Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 8 stocks rising, 9 declining as 23 securities changed hands, ending in 2,465,588 units trading, valued at $17,727,553, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 511.59 points to 84,808.30, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 571.97 points to close at 93,537.92 and the JSE combined index declined by 441.31 points to close at 86,588.19.
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 just 3 with offers that were lower.
Caribbean Cement traded 303,000 shares to close at $2.20 after losing 10 cents and trading as high as $2.30, at the close there were 885,782 shares on the bid to buy at $2.20. Carreras had 58,560 shares changing hands at $42, Gleaner Company traded 147,918 shares at 84 cents,
Jamaica Broilers Group had 370,909 units trading at the close at $4.50. JMMB Group, the holding company for Jamaica Money Market Brokers, traded 17,000 shares at 7.02 for a 3 cents loss but the stock closed with a bid to buy 10,851 shares at $7.48. National Commercial Bank traded 357,680 units while closing 25 cents higher at $25.50, but traded as low as $25.26 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share closed with 544,485 units trading at $3.10, down 10 cents.
Salada Foods traded just 5,000 shares but lost $1.30 in closing at $9, Scotia Investments traded 10,400 units to close 5o cents up at $23.50,
9 stocks down 8 up Tuesday
D&G at new high with $64m trade
D&G traded over 10m shares on Monday
Sagicor Investments bought the block as brokers for the buyer. Carreras was the other major traded to take place in the market with 1.3 million shares in ten separate trades. NCB Capital Market sold from in house inventory with Scotia Investments being the broker doing the vast majority of the buying. With the exception of 370 shares which traded at $43, the rest traded at $42.
Activity elsewhere on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising, 7 declining as 20 securities changed hands, ending in 13,368,989 units trading, valued at $131,890,39, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 327.75 points to 85,319.89, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 366.44 points to close at 94,109.89 and the JSE combined index dropped 351.94 points to close at 87,029.50
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 4 with offers that were lower.Carreras traded 1,300,000 at $42 for a $1 fall, Grace Kennedy with 47,691 shares closed trading at $63 for a $2 fall, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share, closed with 250,000 units at $2.02, to record a 2 cents gain, Jamaica Producers Group lost $1.04 in trading only 200 shares and ended at $15.96. Sagicor Group traded 50,268 shares between $10.03 and $10.50 before closing at $10.50, Scotia Group ended up trading 354,932 shares for 45 cents higher at $22.50, Scotia Investments had 20,000 shares changing hands at $23 for a decline of 80 cents and Supreme Ventures closing with 36,120 units at $2.84, a decline of 11 cents.
Stocks with good interest to buy are Berger Paints with 200,000 units on the bid at $1.60, Jamaica Broilers with the bid at $4.50 to buy 239,065 shares, JMMB Group with 807,884 shares on the bid at $7.02. Jamaica Producers has buyers for 496,855 units at $15.96, Radio Jamaica 200,000 shares at $1.50, Sagicor Group 341,717 shares on the bid at $10.06 and Scotia Investments with the bid at $23 to buy 133,940 shares.There is strong interest to sell Sagicor Real Estate X Fund with 1,400,000 being offered at $6.95 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share at $3.20 for 400,000 units.
Jamaica Producers trades 5m shares
JPG traded 5 million shares but the price dropped $1.50
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.
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 and
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.
Trading closes week light – TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended the week with 8 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 2 declined and 2 traded firm with a total of 236,267 units, valued at $8,270,548.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.19 points to close at 1,151.99, the All T&T Index rose 0.37 points to close at 1,967.26 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 44.15.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Massy Holdings with 75,040 shares changing hands, for a value of $4,732,022, to close at $63.06 after gaining 1 cent, Point Lisas Industrial Port contributing 4,600 shares at $3.60, for a 1 cent gain. Republic Bank trading 344 shares and closing with a 1 cent gain, at $116.01 and Scotiabank gaining 9 cents to end at $62.11 while 838 shares changed hands.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund traded 144,695 shares valued at $3,256,576 to end with a fall of 5 cents at $22.50 and Guardian Holdings with 200 shares lost a cent in closing at $14.47.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank added 4,550 shares valued at $161,525 and National Commercial Bank with a volume of 6,000 shares closed unchanged at $1.50.
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 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Republic’s big drop on TTSE
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.
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.
Trading picks up on JSE after 11am
Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange after the very slow start up to 11am on Thursday with 18 securities trading resulting in 733,909 units changing hands. The junior market had only 2 securities trading while the US market had one.
The all Jamaica Composite Index had once more climbed back well above the 94,000 mark but a fall in Scotia fell by $1 to $21.56 and then back to $22.50 on small volume, but not even the $1.50 rise in Jamaica Producers to $18.50 could stave off 293.32 points to reach 93,643.37 while the main market index slipped 262.35 points to 84,902.62. The junior market index rose 0.33 points to 731.31.
IC Insider Buy Rated RJR closed at a new 52 weeks high of $2 with just over 190,000 shares as the price puts on 50 cents and Supreme Ventures is also at a new 52 weeks high of $2.80, up 50 cents but with 30,000 shares trading. Sagicor X Fund was down by 40 cents to $6.50 as increased selling is over whelming demand.
Carreras up $2.54 close to pre-taxed price
Carreras gained $2.54 in reach of recent highs
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.
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.
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.
4 stocks up 3 down on TTSE
Unilever hits a new 52 weeks’ high on TTSE on Tuesday
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
Trinidad 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.
Scotia pushed up JSE on Thursday
Scotia closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Thursday
Trading resulted in the prices of 10 stocks rising, 3 declining as 20 securities changed hands, ending in 2,668,728 units trading, valued at $29,091,872, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 1,509.67 points to 85,105.92, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 1,687.89 points to close at 93,870.67 and the JSE combined index gained 1,494.99 points to close at 86,787.92.
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 7 stocks with offers that were lower, an indication of a market that will move in a sideward manner near term.
Scotia Group traded 841,758 shares between $22.20 and $23 but closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $22.50, Scotia visible supply, is only 111,000 shares between $22.50 and $24.49 while demand is above 363,000 down to $21.50 with more at $21.11 and lower. Jamaica Broilers Group traded 335,165 shares at $4.50 and ended with a bid of $4.30 to buy 112,000 units and an offer of 60,000 at $4.69, strong support is at $4 for 1.93 million units. National Commercial Bank traded 129,760 units to close at $25 and ended with a bid of $25 to purchase 83,333 shares with an offer of 200,000 shares at $25.28, there is also 679,000 units on offer at $25.50, good support is down to $24 to $24.17. Sagicor Group traded 229,350 shares and closed at $10.50. There are two offers one at $11.40 to sell $17,500 shares and another to sell 887,000 units at $12.50, there is good support at $10 with of 520,000 units.Other stocks of interest are Desnoes and Geddes with the bid at $5.50 to buy 20,000 shares but with only one offer to sell 10 million units at $6, stronger support is at $5.41. Carreras with a bid at $41 to buy 7,500 units with further support down to $40 with the lowest offer being at $44.50 for 4,000 shares, the next offer is at $46 for 12,000 and 2,000 shares at $47. Significant offer is at $50 and then $56.50.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers has a bid to but 100,000 units at $7.05 and the lowest offer is at $7.98 to sell 7,000 units, currently, there is not much on the sell side around the lowest offer, while buying is mostly around the $6.50 level. Radio Jamaica has 1 million units on the bid at $148 with one offer at $2 for 190,000 units for sale and Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 1.44 million units on the offer at $6.95 to sell and moderate demand with a bid for 16,030 at $6.90, total bids amounts to 60,000 units with $5 being the lowest.
2 new highs on TTSE Thursday
WITCO traded at a new 52 weeks’ high on Thursday
At the close of the market, the three main indices advanced, the Composite Index rose 0.40 points to 1,155.22, the All T&T Index rose 0.49 points to close at 1,972.96 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.04 points to end at 44.24.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund trading 45,300 shares, valued at $1,020,159 to advance by 1 cent, to $22.52. Jamaica Money Market Brokers trading 550 units, closing at $43, with a gain of 2 cents, Scotia Investments with 3,888 shares trading, advanced by 2 cents to $1.55. Unilever Caribbean stock price rose 44 cents, to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $66, with 2,820 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 297 shares to close with a gain of 5 cents to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $125.10.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank trading 4,558 shares and closing 1 cent down, at $35.37, Republic Bank fell 6 cents to close at $117.87 with 30,535 shares traded for $3,599,300 and Scotiabank, the volume leader, with 167,494 shares changing hands for a value of $10,401,420, closing at $62.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Firstcaribbean International Bank with 937 shares changing hands, and closing at $5, Guardian Holdings contributing 1,154 shares closing unchanged at $14.50. National Commercial Bank trading 3,100 units at $1.55, National Flour Mills traded 1,847 shares at $1.50, One Caribbean Media closing at $22.30 with 503 shares trading, Prestige Holdings with a volume of 139,113 shares being traded for $1,391,130 at $10 and Trinidad Cement in contributing 82,744 shares with a value of $215,134 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 3 stocks with offers that were lower.