Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange resulted in 14 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 6 declined and 2 traded firm. On Tuesday only 1 stock rose to 6 declining ones. Overall market activity led to dealing in 495,472 units, valued at $8,933,884.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.25 rose points to close at 1,141.71, the All T&T Index fell by 0.18 points to close at 1,969.54 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.05 points to end at 41.09.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $39.40 by gaining a cent with 1,000 shares changing hands, to close at a new 52 weeks’ high, Berger Paints traded 100 shares to close with a gain of 4 cents to end at $3.65, for a new 52 weeks’ high, First Citizens Bank gained 4 cents to end the day at $36.65, Massy Holdings closed with 23,286 units trading at $68.60 for a value of $1,596,488, in gaining 8 cents, Sagicor Financial Corporation had 1,000 shares being active to close at $6.25, an increase of 5 cents and Trinidad Cement with 36,385 shares traded for $67,676 put on a cent to end at $1.85.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings added 29,087 shares valued at $363,661 shedding just 5 cents to $12.50. Guardian Media closed at $19.75 after dropping a cent with 200 shares traded, National Flour Mills with 41,386 shares changing hands for a value of $48,835 lost 2 cents and ended at $1.18, National Enterprises lost 2 cents in trading 1,000 units at $17.60, Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation traded 3,000 shares at $4 while losing a cent, Scotia Investments contributed 32,958 shares with a value of $47,789 and lost 5 cents to close at $1.45
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 294,074 shares valued at $6,484,332 remained at $22.05 and National Commercial Bank with 26,000 units closed at $1.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Six all in Wednesday’s TTSE trading
Moderate price changes on JSE stocks
Tuesday’s activity on day on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 3 stocks rising and 4 declining as 22 securities changed hands, culminating in 755,690 units trading, valued at just $5,210,508, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 76.73 points to 72,135.13 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 85.80 points to close at 79,368.39.
Gains| Stocks gaining and last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 500 shares, closed at a cent higher at $2.12, Mayberry Investments traded 16,900 units, to gain 5 cents to $1.55 and Scotia Group with only 168 units ended with a cent gain at $19.05.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless with 10,000 units to close at 29 cents, Carreras closed at $34.65 with 5,210 shares trading, Desnoes & Geddes with 650 shares closed at $4.79, Grace Kennedy with 2,685 shares ended at $59, Jamaica Broilers 13,226 units traded at $4, Kingston Properties closed at $3.85 with 10,000 shares, Kingston Wharves had only 230 shares changing hands to end at $6.50, National Commercial Bank 52,881 shares, closed at $17.80, Sagicor Group with 10,170 shares closed at $9.55, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 8,900 shares at $7 and Supreme Ventures closed at $1.80 with 18,077 shares changing hands.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 5,730 ordinary shares, lost a cent to end at $7 and Proven Investments traded 108,000 units at 0.50 cent less to 17 US cents.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 194,415 units at $3 and lost 2 cents and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 144,893 units at $5.
6 stocks fell 1 up on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 9 securities changing hands of which 1 advanced, 6 declined and 2 traded firm, with 318,491 units, valued at $8,360,976.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.32 points to close at 1,141.96, the All T&T Index declined by 0.64 points to close at 1,969.72 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.14.
Gains| West Indian Tobacco climbed 5 cents to end the day at $118.21 while trading 44 units, to be the only winner on the day.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings adding 10,000 shares valued at $125,500 and fell 7 cents to close at $12.55, ANSA McAL lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $66.15 while trading 1,191 shares, Clico Investment Fund with 57,556 shares valued at $1,269,183, declined by 5 cents to $22.05, Massy Holdings with 96,581 shares changing hands for a value of $6,621,495 closed at $68.52 after losing 8 cents, Republic Bank 647 closed with a 3 cent fall to $121.56 and Trinidad Cement with a volume of 87,492 shares traded for $161,870 fell 6 cents to $1.84.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 572 shares to end at $6.20, while L.J. Williams $0.10 A share contributed 64,408 shares to close at 26 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Clico pulls $11m into the market
In Tuesday’s trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange 12 securities changed hands of which 3 advanced, 2 declined and 7 traded firm, resulting in total activity of 776,708 units, valued at $11,847,317.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose by 0.17 points to close at 1,142.28, the All T&T Index gained 0.34 points to close at 1,970.36 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 41.14.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 500,000 shares valued at $11,050,000 and advanced by 9 cents to end at $22.10, First Citizens Bank with 9,256 shares traded for $338,598, close with a 8 cents gain at $36.61 and Massy Holdings put on 9 cents while trading a mere 706 units, to close at $68.60.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 1,500 units, the price shed 2 cents to close at $12.62 and Trinidad Cement lost 2 cents while trading only 7,980 units at $1.90.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Ansa Mcal with just 5 units, traded at $66.16, Grace Kennedy traded 532 units at $3.76, National Commercial Bank with 251,742 shares changing hands, valued at $251,742, ended at $1, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 398 shares at $6.20, Scotiabank with 2,123 shares closed at $59.48, while Scotia Investments added 3,666 shares at $1.50 and L.J. Williams $0.10 A contributed 6,000 shares at 26 cents.
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.
Pan Jam profit up 29% for Q2
Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust enjoyed a strong 29 percent growth in profit, attributable to owners of the group, for the quarter ended June this year to $627 million. Profit of $486 million was realised in the 2013 second quarter. For the six months to June, net profit hits $1.07 billion, compared to $710 million for 2013, an increase of 50 percent.
Earnings per share amounted to $5.09 for the six months and $2.99 for the latest quarter, earnings for all of 2014 should end up around $12 per share. With the stock selling at $49, there is much room for the stock price to double, that is why it is one of IC Insider BUY RATED stock.
Total revenue was higher for the quarter compared to last year, by $125 million, or 30 percent, due to the improved investment and property income, and ahead of last year for the 6 months by $185 million, or 21 percent as the group generated income of $544 million in the latest quarter versus $419 million in 2013 and $1.08 billion for the six months, compared to $895 in 2013.
The share of results of associated and joint venture companies for the quarter is $537 million and is flat compared to last year, while the six month period share increased by 16 percent to $893 million. Last year’s results were significantly affected by the first quarter NDX impact on Sagicor.Investment income of $123 million, in the second quarter of 2014 was nearly three times higher than the $44 million in the similar quarter last year, principally as a result of better foreign exchange gains of $42 million, versus $23 million last year, and trading gains of $37 million, versus a loss of $21 million in 2013. Year to date investment income of $259 million is 79 percent ahead of 2013, due principally to trading gains of $89 million versus a loss of $29 million in the prior year. Property income grew $54 million, or 16 percent, compared to last year for the quarter and $83 million, or 12 percent, year to date.
Group operating profit for the second quarter increased by $115 million, or 73 percent, compared to last year’s second quarter. For the year to date, group operating profit of $544 million is $157 million, or 40 percent, more than last year’s level.
Operating expenses were contained to $273 million for the June 2104 quarter versus $263 million in 2013 and $536 million for the year to June from $508 million in 2013.
Total assets at June 2014 amounted to $25.1 billion, compared to $23.3 billion at December 2013. Bank and other loans stand at $4.48 billion and stockholders’ equity stood at $19.4 billion from $17.8 billion at December last year, equating to a book value per stock unit of $92.34.
Pan Jamaican is involved primarily in commercial property ownership and rental and owns just over 31 percent of Sagicor Group a life assurance and banking operations.
Scotia Group & Kingston Wharves push index
Friday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 9 stocks rising and 4 declining as 18 securities changed hands, culminating in 20,710,115 units trading, valued at $66,213,940, in all market segments. Cable & Wireless traded just over 10 Million units, Desnoes & Geddes 2 million and Kingston Wharves 3 million units.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 1,023.10 points to 72,675.75 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,144.00 points to close at 79,972.88.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 stocks with offers that were lower. Although the signal is weak most of the weakness is in the junior market.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 10,149,579 shares to close a cent higher, at 30 cents, Carreras had only 262 units being active, but gained 15 cents to $34.65, Jamaica Broilers returned to trade at $4 by putting on 15 cents in trading 45,621 shares, Kingston Wharves enjoyed a buoyant day with 3,190,455 shares, the price gained $1, to land at $6.50, Proven Investments traded 63,730 ordinary shares at 0.5 cent up to close at 17.5 US cents, Radio Jamaica gained 11 cents with 3,965 units, to end at $1.15, Sagicor Group had 9,880 units changing hands, as the price rose 2 cents to $9.50, Scotia Group had a good volume of 1,254,000 shares, the price climbed 50 cents to $20 and Scotia Investments had 38,228 units changing hands, to rise 4 cents to $21.75.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Desnoes & Geddes in closing trading with 2,073,524 shares at $4.70, followed by Jamaica Money Market Brokers with only 1,100 ordinary shares at $7.01 and Supreme Ventures with 39,000 shares at $1.80.
Declines| Gleaner with 1,400 shares lost 1 cent in closing at $1.05 and Grace Kennedy with 10,566 shares, lost 50 cents at $58.50, were the only two stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market.
5 million JMMB shares trade
In Friday’s trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange 15 securities were active with Jamaica Money Market Brokers dominating with 5 million units. At the close of the market 4 stocks advanced, 5 declined and 6 traded firm with 5,392,038 units changing hands, valued at $7,934,277.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.80 points to close at 1,142.11, the All T&T Index declined by 1.52 points to close at 1,970.02 and the Cross Listed Index fell by a mere 0.01 points to end at 41.14.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 109,200 shares trading at a value of $2,403,597, advanced 1 cent to end at $22.01, First Citizens Bank with 1,314 shares, closed at $36.53, up 2 cents, Republic Bank with 80 units, rose 9 cents to end at $121.59 and West Indian Tobacco added 15,648 shares valued at $1,848,518 to close at $118.16, for a small gain of 4 cents.
Declines| The stocks declining, at the close of the market are Ansa Mcal trading 1,676 shares with a decline of 3 cents, to end at $66.16, a 52 weeks’ low, National Flour Mills 511 shares at $1.20, down 5 cents, Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 31,148 shares with a value of $193,224, to close 1 cent lower at $6.20, Scotiabank with 1,023 units, declined 1 cent to end at $59.48, for a new 52 weeks’ low and Trinidad Cement suffered a loss of 22 cents to close at $1.92 with 14,622 shares trading.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Grace Kennedy with 6,816 shares at $3.76, Guardian Holdings with 6,000 shares to end at $13.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 5,000,000 shares changing hands, valued at $2,250,000 to close at 45 cents, Sagicor Financial Corporation 6.5% preference shares traded 291 units at US$1.13, followed by Scotia Investments with 100,000 shares for $150,000 to close at $1.50 and L.J. Williams $0.10 A shares, traded 4,000 units at 26 cents.
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 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
TTSE stocks trading climb
There was increased number of securities being active on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Thursday, with 16 companies’ stocks changing hands, compared with only 11 on Wednesday. There were 3 advancing stocks, 4 declining and 9 traded firm, with 244,156 units valued at $1,321,117 trading.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.37 points to close at 1,142.91, the All T&T Index fell by 0.48 points to close at 1,971.54 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to end at 41.15.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Guardian Holdings with 50,000 shares traded for $674,842, closing at $13.50, up a cent, Point Lisas Industrial Port traded just 291 units at a cent higher, to $4.01 and West Indian Tobacco gained 5 cents to end the day at $118., while trading 300 shares.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with a loss of 11 cents, to close at $12., after trading 1,923 units, First Citizens Bank with 772 shares ended at $36.51 after losing 1 cent, National Flour Mills lost 4 cents, while trading 1,000 shares to end at $1.25 and Sagicor Financial Corporation 650 shares traded for 4 cents less at $6.21.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged, at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 6,845 shares valued at $150,590 to end at $22, Firstcaribbean International Bank with 775 units at $5, Flavorite Foods 1,000 units at $5.70, Grace Kennedy 4,442 at $3.76, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 924 shares at 45 cents, Massy Holdings put through 2,734 shares at $68.51, National Commercial Bank with 151,000 shares changing hands for a value of $151,000, closed at $1, Prestige Holdings 500 shares at $9.55 and Scotia Investments contributed 21,000 shares with a value of $31,500 and ended at $1.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Only 11 stocks trade in main market
Wednesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising and 4 declining as only 16 securities changed hands, culminating in 1,486,276 units trading, valued at $20,922,562, in all market segments.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market had 6 stocks with offers, lower than the last sale price.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index declined 211.97 points to 71,098.07 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 237.01 points to close at 78,208.76.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 11,270 shares changing hands, 15 cents higher at $34.65, Hardware & Lumber 1,102 units traded with a gain of 40 cents to $6.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 200 ordinary shares trading, 1 cents higher at $7.01 and Proven Investments with 939,000 shares traded with a gain of 1US cent to 18 US cents.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless with 96,506 shares changing hands, at 30 cents, Sagicor Group with only 500 shares being active, closed at $9.51, Sagicor Real Estate Fund 20,000 units traded and closed at.$6.60 and Scotia Group with 20,959 shares at $19.02.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 250,000 shares, lost 7 cents to end at $4.70, Grace Kennedy traded 2,398 units and lost $1.45 to end at $56.55 and National Commercial Bank traded 10,098 shares while losing 15 cents in closing at $17.70.
4 stocks up 1 down on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, Wednesday, resulted in 11 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 1 declined and 6 traded firm, with 377,472 units, valued at $1,473,711.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.25 points to close at 1,143.28, the All T&T Index gained 0.02 points to close at 1,972.02and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.06 points to end at 41.18.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price, at the close are, Ansa Merchant Bank with 4,164 shares to put on a cent at $39.38, a new 52 weeks’ high, Grace Kennedy added 23,558 shares valued at $88,556 and gained a cent at $3.76, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with a volume of 66,106 shares valued at $29,748, closed up a cent, at 45 cents, while Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 37,882 shares with a value of $236,763 and put on 4 cents at $6.25.
Declines| The only stock declining at the end of trading is, National Flour Mills trading 1,500 shares, declined 2 cents to end the day at $1.29.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 17,500 shares valued at $385,020, remained at $22, First Citizens Bank with 4,669 shares to end at $36.52, Guardian Holdings with 11,199 units closed at $13.49, National Commercial Bank with 210,000 shares changing hands for a value of $210,000, closed at $1, Scotiabank 600 shares at $59.49 and Scotia Investments with only 294 units closed at $1.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 2 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.