Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was on Monday resulted in 12 active securities of which 3 advanced, 1 declined and 8 traded firm, with 265,142 units changing hands, with a value of $1,321,392. One stock closed at new 52 weeks’ high and one at 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index rose 0.10 points to close at 1,146.58, the All T&T Index rose by 0.19 points to close at 1,980.07 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 40.98.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Agostini’s as the price increased by 5 cents to end the day at $17.30, while trading 1,020 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank with 584 shares to gain 2 cents and ended at $39.32, a new 52 weeks’ high and National Enterprises, 500 shares traded 1 cent higher, at $17.76.
Declines| Readymix that seldom trades, suffered a decline of 20 cents to end at $18.80 for a new 52 weeks’ low, as 100 units changed hands, and is the sole stock declining at the end of trading.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Ansa Mcal, 222 shares trading at $66.25, Berger Paints Trinidad with 100 shares, closed at $3.61, First Citizens Bank had 2,627 units changing hands at $35.98, Guardian Holdings contributed 65,700 shares, with a value of $886,950 and closed at $13.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded 5,000 shares at 45 cents, National Commercial Bank with 100,000 shares changing hands for a value of $100,000, closed at $1, followed by Scotia Investments with 81,435 shares for $122,153 at $1.50 or the Jamaican equivalent of J$26.25. It last sold in Jamaica at $21.50, while Sagicor Financial Corporation added 7,854 shares valued at $49,088 at $6.25.
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 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Low trading continues on TTSE
Moderate day but JSE puts in nice gain
In Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 7 stocks rose and 6 declined, as 20 securities changed hands, one stock closed at 52 weeks’ low. A total volume of 3,160,771 shares, valued at $13,089,114 traded.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 922.25 points to 72,825.40 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index, jumped 1,031.25 points to close at 80,140.22.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 55,402 units changing hands, and gained 5 cents to $7, Kingston Wharves put through 40,914 shares at 1 cents more, to $5.01, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 24,880 units, gained 10 cents to $7.10 and Scotia Group had 12,500 shares trading, to close with a gain of 95 cents at $20.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, with volume and last traded prices are, Gleaner 1,000 shares, closing at $1.05, National Commercial Bank had 17,049 shares changing hands at $18 and Radio Jamaica with 9,585 shares, closed at $1.04.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Barita Investments with 43,000 shares, closed at $2.19 with a 1 cent fall, Cable & Wireless had 1,485,092 units changing hands, with 1 cent fall to 28 cents, Carreras put in 4,140 units and closed 5 cents lower at $34.75, Jamaica Broilers 1,000 shares ended with 1 cent decline at $4.52, Jamaica Producers had a sizable trade of 650,000 shares but the price shed 20 cents to $15.40 for a new 52 weeks’ low and Supreme Ventures 11,264 shares cost 1 cent less at $1.80.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 100,000 units at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 2,000 units at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index put on 2.65 points to close at 660.49 as only 4 stocks traded with 3 advancing and none declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are AMG Packaging with 17,767 shares to close with a 10 cents gain at $2.50, Lasco Financial 587,650 shares led to a gain of 1 cent to 98 cents and Lasco Manufacturing with 37,576 units, to close 3 cents higher, at $1.04
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Jamaican Teas with 2,952 units a $3.30 and Lasco Distributors with 57,000 shares at $1.12.
Declines| No stock declined in the junior market at the end of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Trading picks up, Scotia hits a low on TTSE
In trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Friday, the number of securities changing hands surged pass Thursday’s 9, to reach 17. There were 5 advancing stocks, 4 declining and 8 traded firm, with 518,883 units changing hands, carrying a value of $8,173,015. Scotiabank continued its downward drift, closing the day at a new 52 weeks low, with relatively small volume. The market closed with 3 new 52 weeks’ highs and one low.
The Composite Index lost 0.14 points to close at 1,146.48, the All T&T Index lost 2.47 points to close at 1,979.88 and the Cross Listed Index advanced 0.29 points to end at 40.98.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa Mcal Merchant Bank in trading 810 units at a new 52 weeks’ high of $39.30, the price gained 9 cents, National Commercial Bank in contributing 98,400 shares with a value of $98,400, closed at $1, up by 3 cents, One Caribbean Media with 4,176 shares put on a cent to end at $25.01, a new 52 weeks’ high, Scotia Investments enjoyed a gain of 10 cents to end the day at $1.50 (J$26.40, it last traded at $21.50 in Jamaica) while trading only 3,550 shares and Unilever Caribbean traded 494 units at $64.01, up by a cent to a new 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| Stocks declining at the end of trading are, Massy Holdings that put through just 40 units at $68.46 down by 2 cents, Scotiabank suffered a loss, of 57 cents to close at $61.18 while trading 5,761 units, Republic Bank traded 34,327 shares valued at $4,178,626 as the price lost 2 cents to close at $121.73 and Trinidad Cement traded 495 shares at $2.64, after suffering an 8 cents fall.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 117,139 shares valued at $2,577,058 but remained at $22, Firstcaribbean International with 1,000 shares at $5, while First Citizens traded 614 shares at $35.98, Grace Kennedy with 2,915 shares closed at $3.55, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 106,158 shares changing hands for a value of $47,771, closed at 45 cents, followed by Prestige Holdings that traded just 150 units at $9.50, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 104,354 shares traded for $652,550, ended at $6.25, while National Flour Mills added 38,500 shares valued at $50,050 at $1.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that is lower.
Market gains as just 14 securities traded on JSE
Thursday’ activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of only 3 stocks rising and a mere 3 declining as just 14 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,334,547 units trading, valued at $31,163,109.
Main Market| The few prices that rose led to the JSE Market Index rising 285.53 points to 71,903.15 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index gaining 319.27 points, to close at 79,108.97.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks gaining, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 163,820 shares closing with a gain of 20 cents at $34.80, Grace Kennedy put on $2.50 to $60.50 with 89,900 units changing hands and Proven Investment traded 625,000 ordinary shares at 17.1 US cents, up from 17 US cents.
Firm| Stocks in the main market to close without a change in price with volume and last traded prices are, Desnoes & Geddes with 37,711 shares at $4.70, Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) ordinary share only 400 units at $6.95, Mayberry Investments had 2,500 units at $1.70, and Sagicor Group with 209,985 shares changing hands, closed at $9.30.
Declines| Scotia Group is the only stock to decline at the at the end of trading in the main market, in losing a cent to $19.05, in trading of 29,544 shares.
Preference| JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 277,400 units at $2 and JMMB 8.75% preference share traded 1,493,303 units at $3.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 2.67 points to close at 657.84 as a mere 3 securities traded, none advanced and 2 declined.
Firm Trades| Lasco Distributors had 15,000 units changing hands at $1.12.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are, Consolidated Bakeries in trading 358,300 units to close at 75 cents after losing 5 cents and Lasco Manufacturing lost 3 cents in trading 30,700 units at $1.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that are lower.
KLE Group 15.8m shares dominated JSE
In Tuesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, struggling junior market listed, KLE Group traded 15,846,209 units for a value of $15,85 million, as a few shareholders offloaded their holdings. The stock accounted for 76 percent of the volume traded during the day. The prices of 8 stocks rose and 3 declined as 25 securities changed hands, resulting in 20,967,566 shares trading, valued at $52,029,951.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 286.33 points to 71,912.74 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 320.17 points to 79,119.70.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 500 shares to close with a gain of 9 cents at $4.59, Jamaica Broilers with 500 trading to close 1 cent higher at $4.53, National Commercial Bank 22,590 shares, closing 20 cents higher at $18.20 and Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 9,100 units for a gain of 0.10 US cent to end at 17.25 US cents.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, with volume and last traded prices are, Caribbean Cement 2,500 units to close at $2.70, Ciboney with 4,000 shares at 7 cents, Grace Kennedy with 350 shares, ended at $60.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 12,500 units traded at $6.95, Pan Jamaican Investment had 36,815 units exchanged at $49, Sagicor Group 29,379 shares at $9.30 and Scotia Group with 15,512 shares at $19.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses, at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 257,986 shares, lost 30 cents at $34.50 and Jamaica Producers with 1,272,314 shares lost 3 cents at $15.58.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share 241,000 closed at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share saw 71,400 units being exchanged at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 3.01 points to close at 656.87 as 10 stocks traded, with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Cargo Handlers with 720 shares, to close with a gain of 20 cents at $14.10, Dolphin Cove had only 240 units changing hands, to close 50 cents up at $8.50 and Lasco Distributors traded 79,000 shares, with a 2 cent rise to $1.13.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Blue Power with 6,000 shares at $9.05, Jamaican Teas 4,000 units at $3.30, KLE 15,846,209 units at $1, Knutsford Express 3,188 shares at $5, Lasco Financial with 50,000 units, ended at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing had 3,000,961 shares trading at $1.04.
Declines| Just one stock declined in the junior market at the end of trading, as AMG Packaging lost 3 cents, in trading 802 units at $2.40.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
3 stocks rose & 1 fell on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange saw 13 securities changing hands, of which 3 advanced, 1 declined and 9 traded firm as 309,605 units changed hands, with a value of $4,092,638.
The Composite Index lost 0.09 points to close at 1,147.09, the All T&T Index fell by 0.18 points to close at 1,981.74 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 40.90.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 104,000 shares valued at $2,287,870 close up a cent at $22, First Citizens with 3,847 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents, at $35.98 and Guardian Holdings with 11,281 units at $13.51, to gain a cent.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Republic Bank which lost 6 cents, to close at $121.74, while trading 9,267 shares valued at $1,128.257.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 392 shares trading, to close at $12.75, followed Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 45,169 units, to end at 45 cents, Massy Holdings had 70 units changing hands at $68.49, National Flour Mills contributed 44,057 shares at $1.30, while National Commercial Bank added 35,000 shares to close at $1, Point Lisas Industrial Port Development with 51,789 shares changing hands for a value of $217,449, closed at $4.20, Prestige Holdings with 4,183 shares closed at $9.40, Sagicor Financial traded 500 units at $6.25 and Scotiabank had just 50 units trading at $61.90.
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 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Woefully poor trading levels on JSE
Trading on Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, was slow, with very low volume and the number of active securities. The prices of 4 stocks rose and 5 declined as 19 securities changed hands, resulting in a mere 1,766,283 shares trading, valued at $$6,535,261.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 125.11 points to 71,626.41 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index dipped 139.90 points to close at 78,799.53.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market, are Jamaica Broilers in trading 46,360 units, closed at $4.52 by gaining 2 cents, Mayberry Investments with 2,040 shares to close with a gain of 3 cents at $1.70 and Scotia Group with 41,687 units to gain 5 cents to $19.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a price change, with volume and last traded prices, are Berger Paints with 3,799 shares closing at $1.60, Cable & Wireless with 4,348 units closed at 29 cents, Caribbean Cement 16,954 shares at $2.70, followed by Carreras with 6,120 units at $34.80, Ciboney put through only 2,000 shares at 7 cents, Grace Kennedy with 1,477 units, ended at $60.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers had only 1,833 units trading at $6.95 and Sagicor Group with 21,140 shares closed at $9.30.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market, are, Hardware & Lumber with 600 shares, lost 51 cents to end at $6.50, Kingston Wharves with 57,191 units closed 2 cents less at $5, Radio Jamaica had 10,292 units changing hands, for the loss of a cent at $1.04 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with 1,200 changing hands by losing 4 cents to close at $6.91.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,399,467 units at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 38,000 units at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.08 points to close at 653.86 as only 2 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Caribbean Producers traded 110,775 shares to close 1 cent higher at $2.36 to be the only stocks recording an increase at the end of trading in the junior market.
Firm Trades| No active stock in the junior market, closed at the same price as the day before.
Declines| Blue Power is the sole stock to record a decline in price, as it traded 1,000 shares while losing 5 cents to $9.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Declines & advances even as JSE continues sideways
In Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 7 stocks rose and 7 declined as 24 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,072,116 units trading, valued at $22,272,471.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 550.24 points to 71,751.52 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index dived 615.26 points, to close at 78,939.43.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 7,975 shares to close with a gain of 20 cents at $2.70, Pan Jamaican Investment had 2,552 units changing hands to gain 42 cents at $49, Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 322,428 units to gain 0.15 US cents to end at 17 US cents and Radio Jamaica had just 483 units changing ownership and gained a cent to $1.05.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price with volume and last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 34,975 units, closed at $1.60, Cable & Wireless had just 33,384 shares trading, in closing at 29 cents, Grace Kennedy put through 684 units to close at $60.50, Jamaica Broilers 172,852 shares traded at $4.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ordinary, traded 217,974 shares to close at $6.95, National Commercial Bank with 50,450 shares closed at $18, Scotia Group enjoyed the exchange of 136,580 shares at $18.95 and Seprod 1,037 shares went through at $11.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 115,228 shares, while losing 15 cents to end at $4.50, Kingston Wharves 3,500 shares was traded at 48 cents lower, to end at $5.02, Mayberry Investments with 4,080 units passing through the market, lost 23 cents to end at $1.67, Sagicor Group with 602,981 shares, lost 10 cents to end at $9.30 and Scotia Investments with 4,100 units changing hands, closed $2.60 down at $21.40.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 80,500 units at $3 and the 7.50% preference share, traded 1,000,000 units at $2.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index, declined by 12.30 points to close at 653.94 as only 4 stocks traded, with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Blue Power with 5,000 shares, gaining 5 cents to $9.10, Lasco Financial with 81,000 units traded, to close 8 cents higher at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing with 15,348 shares, close with a gain of 11 cents at $1.04.
Firm Trades| There were no active stocks in the junior market that that closed at the same price as the day before.
Declines| Lasco Distributors with 146,506 shares was the sole security declining in the junior market, at the end of trading, the price slipped a cent to end at $1.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower. An indication that the market is moving sideways for now.
Two new highs, 13 stocks trade on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was moderate on Friday, with 13 securities changing hands of which 5 advanced, 2 declined and 6 traded firm with 175,230 units changing hands, with a value of $1,049,191. Prestige Holdings and Unilever closed at 52 weeks’ high.
The Composite Index rose 0.46 points to close at 1,147.50, the All T&T Index advanced by just 0.56 points to close at 1,982.21and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.04 points to end at 40.94.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers added 4,500 shares with a cent gain, to 46 cents, Massy Holdings gained 6 cents in trading 198 units at $68.49, S, Prestige Holdings traded 1,052 units with a gain of 10 cents to land at $9.50, a new 52 weeks’ high, Sagicor Financial with 34,337 shares traded for $214,606 to end at $6.25 to gain a cent and Unilever Caribbean increased by 84 cents to end the day at $64, a new 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are First Citizens lost 4 cents with 4,473 units at $35.96 and Trinidad Cement suffered a loss, of 3 cents to close at $2.74.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 525 shares traded to close at $12.75,Clico Investment Fund with 16,107 shares valued at $354,331 remained at $21.99, Grace Kennedy traded 1,000 units at $3.55, Guardian Holdings contributed 7,891 shares with a value of $106,607, to close at $13.51, Guardian Media with 500 shares closed at $19.76 and National Commercial Bank with 100,000 shares changing hands for a value of $100,000, to close at $1.
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.
Active securities climbed on JSE
In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 11 stocks rose and 9 declined as 29 securities changed hands, resulting in 4,031,674 shares trading, valued at $20,663,144.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 539.88 points to 72,301.76 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 603.67 points to close at 79,554.69.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains at the end of trading, in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 10,000 shares trading to close with a gain of 10 cents at $2.50, Desnoes & Geddes with 10,000 shares with 5 cents gain, to $4.65, Kingston Wharves gained 48 cents while trading 500 shares at $5.50, Mayberry Investments gained 20 cents to close at $1.90 with 144,148 units changing hands. Sagicor Group had 706,269 active units and closed 40 cents higher at $9.40, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 28,880 units, gained 5 cents at $6.95, Scotia Investments traded only 1,000 shares and put on $2.60 to end at $24 and Seprod with 18,825 units closed 25 cents up at $11.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, with volume and last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 5,000 shares closing at $1.60, Carreras trading 4,711 units and closed at $34.90 and National Commercial Bank with 25,352 shares, closed at $18.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 12,000 shares, declined by a cent to close at 29 cents, Grace Kennedy with only 199 shares, dipped 50 cents to $60.50, Hardware & Lumber with 10,000 shares, lost 59 cents to end at $7.01, Jamaica Broilers with 2,374,605 shares closed 20 cent down at $4.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 11,406 shares, saw the price slipping by a cent to $6.95 and Scotia Group 8,950 shares traded with a loss of 5 cents at $18.95.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) 8.75% preference share traded 2,000 units at $3, JMMB 7.50% preference share ended trading with 240,000 units at $2 and Proven Investments 8% Preference share traded 113,300 units at $5.05.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 7.79 points to close at 641.64 as 9 stocks traded with 3 advancing and 3 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are, Dolphin Cove with activity in 2,000 shares as the price was up 25 cents to $8, General Accident with 15,000 shares put on 2 cents to $1.36 and Lasco Distributors traded 92,770 units at a cent higher at $1.12.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Access Financial with 2,400 units at $10.18, Honey Bun ended at $2.34 with 1,736 shares changing hands and Lasco Financial 110,956 shares, traded at 92 cents.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are, Blue Power with just 3,415 units, shed 1 cent to $9.05, Caribbean Producers with 15,000 shares lost a cent, to end at $2.35 and Lasco Manufacturing 61,252 units closed own a cent at 93 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.