Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising and 7 declining as 24 securities changed hands, ending in 13,351,835 units trading, valued at $51,923,241, 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 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 15 points to 74,547.05, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 16.77 points to close at 82,065.27 and the JSE combined index gained 20.59 points to close at 76,494.36.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless that concluded trading with 5,523,062 shares while gaining 1 cent to 44 cent, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with 30,061 shares, with the price rising 8 cents to $4.10. Scotia Group ended trading with 254,039 shares, with an increase of 5 cents to $19.55, Seprod closed with 18,854 shares as the price climbed 30 cents to $11.80 and Supreme Ventures finished trading with 43,500 shares changing hands, to close 4 cents higher at $1.80.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Caribbean Cement that had 138,200 shares changing hands to close at $2.40, Jamaica Money Market Brokers exchanged 30,232 ordinary shares at $7, Jamaica Stock Exchange contributed 200,000 shares in trading at $1.55. Kingston Wharves ended trading with only 350 units at $6, Mayberry Investments had 114,164 units to close $1.50, Proven Investments ended with 9,762 shares at 17.30 US cents.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras ended with 157,195 units as the price slipped 50 cents to $36.50, Desnoes & Geddes closed with 32,446 shares trading 2 cents lower at $4.83. Grace Kennedy finished with 122,717 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $60, National Commercial Bank had 1,271,881 shares changing hands to close 40 cents lower at $18.85 and Sagicor Group concluded trading with 4,000 shares changing hands to close at 11 cents lower to $9.88.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 31,380 shares at $3.
7 stocks gained & 7 declined on JSE
NCB & Carreras dominant on JSE
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, on Wednesday was extend by an hour, to close at 2 PM, instead of the usual 1 PM close, problem with the stock exchange computer system, prevented some brokers from logging on to the system during the regular hours, hence the extension.
At the conclusion of trading the prices of 8 stocks rising and 6 declining as 25 securities changed hands, ending in 6,166,523 units trading, valued at $52,443,460, in all market segments. Of the total amount traded Carreras and National Commercial Bank that reported improved results for the period to September this over 2013 had $26,045,350 and $18,446,572 being invested in their stocks respectively.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 475.78 points to 74,488.38, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 531.99 points to close at 81,999.67 and the JSE combined index gained 506.05 by points to close at 76,389.41.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finished trading with 2,623,534 shares to close with an 8 cents gain to 50 Cents, Carreras concluded trading with 723,500 shares, and climbed $1 to $36, Desnoes & Geddes exchanged 29,700 shares to gain 5 cents at $4.90, Jamaica Broilers dealt in 34,809 shares as the price ended at 1 cents up to $4.01. Jamaica Money Market Brokers contributed 4,534 ordinary shares with the price moving 3 cents higher at $6.60 and National Commercial Bank finished trading with 969,173 shares, to end with an increase of 54 cents at $19.05.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Ciboney with 1,600 shares changing hands, closed at 7 cents, Hardware & Lumber concluded trading with 9,100 shares, at $6.50. Mayberry Investments finished trading with 258,123 shares changing hands at $1.50, Radio Jamaica with 6,005 shares changing hands, ended at $1.18 and Supreme Ventures ended trading, with only 1,900 shares, at $1.76.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Gleaner closing with 10,000 units, the price slipped 5 cents to a new l52 weeks’ low $1. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with 10,000 shares trading, 29 cents lower to an all-time low of $1.55, Pan Jamaican Investment with 2,155 shares trading, lost 1 cent to end at $50.26, Scotia Group finished trading with 60,649 shares changing hands, 22 cents down, at $19.40 and Seprod shed 38 cents in trading 273,005 units, to close at $11.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 34,600 units at $3.
8 up 9 down on JSE
Tuesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 8 stocks rising and 9 declining as 27 securities changed hands, ending in 4,235,650 units trading, valued at $51,526,408, 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 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 194.52 points to 74,012.60, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 217.50 points to close at 81,467.68 and the JSE combined index dropped 146.86 points to close at 75,883.36.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, finishing trading with 50,000 ordinary shares, 7 cents higher at $6.57. National Commercial Bank finished trading with 49,500 shares while gaining 1 cent to $18.51, Pan Jamaican Investment saw trading in 4,039 units, to close with a gain of 1 cent to $50.27, Scotia Group 108,965 shares traded at 22 cents higher to close at $19.62 and Supreme Ventures with 74,000 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent to $1.76.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Gleaner with 110 shares at $1.05, Jamaica Broilers closing with 501,266 shares changing hands at $4, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with 5,000 shares at $15.50. Kingston Wharves had 4,285 shares changing hands $6, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 74,610 shares changing hands to close at $1.50 and Scotia Investments closed with 30,000 shares at $22.51.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless finished trading with 1,670,678 units and fell 7 cents to 42 cents, Caribbean Cement concluded trading with 10,728 units with a decline of 1 cent to $2.40, Carreras exchanged 1,128,573 shares in trading, with a loss of $2 to close at $35, for Desnoes & Geddes there was dealing in 145,000 units, to close with a 5 cents fall to $4.85. Grace Kennedy contributed just 1,520 shares to trading but lost of 50 cents to end at $60.50, Palace Amusement concluded trading with 100 units to fall $13 to a 52 weeks’ low of $77, Proven Investments exchanged 80,033 units with a decline of 0.49 cent to 17.5 US cents and Sagicor Group ended trading with 145,000 units, with a decline of 1 cent to $9.99.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded with 155 units changing hands with a gain of 1 cent to $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% finished trading with 14,500 shares trading at $2.
C&W & declining stocks dominate
Thursday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising and 7 declining, as 19 securities changed hands, ending in 10,308,932 units trading, valued at $11,431,758, in all market segments. Cable & Wireless, continuing to trade in higher than normal volumes this year, accounted for 9.77 million of the volume.
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 6 stocks with offers that were lower, a neutral situation.
Main Market indices| The JSE Market Index gained 153.62 points to 73,236.56, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 171.76 points to close at 80,599.95 and the JSE combined index gained 115.71 points to close at 75,056.62.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras finishing trading with 66,822 shares changing hands, to gain 55 cents at $35.55, Desnoes & Geddes concluded trading with 60,000 shares, 3 cents higher to $4.95, National Commercial Bank ended with 30,960 shares while gaining 10 cents to $17.11, Sagicor Group closed with 10,233 units with a gain of 20 cents to $9.80 and Seprod finished trading with 16,528 units, the price rose 63 cents to $11.88.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints having 6,363 shares changing hands, to close at $1.60, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 5,000 shares at $62, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 27,954 shares at $4, Radio Jamaica contributed 5,478 shares, in trading at $1.18 and Supreme Ventures ended trading with 3,000 shares at $1.75.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless ending with 9,771,352 units, trading between 60 cents and 50 cents, at the close the price slipped 1 cent to 50 cents, as selling increased from Wednesday. The stock traded mostly above 56 cents, but traded 476,700 units at 51 cents and 445,000 units at 50 cents less than 2 minutes from the close, to pull the price down and the end.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers ordinary share, closed with 101,200 units trading to fall 20 cents to $6.80, Jamaica Producers finished with 2,000 shares, loss 1 cent to $15.50 and Scotia Group ended trading with 36,844 units to fall 57 cents to $19.40.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share had 66,000 units changing hands at $3.
Carreras, C&W and Grace dominate JSE
With technical indicators pointing to growth ahead, in the prices main market stocks, trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, showed signs of trading picking up, in keeping with what has been known, as the usual year-end rally.
The three main trades today are Cable & Wireless with nearly 23 million shares, in 95 trades, Carreras with 1.7 million shares in 22 trades and Grace with 1.3 million shares with only 3 trades.
At the close, the prices of 5 stocks rose and 5 declined, as 18 securities changed hands, ending in 26,947,786 units trading, valued at $158,583,174, 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 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost a mere 9.89 points to 73,082.94, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index slipped 11.05 points to close at 80,428.19 and the JSE combined index declined by 10.68 points to close at 74,940.91.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy trading 1,314,690 shares while gaining $3.90 to end at $62 for total consideration of $480,860,780, Kingston Wharves closed with 500 units to close with a gain of 11 cents to $5.41, National Commercial Bank finished trading with 28,822 shares, rising 1 cent to $17.01, Scotia Group saw trading in 2,990 units and put on 22 cents, to $19.97 and Scotia Investments ended with 32,000 shares trading 49 cents higher to $22.
Firm| Stocks in the main market closing without a change in the last traded prices are, Desnoes & Geddes that had 126,100 shares changing hands at $4.92, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading with 81,800 shares, trading at $4, Jamaica Money Market Brokers exchanged 518,134 ordinary shares at $7, Mayberry Investments ended trading in 96,890 shares at $1.50, Pan Jamaican Investment finished trading with 865 shares changing hands at $50.15 and Supreme Ventures finished trading with 2,000 shares at $1.75.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless closing with 22,917,657 shares trading, 1 cent lower at 53 cents, after opening at 64 cents, Carreras finished with 1,665,948 shares valued at $58,334,031 with a loss of 99 cents to $35, Proven Investments with 12,870 units, declined 0.01 cent to 17.99 US cents and Sagicor Group finished trading with 54,130 units, and declined by 5 cents to $9.60.
C&W jumps 28% more gains ahead
In Monday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Cable & Wireless traded just 25,000 shares at 41 cents, the highest price the stock could trade at for the day as it gained 28 percent form the last traded price of 32 cents that it traded on Thursday. At the close the bid was at 47 cents with buying for 1,391,360 shares. Just below the highest bids are 7.92 million units on the bid at 41 cents. Supplies that were offered a 50 cents were pulled shortly before trading closed, leaving offers at 60 cents, but the stock cannot trade above 54 cents, on Tuesday.
Trading resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising and 3 declining as 24 securities changed hands, ending in 2,567,049 units trading, valued at $7,942,673, 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 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 185.93 points to 72,656.95, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 207.8 points to close at 79,951.87 and the JSE combined index gained declined by 169.98 points to close at 74,491.53.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless closed with 25,000 shares changing hands 9 cents higher at 41 cents, Desnoes & Geddes exchanged 9,420 shares while gaining 35 cents higher at $4.95, Pan Jamaican Investment contributed just 1,545 shares traded 50 cents higher at $50 and Scotia Group ended trading with 101,774 units and put on 17 cents to $19.77.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Gleaner saw trading in 1,550,630 shares at $1.05, Grace Kennedy ended with 500 units to close at $60, Jamaica Money Market Brokers closed with 47,800 ordinary shares at $7, Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading with 792 shares to end at $1.84, Proven Investments contributed 17,000 shares to end at 18 US cents, Sagicor Group ended trading with 24,545 shares at $9.65, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with 33,650 shares changing hands ended at $6.60 and Supreme Ventures closed with 77,202 shares trading at $1.73.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Ciboney finished trading with 3,000 units to fall 1 cent to 7 cents and Mayberry Investments exchanged 209,025 shares traded with a loss of 1 cent to $1.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share finished trading with 193,450 units at $3.
8 up & 9 JSE stocks down Wednesday
Wednesday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 8 stocks rising and 9 declining as 24 securities changed hands, ending in 1,412,626 units trading, valued at $4,275,609, 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 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 91.59 points to 71,657.61, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 102.42 points to close at 78,834.46 and the JSE combined index gained 91.20 points to close at 73,547.09.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 62,500 shares changing hands, closed 20 cents higher at $2.40, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 12,260 shares, 1 cents higher at $4.16, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 214 ordinary shares trading, rose 5 cents rise to $7.05, National Commercial Bank saw trading in 19,401 shares as the price ended with a 40 cents gain, to $17.95, Radio Jamaica 27,916 shares ended with the price rising 5 cents to $1.20 and Sagicor Group had 32,554 shares changing hands 5 cents higher at $9.65.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded price are, Carreras with 4,520 shares and closed at $34.60, Mayberry Investments had 2,040 shares trading to end at $1.40, Salada Foods had 20,000 shares trading to close at $7.85, Scotia Group with 21,100 shares changing hands ended at $19.11 and Seprod closed with 114,269 shares at $11.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 174,393 shares, closing a cent lower at 28 cents, Desnoes & Geddes with 50,000 shares, lost 18 cents to $4.80, Gleaner closed with 13,994 units changing hands, 5 cents lower at $1.05, Grace Kennedy with only 240 units, ended down 76 cents to $57.24, Pan Jamaican Investment had only 1,000 active shares, but lost 15 cents to end at $49.05 and Supreme Ventures ended with 3,500 units with a loss of 2 cents at $1.70.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 83,412 units at $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% preference share traded a mere 970 shares, closed with a cent loss, at $2.49.
Trading picks up 12 stocks rise
Grace gained $1.34 to close at $57.95 on Friday
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower, suggesting fluidity in price movements in the short term.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 114.23 points to 71,665.90, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 127.73 points to close at 78,843.73 and the JSE combined index was up by only 45.79 points, to close at 73,567.74 as the junior market index fell.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 105,570 shares trading, rose 16 cents to $34.50, Caribbean Cement with 1,500 shares, closed 7 cents higher at $2.20, Gleaner had 3,900 shares changing hands, 5 cents greater at $1.10, Grace Kennedy put through 2,900 units with a gain of $1.34 to $57.95, Mayberry Investments with 2,453,103 shares, was up 4 cents at $1.40, Pan Jamaican Investment closed higher at $50 with 69,616 units, to gain 90 cents, Sagicor Real Estate Fund 7,800 shares traded 40 cents up to $7, Seprod had 50,000 units being active and added 5 cents to $11 and Supreme Ventures had only 2,000 shares changing hands, 12 cents higher at $1.72.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless having 38,861 shares changing hands at 29 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 25,300 ordinary shares, closed at $7, Kingston Wharves with 450 shares, ended at $5.50, Proven Investments traded 24,460 ordinary shares and ended at 18 US cents and Scotia Group with 22,534 shares closed at $19.50.Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the close of the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes trading 5,570,641 shares at $4.70, after slipping 9 cents, National Commercial Bank saw trading in 45,159 shares as the price ended 19 cents down at $17.80 and Sagicor Group with 465,779 units, fell 5 cents to close at $9.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 2,332,279 units 2 cents up to $3, the Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 718,300 units at $2, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share traded 200 units at $1,006.10 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 1,800 units at $5.
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Below par post-holiday trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange reopened Tuesday after closing for Monday’s holiday, with very moderate activity. The prices of 3 stocks rose and 4 declined as only 11 securities changed hands, culminating in 846,609 units trading, valued at $3,351,888, 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 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 348.36 points to 71,884.55 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined 389.52 points to close at 79,088.20.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 34,000 shares to close 9 cents higher to $34.99 and Sagicor Group had 66,000 shares changing hands to gain 11 cents, to close at $9.51, after it traded as high as $9.70.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Grace Kennedy with 7,058 units closed at $58 and Radio Jamaica that ended trading with 39,000 shares at $1.15.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 51,300 shares at 28 cents after falling a cent, National Commercial Bank saw trading in 40,700 shares as the price ended down 24 cents at $17.51 and there was dealing in 7,000 Supreme Ventures shares to close with a 20 cents fall to a new 52 weeks’ low of $1.60.
Preference| Jamaica Money market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 16,926 units at $2.98, while losing a cent.
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.