Falling prices dominate with 15 down

June 16, 2015 by

Carreras dominated with $64.8M in value

Carreras dominated with $64.8M in value

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising, 15 declining as 28 securities changed hands, ending in 4,785,392 units trading, valued at $101,683,594, in all market segments as Carreras dominated trading with shares valued at $64.8 million. For the first time in a few weeks there were no stocks at new 52 week’s high at the close.
TheJSE Market Index lost just 3.39 points to 96,596.51, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 3.79 points to close at 108,907.87 and the JSE combined index gained 28.63 points to end at 99,293.77.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 19 stocks with bids higher than JSE sum 16-6-15 their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower, an indication that the number of stocks likely to gain on Wednesday should outnumber the ones declining.
In trading, Cable & Wireless put on 2 cents with 431,297 units changing hands to close at 46 cents. Caribbean Cement rose 1 cent while trading 121,350 shares at $5, Carreras gained 28 cents in trading 1,341,078 to end at $48.35, with NCB Capital Market s being the main broker selling and Sagicor Investments the main broker buying. Grace Kennedy suffered a decline by 40 cents with 8,919 shares changing hands at $63.50, Hardware & Lumber traded 50,000 shares at $18, with just one trade. Jamaica Broilers slipped 30 cents with 23,654 shares trading to close at $5.20, followed by Kingston Wharves that fell 15 cents to $6.40 with only 725 units trading, JSE fn Qts 16-6-15National Commercial Bank traded 528,170 units to close at $29.46 down from the last traded on Monday of $30, as the price slipped 54 cents. Sagicor Group fell 30 cents to $12.30 with 94,210 shares changing hands. The price of Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 10 cents, with 42,375 shares changing hands, to end at $7.70. Scotia Investments fell 72 cents as 25,291 shares traded to close at $26.28 and Proven Investments traded 595,502 shares at 21 US cents, down from 21.05 US cents on Monday, after 467,745 units were traded in the morning session, at 22 US cents.

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Trading shrinks on TTSE

June 16, 2015 by

TTSEDailyTRading280x150 In another moderate trading session on the Trinidad Stock Exchange the market ended with 10 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 6 traded firm with a total of only 26,774 units, valued at $603,287.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.15 points to close at 1,161.56, the All T&T Index fell by 0.30 points to close at 1,969.17 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 46.45.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Ansa McAl with 10 shares trading to close higher by a cent at a new 52 weeks’ high of $67.16 and Clico Investment Fund with 13,700 shares valued at $309,075 to close with a gain of 2 cents at $22.57.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Guardian Holdings had 1,450 shares changing hands for 5 cent lower to $14 and Prestige Holdings lost 5 cents in trading 4,000 shares at $9.85.
TTSE16-6-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank trading 1,190 shares and closing at $35.81. Guardian Media had 2,131 units changing hands at $19.76, One Caribbean Media trading just 40 shares to close at $22.42, Point Lisas trading 75 shares at $3.81, Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 2,000 shares to close at $6.25 and Scotiabank with 2,178 shares to close at $62.15.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 with the offer that is lower.

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JSE inches up on Monday

June 15, 2015 by

Sagicor traded at a new 52 weeks' high on Monday

Sagicor traded at a new 52 weeks’ high on Monday

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 14 stocks rising, 10 declining as 33 securities changed hands, ending in 5,016,448 units trading, valued at $23,000,266 and 4 stocks closing at new 52 weeks’ high, in all market segments.
TheJSE Market Index gained 71.71 points to 96,599.90, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 80.16 points to close at 106,911.66 and the JSE combined index gained 34.45 points to end at 99,265.14.
JSE sum 15-6-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Stocks trading include, Cable & Wireless traded 830,959 units at 44 cents, Caribbean Cement ended with 42,304 shares changing hands at $4.99 after gaining 14 cents. Carreras closed with 47,127 stocks units trading and lost 93 cents at $48.07, Desnoes & Geddes gained 45 cents with just 1,404 units trading, to end at $8, Grace Kennedy had 3,560 shares changing hands after losing 5 cents to end at $63.90. Hardware & Lumber traded 20,000 stocks units with a loss of $1 to close at $18. Jamaica Broilers traded 250,000 shares at $5.50 after shedding 25 cents, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 9,331 shares to close unchanged at $6.35, JMMB Group closed with 23,587 shares changing hands at $7.45 for a 15 rise, Mayberry Investments had 11,195 units changing hands at $2.88, JSE clse qts- 15-6-15National Commercial Bank traded 48,527 units to close at $30, after gaining 50 cents. Pulse Investments had 306,000 shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high of 55 cents, to record a gain of 10 cents. Radio Jamaica traded 25,185 stocks units with a loss of 1 cent, to close at $3, Sagicor Group traded 776,521 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.60, after putting on 54 cents, Scotia Group ended with 14,717 shares trading unchanged at $23.10. Seprod ended with 19,041 shares changing hands at $15.45 for a gain of 7 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 435,206 units at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 324,497 units at $3.

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Scotiabank drops 40 cents on TTSE

June 15, 2015 by

Scotiabank drops 40 cents on TTSE on Monday

Scotiabank drops 40 cents on TTSE on Monday

Moderate trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, ended with Scotiabank shedding 40 cents with a small volume of shares and ending with 8 securities changing hands of which 1 advanced, 2 declined and 5 traded firm with a total of 49,066 units, valued at $642,994.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.64 points to close at 1,161.71, the All T&T Index fell by 1.29 points to close at 1,969.47 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 46.45.
Gains| The only stocks increasing in price at the close is National Flour trading 1,000 shares to close with a gain of 5 cents at new 52 weeks’ high of $2.05.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank with 150 shares trading to close down a cent at $38.94 and Scotiabank with 1,000 shares, declined 40 cents to close at $62.15.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 10,170 shares valued at TTSE 15-6-15$229,334 to close unchanged at $22.55, First Citizens Bank trading 4,532 shares valued at $162,290 to close at $35.81, Flavorite Foods had 27,676 units changing hands at $4.80, Massy Holdings trading 346 shares to close at $64.35 and Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 4,192 shares to close at $6.25.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that is lower.

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Mild decline at JSE in early trading

June 15, 2015 by

With an hour of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange having passed, the market JSE int 10.30 - 15-6-15indices fell with a total of 5 stocks have declined and 5 are up.
The main market has so far had 15 stocks being active while only 3 stocks have so far traded in the junior market for a total of 18 securities trading accounted for 2.27 million shares.
Cable & Wireless traded 830,959 units at 44 cents and Sagicor Group traded 689,489 shares at $12.15 to be the noted trades so far. Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $2 but has since slipped to $1.85 and Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $24 with 1,415 units.
TheJSE Market Index lost 101.99 points to 96,528.19 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 114 points to close at and the 106,717.95 JSE combined index dropped 190.63 points to end at 99024.44, the junior market index climbed 10.41 to a new high of 896.92 points.

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TTSE ends week in balance

June 12, 2015 by

TTSETrading280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 13 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 390,967 units, valued at $15,929,224.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.15 points to close at 1,162.35, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.19 points to close at 1,970.76 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.01points to end at 46.45.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAL with 202,907 shares changing hands for a value of $13,625,148 and closed with a gain of 7 cents at $67.15 for a new 52 weeks’ high and Sagicor Financial traded 6,668 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents at $6.25.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, One Caribbean Media lost 3 cents to close at $22.42 with 575 shares and Republic Bank with 1,478 shares trading closed down a cent at $114.96 for a new 52 weeks’ low.
TTSE 12-6-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 26,400 shares valued at $595,320 traded to end at $22.55, Flavorite Foods with a volume of 122,903 shares being traded for $589,934 close at $4.80, First Citizens Bank traded 3,004 shares and closed at $35.81. Grace Kennedy with 1,500 shares changing hands, closed at $3.53, Massy Holdings traded 10,230 shares, valued at $658,300, to close at $64.35, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund remained at $3.10 after trading 2,000 shares, Point Lisas had 2,416 units changing hands at $3.81and Prestige Holdings contributed 10,886 shares to end at $9.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.

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JSE main market slips

June 11, 2015 by

JSEDailyTrading280X150 The Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended with 13 stocks advancing, 10 declining as 30 securities changed hands, ending in 3,850,561 units trading, valued at $23,389,820. Trading closed with 7 stocks ending at new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 ending a new low, in all market segments.
The JSE Market Index lost 556.70 points to 97,333.36, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 622.25 points to close at and the 107,731.47 JSE combined index dropped 542.27 points to end at 100,220.42.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows only 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower, an indication of the markets softening in the short term. JSE sum 11-6-15The junior market that recorded 3 gains to 2 declines showed weakness at the end with 3 stocks closing with lower offers than the last sale and only 1 with the bid that was higher.
Stocks trading include, Barita Investments trading 24,000 shares at $2.65 for an increase of 14 cents, Cable & Wireless with 290,187 shares changing hands closing at 44 cents, Gleaner trading 500,000 shares gained 7 cents to close at $1.07, Hardware & Lumber closed with 5,950 shares trading to end at $19. Investors pushed Jamaica Stock Exchange 50 cents to close at $6.50 with 78,000 units changing hands, in continued favourable response to the company’s increased first quarter profit and the payment of a 53 cents dividend. Jamaica Producers had 7,450 units trading 10 cents lower at $18.55, JMMB Group saw 13,200 shares trading, to close 4 cents down at $7.22, down 24 cents, Mayberry Investments traded 623,497 stock units and lost 19 cents to end at $2.88, at the close there was a bid by Mayberry to buy 1,198,980 units at $2.88.JSE fn qts 11-6-15 National Commercial Bank had 315,733 shares trading with a gain of 10 cents to close at $29.50, Radio Jamaica traded 12,265 units at a new 52 weeks’ high of $3.01 by adding 1 cent, Sagicor Group trading at the close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.40 after putting on 10 cents with 113,740 shares changing hands. Scotia Group dropped 90 cents with only 5824 shares trading, to close at $23.50, Scotia Investments traded 7,000 stock units, to end at $26.28. Proven Investments traded 236,105 ordinary stock units at 21.05US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trading 500,850 units at $2 while losing 3 cents.

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Ansa McAl closes at new high

June 11, 2015 by

Ansa closed at a 52 weeks' high on Thursday

Ansa closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 13 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 2 declined and 7 traded firm with a total of 538,113 units, valued at $4,094,256.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.47 points to close at 1,162.20, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.01 points to close at 1,970.57 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.13 points to end at 46.44.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa McAl trading 2,660 shares valued at $178,433, closed at a 52 weeks’ high, with a gain of 1 cent at $67.08. One Caribbean Media with 935 shares changing hands, gained 3 cents, to close at $22.45, Sagicor Financial contributed 36,115 shares with a value of $225,108 and gained 19 cents, to close at $6.25 and West Indian Tobacco traded just 82 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $125.34.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Republic Bank fell 3 cents to close at $114.97 and Scotia Investments with 2,540 shares traded and closed down 2 cents to $1.45.
TTSE11-6-15rv Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, a total of 47,962 Clico Investment Fund shares changed hands, for a value of $1,042,643 and closed at $22.55, First Citizens Bank traded 2,110 shares to close at $35.81, Grace Kennedy with a volume of 100,000 shares trading for $353,000, ended at $3.53. Massy Holdings traded 18,436 shares valued at $1,186,356 to close at $64.35, National Commercial Bank was the volume leader with 303,396 shares changing hands for a value of $546,113 to end at $1.80, National Flour Mills added 20,298 shares to close at $2 and Praetorian Property Mutual Fund closed with 2,000 units trading to close at $3.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.

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7 stocks up 5 down

June 11, 2015 by

With 75 minutes of trading the main market indices rose moderately but the junior JSE Intra - 10.45am 11-06-15.market index climbed 3.44 to a new high of 938.13 points.
Trading has been moderate with just 17 securities being active and accounting for 834,000 units, there are three new highs and one low so far.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange stock traded at a new all-time high of $6.50 and now has a bid at $6.55, Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $1.75 and Sagicor Group traded at $12.35 for a new 52 weeks’ high and KLE Group traded at 70 cents for a new low.

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3 TTSE stocks rise none declined

June 10, 2015 by

TTSETrading280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 10 securities changing hands 3 of which advanced and 7 traded firm, with a total of 62,727 units, valued at $923,515.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.07 points to close at 1,161.73, the All T&T Index gained 0.02 points to close at 1,970.58 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.2 points to end at 46.31.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with only 415 shares trading at $22.55, One Caribbean Media traded 550 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $22,42 and Sagicor Financial Corporation ended trading 6,842 units at $6.06 after rising 2 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, TTSE 10-6-15ANSA McAL trading 212 shares and closed at $67.07 while Angostura traded 371 shares at $13.95, First Citizens Bank traded 5,422 shares valued at $194,162, to close at $35.81, Guardian Holdings closed at $14.05 while trading 30,000 shares carrying a value of $421,500. Massy Holdings traded 2,855 shares valued at $183,719to close at $64.35, Scotia Investments closed with 3,460 shares changing hands and closed at $1.47 and Trinidad Cement ended the day at $2.90, with 12,600 shares changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with lower offers.

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