Scotia Group drops $2

September 14, 2017 by

Scotia Group price dropped as nine months results were soft.

Trading picked up on Thursday with value of trading increasing sharply over the low level on Wednesday, but the most prominent stock in the last two weeks, Scotia Group fell in response to lower than expected profits leading to a fall in the market indices.
The number of securities trading ended at 23 compared to 28 on Wednesday but the volume traded rose well ahead of Wednesday’s level at 6,273,419 units versus 2,295,944 units.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and prices they last traded at, are Berger Paints exchanging 64,088 shares at $11, Cable and Wireless rising 9 cents, to $1.15 with 151,475 units, Caribbean Cement closing at $27.50 and losing 50 cents with 181,572 shares, Carreras closed at $108 with 20,739 stock units, Grace Kennedy with a loss of 5 cents, to end at $42 trading 1,480,399 shares. Jamaica Broilers dropped $1.05 to $15.75 with 696,244 shares, with investors reacting negatively to lower profit in the first quarter to July, with Net Profit from continuing operations coming in at $212.6 million versus $401.3 million. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 2 cents to close at $6.51 with 288,079 shares, followed by JMMB Group that closed at $21.20, with a loss of 30 cents in exchanging 44,432 shares. Kingston Wharves ended with gains of 37 cents at $30.85 with 4,100 units, Mayberry Investments dropped 58 cents to $4.22, with 4,488 units, NCB Financial Group closed 25 cents higher to $90.25 with 44,389 shares, 138 Student Living traded 8,350 units at $4.75. PanJam Investment lost 40 cents to $33.85 with 400 units, Pulse Investments lost 5 cents, closing at $1.70 with 27,523 shares, Radio Jamaica fell by 16 cents, ending at $1.04 with 1,534,960 shares, Sagicor Group traded $1.28 higher to $34.53 with 32,438 stock units, Salada Foods gained 50 cents, ending at $8.50 trading 75,000 shares, Scotia Group closed $2 lower to $52 exchanging 182,331 units, Sterling Investments lost 10 cents to close at $11.90 with 264,322 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $10.80, losing 20 cents with 5,722 units. Productive Business Solution US ordinary shares traded 6,820 units at 60 US cents, Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 23.99 US cents, with gains of 0.99 US cent, in exchanging 300,227 units and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 855,271 units at $2.

 

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6 stocks rise 1 fall on TTSE

September 14, 2017 by

Republic Financial Holdings dominated trading on the TTSE on Thursday.

Activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was the most robust it has been for several weeks on Thursday, with 18 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Wednesday. Advancing stocks climbed to 6 with 1 declining and 11 unchanged.
At the close, 623,687 shares traded, valued $14,619,055 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 185,605 units valued at $2,920,184. Republic Financial Holdings dominated trading with 68 percent of the value of securities traded while NCB Financial Group and Trinidad & Tobago NGL,, accounted for 11 percent and 9 percent respectively.
The Composite Index gained 1.02 points to 1,245.95, the All T&T Index advanced 2.35 points to 1,791.71 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.05 points to close at 94.05.
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| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands were Clico Investment added 10 cents, closing at $20.70 with 25,050 shares valued at $517,285, First Citizens advanced 25 cents to close at $32 with 13,991 shares valued at $447,173, Guardian Holdings gained 10 cents and ended at $16.39 in exchanging 7,566 shares. Prestige Holdings gained 5 cents trading 500 units, closing at $10.70, Republic Financial rose 9 cents to close at $102 with 97,510 shares valued at $9,938,129 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 25 cents higher to $23 with 58,033 shares valued at $1,333,816.
Losses| JMMB Group is the only security declining with a loss of 3 cents to $1.32 with 12,851 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume trading unchanged at the close are Ansa McAL exchanging 1,293 units at $65.80, First Caribbean International Bank remaining at $8.02 with 23,151 shares while Massy Holdings traded 550 units at $48.92 and National Enterprises closed at $10.48 exchanging 434 units. National Flour Mills closed with 493 units at $2.04, NCB Financial Group exchanged 308,000 shares at $5.15 valuing $1,586,200, One Caribbean Media closed at $14.25 with 1,167 units, Sagicor Financial held firm at $8.20 with 5,978 shares. Scotia Investments traded 1,000 units at $2.25, Scotiabank exchanged 25 units at $58.02 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 66,095 shares.

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4 all on TTSE – Wednesday

September 13, 2017 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 12 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Tuesday with the ratio of stocks rising and falling 1 to 1.
The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 4 holding firm as 185,605 shares traded at a value of $2,920,184 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 369,044 valued at $3,923,576.
The Composite Index fell by 2.14 points to 1,244.93, the All T&T Index slipped 0.05 points to 1,789.36 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.58 points to close at 94.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment with gains of 5 cents, closed at $20.60 with 39,950 shares valued at $822,970, First Citizens closed at $31.75, gaining 6 cents with 1,353 units, JMMB Group added 3 cents exchanging 2,211 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.35 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 26 cents higher to $22.75 with 23,768 shares valued at $539,997.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are, Guardian Holdings dropping 11 cents to $16.29 with 7,663 shares, NCB Financial Group declining 10 cents to $5.15 trading 217 units, One Caribbean Media losing 25 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $14.25, with 40 units changing hands and Sagicor Financial with a loss of 1 cent, closed at $8.20 with 46,172 shares valued at $378,657.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Angostura Holdings exchanged 4,000 shares at $15.15, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.02 with 50,800 shares valued at $407,416, Massy Holdings traded 1,000 units at $48.92 and Scotiabank closed at $58.02 with 8,431 shares valued at $489,167.

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JSE trading dropped on Wednesday

September 13, 2017 by

Trading levels dropped sharply on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 2 to 1 ratio to declining stocks on Wednesday but advancing stocks beat out declining ones more than 2 to 1.
Recent headliner Scotia Group traded up to $54 ahead of the results that were released after trading closed showing a reduction in profits for the third quarter.
At the close of the market, the volume of stocks changing hands and prices they last traded at are, Barita Investments closing at $9 with 100 units trading, Berger Paints ending with a loss of 50 cents, exchanging 25,657 shares to at $11, Cable and Wireless with a gain of 5 cents to $1.10 with 17,242 stock units. Carreras closed at $108 with 21,840 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $42.05, gaining 5 cents with 21,302 shares. Jamaica Broilers shed 70 cents to $16.80, with 564,868 stock units, Jamaica Producers traded 25 cents higher to $15 with 124,041 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange exchanged 126,810 shares at $6.49, while JMMB Group closed at $21.50, with gains of 50 cents trading 87,322 stock units. Kingston Properties closed at $7 with 1,325 shares, Kingston Wharves ended with a loss of 2 cents, at $30.48 with 700 units, Mayberry Investments closed at $4.80, gaining 30 cents with 168,080 shares, NCB Financial Group surged $2.45 to $90 with 9,494 units, 1834 Investments traded 230,583 units at $4.75. PanJam Investment with gains of 40 cents, closed at $34.25 with 103,619 shares, Portland JSX closed at $9.30 with 950 units, Pulse Investments fell 7 cents, to $1.75 with 31,081 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.20 with 243,587 units, Sagicor Group added 20 cents to close at $33.25 with 28,717 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $11 with 5,150 units, Salada Foods ended with a loss of 50 cents, to close at $8 trading 1,500 shares, Scotia Group gained $1 to $54, in exchanging 58,264 stock units, Seprod advanced $1.25 to $29.25 with 750 units, Sterling Investments ended at $12 with 61,000 shares, Supreme Ventures added 10 cents to $11 with 358,560 shares. Proven Investments US ordinary shares exchanged 1,606 units at 23 US cents, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share closed at $1.50 with 361 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,435 units at $1.19 after losing 1 cent.

 

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JSE market indices tumble – Tuesday

September 12, 2017 by

Scotia Group dropped $2 and helped to pull the market index down on Tuesday.

The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped sharply at the close on Tuesday with limited number of securities trading.
At the close, the All Jamaica Composite Index plunged 4,592.97 points to 287,374.30 and the JSE Market Index tumbled 4,184.72 points to 261,830.51.
The sharp pulled back in the market is triggered by relatively big fall in the prices of Caribbean Cement, JMMB Group, NCB Financial Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund and Scotia Group.
Tuesday’s fall pulled the market below the critical resistance level for the All Jamaica Composite Index of 290,000 points. In the short term, how the market behave around current levels is likely to depend on the reception of the market to the release of Scotia Group’s nine months results before the week ends.
Trading in the JSE US dollar market index resulted in the index losing 3.45 points to 181.77. At the close of trading, 19 securities changed hands in the main market with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 6 stocks advancing and 8 declining. The main market ended with 2,309,285 units valued at $75,635,060 changing hands compared to 4,726,576 units valued at $111,468,464 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 70,247 units valued at US$16,047 bringing the total of all trades to J$77,705,099.
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 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 121,541 units valued at $3,980,793 for each security traded compared to an average of 181,791 units valued at $4,287,249. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 177,247 units with an average value of $3,342,808 compared with an average of 185,205 units with an average value of $3,263,060 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for August ended at 184,094 units with an average value of $4,336,090.

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Drop in finance stocks sink JSE – Tuesday

September 12, 2017 by

NCBFG helped pull down JSE on Tuesday.

The JSE pulled back sharply to close 4,592.97 points on the All Jamaica Composite Index below resistance at 290,000 points to end at 287,374.30 as Scotia pulled back further to end at $53 and NCB Financial,  joined in the fall with the price dropping from $90 on Monday to $87.55.

Adding to the decline are Caribbean Cement down $2 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund down by $1.05. Stocks rising enjoyed a maximum gain of 50 cents, with most below 10 cents.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Barita Investments closing at $9 with 13,000 shares, Berger Paints exchanging 68,404 stock units at $11.50, Caribbean Cement ending with a loss of $2, to $28 with 8,820 units. Carreras closed at $108 with 15,885 shares, Ciboney Group gained 2 cents, in closing at 20 cents with 200,000 units, Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents to $42 with 578,893 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.50, gaining 30 cents with 416,012 stock units, Jamaica Producers traded 15 cents lower to $14.75 with 13,083 units, JMMB Group closed at $21, losing 50 cents in exchanging 532,303 shares. Kingston Properties closed at $7 trading 3,000 units, Kingston Wharves ended with a loss of 30 cents, closed at $30.50 with 24,747 shares while NCB Financial dropped $2.45 to $87.55 with 171,811 shares. Portland JSX rose 5 cents to $9.30 with 2,115 units, Sagicor Group added 5 cents to close at $33.05 with 4,525 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed $1.05 lower to $11 with 4,420 units, Scotia Group dropped to $53, having lost $2 trading 251,107 shares, Supreme Ventures with gains of 10 cents, closed at $10.90 with 960 units. Proven Investments US ordinary share fell 0.99 US cents in exchanging 70,247 units at 23 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2 with 100 units and 138 Student Living variable preference share traded 100 units at $5.68.

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NCB at record close again

September 12, 2017 by

NCBFG closed at a record $5.25 on the TTSE on Tuesday.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Monday. NCB Financial Group starred with the price rising to new 52 weeks’ high of $5.25 after rising 10 cents, while exchanging 17,526 shares.
The market closed with 7 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 5 unchanged as 369,044 shares traded at a value of $3,923,575 compared to Monday’s trades of 418,931 valued at $6,332,339.
The Composite Index gained 1.93 points to 1,247.07, the All T&T Index declined 0.15 points to 1,789.41 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.55 points to close at 94.68.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment that gained 5 cents to close at $20.55 with 5,969 units, First Citizens with a 1 cent gain, closed at $31.69 with 1,994 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.02, having gained 2 cents and trading 175,260 stock units valued at $1,405,585. JMMB Group with gains of 2 cents, ended at $1.32 with 4,000 shares. Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent to close at $101.91 with 9,809 stocks valued at $999,941 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed 24 cents higher to $22.49 with 19,205 shares valued at $430,648.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are National Flour Mills lost 1 cent and closed at $2.04 with 1,000 shares and Sagicor Financial ending with a loss of 29 cents at $8.21 trading 141 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading were Angostura Holdings closed at $15.15 with 15,492 shares, Guardian Holdings exchanged 3,826 units at $16.40, Point Lisas traded at $3.90 with 78,556 stock units valued at $306,368 changing hands, Scotiabank closed at $58.02 with 2,077 units and Scotia Investments remained at $2.25 with 34,189 shares.

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Scotia drops $5 to $55

September 11, 2017 by

Scotia Group drops $5 on the JSE on Monday.

Stocks most fell at the close of trading on main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday but with declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones after Scotia Group closed down $5 to $55 ahead of third quarter results this week.
The fall contributed by Scotia Group based on an average traded price of $55.52 was offset by average gains in the prices of JMMB Group and NCB Financial Group.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Berger Paints that closed 65 cents lower to $11.50 with 49,098 shares, Cable and Wireless ending with a loss of 15 cents at $1.05 with 205,600 units, Caribbean Cement exchanged 2,850 stock units at $30, Carreras closed at $108 with 22,233 stocks trading, Grace Kennedy with a loss of 50 cents, closed at $41.50 with 950 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.20, trading 30 cents lower with 7,860 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $14.90, losing 10 cents with 2,105 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 21 cents to close at $6.49 exchanging 800,513 stocks, JMMB Group closed at $21.50 with 24,941 stock units. Kingston Wharves rose 30 cents to $30.80 with 7,420 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 4 cents to $4.50 with 16,200 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 63,952 shares at $90,1834 Investmentslost 6 cents, closing at $1.34 with 50,496 units. PanJam Investment added 35 cents to close at $33.85 with 18,041 shares, Pulse Investments fell 3 cents to close at $1.82 with 7,245 units, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.20 after losing 5 cents in exchanging 350,693 shares. Sagicor Group traded 25 cents lower to $33 with 23,198 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund advanced $1.45 to $12.05 with 639 stocks trading, Salada Foods traded 1,000 shares at $8.50, Scotia Group closed $5 lower to $55 with 59,365 stock units, Scotia Investments gained 30 cents to close at $37.30 with 1,830,050 shares, Seprod declined $1.90, closing at $28 with 560,300 stocks changing hands, Sterling Investments closed at $12 with 511,200 shares and Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 20 cents at $10.80 with 106,855 units. Proven Investments US ordinary share gained 0.99 US cent to close at 23 US cents trading 15,750 units, Productive Business Solution US ordinary share closed at 60 US cents with 1,000 units exchanged, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% preference share lost 1 cent, closing at $2.50 with 2,272 units and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share exchanged 1,500 units at $2.

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NCB at new record high on TTSE

September 11, 2017 by

NCB closed at a record high on the TTSE at a higher price than in Jamaica.

NCB Financial Group ended a new high of $5.15, the equivalent of J$99.90 while Guardian Holdings an associate of NCB accounted for 67 percent of the value of securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday.
The market closed with 10 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. The market ended with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining with prices unchanged and leading to 418,931 shares trading valued at $6,332,339 compared to Friday’s trades of 459,886 valued at $6,474,935.
The Composite Index climbed 3.19 points to 1,245.14, the All T&T Index gained 0.51 points to 1,789.56 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.80 points to close at 94.13.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are NCB Financial Group rose 10 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.15 with 1,100 shares, Scotia Investments closed 5 cents higher to $2.25 trading 88,431 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 4 cents, closing at $22.25 with 1,000 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands were Guardian Holdings declined 15 cents to close at $16.40 with 258,304 shares valued at $4,274,711 and Massy Holdings lost 3 cents, closing at $48.92 with 3,009 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading were Clico Investment closed at $20.50 with 31,849 shares valued at $652,952, First Citizens exchanged 2,500 shares at $31.68.Grace Kennedy closed at $2.85 with 24,042 shares, Republic Financial Holdings traded at $101.90 with 8,621 shares valued at $878,519 and Scotiabank exchanged 75 shares at $58.02.

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Watch SOS this week

September 10, 2017 by

In the Junior Market activity last week, Stationery & Office Supplies moved back to $5 after the company released impressive results for the year to June. Buying also came in for Barita Investments and Berger Paints while during the week and Scotia Group raced to a record high.
For the coming week investors should continue to keep eyes on NCB Financial Group, Berger Paints, that is priced currently at a PE of 6 times 2018 earnings, Caribbean Producers and Stationery & Office Supplies that IC Insider.com upgraded earnings to 50 cents per share from 40 cents previously, with the initial public offer helping to drive more business subsequent to the June quarter, with reports of sales rising faster than the 25 percent levels experienced in the second quarter.
Caribbean Producers with improved 2017 results over 2016 with profit doubling, moved up to $4 during the week, before closing at $3.11 on Friday, after a big trade and should head back to the $4 range in the coming week.
Last week Insider.com stated, “with cut in BOJ benchmark interest rate by 25 basis and a fall in the August Treasury bill rates, the entire main market is on IC Insider.com’s watch list as the All Jamaica Composite Index could move to the 300,000 points mark before long.”
IC Insider.com also stated, “the most noted move in the Jamaica Stock Exchange last week was Scotia Group racing to a record high of $52 but ending the week without any stock being offered for sale. This stock has to head the stocks to watch list this week.”
The All Jamaica Composite Index rose to 296,779.53 points during the past week and by the end of the week closed at a 291,332.10 up from 289,247.13 at the end of the previous week and Scotia Group ended at a record high of $60.

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