Seprod jumped $3.50 on JSE main market – Friday

Seprod shares jumped sharply on Friday.


Seprod jumped $3.50 in main market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Friday as 24 securities changing hands, leading to 6,019,816 units valued at $133,802,480 trading.
Seprod rise follows, announcement by the company that they will be acquiring Facey distribution business.
The main market closed with 13 securities rising, 5 falling and 6 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,121.80 points to 322,495.07 and the JSE Index fell 1,022.09 points to 293,829.46.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 17 cents higher at $9.17, with 1,602 shares, Berger Paints ended 1 cent higher at $17.95, with 10,168 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.16, with 42,395 units, Carreras finished 55 cents higher at $10.90, with 150,094 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $2 to $42, with 22,645 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at 12 cents, with 305,350 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $49.50, with 253,780 stock units, Jamaica Broilers closed with a rise of $1 to $20, with 105,430 units, Jamaica Producers closed 15 cents higher at $15.15, with 50,751 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $26, with 2,319,629 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 1,250 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a gain of 28 cents to $6.28, with 63,500 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 15 cents at $99.35, with 15,682 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.15, with 104,609 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 32 cents at $41.65, with 163,550 units, Radio Jamaica settled 4 cents higher at $1.06, with 44,267 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $36, with 610,599 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 26 cents higher at $15.50, with 42,650 shares, Scotia Group finished trading $1.47 higher at $53.47, with 304,907 shares, Seprod closed $3.50 higher at $33.50, with 4,774 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 26 cents at $11.50, with 37,631 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $4.40, with 524,181 units, Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 611,295 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 5 cents higher at $1.95, with 229,077 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 “JSE main market index falls – Friday.”

Mixed results for TTSE – Friday

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 17 securities trading against 12 on Thursday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 10  remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with 198,944 shares valued at $3,013,557 changed hands, compared to 126,928 shares valued at $2,032,721 on Thursday.
At close, the Composite Index fell 2.16 points on Friday to 1,265.97, the All T&T Index inched higher by 0.91 points to 1,703.85, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.73 points to close at 111.70.
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 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 3 cents and concluded trading at closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $21.04, after exchanging 10,000 shares, Clico Investments rose 30 cents and ended trading at $20.50, with 99,788 units, First Citizens closed at a 52 weeks’ high with an increase of 18 cents and concluded trading at $32.50, after exchanging 125 shares and LJ Williams B share ended trading with rise of 3 cents to 73 cents, after exchanging 12,000 shares.
Losses| Grace Kennedy ended trading 5 cents lower to $3.30, with 44,617 units, NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $6.40, after exchanging 20,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded with a loss of 2 cents and concluded market activity at $28.98, after exchanging 947 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Merchant Bank settled at $40, after exchanging 245 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $9.30, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $16, after exchanging 2,000 shares, JMMB Group traded at $1.86, with 107 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings ended trading at $47.40, with 2,877 stock units changing hands. One Caribbean Media closed at $12.44, with 630 stock units trading, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.81, with 1,750 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.55, with 842 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial traded at $7.81, with 127 units and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.50, after exchanging 1,889 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Moderate JSE main market trading – Thursday

Carib Cement traded at an intraday high of $44 on Thursday.

Main market activity closed Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with 29 securities changing hands, with moderate volume of 6,093,417 units valued at $73,742,131 traded.
The market closed with 9 securities rising, 11 falling and 9 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,055.77 points to 323,616.87 and the JSE Index climbed 961.92 points to 294,851.55. Caribbean Cement posted an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $44 but closed back at $40.
In main market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.94, with 2,938 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 6 cents higher at $1.16, with 92,500 units, Carreras finished at $10.35, with 135,321 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at $40, with 20,900 shares, Ciboney Group ended with a loss of 4 cents at 12 cents, trading 1,458,766 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1 at $49, with 18,872 stock units, Jamaica Broilers fell $1 to close trading at $19, with 1,366,225 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with 47,095 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.98, with 160,041 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $26, with 31,547 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6, with 318,470 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 50 cents higher at $99.50, with 219,654 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 9 cents higher at $1.15, with 668,897 shares. 138 Student Living ended 5 cents higher at $5.50, with 500 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 3 cents at $41.97, with 3,734 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of $1.20 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50, with 200 shares, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $1.65, with 900 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.02, with 5,000 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $36.20, with 38,853 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $15.24, with 81,500 shares, Salada Foods traded 38 cents higher at $11.10, with 52,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 31,088 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 74,750 shares. Sterling Investments ended 1 cent higher at $13.90, with 698 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $11.76, with 6,967 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.50, with 557,890 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 673,050 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 10,000 shares, Proven Investments settled at $5.15, with 15,061 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 closed higher again – Thursday.”

T&TNGL at new high on TTSE – Thursday

T&T NGL closed at a record high on TTSE on Thursday.

Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 25 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $29, in on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The market closed with 12 securities trading against 13 on Wednesday, with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. Trading accounted for 126,928 shares valued at $2,032,721, compared to 184,131 shares valued at $2,768,851 on Wednesday.
At close, the Composite Index rose 1.21 points on Thursday to 1,268.13, the All T&T Index gained 2.06 points to 1,702.94, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.05 points to close at 112.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments gained 9 cents and completed trading at $20.20, with 8,893 units, First Citizens finished 2 cents higher at $32.32, after exchanging 1,305 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a rise of 2 cents at $101.55, with 5,065 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank added 5 cents and settled at $62.55, after exchanging 1,953 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 25 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $29, after exchanging 1,500 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group ended trading 4 cents lower at $1.86, with 10,122 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $7.81, with 2,514 units and West Indian Tobacco traded with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $88.50, after 3,460 shares changed hands.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean international Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 44,230 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $16, after exchanging 7,200 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded at $6.45, after exchanging 40,000 shares and Trinidad Cement ended at $3, with 686 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

NCB dominates the JSE main market

NCB traded 61.8 million shares on Wednesday.

Main market activity surged sharply Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with 29 securities changing hands and 71,072,740 units valued at $6,270,318,116 trading.
NCB Financial Group accounting for 86.99 percent of the volume traded with 61,822,679 units changing hands and Caribbean Cement posted the highest gain jumping $6.44 to end at a 52 weeks closing high of $40, with 138,259 shares and Cable & Wireless resumed trading after the suspension requested by the company.
The market closed with 9 securities rising, 11 falling and 9 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 897.85 points to 322,561.10 and the JSE Index advanced by 818.04 points to 293,889.63.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of 50 cents at $9, trading 2,900 shares, Berger Paints ended unchanged at $17.95, with 5,500 stock units, Cable & Wireless resumed trading and closed unchanged at $1.10, with 21,246 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 10 cents at $10.35, with 146,032 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $6.44 and closed at $40, with 138,259 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 3 cents higher at 16 cents, with 157,728 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1 at $50, with 56,000 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 1 cent higher at $20, with 2,036,473 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a rise of 5 cents to $15, with 19,430 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.99, with 6,319 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $25, exchanging 549,955 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.25, with 3,560 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 93 cents higher at $40, with 17,986 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6, with 2,010,259 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded at $99, with 61,822,679 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $1.06, with 273,200 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 5 cents at $5.45, with 250 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1 at $42, with 10,440 units. Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $9.70, with 2,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1, with 561,044 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 65 cents higher at $36.25, with 721,650 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 1 cent higher at $15.31, with 66,800 shares, Salada Foods traded at $10.72, with 20,000 units. Scotia Group finished trading $2 higher at $54, with 36,417 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 32 cents higher at $11.82, with 19,592 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.50, with 1,558,306 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 15 cents at $10.50, with 744,017 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded $1.90 higher at $1.90, with 54,198 stock units and Productivity Business settled at $105, with 10,000 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 moves higher – Wednesday.”

Moderate trading on TTSE – Wednesday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 13 securities against 12 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 184,131 shares valued at $2,768,851 trading, compared to 121,903 shares valued at $1,342,405 on Tuesday.
At close, the Composite Index rose 0.82 points to 1,266.92, the All T&T Index gained 0.82 points to 1,700.88, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.34 points to close at 112.38.
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 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens concluded trading with a rise of 14 cents at $32.30, after exchanging 8,838 shares, Sagicor Financial added 2 cents and completed trading at $7.82, with 6,613 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL jumped 61 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $28.75, after exchanging 24,650 shares and Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent and ended at $3, with 54,334 stock units changing hands.
Losses| LJ Williams B share fell 5 cents and ended at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,314 shares, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 3 cents at $47.40, with 5,010 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial Group shed 5 cents and concluded trading at $6.45 with 40,000 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.70, with 30,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.11, with 6,678 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 200 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.44, with 300 stock units trading, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.53, with 1,941 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $62.50, after trading 4,253 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE main market rise again – Tuesday

Main market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 10 securities rising, 13 falling and 4 trading firm as trading closed with 5,286,653 units valued at $240,796,595 being exchanged.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 503.78 points to 321,663.25 and the JSE Index advanced by 459 points to 293,071.59.
In main market activity, Berger Paints ended trading $1.50 higher at $17.95, with 310,654 stock units, Carreras closed with a rise of 35 cents at $10.45, with 52,856 shares, Caribbean Cement gained $1.36 and closed at $33.56, with 74,085 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 13 cents, with 200,000 shares, Grace Kennedy gained $1 to $51, with 16,739 stock units. Jamaica Broilers lost 1 cent to close at $19.99, with 22,786 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 55 cents at $14.95, trading 212,141 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 94 cents higher at $6.99, with 300 units, JMMB Group concluded trading at $26, with 20,117 shares. Kingston Properties finished at $6.25, with 1,440 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 7 cents higher at $39.07 with 7,690 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 11,790 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher at $99, with 2,044,781 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.17, with 10,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 8 cents at $5.50, with 5,000 shares, PanJam Investment added 50 cents in closing at $43, with 229,220 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 100 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 569,681 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 65 cents at $35.60, with 7,769 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 25 cents higher at $15.30, with 1,550 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.33 at $10.72, with 112,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 71,423 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 5 cents at $30, after 29,045 stock units changed hands. Supreme Ventures declined by 50 cents to $11.50, with 132,190 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $4.50, with 907,199 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.65, exchanging 227,597 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 8,000 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 “More stocks prices fall than rose on Tuesday.”

Main market activity climbs on Monday

JSE main market activity ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, of which 11 rose, 10 declined and 6 traded firm. Trading closed with 6,657,188 units valued at $155,508,071 being exchanged, up from the $31 million traded on Friday.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 2,392.60 points to end at 321,159.47 and the JSE Index gained 2,179.93 points to 292,612.59.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 25 cents higher at $9.50, with 1,000 shares trading, Caribbean Cement rose 50 cents to $32.20, with 5,295 stock units changing hands, Carreras finished at $10.10, with 168,334 shares, Grace Kennedy fell by $1 to $50, with 160,875 stock units. Jamaica Broilers rose 1 cent to 420, with 8,482 units, Jamaica Producers closed trading at $15.50, with 1,205 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a gain of 5 cents at $6.05, with 8,530 shares, JMMB Group dropped 31 cents to $26, with 3,017,431 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 900 shares at $39, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a rise of $1 to end at $6.50, with 469,349 units, NCB Financial Group traded at $98, with 502,244 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 4 cents higher at $1.19, with 20,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended 22 cents lower at $5.58, with 100 stock units, changing hands. Palace Amusement closed at $1,300, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment rose 50 cents to end at $42.50, with 2,475 units. Radio Jamaica declined by 1 cent to $1.07, with 13,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 20 cents higher at $36.25, with 94,710 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a rise of $2 to $54, with 13,023 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 185,389 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 4 cents and finished at $4.54, with 718,287 units and Wisynco Group gained 20 cents and settled at $10.70, with 449,497 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE major indices jump on Monday.”

5 stocks up 5 down on TTSE – Monday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with the number of securities trading remaining at 12 as it was on Friday, with 5 advancing, 5 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 243,252 shares valued at just $1,831,701 trading, compared to 441,097 shares valued at $12,442,038 on Friday.
At close, the Composite Index fell 0.11 points on Monday to 1,268.63, the All T&T Index slipped 0.08 points to 1,699.99, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.02 points to close at 112.99.
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 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and closed at $20.11, with 3,200 units, Grace Kennedy increased 1 cent and completed trading at $3.35, with 165,808 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed with an increase of 1 cent at $101.53, with 3,520 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and completed trading at $7.85, with 35,835 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading with a gain of 7 cents at $28.11, after exchanging 5,064 shares.
Losses| First Citizens fell 3 cents and concluded trading at $32.16, after exchanging 1,000 shares, JMMB Group fell 1 cent and ended at $1.95, with 9,275 stock units changing hands, National Flour shed 2 cents and settled at $1.80, after exchanging 1,000 shares, One Caribbean Media lost 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.44, with 100 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading 2 cents lower and settled at $62.48, after exchanging 1,050 shares.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 15,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.55, after exchanging 1,900 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Investor pays $1,300 for Palace shares – Friday

Palace Amusement hit a record of $1,300 on Friday.

IC Insider TOP 10 stock – Palace Amusement, rose $200 on Friday and ended the week with a gain of $740 to close at $1,300 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, as investors responded to the strong patronage of the Black Panther being shown by the movie house.
Main market activity ended with 26 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 10 falling, 5 trading firm. The market closed with 3,641,373 units valued at over $64,163,969 being exchanged.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell 741.12 points to 318,766.87 and the JSE Index declined by 675.24 points to 290,432.66.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 25 cents higher at $9.25, with 4,700 shares, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 55 cents at $16.45, with 501,659 stock units, Carreras finished with a loss of 68 cents at $10.10, with 1,251,675 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 91 cents at $31.70, with 4,390 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 1 cent at $51, with 15,712 stock units. Jamaica Broilers finished trading 48 cents higher at $19.99, with 33,607 units, Jamaica Producers closed 49 cents higher at $15.50, with 10,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 72,730 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 25 cents higher at $26.31, with 251,690 shares. Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 50 cents at $39, with 3,400 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 33 cents higher at $5.50, with 18,949 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $98, with 35,030 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 12 cents higher at $1.15, with 9,750 shares. Palace Amusement jumped $200 and closed at a new all time high of $1,300, with 300 stock units, 138 Student Living ended 29 cents higher at $5.80, with 5,000 shares,changing hands. PanJam Investment ended $42 higher at $42, with 2,430 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, exchanging 560 shares, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 1,751 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.08, with 11,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 45 cents higher at $36.05, with 537,833 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $52, with 81,245 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 20 cents at $30.05, with 5,600 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading 50 cents higher at $12, with 5,800 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.50, with 281,020 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 495,442 shares and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% finished trading at $1.50, with 100 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 majors fall again on Friday.”