent and closed at $35.50 with 1,845 units, Seprod declined by $1 to $33 with 3,000 units, Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents to close at $11 with 218,690 shares trading.
In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group US 6% preference share traded at US$1.12 with 2,697 units, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2.08, gaining 8 cents trading 20,630 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share exchanged 51,846 units at $1.19.
In the US dollar market, Margaritaville Turks US ordinary shares gained 2 US cents, closing at 32 US cents with trades of 42,500 units, Productive Business Solution US ordinary shares with gains of 3 US cents, closed at 65 US cents trading 171 units, Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 23 US cents losing 0.99 US cent exchanging 64,882 units,
JSE main market slips – Monday
Trading on the Main and US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with an almost even advance decline ratio resulting in the market indices slipping in a shortened trading session that commenced in the afternoon after the regular closing time had passed.
The volume of securities trading and the days last traded price are, Barita Investments that ended with a loss of 25 cents at $7.75, with 6,700 shares. Berger Paints concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $11.25, with 7,256 units, Cable & Wireless ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1, with 170,543 stocks changing hands, Carreras finished 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 464,114 units, Grace Kennedy finished $1.45 higher at $43.50, with 5,737 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 50 cents higher at $17.50, with 39,878 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $15, with 13,350 shares, JMMB Group finished 70 cents higher at $22.70, with 41,657 units, Kingston Properties finished at $7, with 2,000 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $2.22 trading 18,341 shares to end at $28.51. Mayberry Investments traded with a loss of 50 cents at $4.10, with 2,138 units, NCB Financial fell 92 cents to $86.88 with 73,643 units changing hands. 1834 Investments ending at $1.40, with 93,917 stocks, PanJam Investment traded with a loss of 50 cents at $35, with 146,100 units, Portland JSX traded at $9.30, with 2,450 shares, Pulse Investments closed 9 cents higher at $1.80, with 7,701 stock units, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.12, with 49,263 units, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 40 cents at $34, with 55,255 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 7,480 shares. Scotia Group dropped $3 to $46, with 44,994 stock units changing hands, Scotia Investments concluded trading 1 cents higher at $35.51, with 2,900 units, Supreme Ventures ended 9 cents higher at $11.09, with 699 shares.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded at $2, with 232,000 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.19, with 503,100 shares.
In the US dollar market, Margaritaville traded just 100 units at 30 US cents, Productive Business Solution US ordinary shares lost 3 cents and closed at 62 US cents trading 750 units, Proven Investments US ordinary share closed at 23.99 US cents, after rising 1.99 US cents in exchanging 99,223 units.
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