The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange broke the losing streak on Friday, with the market indices rising, but with a negative advance decline ratio. At the close 19 securities changing hands, 4 advanced, 8 declined and 7 traded firm.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 309.14 points to close at 302,359.51 and the JSE Index advanced by 281.66 points to close at 275,483.71. The market closed with 2,765,894 units trading valued at $114,523,797 compared to 5,195,513 units valued at $74,800,685 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 145,573 units for an average of $6,027,568 in contrast to 207,821 units for an average of $2,992,027 on Thursday. 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 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Proven Investments US ordinary share traded 2,000 units and lost 1 cent in closing at 23 US cents. In the US market preference segment, JMMB Group ended trading with a rise of 3 cents to end at US$1.15, with 790 stock units.
The major movers at the close are Jamaica Producers with a fall of $1.12, flowed by a jump of $1.96 in NCB Financial share price, while Supreme Ventures rose 70 cents and Sagicor Group traded 1,530,650 shares, well ahead of the rest of the market.
NCB Buying 50.1% of Bermudan bank
NCB Financial Group today announced the acquisition of majority shares in the Clarien Group, a Bermudan based financial group in which Portland Private Equity holds 17.92 percent interest.
Edmund Gibbons Ltd with retain 31.98 percent of the shares. The transaction has received approval from Bank of Jamaica and the Bermuda Monetary Authority provided a no objection letter, the release from NCB states but final approval is subject to the Ministry of Finance. James Gibbons a director of the group expresses the view that the linkage will enable expansion of their offering locally and globally.
In 2016, Portland Private Equity pumped in B$$12.6 million into Clarien to meet capital needs based on tighter regulatory capital requirements as well as a swelling bad debt position amounting to 14 percent of their loan portfolio. The bank is said to have made B$$500,000 profit in 2015.
According The Royal Gazette, Clarien said its loan portfolio had shrunk by $66.8 million in 2015 to $809.7 million by the end of the year. This was attributed to a trend of borrowers paying down mortgage debt.
Clarien has more than eight decades of banking history in Bermuda and is said to be the largest bank in the country.
NCB recently raised US$250 million on the local market for regional expansion, this acquisition seems to be one that was on their radar when the funds were being raised, but based on the amount Portland injected the acquisition by NCB could cost around US$40-50 million, a mere dent in the amount they raised in the summer of 2017, but with earnings of $500,000 in 2015, unless profits picked up considerably since, which seems unlikely with the acquisition by NCB, the amount paid is most likely considerably far less.
For the fiscal year to September NCB made profit of J$19.1 billion or US$146 million up from J$14.45 billion in 2016. Gross revenues for 2017 fiscal year amounted to J$75.7 billion.
Only 1 stock fall on TTSE – Friday
Sagicor is the sole declining stock on the TTSE on Friday.
The Composite Index gained 1.81 points to 1,282.26, the All T&T Index advanced 1.85 points to 1,750.94 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.24 points to close at 109.67.
Trading ended with 189,047 shares changing hands at a value of $3,309,055 compared to Thursday’s trades of 233,449 valued at $4,648,226.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of securities rising are Guardian Holdings with gains of 5 cents, to close at $16.55 with 11,300 shares being exchanged, Massy Holdings added 10 cents to settle at $49 with 26,836 shares valued at $1,314,263 trading and National Enterprises ended at $9.75, rising 5 cents with 1,765 shares.
Losses| The sole security changing hands is Sagicor Financial after losing 8 cents to close at $7.87 trading 22,496 shares.Firm Trades| Stocks with last traded prices remaining unchanged of the close of trading are Ansa McAL with 2,028 shares at $63.03, Clico Investment closed at $21 with 6,400 stock units, First Citizens held firm at $32 with 2,147 units changing hands, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.10 trading 70,435 shares trading, L.J. Williams B closed at 70 cents with 2,000 stock units. NCB Financial Group exchanged 3,585 shares at $6, One Caribbean Media closed at $14 with 7,800 units, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.50 with 1,360 shares, Scotiabank remained at $60 with 590 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL held firm at $25 trading 30,305 stock units valued at $757,631.
Advancing prices crushed by decliners – Thursday
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, 6 advanced, 11 declined and 6 traded firm, with 5,195,513 units valued at $74,800,685 compared to 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 on Wednesday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,034.00 points to close at 302,050.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,853.20 points to close at 275,202.05.
In main market activity, 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 9 cents at $1.21, with 10,000 stock units, Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $8, with 20,561 units, 
Berger Paints finished at $16.20, with 1,084 shares, Cable & Wireless settled at $0.98, with 669,689 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $32, with 32,950 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of 1 cent at $10.99, with 3,008,091 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 33,063 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $17.50, with 46,915 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 22 cents higher at $16.22, with 34,050 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80, with 51,195 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $27, with 19,455 shares, Kingston Wharves traded at $32.50, with 107,220 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading at $5.01, with 414,751 shares. NCB Financial Group closed 4 cents higher at $90.05, with 258,394 shares, 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 9 cents at $1.21, with 10,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 75 cents higher at $41.75, with 12,050 units, Portland JSX finished 5 cents higher at $8.95, with 1,600 shares, Pulse Investments settled 13 cents higher at $1.78, with 10,000 shares. 
Radio Jamaica ended trading 3 cents higher at $1.08, with 45,500 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1 at $36, with 31,555 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 30,633 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.48 at $51.02, with 77,645 stock units. Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $30, with 400 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 70 cents at $10.30, with 66,712 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50%, traded 125,000 units at $1.90, JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.10, with 87,000 stock units and Proven Investments traded 46,657 shares at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
For more on main market trading follow Main Market drops again on Thursday
Prices mostly up indices drop
Investors chopped $4.99 off the price of NCB Financial on Wednesday.
Prices of securities rose more than those that fell at the close of trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 1,625.76 points to 304,084.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,481.25 points to 277,055.25.
Trading closed with 22 securities changing hands, 9 advancing, 5 declining and 10 trading firm with 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 changing hands.
In market activity, Barita Investments ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $8.10, with 200 units, Berger Paints finished 9 cents higher at $16.20, with 2,046 shares, Cable & Wireless gained 1 cent to 98 cents, with 492,124 shares trading, Caribbean Cement ended trading at $32.01, with 7,476 stock units, Carreras traded at $11, with 62,384 units. Grace Kennedy closed $1.30 higher at $43, with 161,291 shares, Jamaica Broilers advanced 40 cents to $17.90, with 16,271 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16, with 3,356,105 units, 
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 40 cents to close at $7, with 12,662 shares changing hands. JMMB Group settled at $27.50, with 4,971,543 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 17,386 units trading, investors chopped $4.99 off the price of NCB Financial Group down to $90.01, with 128,557 shares trading, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $41, with 3,518,560 units. Portland JSX finished 40 cents higher at $8.90, with 900 shares, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 15 cents at $1.65, with 10,974 shares, Sagicor Group traded with a rise of 46 cents to $37, with 166,036 units, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 17,424 shares. Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.44 to close at $52.50, with 46,603 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled $1 higher at $11, with 134,138 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 2,349 shares at $2.49 JMMB Group 7.25% ended trading 3,907 stock units at $1.50 and Proven Investments 8.25% traded 46,657 units at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE trading sinks to just 50,000 units
Market activity on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday remains anaemic, with just over 50,000 shares trading, the lowest volume since the start of the month coming from 16 securities changing hands.
Trading closed with 4 stocks advancing, 5 declining, 7 holding firm as 50,488 shares traded at a value of $553,082 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 528,994 valued at $2,520,342 from 13 securities trading. At the close of trading 2 stock hit 52 weeks’ high and one ended at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index climbed 2.15 points to 1,277.73, the All T&T Index declined by 0.87 points to 1,743.27 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.71 points to close at 109.49.
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.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising are Grace Kennedy with gains of 5 cents, and closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10 with 300 units changing hands. Guardian Holdings closed at $16.50, rising 50 cents in exchanging 13,670 shares, NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents, ending at $6 with trades of 10,300 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose to a new 52 weeks’ high of $24.25, advancing 20 cents with an exchange of 2,650 shares.
Losses| Securities closing down at last traded prices are JMMB Group that lost 1 cent and closed at $2.09 with 1,975 shares trading, L.J. Williams B with a loss of 7 cents, traded at 70 cents with 1,650 shares, Republic Financial Holdings declined by 19 cents to settle at $101.50, after trading at a low for the day at $100.50 with 405 units exchanged. Sagicor Financial closed at $7.94, losing 1 cent with 1,175 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 5 cents, falling to a 52 weeks’ low of $34.95 with 100 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Stock with last traded prices remaining unchanged of the close of trading are Angostura Holdings closed at $15.05 with a mere 10 units, Clico Investment exchanged 47 units at $21, First Citizens trading 20 units at $31.95 and National Enterprises that closed at $9.70 with 508 units. Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 exchanging 9,131 shares trading, Readymix ended at $11 with 618 units and Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 trading 7,929 shares.
Main market stocks dropped on Wednesday
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 22 securities changing hands and 3 in the US dollar market with, 10 advancing, 5 declining and 10 trading firm with 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 compared to 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 on Tuesday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,625.76 points to close at 304,084.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,481.25 points to close at 277,055.25.
Trading ended with an average of 598,891 units at an average of $16,389,768 in contrast to 127,493 units for an average of $2,689,104 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 356,262 units valued at $5,944,195 and reviously 344,905 units valued at $5,455,253. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 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 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Proven Investments US ordinary share traded 44,384 units in closing at 23.99 US cents and Productivity Business traded 57 US cents with 3,200 shares. In the US market preference segment, JMMB Group 6% ended trading at US$1.12, with 2,175 stock units.
The major movers at the close are Grace Kennedy gained $1.30, NCB Financial dropped $4.99, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.44, volume wise, Jamaica Producers accounted for 3,356,105 units, JMMB Group traded 4,971,543 shares and PanJam Investment finished with 3,518,560 units changing hands.
JSE main market falters again
Seprod shares dropped $3.99 on Tuesday.
The main market indices suffered major reversal as a result of the negative advance decline ratio of nearly 1 to 1, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index, to drop 898.61 points to close at 305,710.13 and the JSE Index to 818.74 points, to close at 278,536.50.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 28 securities changing hands of which 11 advanced, 11 declined and 3 traded firm with 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 changing hands.
The major contributors to the sharp fall are declines of $1.30 in the price of Grace Kennedy, Salada Foods fell $1.19, Scotia Group jumped $2.64, Seprod dropped $3.99, on the other hand National Financial rose $1 and Scotia Group rose $2.64.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading 50 cents higher at $8.50, with 25,000 units, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 9 cents at $16.11, with 29,075 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 2 cents higher at 97 cents, with 51,499 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 1 cent higher at $32.01, with 4,240 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of 4 cents at $11, with 2,009,745 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 5 cents higher at 50 cents, with 65,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of $1.30 at $41.70, with 141,575 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.50, with 70,380 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a rise of 20 cents to $16.20, with 60,592 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 38 cents at $6.60, with 21,679 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $27.50, with 16,763 shares, Kingston Properties ended trading 1 cent higher at $8.01, with 1,300 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 2,857 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $5.01, with 6,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed $1 higher at $95, with 35,601 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,872 stock units, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $40.75, with 2,895 units. Portland JSX finished with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, with 500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.05, with 2,000 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 4 cents higher at $36.54, with 6,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 1,000 shares. Salada Foods Jamaica closed with a loss of $1.19 at $8.81, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $2.64 higher at $53.94, with 727,189 stock units, Seprod finished with a loss of $3.99 at $30.01, with 400 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 42 cents at $10, with 110,204 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE majors down with 11 stocks rising & 11 falling
Main market stocks in serious test of resistance that is not likely to last.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with 28 securities changing hands of which 11 advanced, 11 declined and 3 traded firm with 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 changing hands, down sharply from 19,187,109 units valued at $205,077,757 on Monday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 898.61 points compared to a fall of 3,027.95 points on Monday, to close at 305,710.13 and the JSE Index declined by 818.74 points versus a fall of 2,758.81 points on Monday, to close at 278,536.50.
Trading ended with an average of 127,493 units for an average of $2,689,104 in contrast to 799,463 units for an average of $8,544,907 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 344,905 units valued at $5,455,253 and previously 358,678 units valued at $5,630,484. In contrast, October closed with an average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the US dollar market, the index rose 11.04 points to close at 179.19 with 76,985 units trading at a value of US$67,389. Productivity Business ordinary share traded 1,549 units and rose 2 cents to close at 57 US cents, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 20,416 units to gain 2 cents to close at 23.98 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US Preference share traded 55,000 units at US$1.12.
The main movers for the day are, Grace Kennedy falling $1.30, NCB Financial Group adding $1, Salada Foods fell $1.19, Scotia Group jumped $2.64, Seprod dropped $3.99 and Ciboney traded at a 52 weeks’ high of 50 cents while Carreras ended trading 2,009,745 units.
4 TTSE stocks rise 1 falls
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 13 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Monday and resulted in 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining, 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading activity saw 528,994 shares traded at a value of $2,520,342 compared to Monday’s trades of 354,972 units valued at $13,441,469.
The Composite Index gained 0.08 points to 1,275.58, the All T&T Index advanced 0.68 points to 1,744.14 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.07 points to close at 108.78.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Securities recording gains at the close of trading on Tuesday are, Sagicor Financial that traded 12 cents higher to $7.95 with 1,240 shares, Scotiabank jumped $1.25, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $60 while exchanging 634 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 3 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $24.05, trading 8,920 shares and Bourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar shares closed at $8.10, gaining 2 cents with 500 units changing hands.
Losses| MMB Group is the sole stock declining and ended with a loss of 8 cents, closed at $2.10, trading 405,353 shares valued at $851,241.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volumes trading unchanged are Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 400 units, Clico Investment exchanged 1,340 shares at $21, First Caribbean International Bank traded 7,476 shares at $9.30 and Massy Holdings remained at $48 with 13,328 shares valued at $639,744. National Enterprises closed at $9.70 with 8,997 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.90 exchanging 72,352 shares valued at $426,877, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 with 6,809 shares and Unilever Caribbean held firm at $35 with 1,145 shares but traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $34.80.