8 TTSE stocks gained only 1 fell

March 13, 2015 by

NCB in good demand in Trinidad & seems poised to gain next week

NCB in good demand in Trinidad & seems poised to gain next week

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was with 17 securities changing hands of which 9 advanced, 1 declined and 7 traded firm with a total of 183,674 units, valued at $3,392,529. National Commercial Bank ended with a bid to buy 201,876 shares at $1.38, there were 50,171 units on offer at $1.55. In Jamaica the stock fell to J$23.50 or TT$1.31 on relatively low volume.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.79 points to close at 1,151.49, the All T&T Index gained 2.92 points to close at 1,974.35 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.08 points to end at 43.06.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA Mcal gaining 2 cents, while trading 4,886 units, to end at $66.90, First Citizens Bank trading 1,263 shares, gained 22 cents to close at $35.22, Guardian Holdings contributing 30,515 shares with a value of $413,479, put on 49 cents to end at $13.59. Massy Holdings gained 1 cent while trading 12,981 shares at $63.37. Point Lisas Industrial Port Development while exchanging 199 shares, gained 2 cents to end at $5.16, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 48,950 shares changing hands for a value of $252,582, closed with a 6 cents gain at $5.16. Scotia Investments added 13,500 shares and closed 4 cents higher at $1.49, Trinidad Cement traded 39,419 shares to end at $2.50 after putting on 19 cents and West Indian Tobacco gained 1 cent while trading 4,800 units to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $125.05.
TTSE 13-3-15 Declines| Scotiabank was the stock declining at the end of trading having lost 15 cents to close at $62.01 while trading 2,280 shares.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank trading 4,280 units, to close at $38.91, Clico Investment Fund trading 17,027 shares valued at $383,108 and closing at $22.50. National Flour with 819 shares changing hands, closed at $1.55, One Caribbean Media with 315 shares, traded at $23.96, Prestige Holdings with 1,000 shares changing hands, closed at $9.91 and Republic Bank traded 790 shares to close at $118.21.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows just 1 stock with the bid higher than their last selling price and 1 stock with a lower offer.

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Tax measures bite stock market

March 13, 2015 by

New tax measures announced on Thursday, hit the stock market on Friday, particularly, Carreras that had a direct hit with increased taxes on cigarettes.
JSE 13-3-15The price of Carreras stock fell to close at $40 after shedding $3, but it traded as low as $38.01 before recovering partially.
National Commercial Bank lost 50 cents and Scotia Investments fell by $2. At the end of trading 9 stocks recorded gains and 11 suffered losses. Trading activity picked up from the low levels of Thursday as 27 securities traded worth $41,075,686 versus only 15 securities on Thursday. The JSE Market Index lost 637.18 points to 81,881.33, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 712.40 points to close at 90,265.43.

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Advancing stocks hold upper hand

March 12, 2015 by

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.

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3 new highs on TTSE Thursday

March 12, 2015 by

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.

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NCB closes at $25

March 11, 2015 by

NCB closed up by $1.50 at $25 on Wednesday

NCB closed up by $1.50 at $25 on Wednesday

Wednesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with National Commercial Bank (NCB) closing at $25 has demands picks up for the stocks and supply of stocks seems limited. NCB closed with only six offers to sell between $25.50 and $33. Trading resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising, 9 declining as 18 securities changed hands, ending in 5,386,223 units trading, valued at $35,347,255 in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 507.16 points to 82,624.62, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell rose 567.03 points to close at 91,096.46 and the JSE combined index gained 594.16 points to close at 84,419.09.
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.
JSE sum 11-3-15 Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes in contributing 60,988 shares closed 35 cents higher to $5.50, National Commercial Bank closing with 65,060 shares changing hands $1.50 higher at $25, Supreme Ventures finishing trading with 87,600 shares, 3 cents up to $2.30
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless was the only ordinary stock to remained unchanged in price at the end of trading and closed with 103,000 shares changing hands at 50 cents
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement finishing with 11,500 units to close lower by 5 cents at $2.26. Carreras closing with 4,000 units, the price slipped 36 cents to $43.15, Grace Kennedy finishing trading with 9,344 shares to close 54 cents lower at $60.52, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading with 88,276 shares and closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers in exchanging 306,475 units, ended with a decline of 1 cent to $7.10. Sagicor Group had dealing in 2,143,526 shares trading with a loss of 8 cents to $10.42,
Scotia Investments lost $ to close at $23.50

Scotia Investments lost $ to close at $23.50

Scotia Group contributing 500 shares trading at 1 cent to close at $20.80 and Scotia Investments concluding trading with 1,200 shares and lost $4 less to close at $23.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,770,782 units and lost 4 cents to $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference shares traded 489,374 units at $2.

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6 stocks up 7 down on JSE Tuesday

March 10, 2015 by

Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 7 declining as only 20 securities changed hands, ending in 2,017,463 units trading, valued at only $10,345,649, in all market segments.
JSe sum 10-3-15strong> Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 584.74 points to 82,117.46, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 653.76 points to close at 90,529.43 and the JSE combined index declined 580.75 points to close at 83,824.93.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy ending with 45,972 shares, gained 6 cents to $61.06, Jamaica Broilers closing with 88,054 shares changing hands, 1 cent higher to $4.01. Mayberry Investments concluding trading with 51,020 shares while gaining 14 cents, to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 and Sagicor Group trading 118,785 units to close with a gain of 9 cents at $10.50.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Ciboney concluding trading with only 2,400 shares at 7 cents, Desnoes & Geddes had 13,346 shares changing hands at $5.15. There was dealing in 1,100 Hardware & Lumber shares, trading at $7.40, Kingston Wharves closing with a mere 300 shares changing hands and ended at $6.40 followed by National Commercial Bank finishing trading with 1,900 shares at $23.50.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finishing with 177,779 units to close lower by 4 cents to 50 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers trading 9,185 ordinary shares and closed with a loss of 4 cents to $7.11, Proven Investments trading with 9,675 and lost 0.49 to 18 US cents, there was dealing in 151,041 Scotia Group shares with a loss of $1.19 to $20.81.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trade 394,300 shares close at $2.

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Low trading on JSE Monday

March 9, 2015 by

Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was moderate, resulting in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 4 declining as only 14 securities changed hands, ending in 2,002,875 units trading, valued at $10,729,312 in all market segments. Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 314.15 points to 82,702.20, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 351.23 points to close at 91,183.19 and the JSE combined index gained 329.13 points to close at 84,405.68.
JSE sum 9-3-15 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator is indicating a sideward movement for the market, with 8 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 309,275 ordinary shares changing hands, closing higher by 15 cents at $7.15. Radio Jamaica in conducting trading with 7,025 shares, gained 1 cent to $1.38, Sagicor Group while exchanging 519,047 shares ended gaining 10 cents to close at $10.41 and Scotia Group had dealing in 24,576 shares and added $1 in closing at $22.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Barita Investments in trading 2,159 shares closed at $2.25, Caribbean Cement trading 8,900 shares ended at $2.31 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund in dealing with 7,220 shares closed at $6.70.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finishing with 701,220 units to close lower by 1 cent to 54 cents, Grace Kennedy closing with 2,400 units as the price slipped $1 $61, Jamaica Broilers ending trading with 288,969 shares and lost 5 cents to $4 and Mayberry Investments concluded trading with 1,470 shares and suffered a loss of 13 cents to $2.36.

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Only 14 stocks trade on Monday

March 9, 2015 by

JSE cl 9-3-15There not a great deal of activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on the first trading of the week. When the market closed a mere 2,002,875 valued at just $10,729,312 changed hands. Five securities account for the bulk of the stocks trading. The all Jamaica Composite index put on 351.23 to end at 91,183.19 and the JSE Index added 314.15 points to end at 82,702.20. Scotia Group closed at $22 after adding $1 and Grace Kennedy lost $1 to end at $61.

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Market falls as PanJam trades 24m shares

March 6, 2015 by

Pan Jam traded 24.4m shares on Friday

Pan Jam traded 24.4m shares on Friday

Pan Jamaican Investment traded 24,401,900 for $1.3 billion but the stock price closed the day lower than the opening. Elsewhere in Friday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 4 stocks rising, 11 declining as 20 securities changed hands, ending in 27,214,924 units trading, valued at $1,313,031,854, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dropped 1,695.24 points to 82,388.05, the JSE All Jamaican composite index dived 1,895.35 points to close at 90,831.96 and the JSE combined index sank by 1,641.84 points to close at 84,076.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and stocks with offers that were lower.
Mayberry closed at a new 52 weeks' high on Friday

Mayberry closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Friday

Gains| Stocks gaining with the last traded prices at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finishing with 185,369 ordinary shares changing hands to close higher by 10 cents at $7, Mayberry Investments ending with 4,040 shares changing hands for 13 cents higher, to a new 52 weeks high of $2.49 and Sagicor Group closing with 448,460 shares trading 1 cent up to $10.31.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints while exchanged 7,899 shares close at $1.55, there was dealing in 247,770 Cable & Wireless shares at 55 cents, Grace Kennedy had 3,288 shares changing hands $62 and Jamaica Producers closed with 25,000 shares to close at $17.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 8,436 units to close lower by 1 cent at $2.31, Carreras finishing with 5,487 units as the price slipped 99 cents to $43.51, Desnoes & Geddes closed with 129,689 shares trading lower for 5 cents to $5.15. Jamaica Broilers concluding trading with 122,853 shares traded with a loss of 2 cents to $4.05, National Commercial Bank in trading 31,153 shares closed with a loss of $2 to $23.50, the stock closed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange with a bid of $1.35 to buy 171,500 shares with no stock on offer. JSE sum 6-3-15In Jamaica there are only 4 offers totalling 109,000 units between $25.50 and $33 with only one offer of significance at 103,873 at $30. Pan Jamaican Investment finished trading with 24,401,900 units to fall 80 cents to $53.20, there was dealing in 94,545 units in Scotia Group with a decline of $1.39 to end at $21 after the banking group issued first quarter results that were down from the previous year’s results. Seprod contributed 48,719 and lost $1.10 to $11.90 and Supreme Ventures concluded trading with 1,065,614 shares traded with a loss of 4 cents to $2.27.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 260,600 shares to end at $3.04, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 24,000 units to close at $2.

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JSE closes week on the down

March 6, 2015 by

JSE cl chrt 6-3-15The all Jamaica composite index shed 1,895.35 to end the week at 90,831.96 and the JSE index lost 1,695.24 to end at 82,388.05 after National Commercial Bank closed at $23.50 down $2 and Scotia Group slipped by $1.39 to $21 contributed most to the decline. Scotia that release results after trading on Thursday reported lower profits in the quarter to January with profit of $1.45 billion versus $2.1 billion in 2014.

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