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Grace jumps $10.99 to $55 – Wednesday

March 7, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Grace Kennedy gained $10.99 to close at $55 on Wednesday

Grace Kennedy jumped $10.99 to end at an all-time record high of $55, with just 14,941 units changing hands as the supply of the stock was virtually non-existent during the trading session.
The movement takes place after the group posted improved operating results for 2017 with earnings per share of $4.14 as a result of profits of $4.1 billion.
Main market activity ended with 28 securities changing hands, with 12 securities rising, 7 falling, 9 trading firm on Wednesday. Trading ended with 5,151,580 units valued at $52,948,353.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 682.73 points to 321,101.12 and the JSE Index declined by 622.05 points to 292,559.42.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 50 cents higher at $8, with 8,034 shares, Berger Paints ended 95 cents higher at $17.95, with 9,276 stock units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 91,331 shares traded, Caribbean Cement settled at $33.50, with 1,500 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading 2 cents higher at $0.12, with 881,196 shares. Jamaica Broilers finished trading 49 cents higher at $18.98, with 93,815 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.99 higher at $16.99, with 60,109 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 21 cents higher at $6.71, with 25,680 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $26.49, with 251,445 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 300 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 389,197 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 43 cents at $5.35, with 9,340 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 3 cents higher at $99, with 101,277 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.15, with 220,000 shares, Pulse Investments finished 5 cents higher at $1.80, with 6,375 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.07, with 44,192 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 37 cents at $37.13, with 79,536 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $16.75, with 94,700 shares, Scotia Group finished trading 25 cents higher at $51.25, with 2,650 shares, Seprod closed at $32, with 100 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $14, with 912 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $11.70, with 173,413 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.50, with 1,394,445 units, Wisynco Group settled 10 cents higher at $10.60, with 68,818 shares and. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% ended trading at $2.60, with 1,000 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% closed 3 cents higher at $1.02, with 923,998 shares, Proven Investments 8.25% settled with a loss of 85 cents at $5.15, with 204,000 units changing hands.
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 pulls back – Wednesday.”

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

TTSE index close down on Wednesday

March 7, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday ended with 19 securities trading up from 16 on Tuesday. The market closed with 537,535 shares valued at $2,193,469 trading, compared to 588,618 shares valued at $6,075,902 on Tuesday.
The market closed with the prices of 5 stocks rising, 5 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index fell 2.50 points on Wednesday to 1,269.21, the All T&T Index closed with a fall 3.72 points to 1,698.54, while the Cross Listed Index losing 0.17 points to close at 113.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.

Angostura Holdings rose on the TTSE..

Gains| Angostura Holdings rose 3 cents and ended at $15.70, with 700 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal gained $1 to end at $61, with 218 units trading, Clico Investments closed with a gain of 9 cents at $20.10, with 5,230 units, Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent and ended at $101.52, with 1,445 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean finished trading with 50 cents and completed at $30, with 334 units changing hands.
Losses| Calypso Marco Index Fund fell 92 cents in trading just 20 units to close at 52 weeks’ low of $20.48, First Caribbean International Bank shed 2 cents and settled at $9.28, trading 120 shares, First Citizens lost 5 cents and concluded at $32.15, trading 2,010 shares, Guardian Holdings ended trading 85 cents lower and settled at $15.65, trading 1,000 shares and One Caribbean Media ended trading with a loss of 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $12.47, with 10,000 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.35, with 260,847 units, JMMB Group ended at $2, with 227,835 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 2,344 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.83, trading 364 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded at $6.53, trading 41 shares. Point Lisas completed market activity at $3.81, with 1,090 units, Sagicor Financial closed trading at $7.85, with 21,683 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $27.50, after trading 1,899 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.55, trading 375 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Flour Mills, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean

JSE adds 4,453 points in 3 days – Tuesday

March 6, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Berger Paints fell $2.07 to $17 with the largest block of shares on Tuesday.

Market activity on Tuesday fell well below that on Monday but the market indices climbed higher with gains of 4,453 points in three days. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,526.21 points to 321,783.85 and the JSE Index added 1,390.55 points to 293,181.47.
The main market ended with 27 securities changing hands, ending with 10 securities rising, 8 falling, 9 trading firm. Trading ended with 10,582,771 units valued at $143,248,381 changing hands, versus 4,116,289 units valued at $49,819,783 on Monday.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7.50, with 8,336 shares, Berger Paints ended with a loss of $2.07 at $17, with 2,492,575 stock units following release of audited nine months results showing a reduction of earnings at 81 cents compared to $1.17 for the same time in 2016 but with the 2017 figures being hit by a large amount incurred to provide the directors recommendation to shareholders following the takeover offer for the shares. Carreras finished with a loss of 5 cents at $10.95, with 142,495 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 45 cents higher at $33.50, with 232,837 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 586,437 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 1 cent higher at $44.01, with 562,502 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 39 cents at $18.49, with 35,051 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with 9,380 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 20 cents at $6.50, with 6,442 shares.

JMMB Group concluded trading $1.49 higher at $26.49, with 42,810 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 25 cents higher at $40, with 17,853 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 37 cents higher at $5.78, with 4,220 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 23 cents at $98.97, with 102,165 shares. Infrequently traded Palace Amusement, closed at $560, with 225 stock units as investors expect a big payoff from the sold out houses the company is enjoying currently with the showing of Black Panther that is raking in several million dollars per day for them. PanJam Investment ended 1 cent higher at $41.51, with 5,061 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 3 cents at $1.75, with 6,605 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 6 cents higher at $1.14, with 16,600 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading at $37.50, with 424,976 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $51, with 51,177 shares,

Supreme Ventures concluded trading 45 cents higher at $11.95, with 1,430 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 35 cents at $4.50, with 1,963,833 units. Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 2,449,787 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $17, with 47,796 shares, but the stock traded at a record high of $17.50 early in the trading session. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market ended trading 11 cents higher at 52 weeks’ High of $2.60, with 500 shares, Jamaica Money Market traded at $1.95, with 1,375 stock units, JMMB Group closed at $0.99, with 18,453 shares, Sagicor Bank A 7.75% ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at an all-time low of $1.01, with 1,351,850 shares, changing hands.
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 highest since October”

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

5 stocks up 2 down on TTSE – Tuesday

March 6, 2018 by IC Insider.com

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First Citizens Bank trades at 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.

Market activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with 16 securities trading from just 11 on Monday. The market closed with 588,618 shares valued at $3,726,394 trading, compared to 814,429 shares valued at $6,075,902 on Friday.
The market closed with the prices of 5 stocks rising, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index fell 0.35 points on Tuesday to 1,271.71, the All T&T Index closed with a rise of 1.47 points to 1,702.26, while the Cross Listed Index losing 0.11 points to close at 113.51.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens closed with a gain of 9 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $32.20, trading 2,500 shares, Massy Holdings gained 25 cents and ended at $47.50, with 178 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial finished trading with a rise of 2 cents to $7.85, with 2,500 units, Scotiabank closed with an increase of 6 cents and settled at $61.96, trading 326 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading, rising 22 cents to end at $27.50, trading 5,452 shares.
Losses| National Flour shares fell 3 cents and settled at $1.83, trading 291 shares and NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $6.53, trading 174,596 shares.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal completed at $60, with 2,530 units, Ansa Merchant settled at $40, trading 524 shares, Clico Investments completed at $20.01, with 19,080 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, trading 96,427 shares, Grace Kennedy completed at $3.35, with 32,626 units. JMMB Group ended at $2, with 227,450 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises completed at $9.65, with 3,000 units, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.48, with 20,981 stock units changing hands and Point Lisas completed at $3.81, with 157 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

VM Investments dominates JSE’s trading

March 5, 2018 by IC Insider.com

VM Investments closes at a new high on Monday.

Victoria Mutual Investments dominated trading on the Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, accounted for 60.4 percent of total shares traded and closed at a record high of $4.85.
Market activity on Monday fell well below that on Friday but the market indices climbed much higher even as advancing stocks just edged out declining ones. The main market ended with 26 securities changing hands, ending with 10 securities rising, 8 falling, 8 trading firm. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 2,130.17 points to 320,257.64 and the JSE Index adding 1,940.83 points to 291,790.92.
Trading ended with 4,116,289 units valued at $49,819,783 changing hands, versus 115,025,659 units valued at $1,171,809,500 on Friday.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7.50, with 10,345 shares traded, Berger Paints ended 7 cents higher at $19.07, with 63,799 stock units, Carreras finished at $11, with 18,161 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 4 cents at $33.05, with 9,961 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading 3 cents higher at 10 cents, with 35,000 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $2 at $44, with 4,300 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 12 cents at $18.88, with 11,324 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with 39,031 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 15 cents higher at $6.70, with 2,250 units changing hands. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $25, with 288,866 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 680 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of $2.25 at $39.75, with 298,752 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 41 cents higher at $5.41, with 1,450 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $99.20, with 66,155 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $41.50, with 14,567 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 7 cents at $1.78, with 2,500 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $37.50, with 32,719 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading 88 cents higher at $50.90, with 1,240 shares, Sterling Investments ended $1 higher to $14, with 4,300 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 45 cents at $11.50, with 159,366 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 40 cents higher at a new high of $4.85, with 2,484,967 units. Wisynco Group settled 25 cents higher at $10.50, with 525,358 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $17, with 37,978 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 1,220 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at 99 cents, with 1,000 shares, Proven Investments settled 10 cents higher at $6, with 1,000 units, changing hands.
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 sharply higher – Monday.”

Filed Under: Company News Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Pulse Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

No losses on TTSE on Monday

March 5, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday with 11 securities trading from just 12 on Friday with no security losing. The market closed with 814,429 shares valued at $6,075,902 trading, compared to 240,391 shares valued at $3,651,230 on Friday.
The market closed with the prices of 5 stocks rising, none declining and 6 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index rose 1.15 points on Monday to 1,271.36, the All T&T Index closed with a rise of 0.47 points to 1,700.79, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.25 points to close at 113.62.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Monday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments rose 11 cents and settled at $20.01, with 155,760 units, JMMB Group finished trading with a gain of 1 cent at $2, with 22,922 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 2 cents and ended at $6.55, trading 2,120 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 1 cent at $27.28, trading 18,930 shares and Unilever Caribbean finished 50 cents higher and settled at $29.50, with 348 units.
Losses|There were no stocks closing with a loss on Monday.
Firm Traded| First Citizens ended at $32.11, trading 2,850 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.35, with 593,796 units, National Flour ended at $1.86, trading 2,097 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.51, with 1,600 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.83, with 13,906 units trading and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.55 with 100 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Guardian Holdings, JMMB Group, National Flour Mills, NCB Financial Group, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

Wisynco trades 112M shares on JSE – Friday

March 2, 2018 by IC Insider.com

NCB Capital Markets, Stanley Thompson (left) exchanges laughs with Wisynco, Chairman William Mahfood, Wisynco CEO Andrew Mahfood & PWC’s Fiona Hyman

Wisynco Group dominated trading on the main market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday as the recently listed stock accounted for 111.76 million units changing hands.
The big trade by in Wisynco Group, pushed trading in the overall market to 115,025,659 units valued at $1,171,809,500 versus 22,773,292 units valued at $377,866,606 on Thursday.
With the second and third largest shareholders accounting for 37.7 million units each, the seller of the bulk of the shares traded came from Wisynco Group Caribbean Ltd with just over 2.88 billion units. The trade reduced the majority holdings to just over 74 percent of the total shares issued.
Activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 26 securities changing hands, ending with 11 securities rising, 7 falling, 8 trading firm. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 796.36 points to 318,127.47 and the JSE Index advanced by 725.57 points to 289,850.09.

In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7.50, with 6,200 shares changing hands, Berger Paints ended with a loss of $2.35 at $19, with 6,550 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 9 cents higher at $1.10, with 110,691 units exchanged, Carreras finished 5 cents higher at $11, with 82,757 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at 8 cents more at $33.09, with 4,074 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 7 cents, with 1,851,345 shares trading, Grace Kennedy climbed $2 to end at $46, with 4,168 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 38,638 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 2 cents at $15, with 338,051 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.55, with 1,500 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading in jumping $1.99 to $26, with 35,818 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 2,059 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 45 cents at $5, in exchanging 2,283 shares. NCB Financial Group traded at $99.50, with 6,795 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading for 4 cents more at $1.19, with 6,534 shares,

PanJam Investment gained 20 cents to end at $41.50, with 5,965 units, Portland JSX concluded trading at $10, with 506 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.08, with 55,760 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading after rising 59 cents at $37.10, with 35,845 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded $1 higher at record high of $17, with 58,784 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1.98 at $50.02, with 142,058 shares, Supreme Ventures finished 19 cents higher at $11.95, with 55,000 units. Victoria Mutual Investments settled at $4.45, trading 216,227 shares, Wisynco Group lost 45 cents to end at $10.25, with 111,757,051 shares traded and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Partial recovery for JSE majors – Friday.”

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB, JMMB Group, Kingston Properties, Mayberry Investments, NCB Financial Group, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wisynco

Trading picks up on TTSE – Friday

March 2, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday with 12 securities trading from just 8 on Thursday. The market closed with 240,391 shares valued at $3,651,230 trading, compared to 218,720 shares valued at $2,790,805 on Thursday.
The market closed with the prices of 6 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index rose 1.48 points on Friday to 1,270.21, the All T&T Index closed with a rise of 0.09 points to 1,700.32, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.40 points to close at 113.37.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Thursday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains|Berger Paints ended trading with 20 cents gain and settled at $4.25, in exchanging 100 shares, JMMB Group finished 4 cents higher at $1.99, with 21,420 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a gain of 3 cents to settle at $6.53, as 176,426 shares changed hands, Republic Financial Holdings added 1 cent to end at $101.51, with 15,356 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent to $7.83, with 1,732 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 16 cents and settled at $27.27, in trading 1,900 shares.
Losses| Massy Holdings ended trading 25 cents lower at $47.25, with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended trading at $60, with 3,000 units, Clico Investments closed at $19.90, with 8,841 units, First Citizens settled at $32.11, trading 6,057 shares, One Caribbean Media concluded market activity at $12.48, with 59 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading 500 shares at $88.55.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Company News Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Enterprises, NCB Financial Group, One Caribbean Media, Point Lisas, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

Trading down on TTSE – Thursday

March 1, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange sank sharply on Thursday with just 8 securities trading down from 14 on Wednesday. The market closed with 218,720 shares valued at $2,790,805 trading, compared to 374,321 shares valued at $3,174,202 on Wednesday.
The market closed with the prices of 2 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index lost 0.09 points to 1,268.73, the All T&T Index closed without change at 1,700.23, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.03 points to close at 112.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments closed with an increase of 15 cents to $19.90, trading 105,225 units and JMMB Group rose 4 cents and completed trading at $1.95, with 50,000 stock units changing hands.
Losses| NCB Financial Group was the sole loser for the day ended with a loss of 3 cents to close at $6.50, trading 22,866 shares.
Firm Traded| First Caribbean International Bank closed at $9.30, trading 35,824 shares, First Citizens ended at $32.11, trading 2,050 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.82, with 1,132 units, Scotiabank concluded at $61.90, trading 20 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $27.11, trading 1,603 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Emerging Stock, First Caribbean International Bank, First Citizens, JMMB Group, NCB Financial Group, Sagicor Financial, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, TTSE

JSE volume jumped sharply on Thursday

March 1, 2018 by IC Insider.com

Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped sharply on Thursday, ending trading on with 22,773,292 units valued at $377,866,606 changing hands versus 5,402,156 units valued at $66,110,510 on Wednesday.
Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market activity ended with 26 securities traded ending with 10 securities rising, 12 falling, 5 trading firm, leading to market indices to a huge fall. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,876.54 points to 317,331.11 and the JSE Index collapsed 3,531.97 points to 289,124.52.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 5,708 shares, Berger Paints jumped $1.35 to close at $21.35, with 32,521 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $1.01, with 288,269 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 7,029,473 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $2.99 at $33.01, while exchanging 39,375 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 4,963,048 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $44, with 4,047,260 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 2 cents higher at $19, with 11,908 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.90 higher at $17, with 32,106 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 45 cents at $6.55, trading 3,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.99 at $24.01, after 4,190,962 shares were swapped, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 384 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $42, trading 1,908 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 44 cents higher at $5.45, with 2,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $99.50, with 69,631 shares, PanJam Investment rose 30 cents to $41.30, with 49,336 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 14 cents at $1.85, with 200,000 shares changing hands. Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.10, with 580 shares, Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 99 cents at $36.51, trading 41,250 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $16, with 59,513 shares Salada Foods fell $1 to $10.50, with 687,500 units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 27,741 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 19 cents at $11.76, with 34,690 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 1 cent at $4.45, with 454,250 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 79 cents at $10.70, with 456,979 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% rose 14 cents and closed at 99 US cents with 43,900 shares.
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 in sharp drop – Thursday.”