5 up 3 down on TTSE Wednesday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was with 17 securities changing hands of which 5 advanced, 3 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 208,225 units, valued at $3,407,398.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.91 points to close at 1,154.82, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.03 points to close at 1,972.63 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.24 points to end at 44.18.
TTSE 25-3-15 Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAL trading 200 shares while gaining 2 cents to end at $ 66.92, First Citizens Bank trading 5,109 shares valued at $180,496, to close 2 cents higher at $35.33. Jamaica Money Market Brokers contributing 16,416 shares to gain of 1 cent at 41 cents, Scotia Investments trading 6,600 shares at $1.53 after gaining 3 cents and Unilever Caribbean gaining 15 cents to end at $65.56 while trading 208 shares, to close at a 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings trading 1,150 shares at $14, for a loss of 1 cent, Firstcaribbean International Bank fell 7 cents to close at $5.03 with 94 shares trading and Scotiabank had 5,180 shares trading for $321,212 to close down 4 cents at 62.01,
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund trading 61,160 shares valued at $1,376,100 declining by 1 cent to $22.50. Grace Kennedy trading 1,815 shares at $3.54, Guardian Holdings closing with 61,663 shares changing hands for a value of $894,114, to end at $14.50, followed by Massy Holdings, in trading 511 shares at $63.01. National Commercial Bank with 5,308 shares changing hands closed at $1.56, National Enterprises with a volume of 28,000 shares being traded for $485,800, and ended at $17.35, Republic Bank trading 3 shares at $117.99, Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 1,200 shares to close at 5.50, while Trinidad Cement added 13,608 shares and closed at $2.60.
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 4 with offers that were lower.

6 TTSE stocks rose on Tuesday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Tuesday ended with 14 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 1 declined and 7 traded firm with a total of 264,285 units, valued at $3,318,646.
TTSE sum 24-3-15At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.48 points to close at 1,155.73, the All T&T Index fell by just 1.59 points to close at 1,972.66 and the Cross Listed Index fell / increased by a mere 0.08 points to end at 44.42.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Guardian Media closing at $19.76 having gained 1 cent with 4,922 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 1 cent to end at $63.01 with 13,516 shares trading for a value of $851,623. Point Lisas Industrial Port closing with 30 shares changing hands 1 cent higher at $3.53, Scotiabank traded 821 shares to close 4 cents higher at $62.05, Trinidad Cement with 20,700 shares trading closed 2 cents up at $2.62 and West Indian Tobacco traded 7,238 shares valued at $905,043 to close with a gain of 2 cent at $125.05.
Declines| Scotia Investments traded 32,082 shares but lost 2 cents and closed at $1.50 to be the sole stocks declining.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 30,230 shares valued at $680,427 to end at $22.50, Grace Kennedy contributing 36,670 shares with a value of $129,812, to close at $3.54, Guardian Holdings closing at $14.50 while trading 5,800 units. National Commercial Bank with 64,322 shares changing hands for a value of $100,342, closing at $1.56, National Enterprises with 2,635 shares trading at $17.35, One Caribbean Media contributed 1,294 shares at $22.30 and Sagicor Financial Corporation with 44,025 shares trading for $242,140 to end at $5.50.
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 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

Some bull signals at 10.45

JSE Int 10.45 - 24-3-15The JSE was showing some bullish tendencies in early Tuesday morning trading with Jamaica Money Market showing signs of some increased interest and possibly upward price movement and a few others having recorded gains so far.
Jamaica Money Market traded 1,360,861 shares at $7 but had a bid of $7.25 to buy 5,000 units, the offer was at $7.99 for 7,000 shares. Sagicor Group had 4,833,200 units changing hands at $10.50 and Scotia Group 250,000 units at $21 and Supreme Ventures put on 29 cents while trading a small volume. Only two stocks have traded in the junior market so far. Price changes have shifted the market indices moderately.

JSE starts week moderately

Sagicor Group closed at a new 52 weeks' high

Sagicor Group closed at a new 52 weeks’ high

Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising, 4 declining as 9 securities changed hands, ending in 1,600,603 units trading, valued at $12,582,937, in all market segments.
Main Market| At the close the JSE Market Index ended at 82,340.76 with a mere 1.46 point rise, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index closed at 90,779.09 with a gain of 1.63 points and JSE Combined Index finished at 84,018.00 with an increase of 5.70 points.
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 3 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the close of the main market are, Carreras contributing 5,000 shares while gaining 60 cents to end at $39.10. Desnoes & Geddes closing with 50,000 units and gained 14 cents to $5.45, Sagicor Group saw trading in 222,193 shares to gain 14 cents to $10.60 and Scotia Group concluding trading with 24,124 shares to end with an increase of 3 cents to $20.88.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints in trading a mere 100 shares trading at $1.60, Caribbean Cement finishing trading with 4,002 shares at $2.30. There was dealing in 1,430 Grace Kennedy shares at $61, Jamaica Money Market Brokers having 142,547 ordinary shares changing hands, closed at $6.95, Proven Investments trading 14,797 shares closed at 18 US cents and Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with 1,000 shares changing hands at $6.70.
JSE sum 23-3-15 Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Broilers finishing with 25,338 units to close lower by 24 cents at $4.06. Jamaica Producers closing with 2,500 units as the price slipped 4 cents to $15.96, National Commercial Bank finishing trading with 237,872 units to close lower by 35 cents at $24.50 and Supreme Ventures concluding trading with 4,100 units as the price slipped 30 cents to $2.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shareending trading with 59,000 units at $3.04 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share had 750,000 shares changing hands at $2.

Six stocks rose nine fell on JSE

NCB closed  in T&T at J$28 equivalent on Thursday and $24.51in Kingston

NCB closed in T&T at J$28 equivalent on Thursday and $24.51 in Kingston

Thursday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 9 declining as 22 securities changed hands, ending in 4,999,406 units trading, valued at $37,729,585, in all market segments.
strong> Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 30.62 points to 82,563.78, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 34.24 points to close at 91,028.44 and the JSE combined index declined 41.04 points to close at 84,253.49.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the close of the main market are, Carreras closing with 137,420 shares changing hands, 1 cent higher to $38.01, Mayberry Investments concluded trading with 939,109 shares changing hands at 4 cents gain to $2.40, National Commercial Bank (NCB) finished with 200,147 shares changing hands and climbed 56 cents to $24.71. NCB traded at the equivalent of $28 in Trinidad on Thursday. Sagicor Group closing with 405,350 shares while gaining 2 cents to $10.52 and Scotia Investments finishing trading with 10,000 units to close with a gain of $1 at $23.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Grace Kennedy closing with 11,227 units at $61, Kingston Wharves had dealing in 2,000 shares at $6.40, Proven Investments contributed 3,500 shares at 18 US cents.
JSE sum 19-3-15 Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finishing with 300,000 units to close lower by 3 cents to 50 cents, Desnoes & Geddes closing with 1,546,034 units, the price slipped 10 cents to $5.30, Jamaica Broilers concluding trading with 30,506 units as the price fell 30 cents to $4.20. Jamaica Money Market Brokers in trading 73,181 ordinary shares, lower by 8 cents to $6.92, Jamaica Producers finishing trading with 7,377 shares closed with a loss of 95 cents to $16 and Scotia Group ending trading with 410,525 shares traded with a loss of 27 cents to $20.83.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 10,814 at $2 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share had 573,150 units changing hands at $3.

JSE’s healthy climb on Tuesday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange reported healthy gains in the main indices on Tuesday, resulting from in the prices of 8 stocks rising, 6 declining as 27 securities changed hands, ending with 3,289,252 units trading, valued at $15,185,420, in all market segments.
JSE 17-3-15 Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 456.93 points to 82,156.02, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 510.86 points to close at 90,572.54 and the JSE combined index climbed 363.77 points to close at 83,896.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Broilers ended trading with 38,820 shares traded to gain 8 cents to $4.10, National Commercial Bank finishing trading with 47,077 units to close higher by 50 cents to $25. Sagicor Group concluded trading in 206,353 units, to gain of 3 cents at a new 52 weeks closing high of $10.53. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with 23,188 shares, changing hands 10 cents higher at $6.80, Scotia Group closed with 24,696 units as the price gained 66 cents to $21.50 and Seprod concluding trading with only 683 shares, the price gained 40 cents to end at $12.30.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints ending with 5,000 shares changing hands at $1.55Caribbean Cement closing with 790 units at $2.30, Desnoes & Geddes trading 1,850 shares to close at $5.40, Gleaner closing with 195,020 shares at 90 cents and Grace Kennedy closed with 9,880 shares changing hands at $61.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless contributed 548,061 shares changing hands 1 cent to 50 cents, Carreras had dealing in 41,876 shares at 5 cents to $37.95 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers while exchanging 795,562 shares at 10 cents to $7.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share finishing trading with 665,000 shares units at $2,Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share finished trading with 38,750 shares to close at $3 and Proven Investments 8% concluding trading with 48,000 shares traded at $5.05.

5 stocks gained 4 fell Monday

Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising, 4 declining as 21 securities changed hands, ending in 5,319,885 units trading, valued at $40,699,456, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 182.24 points to 81,699.09, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 203.75 points to close at 90,061.68 and the JSE combined index declined by 197.89 points to close at 83,533.22.
JSE sum 16-3-15 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 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement closing with 400 shares and gaining 5 cents to $2.30, Mayberry Investments concluded trading with 301,020 shares with a gain of 3 cents to $2.40. National Commercial Bank finishing with 26,530 shares changing hands at $1 higher to $24.50 and Scotia Group closing with 600,000 shares with the price rising 2 cents to $20.84.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints in trading 14,269 shares close at $1.55, Cable & Wireless finishing trading with 70,706 shares at 51 cents, Gleaner had dealing in 16,130 units at 90 cents. Grace Kennedy contributed 100 shares at $61, Jamaica Broilers ending trading with 88,364 shares at $4.02, Jamaica Money Market Brokers exchanged 37,551 shares at $7.10, Kingston Wharves had dealing in 783 shares at $6.40, Proven Investments saw trading in 1,449 units at 18 US cents, Sagicor Group ended with 1,661,414 shares changing hands at $10.50.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras finishing with 78,434 units to close lower by $2 to $38 and Desnoes & Geddes closing with 150 units, as the price slipped 10 cents to $5.40.
Preference| Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 725,800 units at $5.05.

Carreras price hit by cigarette tax

Peter Phillips raised SCT  on cigarette by 11.4% to rake in $500m. Carreras announced a 15-20% price increase.

Peter Phillips raised SCT on cigarette by 11.4% to rake in $500m. Carreras announced a 15-20% price increase.

New tax measures announced on Thursday, hit the stock market on Friday, particularly, Carreras that had direct hit, with increased taxes on cigarettes. The company’s stock lost 7 percent at the end of trading and should set up a good buying opportunity for investors.
The day’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 9 stocks rising, 11 declining as 27 securities changed hands, ending in 4,388,191 units trading, valued at $41,075,686, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 637.18 points to 81,881.33, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 712.40 points to 90,265.43 and the JSE combined index dropped 558.65 points to close at 83,731.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower, an indication of fluidity in price movements for a while.
Gains| Stocks gaining at the last traded prices in the main market are, Grace Kennedy closing with 5,694 shares rising 20 cents to $61, Jamaica Broilers finishing trading with 38,636 shares, while gaining 2 cents to $4.02. Mayberry Investments in trading 85,000 shares, closed with a gain of 1 cent at $2.37, Sagicor Group had dealing in 2,062,222 shares and rose 8 cents to $10.50 and Scotia Group contributed 271,347 shares while gaining 2 cents to $20.82.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Desnoes & Geddes contributing 2,500 shares to trading to close at $5.50. Jamaica Money Market Brokers closed with 2,597 ordinary shares changing hands, at $7.10, Kingston Wharves saw trading in 8,301 shares, to close at $6.40 and Supreme Ventures closed with 1,550 shares at $2.30.
JSE sum 13-3-15 Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Barita Investments finishing with 1,500 units, closed lower by 5 cents at $2.20. Cable & Wireless closing with 25,000 units as the price slipped 2 cents to 51 cents, Caribbean Cement finishing trading with 19,723 units, closing lower by 5 cents to $2.25. Carreras stock price was hit by the added tax announced by the government of Jamaica and in trading with 207,543 units slipped $3 to $40, but it traded as low as $38.01 before the close. Gleaner in trading 10,000 shares ended lower by 20 cents to 90 cents, Hardware & Lumber finishing trading in 900 shares, closed 35 cents lower to $7.05. Jamaica Producers had dealing in 1,381 units with a decline of 5 cents to $16.95, National Commercial Bank while exchanging 8,674 share, traded 50 cents down to $23.50 and Scotia Investments dealt in 10,000 shares with at $2 fall to $22.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share, traded 250,000 units at $2 and Proven Investments 8% preference had 274,200 shares changing hands at 5 cents to 5.05.

Advancing stocks hold upper hand

NCB stock closed at J$25 on TTSE as demand exceeds supply in that market.

NCB stock closed at J$25 on TTSE as demand exceeds supply in that market.

Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising and 3 declining. Only 15 securities changed hands, ending in 7,421,628 units trading, valued at $51,342,298, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 106.11 points to end at 82,518.51, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 118.63 points to close at 90,977.83 and the JSE combined index declined by 129.33 points to 84,289.76.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless exchanging 10,700 shares to close higher by 3 cents at 53 cents, Caribbean Cement had dealing in 10,000 shares and ended with a gain of 4 cents to $2.30, Grace Kennedy with 75,145 shares changing hands, gained 28 cents to $60.80. Pan Jamaican Investment finished trading in 16,200 shares while gaining 80 cents to $54 and Scotia Investments saw 1,423,517 units changing hands to close 50 cents higher to $24.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers trading only 170 ordinary shares at $7.10. Kingston Wharves had dealing in 996 shares to close at $6.40, Sagicor Group contributed 545,371 shares to close at $10.42 and Scotia Group ending trading with 46,432 shares at $20.80.
JSE sum 12-3-15 Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras finishing with 41,634 units, to close lower by 15 cents at $43. Mayberry Investments closing with 1,020 units, the price slipped 14 cents to $2.36 and National Commercial Bank (NCB) finishing with only 3,425 shares trading lower by $1 at $24. NCB traded at the equivalent of J$25 on the Trinidad and Tobago Market with a bid on to buy 95,326 units at the closing price, there were no stocks on offer.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 37,618 units at $3.

3 new highs on TTSE Thursday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 14 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 4 declined and 5 traded firm with a total of 283,146 units, valued at $4,912,525. Three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose by 0.68 points to close at 1,149.70, the All T&T Index fell 1.39 points to close at 1,971.43 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.37 points to end at 42.98.
TTSE 12-3-15 Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund trading 53,961 shares valued at $1,214,662 to end 1 cent up to $22.51, Firstcaribbean International Bank with 25,000 shares changing hands and closed at $5.10, for an increase of 7 cents. Guardian Holdings traded 10,255 shares at $13.10 after gaining 9 cents, National Commercial Bank with 106,324 shares trading closed 1 cent higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.38. Prestige Holdings gained 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.91 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Unilever Caribbean gained 4 cents to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $65.40 while trading 1,058 shares.
Declines| Stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 5,334 shares closing with a loss of 6 cents, at $14.90. First Citizens Bank trading 2,164 shares, closing with a loss of 46 cents at $35, Grace Kennedy trading 1,686 shares at $3.59 after losing 1 cent and Scotiabank losing 4 cents in trading 2,342 shares to end at $62.16.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Massy Holdings trading 44,546 shares valued at $2,822,435 to close at $63.36, National Flour Mills exchanging 13,771 shares at $1.55, Republic Bank traded 10 shares and closed at $118.21 and Scotia Investments traded 11,668 shares at $1.45.
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 3 stocks with offers that were lower.