NCB Financial surged to record high of $110 on Monday but failed to hold at this level, and closed with a fall of $4 from Friday’s close, while trading 66,239 units.
Gains in 7 securities in addition to an increase in the average price of NCB pushed the market to another record close with an increase of 1,123.42 points for the All Jamaican Composite Index, to a new record close of 315,113.96 and the JSE Index ending at a new closing high with a rise of 1,023.56 points to 287,104.45.
Trading in the main and US dollar markets ended with 22 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 8 declined and 7 traded firm.
In market activity, Berger Paints rose $1.03 to $15.03, trading 88,561 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.07, with 149,565 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded $1 higher at $28.10, with 354,168 stock units, Carreras finished with a loss of 1 cent at $11.49, with 173,526 stock units, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.80, with 16,111 shares. Jamaica Broilers lost 46 cents to end trading at $18.49, with 77,769 stock units, Jamaica Producers settled at $16, trading 10,675 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 30 cents at $6.70, with 75,914 stock units, JMMB Group settled at $27.50, with 75,887 shares, 
Kingston Wharves concluded trading at $31.50, with a mere 295 shares. Mayberry Investments ended 50 cents higher at $4.60, with just 300 units, 1834 Investments closed 5 cents higher at $1.40, with 84,295 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $2.49 higher to $41.99, with 28,445 stock units, Pulse Investments added 20 cents to close at $2, with 316,977 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 333,324 units at $1.15. Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 50 cents at $39, after 26,730 units changed hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $14, with 1,695 units being exchanged, Scotia Group jumped $1.42 to $50.50, with 56,422 shares, Seprod traded at $30, with 4,420 stock units and Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.90, with 115,550 shares. In the main market bond market NCB US 6% bond traded 19,000 units at J$131.02 after falling by 20 cents and In the US dollar market segment Proven Investments closed with 2,300 units trading at 23.5 US cents.
7 straight record close for JSE
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index moved higher at the close of trading on Monday by 1,123.42 points to a new record close of 315,113.96, for 50 percent gain in 2017 and the 7th consecutive record close.
The JSE Index made new closing high with a rise of 1,023.56 points to close at 287,104.4 and in the US dollar market, trading ended with just 2,300 units, valued at US$541 as the JSE US dollar Equities Index closed unchanged at 183.01 after one security traded, with no price change.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with 21 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 8 declined and 6 traded firm with 2,056,868 units valued at $33,022,811 compared to 5,159,785 units valued at $78,990,902 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 97,946 units for an average of $1,572,515 in contrast to 245,704 units for an average of $3,761,472 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,571,292 units valued at $21,647,250 and 1,667,082 units valued at $22,952,418, previously. In contrast, September closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded
NCB Financial surged to a new record intraday high of $110 but fell back, to close at $103, losing $3 from the last trade on Friday. Berger paints traded 88,561 shares to close at $15.03, up 38 percent above the price Ansa Coatings offered to buy the minority shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows a reading of 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Prices of 5 stocks slipped 1 rise
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 17 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Friday with NCB Financial reaching a new high of $5.35 with gains of 3 cents, trading 5,448 shares.
The market ended with 1 stock advancing, 4 declining and 12 holding firm as a mere 251,273 shares traded at a value of $2,661,981 compared to Friday’s trades of 309,397 valued at $2,564,070.
The Composite Index lost 0.25 points to 1,245.42, the All T&T Index declined by 2.00 points to 1,762.60 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 97.95.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Losses| Grace Kennedy fell 2 cents, closed at $2.88 with 6,270 shares trading, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to settle at $50 with 1,193 units, Scotiabank ended at $58.05, losing 1 cent in trading 2,698 shares and Trinidad Cement closed 26 cents lower to $3.95 while exchanging only 250 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of the market are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 39,700 shares valued at $595,500, Ansa McAL trading 1,262 units at $63.01, 
Clico Investment remained at $21.40 trading 24,000 units valued at $513,052. First Citizens closed at $31.76 with 5,198 shares. Guardian Holdings held firm at $15.26 with 7,427 shares trading, JMMB Group ended at $1.70 with trades of 120,896 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10 with 700 units. National Flour Mills remained at $2 with 1,900 units, Point Lisas exchanged 5,000 shares at $4, Prestige Holdings traded 174 units, closed at $10.75, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.79 with 256 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 28,901 shares at $23.06 valued at $666,251.
NCB trades at record $107
NCB Financial Group trades at $107
NCB Financial (NCB) surged $13 to record high of $107 while trading 26,721 units, as 10 securities gained and pushed the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index by 8,028.94 points to a record close of 313,990.54.
NCB closed with just two offers for stocks placed on the market for sale at the close on Friday for a total of 5,320 shares, an indication that supply is drying up faster that demand for the stock.
Trading in the main and US dollar markets ended with 24 securities changing hands, of which 10 advanced, 7 declined and 7 traded firm.
In the market activity, Berger Paints closed $1.50 higher at $14, with 20,799 stock units changing hands, Cable & Wireless traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.10, with 171,802 units, Caribbean Cement ended with a loss of 90 cents to end at $27.10, with 3,910 shares, 
Carreras finished trading 30 cents higher at $11.50, with 191,102 stock units, Grace Kennedy traded 11,334 shares and gained 30 cents to end at $42.80. Jamaica Broilers ended trading 94 cents higher at $18.95, with 562 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 2,066 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded at $7, with 19,850 units, JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $27.50, with 159,999 stock units, Kingston Wharves rose $1.50 to $31.50, with 5,248 units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 11 cents at $4.10, with 73,995 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.35, with 4,390 units trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1.50 at $39.50, with 12,000 stock units. 
Radio Jamaica closed 5 cents higher at $1.15, with 73,031 units, Sagicor Group ended trading at $39.50 after rising $1.50, with 71,333 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped 99 cents to a new high at $15, with 3,630,842 units, Salada Foods Jamaica finished with a loss of 20 cents at $9.80, with 2,000 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 92 cents at $49.08, with 247,759 shares. Supreme Ventures ended trading 40 cents higher at $11.90, with 13,160 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group finished trading at $1.11, with 417,882 stock units, In the US dollar market segment, Productivity Business traded 135,846 shares at 57.5 US cents after losing 2.5 cents and Proven Investments closed with 4,015 units trading at 23.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 1,500 units at $1.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE remains under pressure
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 14 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Thursday with 3 rising, 4 falling and 7 were left unchanged.
The market closed with two securities trading at 52 weeks’ low and one at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, only 309,397 shares traded at a value of $2,564,070 compared to Thursday’s trades of just 162,830 units valued at $1,808,056.
The Composite Index dropped 2.97 points to 1,245.67, the All T&T Index declined by 6.08 points to 1,764.60 but the Cross Listed Index added 0.03 points to close at 97.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading NCB Financial Group closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.32, having gained 1 cent with 400 units. Scotiabank rose 1 cent and closed at $58.06 with 22,071 shares valued at $1,281,442 changing hands and Trinidad &Tobago NGL settled at $23.06, rising 5 cents with 4,250 shares having traded.
Losses| Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 46 cents, to close at $50.01 after trading just 50 units, National Enterprises fell by 35 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $10 with 300 shares trading, Sagicor Financial lost 25 cents and closed at $7.75, 
with 11,460 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean dropped $1.90 lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $40 in exchanging a mere 10 units.
Firm Trades| Securities trading unchanged at the close are Ansa McAL with 290 units at $63.01. Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 3,156 shares at $40, First Citizens remained at $31.76 with 3,388 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.90 with 15,000 shares. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.26 with 23,120 shares valued at $352,811, JMMB Group held firm at $1.70 while trading 225,372 shares valued at $383,132 and Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.79 with 530 units.
Moderate trading hits JSE majors
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was moderate on Thursday with 3,438,708 units, valued at just $30,094,508 changing hands but with the market closing at new record high.
Trading in the US dollar market saw 4 securities changing hands, resulting in 21,938 units valued at US$8,171 trading. A total of 26 securities changing hands in the main market with 9 advancing, 8 declining and 9 traded firm, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to jump 1,630.32 points to a record close of 305,961.60 and the JSE Index to gain 1,485.40 points to end at a record 278,765.62.
In the main activity, Barita Investments closed $1 higher at $9, with 29,895 shares trading, Berger Paints settled 90 cents higher at $12.50, with 3,308 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a rise of 2 cents to $1.20, with 2,136,104 shares changing hands, 
Caribbean Cement ended 50 cents higher at $28, with 20,303 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 30 cents at $11.20, with 244,222 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.50, with 119,832 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded with a loss of 49 cents at $18.01, with 11,966 shares, Jamaica Producers closed at $16, with 10,229 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7, after trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 60 cents higher at $27.60, with 29,975 units, Kingston Wharves ended at $30, with 31,537 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments finished at $4.21, trading 168,816 units, NCB Financial climbed by $1.50 to $94.50 while trading 13,287 units, 1834 Investments ended at $1.35, trading 2,500 units, PanJam Investment ended trading $2.40 higher at $41, with a mere 355 stock units, Portland JSX concluded trading at $9, with 4,500 shares. Radio Jamaica finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.10, with 37,922 shares, 
Sagicor Group concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $38, with 18,876 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 1 cent higher at $14.01, with 210,174 units, Salada Foods gained $1.50 t0 $10, with 1,000 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $3 to end at $50, with 203,381 shares. Seprod finished trading at $30, with 1,674 units and Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 14,502 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with 60,150 stock units, JMMB Group 6% preference share lost 4 cents to close at $1.10, with 63,000 shares. In the US dollar market segment, JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at US$1.11, with 2,230 shares Productivity Business traded 2,910 shares at 60 US cents and Proven Investments closed with 16,424 units trading at 23.5 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Record close for Jamaican stocks on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange recommenced on Thursday, after a public holiday on Wednesday, with 12 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Tuesday.
The Jamaican based JMMB Group and NCB Financial Group moved to new 52-week highs of $1.70 and $5.31 respectively while Republic Financial Holdings led with 60 percent of the value of securities traded.
At the close, 5 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 5 were unchanged as 162,830 shares traded at a value of $1,808,056 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 452,687 valued at $3,307,105.
The Composite Index advanced 2.01 points to 1,248.64, the All T&T Index gained 0.18 points to 1,770.68 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.53 points to close at 97.71.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s ended with a gain of 1 cent and closed at $20.53 in exchanging 3,640 shares, JMMB Group traded 10 cents higher to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.70, with 106,000 shares trading, NCB Financial Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.31, rising 1 cent with 26,926 shares. 
Republic Financial Holdings gained 3 cents to settle at $101.79 with 10,572 shares valued at $1,076,113 and Scotiabank climbed 3 cents to $58.05 with 525 units changing hands.
Losses| The securities declining in trading are, Massy Holdings closing at $50.47, after falling by 3 cents in trading 411 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended with a loss of 1 cent, at $23.01 with 1,930 units.
Firm Trades| Securities traded unchanged at the close, are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 1,000 units, Ansa McAL trading 740 units at $63.01, First Citizens ending at $31.76 with 3,000 shares, Grace Kennedy exchanging 3,391 shares at $2.90 and Guardian Holdings holding firm at $15.26 with 4,695 shares traded.
Another record close for Jamaican stocks
Rose Hall hotel a Sagicor Real Estate Fund, property. The stock closed at a new high on Wednesday.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at another new record close of 304,331.28 for the all Jamaica Composite Index on Wednesday. The main and US dollar markets closed with 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced and 5 declined.
In the main activity, Barita Investments closed at $8, with 720 units changing hands, Berger Paints settled 10 cents higher at $11.60, with 72,142 shares, Caribbean Cement finished at $27.50, with 700 units, Carreras settled with a loss of 40 cents at $11.50, with 456,367 stock units, Ciboney Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $0.18, with 9,835 shares traded. Grace Kennedy ended 50 cents higher at $42.50, with 7,396 units, Jamaica Broilers closed trading 50 cents higher at $18.50, with 18,060 stock units, Jamaica Producers gained 40 cents to end at $16, with 13,000 shares traded, 
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $7.20, with 4,000 units, JMMB Group finished trading at $27, with 180,823 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading 11 cents higher at $4.21, with 200 stock units, 1834 Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $1.35, with 3,110 units, PanJam Investment finished 60 cents higher at $38.60, with 485 shares, Portland JSX settled 25 cents higher at $9, with 4,760 units, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.15, with 688,353 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Group closed with a loss of $1.50 at $38.50, with 385,734 shares, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed 75 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $14, with 35,500 units, Scotia Group settled $1 higher at $53, trading 35,890 shares, Seprod exchanged 24,500 stock units at $30 nd Supreme Ventures ended trading at $12, with 33,492 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group finished trading at $1.15, with 262,000 stock units, Sagicor Bank A preference share traded 1,350 units at $1.05 and the B share saw 9,000 units trading at $1.
In the US dollar market segment, JMMB Group 6% preference share finished at $1.10, with 10,000 shares Productivity Business traded 550 shares at 60 US cents, Proven Investments closed with 483,576 units trading at 23.5 US cents and Sterling Investments traded just 100 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of 12 US cents after rising 1 cent.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE eating away at resistance
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index continues to eat away at resistance around the 300,000 points levels, advancing by 2,135.19 points to close at 302,498.35 with the JSE Index following with a rise of 1,945.40 points to a record close of 275,610.21.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments closed at $8, with 7,550 stock units trading, Berger Paints finished trading 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 248,769 shares, Cable & Wireless ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.18, with 1,105,000 units, Caribbean Cement ended trading 95 cents higher at $27.50, with 8,250 units, 
Carreras closed with a loss of 10 cents at $11.90, with 151,770 stock units, Grace Kennedy ended with a loss of 75 cents at $42, trading 85,614 shares. Jamaica Broilers finished 5 cents higher at $18, with 66,650 units, Jamaica Producers settled with a loss of 40 cents at $15.60, with 2,000 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 5 cents higher at $7.25, with 1,000 shares, JMMB Group ended $1 higher at $27, with 62,554 units, Kingston Properties rose 5 cents to end at $7.20, with 160 shares. Kingston Wharves finished trading at $30, with 25,722 stock units, 1834 Investments traded 33,558 shares at $1.25, 
PanJam Investment lost 52 cents to end at $38, with 10,000 stock units, Portland JSX traded 25 cents higher at $8.75, with 5,000 units, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.15, with 2,500 shares, Sagicor Group traded 37,406 units with a gain of $1.49 to end at $40. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $13.25, with 4,000 units, Scotia Group gained $1.02 higher to $52, with 9,271 shares and Supreme Ventures ended 15 cents higher at $12, with 51,500 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group concluded trading at $1.15, with 747,717 stock units, and Sagicor Bank B preference share traded 9,000 units at $1and in the US dollar market segment, Proven Investments closed with 102,838 units trading at 20 US cents after slipping3.5 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
9 stocks fell on TTSE – Monday
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday closed with 18 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Thursday, leading to modest changes in the indices, after the market was closed for a public holiday, on Friday.
At the close, 3 stock advanced, 9 declined and 6 were unchanged as 778,140 shares traded valued at $10,430,581 versus 566,014 shares trading at a value of $7,445,207 on Thursday. The market closed trading with one security ending at a 52 weeks’ high and 3 at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index slipped 0.04 points to 1,241.92, the All T&T Index declined by 0.21 points to 1,770.45 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.02 points to close at 95.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Securities recording gains at the last prices took place at, are, Ansa McAl traded 33,796 units valued at $2,129,486 and gained 1 cent in closing at $63.01, JMMB Group climbed to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.50 after rising by 10 cents in trading 52,486 units and Scotiabank rose 2 cents to $58.02 and ended with 20,903 shares valued at $1,212,779 changing hands,
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Agostini’s lost 1 cent in trading a mere 79 units at $20.52,Clico Investment closing at $21.45, with a loss of 3 cents and shares trading valued at $432,208, Grace Kennedy exchanged 88,845 shares at $2.89, after a loss of 1 cent, National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close at $10.35 with 138,130 units trading for a value of $1,429,647, One Caribbean Media lost 3 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $14 trading 1,141 shares. Republic Financial Holdings lost 4 cents in exchanging 21,577 shares at $101.76 with a value of $2,195,684, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $23, having lost 4 cents with 28,820 stock units valued at $663,724 trading and 
Unilever Caribbean shed 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $41.90 with 5,100 shares and LJ Williams A ordinary share lost 3 in trading 1,225 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of 22 cents.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 10,436 units with a value of $417,440 at $40, First Citizens closed at $31.76 in exchanging 2,000 units. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.25 with trades of 11,000 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $50.50 with 5,558 units changing hands. National Flour closed at $2 trading 10,000 shares and Trinidad Cement remained at $4.21 with 350,000 shares changing hands for a value of $1,473,500.
