The main market of the Jamaican Stock Exchange made strong gains in the early morning session on Friday amounting to close to 1 percent but the junior market barely increased. Newly listed Iron Rock Insurance slipped 20 cents to $4.30.
After 90 minutes of the market’s opening, 35 securities traded, accounting for 4,351,342 shares changing hands as 18 stocks gained and 9 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,592.13 points to 171,098.72, the JSE Market Index gained 1,424.66 points to 154,034.67, the JSE combined index ended with rise of 1,358.00 points to 163,159.02 but the junior market index rose by just 1.75 points to 1,983.19.
Caribbean Cream traded 120,000 to end at $4.75, General Accident Insurance had 2,811,669 units changing hands to trade at a previous 52 weeks’ high of $3, Jamaican Teas fresh from the stock split traded 122,008 at $5. Carreras traded 38,075 shares to gain $1 at $65, National Commercial Bank had 216,911 shares changing hands at $41, Scotia Group traded 28,450 to add 50 cents and end at $31 and Seprod had 35,479 units changing hands at $18.51 after shedding 69 cents.
Major’s strong gains on JSE – Friday
TTSE stocks closed down – Monday
Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Monday with trading ended with 271,900 shares valued at $5,178,918 changing hands. A total of 12 securities traded with 3 falling, one gaining while 8 remained unchanged. A total of 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 1.07 points to close at 1,159.44, the All T&T Index dropping 1.62 points to close at 1,865.06 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.07 points to close at 60.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 2 cents to close with 500 units changing hands to close at $5.15.
Losses| JMMB Group traded 15,406 shares to close with a loss of 2 cents at 58 cents. Massy Holdings ended with 60,200 shares with a value of $3,426,958 changing hands as the price dropped $1.04 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $56.75 and Scotia Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75 while trading 98,856 shares.
Firm Trades|Clico Investments traded 26,975 shares with a value of $608,779 to close at $22.55, First Citizens traded 16,000 shares at $34.99, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed with 19,723 units changing hands at $6.50, National Commercial Bank had 25,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.40, National Flour closed with 3,400 shares changing hands at $1.95. Point Lisas closed with 5,000 shares trading to close at $4, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 6,569 shares changing hands to close at $7 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended trading 7,677 shares to close at $19.
Premium for Jamaican stocks remains – TTSE
Grace Kennedy and Scotia Investments (SIJL) continue to trade in Trinidad at a huge premium to the prices in Jamaica on Monday although SIJL slipped at the end of trading. Trading activity ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday with 352,423 shares valued at $7,434,679 trading, with the market indices falling. The market ended with 10 active securities of which, 2 rose, 3 fell and 5 remained unchanged. One stock ended at 52 weeks’ low at the close.
The Composite Index lost 1.06 points to close at 1,165.96, the All T&T Index dropped 1.72 points to close at 1,890.87 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.05 points to close at 58.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investments traded 40,000 shares valued at $900,700 to close at $22.51, Republic Financial Holdings closed with a gain of 2 cents to $112.18 with 7,210 shares valued at $808,818 changing hands.
Losses| ANSA McAL contributed 85,000 shares with a value of $5,418,750 but lost 23 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.75, Scotia Investments fell 10 cents to close at $1.90 while trading 17,822 shares and Unilever Caribbean fell by $1.81 with 2,114 shares trading to close at $66.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy closed with 200 shares changing hands at $5.01, JMMB Group traded 196,232 shares at 60 cents, National Commercial Bank had 200 shares changing hand to close at $2.45, Point Lisas traded 145 shares at $4 and Trinidad Cement traded 3,500 shares to end at $3.75.
Big premium for 2 Jamaican stocks on TTSE
Scotia Investments traded at a new high on Friday at $2 (J$38)
The Composite Index lost 1.84 points to close at 1,167.02, the All T&T Index dropped 4.10 points to close at 1,892.59 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.06 points to close at 58.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 11 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.01 or the equivalent of J$94 compared to $83 the stock traded at in Kingston on Friday as 60,000 units changed hands at 1 cent higher. National Flour with 25,000 shares changing closed with a gain of 2 cents at $1.83 and Scotia Investments climbed 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2 while trading 44,176 shares. The price the stock closed at is the equivalent of J$38 and compares with $30 it traded at in Kingston on Friday.
Losses| ANSA McAL contributed a mere 9,852 shares but lost 76 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.98, First Citizens traded 100 shares at $34.99 but lost 1 cent at the close, Guardian Holdings closed with 3,619 units changing hands at $13.66 after losing 4 cents.
Scotiabank closed with 1,977 shares changing hands with a 1 cent loss to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.74, Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 5 cents and closed at $18.94 with 4,700 units trading. Trinidad Cement traded 20,421 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $3.75 and West Indian Tobacco lost 3 cents in trading 1,319 shares to close at $126.25.Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 580 shares to close at $22.50, Massy Holdings traded 4 shares to close at $57.98, National Commercial Bank with 55,181 shares changing hand to close at $2.45 and L.J. Williams $0.10 A share had 41,048 units trading at 22 cents after losing 3 cents for a 52 weeks’ low.
JSE enjoyed gains on Thursday
The Jamaican stocks made modest recovery on Thursday, with rising securities numbering 14 while 9 fell as 33 changed hands in all market segments. At the close 2 stocks ended at the close at 52 weeks’ highs with 7,003,022 units valued at $220,074,759.83 changed hands in all markets. The junior market 
accounted for 1,023,326 units changing hands, valued at $4,965,280.
The JSE Market Index rose 584.16 points to 154,828.16 the all Jamaica Composite Index gained 652.83 points to end at 171,985.50 and the JSE combined index climbed 703.51 points to close at 163,692.87.
The market saw a number of stock recording large price movements with Caribbean Cement jumping $2.94 Jamaica Producers traded 67,930 shares and gained of $5.50 to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $35.50, Grace up 95 cents while trading 432,842 units, National Commercial Bank with a gain of 85 cents with 3,860,701 shares traded. Berger Paints lost 88 cents. Cable & Wireless traded 507,879 units, JMMB Group traded 410,308 units to gain 23 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 17 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. 
4 new highs on TTSE – Tuesday
FirstCaribbean International Bank jumped 44 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6
The Composite Index advanced by 7.67 points to close at 1,167.63, the All T&T Index declined by 1.95 points to close at 1,898.01 and the Cross Listed Index gained 2.37 points to close at 57.93.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 2 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 with offers that were lower.
Gains| FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 8,000 shares and jumped 44 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6, Grace Kennedy jumped 19 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.90 while trading 2,500 shares, National Flour with 2,056 shares changing hands closed with a gain of 1 cent at $1.81. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 41,680 shares changing hands to gain 28 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7 and Scotia Investments traded 94,864 shares with a gain of 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.81.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 1 cents in trading 16,088 shares to close at $22.50, Massy Holdings ended with 1,860 shares changing hands as the price slipped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $58. Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $112.14 with 1,570 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 181 shares to close at $126.29 after slipping 1 cent.Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 55 shares at $35, JMMB group traded 100,000 shares at 60 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 32,980 shares to close at $2.40 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 5,000 units trading.
TTSE mostly up on Monday
Prestige Holdings brand – the stock traded at a high on Monday.
Trading activity recovered from the very low level on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday to end on Monday, with 292,411 shares valued at $1,647,137 trading. The market ended with 10 active securities of which, 2 rose, 1 fell and 7 remained unchanged. One stock ended at a 52 weeks’ high.
The Composite Index advanced by 1.50 points to close at 1,159.56, the All T&T Index rose 3.48 points to close at 1,899.96 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.07 points to close at 55.56.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Prestige Holdings with 5,000 units changing hands ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.01 to record a gain of 40 cents and Trinidad Cement traded 45,492 shares and gained 49 cents to end at $4.
Losses| Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 6,267 shares 
changing hands with a fall of 8 cents at $6.72.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 48,887 shares valued at $1,099,996 to close at $22.51, JMMB Group traded 131,656 shares at 60 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 41,479 shares to close at $2.40, Point Lisas ended with 4,830 shares trading, to close at $4. Sagicor Financial Corporation 6.5% US$1 convertible redeemable preference traded 430 shares at US$1.10, Scotia Investments contributed 5,070 shares, to close at $1.80 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 3,300 units trading.
JSE nervous in early trading – Thursday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is off to an interesting start on general election day 2016, with losses far exceeding advances on Thursday, in the early morning session. 
After 75 minutes of the market opening, 28 securities have been active, accounting for 3,867,042 shares. A total of 14 stocks fell and only 6 rose.
The all Jamaica Composite Index lost -266.70 points to 174,862.83, the JSE Market Index fell 238.64 points to 157,402.83, the JSE combined index declined by 465.66 points to 166,920.32 and the junior market index dropped 26.64 points to 2,048.48.
Caribbean Cement gained $3 with 36,000 shares to be at $33, Jamaica Broilers Group traded 575,591 at $14.50, National Commercial Bank traded 1,181,244 shares at $40.70, Palace dropped $13 while 100 shares traded at $74, Honey Bun had 5,000 shares changing hands at a new high of $13.90 and Lasco Manufacturing down 21 cents to $3.61 with 779,866 units.
JSE down sharply in early trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange got to a moderate start with prices being on the soft side, following Tuesday’s large number of declines. 
The market indices all slipped between 1.21 percent for the JSS index to 1.23 percent for the juniors after 75 minutes of trading.
A total of 7 stocks fell and only 8 rose as 30 securities have been active with just 621,780 units changing hands.
National Commercial has not yet traded but seems heavy, with offers at $39.50, below Tuesday’s last traded price of $40, while Scotia Group fell from $34 to $32. AMG Packaging fell from $19.15 to $18 after the stock traded as high as $21.50 last week on low volume and Lasco Distributors declined from $7.79 to $7.35.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,151.91 points to 174,687.02, the JSE Market Index lost 1,925.55 points to 157,245.51, the JSE combined index fell 2,069.78 points to 168,600.65 and the junior market index dropped 28.13 points to 2,250.89.
5 stocks gained on TTSE – Monday
Scotia Investments continues with strong demand on TTSE
The Composite Index gained 5.15 points to close at 1,162.29, the All T&T Index fell 0.06 points to close at 1,909.63 and the Cross Listed Index gained 1.41 points to close at 54.86.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 4 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 stocks with offers that were lower.
At the close Scotia Investments that did not trade Monday had unsatisfied demand for 262,540 units at $1.70 with no stock on offer. Grace Kennedy had a bid at $4.55 to buy 35,798 shares with no stock on offer at the close, the stock last traded at $4.55, JMMB Group had 410,000 units on offer at 63 cents with the bid at 57 cents to buy 21,839 units.
Gains| Clico Investments traded 22,505 units valued at $509,710 to close with a gain of 9 cents at $22.65, FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 1,416 shares and closed at 52 weeks’ high of $5.51 with a 31 cents rise, Grace Kennedy traded just 102 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.55 after gaining 5 cents.
Prestige Holdings with 191 units changing hands gained of 4 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.51 and Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent to close at $112.05 with 1,105 shares changing hands.Losses| National Flour traded 11,000 shares but lost 3 cents to end at $2.12 and Scotiabank lost 2 cents with 83 shares changing hands to end at $59.97 for a 52 weeks’ low.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 1,000 units at $25, First Citizens Bank traded 2,813 units at $35, Massy Holdings traded 6,000 shares with a value of $357,000 to close at $59.50 and National Commercial Bank traded 1,000 shares to close at $2.40.