14 stocks rise up on JSE Thursday

April 16, 2015 by

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks' high on Thursday at $26.

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Thursday at $26.

Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 14 stocks rising, 6 declining as 29 securities changed hands, ending 7,222,423 in units trading, valued at $25,918,286, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 103.43 points to 84,734, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 115.64 points to close at 93,454.66 and the JSE combined index declined by 31 points to close at 86,597.73.JSE sum 16-4-15
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower, down from Wednesday’s stronger reading.
In trading, Cable & Wireless traded 3,172,266 shares to close at 52 with a 2 cents gain. Carreras traded 104,311 units to end at $42, Grace Kennedy had 51,721 shares changing hands and lost $1.15, to end at $62.05, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,100,000 units at $3.10. JSE qts 16-4-15Margaritaville (Turks) had 87,810 units trading at 10 US cents, after the company released nine months’ results to February. National Commercial Bank seemed to have reacted to the announcement of dividend consideration at the board meeting later this month, and traded 105,554 shares, first at $25.50 and then at $26 with a gain of 74 cents for a new 52 weeks’ high. Sagicor Group had 41,700 units changing hands and closed at $10.35 and Scotia Group traded 98,372 units at $22, and Supreme Ventures traded 1,435 units, lost 34 cents to end at $2.50.

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Low trading on JSE Wednesday

April 15, 2015 by

JSE sum 15-4-15Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 8 declining as 19 securities changed hands, ending in 2,545,551 units trading, valued at $13,385,867, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained just 28.96 points to 84,837.26, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 32.38 points to close at 93,570.30 and the JSE combined index gained 40.13 points to close at 86,628.32.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator was flashing strong signals of rising prices ahead, with 15 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with offers that were lower. In trading on the main market, Cable & Wireless traded 556,317 units at 50 cents to gain a cent at the close, JSE qts 15-4-15 Jamaica Producers had 508,889 shares changing hands to close at $16, after trading down at $15.96, at the close there was buying interest in 496,095 shares at $15.96. National Commercial Bank traded just 15,300 shares to close at $25.26 for a 24 cents decline, but there is 137,000 units on the bid to buy at $25.26, Sagicor Group had just 54,877 units changing hands at $10.40 and Scotia Group traded 16,788 at $21.95 to decline by 55 cents, with 192,864 units on the bid at $21.92. Radio Jamaica did not traded but ended with a bid to buy 200,000 at $1.50, with the lowest offer being 48,000 units at $2 and the next, 15,100 units at $3.

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Sideways movement on TTSE

April 15, 2015 by

TTSE Building2_280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 12 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 1 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 186,439 units, valued at $924,649.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index advanced by 0.41 points to close at 1,151.64, the All T&T Index rose 0.83 points to close at 1,965.32 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 44.31.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank trading 608 shares to close with a gain of 4 cents at $35.56 and Trinidad Cement with 92,027 shares changing hands for a value of $230,052 ended with a 10 cents gain and ending at $2.50.
Declines| Only one stock declined at the end of trading as Republic Bank fell 1 cent to end at a new 52 weeks’ low of $115.99 with 2,368 shares trading.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA Mcal trading 600 shares and ended at $66.91, Clico Investment Fund trading 1,330 at $22.50, Guardian Holdings ending with 3,093 units changing hands, to close at $14.20. Massy Holdings traded 132 shares to close at $63.05, National Enterprises with 2,579 shares trading, closed at $17.33, National Flour Mills TTSE cht 15-4-15with 45,533 shares trading, closed at $1.50, Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 12,565 shares, closed at $6.25, Scotiabank in trading 656 shares ended at $62.11 and Scotia Investments contributed 24,788 shares and ended at $1.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that is lower.

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2 up 3 down Monday on TTSE

April 13, 2015 by

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 10 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm with a total of 614,598 units, valued at $1,570,784.
 At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.36 points to close at 1,151.63, the All T&T Index fell 0.97 points to close at 1,966.29, the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.03 points to close at 44.18.
TTSE 13-4-15 Gains| Clico Investment Fund trading 13,000 shares valued at $292,63, put on a cent to end at $22.51 and Sagicor Financial Corporation are, with price rising by 4 cents to $6.02 with 1,400 shares changed hands are the only stocks increasing in price at the close of the market.
Declines| The stocks that declined at the close of the market are, Massy Holdings adding 3,221 shares valued at $203,090, to end 1 cent lower, at $63.05. National Flour Mills with 246,156 shares trading with a value of $369,235, fell 5 cents to $1.50 and Trinidad Cement in contributing 40,534 shares with a value of $99,308, declined by 10 cents to close at $2.45.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Angostura Holdings with 384 shares trading and closing down a cent, at $14, First Citizens Bank trading 2,153 shares to close at $35.50. Guardian Media trading 1,000 shares at $19.76, National Commercial Bank with 305,000 shares changing hands for a value of $457,500, closed at $1.50 and One Caribbean Media with 1,750 shares trading to end at $$22.30.
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 1 with a lower offer.

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Jamaica Producers trades 5m shares

April 10, 2015 by

JPG traded 5 million shares but the price dropped $1.50

JPG traded 5 million shares but the price dropped $1.50

Jamaica Producers, Sagicor Group and National Commercial Bank dominated trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with a combined total of 8.45 million shares. Elsewhere, activity on the Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising, 7 declining as 18 securities changed hands, ending in 9,746,193 units trading, valued at $155,262,211, in all market segments.
Main Market| At the close the JSE Market Index gained 717.53 points to 85,620.15, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose index 802.23 points to close at 94,445.60 and the JSE combined index gained 674.14 points to close at 87,355.58.
JSE sum 10-4-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Jamaica Producers traded 5,003,044 shares and lost $1.50 to end at $17 with 5 million units being bought by Stocks and Securities on behalf of clients, the selling broker was Proven Investments. Sagicor Group traded 2,288,352 shares, between $10.45 and $10.50 but closed at $10.50 for a small gain, National Commercial Bank had 1,167,359 units changing hands to close at $25.50. Carreras traded 101,583 units at $43 and suffered a lost $1.05, Scotia Group traded 244,951 shares, between $22 and $22.50 before settling at $22.05 for a loss of 45 cents andJSE qts 10-4-15
Proven Investments finished with 201,102 shares at 18 US cents.
Desnoes & Geddes traded just 1,700 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.55 by posting a 5 cents gain. Grace Kennedy traded 3,850 shares at $65 for new 52 weeks’ highs and Supreme Ventures with 20,435 traded as high as $2.95, a new intraday 52 weeks’ high but ended down, at the close at $2.31 after shedding 49 cents from Thursday’s last price and Barita Investments suffered a fall of 27 cents to $1.95 for a new 52 weeks low. Proven 8% preference share traded 13,260 units to close at $5.05 after dropping 45 cents.

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Republic’s big drop on TTSE

April 9, 2015 by

RepublicBanklogo150x150 Republic Bank dropped sharply by $1.83 to close at $116 for a 52 weeks low having peaked at $122 last year June and is now down 8 percent. Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 15 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 5 declined and 6 traded firm with a total of 326,310 units, valued at $7,639,063.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 2.77 points to close at 1,151.80, the All T&T Index dropped 6.01 points to 1,966.89 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.07 points to 44.15.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund trading 40,600 shares valued at $915,530, advanced 1 cent, to end at $22.55, First Citizens Bank trading 5,607 shares valued at $199,038 to close with a gain of 4 cents, at $35.50. Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 33,255 shares valued for $198,831, closing with a gain of 20 cents at $6 and Unilever Caribbean had just one stock trading to close with a gain of 1 cent, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $66.03.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Scotia Investments with 8,088 shares value lost 2 cents to end at $1.53, Guardian Holdings with a mere 12 shares to close down 2 cents at $14.48. National Commercial Bank with 5,000 shares, declined 1 cent to close at $1.50, Republic Bank lost ground but contributed 25,527 shares, with a value of $2,961,132 to trading and Trinidad Cement with only 43 shares changing hands, fell 1 cent to $2.55.
TTSE 9-4-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Agostini’s with 188,070 shares valued at $3,249,850 to end at $17.28, Flavorite Foods added 14,072 shares and closed at $4.80. Guardian Media with 805 shares changing hands, ended at $19.76, National Flour Mills trading 5,000 shares at $1.55, National Enterprises had only 130 shares trading to end at $17.35 while Prestige Holdings in trading 100 shares finished at $10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer.

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Carreras up $2.54 close to pre-taxed price

April 8, 2015 by

Carreras gained $2.54 in reach of recent highs

Carreras gained $2.54 in reach of recent highs

Wednesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Carreras stock price jumped $2.54 on small volume as the stock price has adjusted back to levels that it was trading at prior to the recent tax hike on cigarettes. There was more activity on the market than on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 11 stocks rising, 6 declining as 25 securities changed hands, ending in 2,962,954 units trading, valued at $13,940,525, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 195.37 points to 85,164.97, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 218.43 points to close at 93,936.69 and the JSE combined index gained 130.82 points to close at 86,912.58. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower. JSE sum 8-4-15
Cable & Wireless traded 623,636 shares to close at 52 cents, Carreras jumped $2.54 with only 2,365 shares trading to end at $44.05 almost recovering the losses suffered after investors dumped the stock in March, following hike taxes on cigarettes.
Jamaica Broilers traded 269,910 shares at $4.51 and had an offer, to sell 215,000 units at $4.69, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $17 while 6,004 units traded.
National Commercial Bank had 231,819 shares changing hands, to close at $25.50, with a gain of 50 cents, but traded as low as $25 and ending with 679,541 units on the offer at $25.50, with bids for 62,175 units at $25.01.JSE cht 8-4-15 Sagicor Group had 56,189 units trading to close 30 cents higher at $10.50 after trading as low as $10.25, at the close, 29,402 units were on offer at $10.50 and just above that, 1 million units for sale at $10.60. Scotia Investments traded 81,250 units at $23.80 with a gain of 22 cents but closed with a bid of $23.60 to buy 52,510 units while offers were at $23.80 to sell 199,850 units. Supreme Ventures closed trading with 153,850 at $2.30 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% traded 370,000 shares at $2.

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Big TTSE day – 21 stocks trade

April 8, 2015 by

TTSE Building2_280x150 Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Wednesday was one of the days with the largest number securities being active with 21 securities changing hands. 5 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 12 traded firm, with a total of 1,239,809 units, valued at $3,303,501.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.87 points to close at 1,154.57, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.33 points to close at 1,972.90 and the Cross Listed Index fell by a mere 0.28 points to end at 44.08.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund trading 1,800 shares and advanced by 2 cents to end at $22.54, First Citizens Bank gained 8 cents to end the day at $35.46, National Flour Mills with a volume of 139,713 shares being traded for $216,325 closing 5 cents up at $1.55. Massy Holdings traded 266 shares to close with a gain of 4 cents at $63.05, Point Lisas Industrial Port traded 1,500 shares and closed with a gain of 6 cents to end at $3.59.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Agostini’s trading 500 shares to end 1 cent down, at $17.28, National Commercial Bank with 1,042,473 shares changing hands, for a value of $1,570,205, lost 5 cents in closing at $1.50. Republic Bank suffered a 4 cents loss to close at a new 52 weeks’ low of $117.79, after trading 6,000 shares with a value of $706,740 and Trinidad Cement with 4,928 shares traded to close with a 4 cents loss at $2.55.
TTSE -8-4-15 Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA McAL traded 200 shares to close at $66.91, Flavorite Foods contributed 100 shares at $4.80, Firstcaribbean International Bank ended with 2,270 units changing hands at $5. National Enterprises ended with 3,000 to close at $17.35. One Caribbean Media ended with 3,269 shares changing hands to close at $22.30, Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 11,080 shares to end at $5.80, Scotiabank closed at $62.02 while trading 1,500 units, Scotia Investments added 10,550 shares at $1.55, Unilever Caribbean with 2,120 shares changing hands closed at $66.02 and West Indian Tobacco traded 43 units to close at $125.10
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had just 1 stock with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.

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4 stocks up 3 down on TTSE

April 7, 2015 by

Unilever hits a new 52 weeks' high on TTSE on Tuesday

Unilever hits a new 52 weeks’ high on TTSE on Tuesday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 15 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 3 declined and 8 traded firm, with a total of 160,108 units, valued at $3,898,926.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index advanced by 0.22 points to close at 1,155.44, the All T&T Index lost 0.39 points to close at 1,972.57 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.12 points to end at 44.36.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank trading 312 shares to close with a gain of 1 cent, at $35.38, Sagicor Financial gaining 5 cents to end at $5.80, while trading 10,200 shares. Scotiabank gaining 2 cents to close at $62.02, while 11,052 units valued at $685,445 changed hands and Unilever Caribbean trading 3,659 units with a value of $241,510, to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $66.02.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund declining by 2 cents to end at $3.48 with 2,000 units trading, Republic Bank adding 11,965 shares valued at $1,409,931 and lost 4 cents, in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $117.83 and
TTSE 7-4-15Trinidad Cement with 11,500 shares traded and lost 1 cent in closing at $2.59.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Agostini’s with just 10 shares, closed at $17.29, Clico Investment Fund with 14,120 shares valued at $318,026 remained at $22.52, Flavorite Foods trading 20 shares to close at $4.80, Guardian Holdings contributed 15,000 shares with a value of $217,500 to end at $14.50. National Commercial Bank with 40,000 shares changing hands at $1.55, National Enterprises with 6,600 shares to end at $17.35, National Flour Mills contributed 387 shares at $1.50 and One Caribbean Media with a volume of 33,283 shares being traded for $742,211 and ended at $22.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.

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JSE off to a slow start

April 7, 2015 by

Tuesday’s trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was lukewarm at best with the prices of 5 stocks rising, 4 declining as 19 securities changed hands, ending in 1,142,877 units trading, valued at a mere $3,840,399, in all market segments.
JSE sum 7-4-15 Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 136.32 points to 84,969.60, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 152.41 points to close at 93,718.26 and the JSE combined index declined by 6.16points to close at 86,781.76.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Stocks of interest include Carreras that traded only 1,100 shares to close at $41.51 with a gain of 43 cents, the bid is at $41.50 for 5,000 shares and the offer is at $44.50 for 3,978 shares.JSE 7-4-15 Grace Kennedy traded 18,162 shares to gain $1 to $63, the stock closed with the offer at $63 for a small volume. Sagicor Group lost 20 cents to end at $10.20 while 65,291 units were traded between $10.20 and $10.45. At the close there were 1 million units on offer at $10.60.
Some of the stocks with bids that are higher than the last selling price are Jamaica Stock Exchange with a bid of $2.30 to buy 100,000 units against the last sale price of $2 and Radio Jamaica with a bid for 5,000 shares by Mayberry for in house purposes at $1.60 last selling price $1.50.

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