Rising JSE’s stocks edged out decliners

December 20, 2017 by

NCB Financial trades back at $100.

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded on Tuesday with 27 securities changing hands, 13 advanced, 9 declined and 5 traded firm with 1,811,480 units valued at $72,434,801 changing hands, with NCB Financial trades back at $100.
In the market activity, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,929.83 points to close at 307,095.43 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,758.29 points to close at 279,798.65.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished 90 cents higher at $16.90, with 4,300 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 10 cents higher at $1.05, with 24,084 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $31.50, with 18,174 stock units changing hands. Carreras traded 40 cents higher at $11.40, with 4,733 units, Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 6 cents at 35 cents, with 77,100 shares, Grace Kennedy closed 50 cents higher at $43, with 52,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 90 cents at $17.50, with 60,746 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 1 cent higher at $15.16, with 6,480 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 55 cents higher at $7.05, with 150 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 1.1 cents at $23.90, with 156,166 shares, Kingston Wharves traded $1 higher at $32, with 1,108 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 47,958 shares, NCB Financial Group closed $1.01 higher at $100, with 534,714 shares, 138 Student Living closed 8 cents higher at $6.08, with 15,500 shares, 1834 Investments ended 4 cents higher at $1.25, with 18,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $43, with 79,705 units, Portland JSX finished 32 cents higher at $9.50, with 1,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled at $1.78, with 10,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.03, with 32,209 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 50 cents higher at $36, with 150,298 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 59,258 shares. Scotia Group ended 15 cents higher at $50.20, with 4,192 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $30, with 7,781 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10.50, with 1,400 shares. In the main market preference segment. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 220,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $1.80, JMMB Group 7.25% closed trading at $1.50, with 1,000 units and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.15, with 223,424 stock units 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 makes big gains on Wednesday.”

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8 JSE stocks rise 5 fall

December 19, 2017 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded on Tuesday with 21 securities changing hands, with 8 rising, 5 declining and 7 trading unchanged with 2,309,034 units valued at $75,261,191 changing hands.
In the market activity, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 631.47 points to close at 305,165.60 and the JSE Index advanced by 575.34 points to 278,040.36.
In the main activity, Berger Paints finished at $16, with 11,305 shares, Cable & Wireless closed with a loss of 5 cents at 95 cents, with 22,975 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 30 cents higher at $32, with 26,250 stock units, Carreras traded 1 cent higher at $11, with 783,538 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 6 cents higher at $0.41, with 183,550 shares. Grace Kennedy closed at $42.50, with 98,955 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 90 cents higher at $18.40, with 10,790 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $15.15, with 7,104 units, JMMB Group settled 99 cents higher at $25, with 21,288 shares. Kingston Wharves traded 95 cents higher at $31, with 121,486 units, Mayberry Investments rose 5 cents to $6, with 120,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $98.99, with 391,496 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 at $43.50, with 189,476 units. Pulse Investments settled at $1.78, with 500 shares, Sagicor Group traded at $35.50, with 104,400 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $14.50, with 6,991 shares, Salada Foods Jamaica closed 10 cents higher at $9.95, with 5,000 shares. Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.85 at $50.05, with 83,333 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $30, with 2,016 units and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.70, with 93,582 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended trading at at $1.15, with 29,499 stock units 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 up on reduced activity.”

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Producers & NCB dominate trading – Monday

December 18, 2017 by

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed on Monday with 20 securities changing hands. 9 advanced, 7 declined and 2 traded firm resulting in 8,452,293 units valued at $389,568,108 trading as Jamaica Producers with 4.36 million shares and NCB Financial with 3.14 million shares, dominated trading.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 238.01 points to close at 304,534.13 and the JSE Index shed 216.86 points to close at 277,465.02.
In the market activity, Berger Paints finished at $16, with 200 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless settled 5 cents higher at $1, with 205,419 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $1.30 at $31.70, with 4,243 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 51 cents at $10.99, with 117,938 units, Grace Kennedy closed 51 cents higher at $42.50, with 12,713 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 255,683 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $15.20, with 4,355,410 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 74,200 shares, JMMB Group settled 51 cents higher at $24.01, with 19,804 shares. Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.95 at $30.05, with 5,927 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 25 cents higher at $5.95, with 4,915 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 1 cent at $98.99, with 3,140,031 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a rise of $1 to $45, with 5,967 units. Radio Jamaica ended trading 4 cents higher at $1.05, with 134,756 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.50 at $35.50, with 3,440 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $15, with 1,718 shares, Scotia Group ended with a gain of $1.89 to $51.90, with 76,666 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled 69 cents higher at $10.70, with 13,469 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 394 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.50, with 19,400 stock units 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 declines on Monday.”

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JSE declines on Monday

December 18, 2017 by

Market activities, closed with 8,452,293 units valued at $389,568,108 trading, compared to 52,433,941 units valued at $551,963,793 from 22 securities changing hands on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 422,615 units for an average of $19,478,405 in contrast to 2,097,358 units for an average of $22,078,552 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 325,310 units valued at $6,146,072 and previously, 317,967 units valued at $5,039,655. In contrast, November closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
3 securities traded in the US dollar market with Margaritaville traded just 400 shares and gained 1 cent to close at .2001 US cents, Proven Investments US ordinary share, traded 520 units changing hands in closing at 22.01 US cents, after falling by a cent, with the JSE USD Equities Index closing down 4.11 points to close at 170.55 as one stock rose and one declined. JMMB Group 6% Preference share traded 2,000 shares and fell 8 us cents to $1.12.
The major movers at the close, are Caribbean Cement that rose $1.30, PanJam Investment rose $1, Sagicor Group fell $1.50, while Scotia Group gained $1.89. Jamaica Producers traded 4.36 million shares and NCB Financial ended with 3.14 million shares changing hands.
For more details of market activities see – “Producers & NCB dominate trading – Monday.”

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Supreme Ventures trades 51m shares – Friday

December 15, 2017 by

Supreme Ventures 50.86 million trade, was by far the largest on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, accounting for $509 million of the total amount traded, including two main blocks of 25 million units each.
Trading resulted in 52,433,941 units valued at $551,963,793 and closed with 13 securities advancing, 8 declining and 4 traded firm as 25 securities changed hands. At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 824.75 points to 304,772.14 and the JSE Index advanced 751.44 points to close at 277,681.88.
In the market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading 20 cents higher at $7.95, with 21,250 units changing hands, Berger Paints finished with a loss of $1 at $16, with 4,850 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 5 cents at 95 cents, with 71,897 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading $2 higher at $33, with 15,171 stock units. Carreras traded 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 229,700 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a gain of 49 cents to $41.99, with 3,550 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 70 cents higher at $18, with 22,839 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a gain of 6 cents to $15.15, with 14,380 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 15,951 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $2.40 at $23.50, with 427,304 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 30 cents at $32, with 500 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5.70, with 88,101 shares. NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 177,145 shares, 1834 Investments gained 1 cent to $1.21, with 2,626 stock units, Palace Amusement jumped $10 to a record high of $560, with just 129 stock units trading, PanJam Investment concluded trading $4 higher at $44, with 10,250 units, Portland JSX rose 68 cents to $9.18, with 48,560 shares. Pulse Investments settled at $1.78, trading 800 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.01, with 38,000 stock units, Sagicor Group traded $1.50 higher at $37, with 27,900 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $15, with 106,818 shares. Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.94 at $50.01, with 131,325 stock units trading, Seprod concluded trading $2.50 higher at $30, with 19,000 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 29 cents at $10.01, with 50,855,895 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 100,000 units at $1.90 after rising by 5 cents.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Supreme Ventures dominant trade – Friday.”

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Witco drops to 1 year low

December 15, 2017 by

West Indian Tobacco hit another 52 weeks’ low on Friday.

Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday down on Thursday’s levels as 13 securities changed hands compared to 16 on Thursday. The market closed with a weak West Indian Tobacco closing at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with 321,584 shares traded at a value of $4,433,970 compared to Thursday’s trades of 513,696 units valued at $5,023,038 as the prices of 4 securities rose, 3 declining and 6 remained unchanged.
The Composite Index declined by 10.91 points to 1,259.04, the All T&T Index fell 4.19 points to 1,726.51 while the Cross Listed Index was down 2.41 points to close at 106.69.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising at the close of the market are,Guardian Holdings with gains of 30 cents, to close at $17.30 while trading 44,762 shares valued at $762,473, JMMB Group gaining 9 cents to settle at $1.59 with 95,509 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.96, gaining 1 cent with 47,404 shares valued at $376,984 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $26.50, rising 30 cents in exchanging 38,959 shares valued at $1,032,542.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining at the close of the market are, NCB Financial Group ending at $6, with a loss of 30 cents in trading 40,150 shares, Scotiabank lost 1 cent to close at $60.09 with 760 units and West Indian Tobacco declined by $1.80 to a 52 weeks’ low of $100 with 293 units changing hands and remains weak at the close with the stock being offered below the closing price and no buying showing at the close.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are, Clico Investment that closed at $21 with 22,800 shares valued at $478,800 trading, Massy Holdings traded 26,060 shares at $48 valued at $1,251,492, National Flour Mills closed at $1.90 with 2,300 shares trading. Republic Financial Holdings remained at $100 with 197 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 with 950 units and Unilever Caribbean held firm at $30 with 1,440 shares exchanged.

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Supreme Ventures dominant trade – Friday

December 15, 2017 by

Supreme Ventures traded the most shares on the JSE on Friday.

Volumes jumped on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday as Supreme Ventures captured 92 percent of the value of trades, while the market indices rose modestly by less than 1,000 points.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 824.75 points to 304,772.14 and the JSE Index advanced by 751.44 points to close at 277,681.88. Trading closed on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, with 13 advancing, 8 declining and 5 traded firm in the main and US dollar markets. Main market trading resulted in 52,433,941 units valued at $551,963,793 trading, compared to 3,826,874 units valued at $91,752,590 from 22 securities changing hands on Thursday and Palace Amusement closing at a record high of $560 trading a small volume.
Trading ended with an average of 2,097,358 units for an average of $22,078,552 in contrast to 182,232 units for an average of $4,369,171 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 317,967 units valued at $5,039,655 and previously, 132,613 units valued at $3,067,560. In contrast, November closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Proven Investments US ordinary share traded in the US dollar market, with 2,000 units changing hands in closing at 23 US cents, with the JSE USD Equities Index closing unchanged at 174.66.

New contents at Palace Amusement this week end.

The major movers at the close, are Supreme Ventures with the largest volume amounting to 50.8 million units with a value of $508 million, Berger Paints dropping $1, while Caribbean Cement rose $2, JMMB Group dropped $2.40, PanJam Investment dropping $5, Palace Amusement rising $10 to a record $560, Sagicor Group rose $1.50, while Scotia Group lost $1.94 and Seprod climbed $2.50.

For more details of market activities see – “Supreme trades 51m shares – Friday.”

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JSE main market falters on Thursday

December 14, 2017 by

PanJam Investment drops $5 in trading on Thursday.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange pulled back at the close on Thursday with increased volume of shares trading, after rising strongly with very moderate trading on Wednesday.
Trading on the Main Market ended on Thursday with 21 securities changing hands, of which 9 advanced, 7 declined and 2 traded firm resulting in 3,826,874 shares valued at $91,752,590 changing hands, compared to 868,056 units valued at $20,860,689 from 22 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
The market activity resulted in The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 1,614.44 points to close at 303,947.39 and the JSE Index falling 1,470.94 points to 276,930.44 at the close.  .
Trading ended with an average of 182,232 units for an average of $4,369,171 in contrast to 39,457 units for an average of $948,213 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 132,613 units valued at $3,067,560 and previously, 127,855 units valued at $2,927,387. In contrast, November closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Proven Investments US ordinary share traded in the US dollar market, with 2,450 units changing hands in closing at 23 US cents, with the JSE USD Equities Index closing unchanged at 174.66. JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share ended trading at US$1.20, with 290 units trading and resulted in value of US$912 traded in the market.
The major movers at the close, are Berger Paints rising $1.50, JMMB Group jumped $1.92 while trading 3,063,904 units, NCB Financial Group shedding 99 cents, PanJam Investments dropping $5 while Caribbean Cement rose 99 cents, Sagicor Group rose 85 cents, while Scotia Group rose $1.85.

For more details of market activities see – “Rising stocks edge out falling ones.”

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Rising stocks edge out falling ones

December 14, 2017 by

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange pulled back at the close on Thursday leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to drop by 1,614.44 points to 303,947.39 while the JSE Index fell 1,470.94 points to 276,930.44.
Trading ended with 21 securities changing hands, of which 9 advanced, 7 declined and 2 traded firm, resulting in 3,826,874 shares valued at $91,752,590 changing hands.
In the market activity, Cable & Wireless settled 1 cent higher at $1, with 62,773 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 99 cents higher at $31, with 300 stock units, Carreras traded 50 cents higher at $11, with 64,737 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 50 cents at $41.50, with 121,270 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $17.30, with 9,000 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 20 cents at $7, with 24,500 shares, JMMB Group settled $1.92 higher at $25.90, with 3,063,904 shares, Kingston Wharves traded 30 cents higher at $32.30, with 3,475 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading at $6, with 100,788 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 99 cents at $99, with 42,547 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $5 at $40, with 10,105 units, Pulse Investments settled 8 cents higher at $1.78, with 10,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.03, as 33,567 stock units changed hands. Sagicor Group traded 22,758 units and gained 85 cents to close at $35.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $15, with 200 shares, Scotia Group ended $1.85 higher at $51.95, with 117,552 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 50 cents higher at $27.50, with 485 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 26 cents at $10.30, with 105,825 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 150 units at $2.49 and the 7.5% closed at $1.85 with 19,937 shares and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.15, with 13,001 units 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 main market falters on Thursday.”

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9 TTSE stock down in weak market

December 14, 2017 by

After a long drawn out period when investors were felling out each other to try and get the best price for stocks, finally, patience seems to have worn thin, as the prices of several stocks were finally allowed to trade lower than the asking prices a month or two ago.
By the look of trading and market quotes the downward correction is not yet over and with the Trinidad Economy still in deep recession the decline in market prices could go well into 2018 as the downward price adjustments take time to be fully reflected in trading.
Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday, fell below Wednesday’s volumes and values, and ended with 9 stocks declining, 7 holding firm and none gaining at the close.
At the end the Composite Index declined by 10.93 points to 1,269.95, the All T&T Index shed 12.64 points to 1,730.70 and the Cross Listed Index was down 1.25 points to close at 109.10.
The market closed with 16 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Wednesday leading to 513,696 shares trading, valued at $5,023,038 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 750,792 valued at $10,300,305.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining at the close of the market are, Ansa McAL losing 2 cents to close at $63 trading 12,000 shares valued at $756,000, Guardian Holdings closed 98 cents lower to $17, with 2,000 shares exchanged and JMMB Group ended at $1.50, losing 9 cents exchanging 273,754 shares valued at $410,631. Massy Holdings declined by $1, closing at $48 with 1,146 units, National Enterprises ended with a loss of 20 cents at $9.80 with a mere 25 units trading, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.30, losing 20 cents, exchanging 40,850 shares, but only after it traded at a new high of $6.75 befoe pulling back by the close. Scotiabank traded 90 cents lower to $60.10 with 100 units changing hands, West Indian Tobacco fell by $1.05 to a new 52 weeks’ low of $101.80 trading 13,000 shares valued at $1,323,400 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 30 cents, in closing at $26.20 with 5,462 shares changing hands.

West Indian Tobacco hit another 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.

Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are, Clico Investment closing at $21 with 17,680 shares valued at $371,280, First Citizens remaining at $32 with 1,100 units changing hands, National Flour Mills closing at $1.90 with 1,747 shares. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $100 trading 5,657 shares valued at $565,700, Sagicor Financial remained at $7.95 with 123,670 shares valued at $982,164, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 with trades of 15,005 shares and Unilever Caribbean traded 500 units at $30.

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