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JSE US$ Market index rises

May 27, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, US dollar market, had an increased number of stocks changing hands on Wednesday as overall volume and value trading rose.
Market activity resulted in five securities changing hands, with three declining and two remained unchanged. The volume of shares traded was 253,911 units with a value of US$25,811, in contrast to 159,533 units for US$23,544 from three securities changing hands on Monday.
At the close, the market gained 2.96 points to 190.18. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13 times 2020 earnings.
At the close of trading, First Rock Capital lost 1 cent trading 61,000 shares and closed at 8 US cents, Margaritaville Turks exchanged 23,800 shares at 18 US cents, Proven Investments shed half of a cents to end at 22 US cents after transferring 67,884 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 13 US cents, with 1,277 units changing hands and Trans Jamaican lost 0.01 of a cent trading 100,000 shares to end at 0.99 US cents.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

JSE Main Market surges to monthly high

May 26, 2020 by IC Insider.com

After closing on Monday for the Labour day holiday, the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange roar back to life after falling on Friday, with the market indices jumping more than 6,000 points and wiping out Friday’s losses to close at the highest level since the April 22.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 6,794.20 points to 420,824.34, the JSE Market Index climbed 6,322.58 points to 383,687.12 and the JSE Financial Index gained 1.80 points to 100.87.
The market closed with 48 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 15 stocks advancing, 13 declining and 20 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 45 securities accounting for 17,326,841 units valued at $105,645,502, in contrast to 19,035,180 units valued at $127,444,585 from 40 securities on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.55 million shares for 55 percent of total volume followed by Trans Jamaican Highway with 2.9 million units for 17 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.1 million units for 6.3 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 385,041 units at $2,347,678 for each security trading, in contrast to 475,880 units valued at an average of $3,186,115 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 357,768 units valued $2,888,684 for each security changing hands, compared to 356,019 units with an average of $2,925,515. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.7, while the Main Market ended at 15 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Caribbean Cement closed at $52, with gains of $3.60 trading 36,034 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund closed 98 cents higher exchanging 101 units at $37, First Rock Capital gained $1.20 to close $12.35, in transferring 125,317 shares. Grace Kennedy picked up 60 cents to close at $58.60, after swapping 92,756 shares, Jamaica Broilers shed 40 cents trading 31,005 stock units to settle at $26.10, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.50 to $21.50, after swapping 3,786 units. Key Insurance ended 38 cents lower at $5, with an exchange of 10,592 units, Kingston Wharves fell by $3 to $54, in transferring 7,208 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy jumped $25 to $176 while trading 140 units. NCB Financial Group slipped to $147.49, with a loss of 51 cents with 321,990 shares changing hands, 138 Student Living closed 31 cents lower at $6.69, after exchanging 408 units, Palace Amusement declined by $100 to end at $1,200, with a transfer of just 10 units. Proven Investments closed 51 cents lower at $35.99, transferring 12,181 stock units, Sagicor Group rose 80 cents to $45.80, with 36,265 stock units changing hands, Salada Foods advanced by $4 to $30 trading only one unit. Scotia Group fell by $2.21 to $44.79, in transferring 40,568 stock units, Seprod gained $1 to end at $54, in exchanging 36,296 stock units and Supreme Ventures ended 95 cents lower at $15, with 572,803 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living variable rate, stock, lost $1 to end at $5 with 216 shares trading

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

JSE US$ Market slips

May 26, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the US dollar market of Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday, with higher volume and value of stocks changing hands than on Friday, but ended with just three securities switching ownership.
Market activity ended, with the price of one stock rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in the exchange of 159,533 units with a value of US$23,544, in contrast to 57,581 units for US$12,255 from seven securities changing hands on Friday.
At the close, the market fell by 3.17 points to 187.22. The PE ratio of the US dollar market closed with an average of 13.2 times 2020 earnings.
The stocks trading on Tuesday are, Proven Investments shed 0.85 of a cent to close at 22.5 US cents with an exchange of 102,056 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 13 US cents, with 477 units changing hands and Trans Jamaican traded 57,000 shares and gained 0.07 of a cent to end at 1 US cent.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JSE US dollar market, Proven Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway

JSE Main market drops

May 22, 2020 by IC Insider.com

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Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market declined at the close of trading on Friday, with an increased volume of stocks trading, but at a lower value than on Thursday.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 2,739.44 points to 414,030.14, the JSE Market Index dropped 2,589.23 points to 377,364.54 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.66 points to 99.07.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 20 stocks advancing, 16 declining and 11 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 40 securities accounting for 19,035,180 units valued at $127,444,585, in contrast to 11,035,315 units valued $112,835,625 from 41 securities on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.9 million shares for 52 percent of total volume followed by Trans Jamaican Highway with 4.6 million units for 24 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.4 million units for 7 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 475,880 units valued $3,186,115 for each security traded, in contrast to 269,154 units valued at an average of $2,752,088 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 356,019 units valued at $2,925,515 for each security changing hands, compared to 348,777 units with an average of $2,908,729. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.5, while the Main Market ended at 14.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments gained 50 cents trading 7,900 units to end at $51, Caribbean Cement fell $1.10 to $48.40, in exchanging 31,502 stock units, First Rock Capital shed 35 cents transferring 3,450 units to settle at $11.15. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 47 cents lower to finish at $22.50, with 12,637 units changing hands, Key Insurance picked up 88 cents to end at $5.38, after swapping 6,354 units, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.25 to close at $57, after swapping 12,168 units. Mayberry Investments gained 40 cents to close at $6 after exchanging 114,835 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities picked up 60 cents to end at $10, with a transfer of 3,252 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined by $19 trading 511 units and closed at $151. NCB Financial Group advanced $8 to $148, with 494,118 shares changing hands, 138 Student Living closed 75 cents lower at $7, after swapping 88,036 stock units, Palace Amusement clawed back $200 to advance to $1,300, after trading 88 units. Proven Investments climbed $2 to finish at $36.50, with 11,045 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group traded 39,346 stock units at $45, after gaining 40 cents, Scotia Group advanced by $3 to $47, in transferring 155,397 shares. Seprod climbed $2 to $53 exchanging 19,307 units and Wisynco Group ended the day’s trade 32 cents lower at $17.58, in swapping 38,239 stock units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

Trading picks up on JSE US$ market

May 22, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market fell Friday, with shares of seven companies changing hands, up from just two on Thursday, but with higher volume and value.
Market activity ended with prices of two stocks closing up, two falling and three remained unchanged. Investors exchanged 57,581 shares for US$12,255, in contrast to 29,646 units valued at US$6,434, from the trading of just two securities on Thursday.
At the close, the market index lost 0.62 points to end at 190.39 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.1 times 2020 earnings.
At the end of trading, Equityline Mortgage Investments preference share lost half of a cent with 100 units changing hands at $1.95, First Rock Capital gained half a cent in exchanging 850 shares at 8.99 US cents, Margaritaville traded 800 stock units at 18 US cents. Proven Investments exchanged 50,000 shares to end at 23.35 US cents, Sterling Investments added 0.3 of a cent as investors switched ownership of 2,165 units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 13 US cents after exchanging 666 units and Trans Jamaican exchanged 3,000 shares and lost 0.01 of a cent to end at 0.093 of a US cent.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Equityline Mortgage Investments, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JSE US dollar market, Margarataville, Proven Investments, Sterling Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway

JSE Main Market slips on Thursday

May 21, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Jamaica Stock Exchange’s main market lost altitude in Thursday’s trading as declining stocks edged out advancing ones on a day with moderately less volume trading at a higher value than on Wednesday.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 505.76 points to 416,769.58, the JSE Market Index shed 457.79 points to close at 379,953.77 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.99 points to end at 99.73.
The market closed with 43 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 17 stocks advancing, 19 declining and seven securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 11,035,315 units valued $112,835,625, in contrast to 11,610,708 units valued at $178,231,093 from 46 securities on Wednesday.
Trading was more evenly spread among stocks, than for some time and ended, with Wigton Windfarm trading 2.4 million shares for 21.5 percent of total volume. Trans Jamaican Highway followed with 2.05 million units for 18.6 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund, with 2 million units for 18 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 269,154 units of $2,752,088 for each security traded, in contrast to 283,188 units valued at an average of $4,347,100 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 348,777 units valued at $2,908,729 for each security changing hands, compared to 354,034 units with an average value of $2,919,802. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and eight stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.4, while the Main Market ended at 14.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market activity, Barita Investments closed 50 cents lower at $50.50, in exchanging 6,647 units, Caribbean Cement shed 49 cents trading 9,810 units and closed at $49.50, Jamaica Producers fell $1.40 to $20.10, with a transfer of 168,477 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange added $1.07 to end at $22.97, after swapping 66,339 shares, Key Insurance declined to $4.50, with a loss of $1 after exchanging 97,762 shares, Kingston Properties gained 30 cents to finish at $6.30, in transferring 6,000 units. Kingston Wharves climbed $4.25 to $58.25, with 1,327 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments lost 40 cents to close at $5.60 with 30,485 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities exchanged 27,317 stock units after shedding 60 cents to end at $9.40, and is trading at an 11.5 percent premium to the Net Asset Value as of May 18, of J$8.15. Palace Amusement closed $200 lower to $1,100, in trading 81 units, Proven Investments lost 50 cents to settle at $34.50 in swapping 2,417 units, Salada Foods declined to $26, with a loss of $2 after transferring 9,397 units. Scotia Group closed at $44, after losing $1 and exchanging 5,173 units and Sygnus Credit Investments ended the day 90 cents higher at $16, with 4,069 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Properties, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

JSE Main Market jumps – Wednesday

May 20, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market recovered all the losses in the leading indices and more suffered on Tuesday, at the end of trading on Wednesday. At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surging 7,405.57 points to 417,275.34, the JSE Market Index jumping 6,660.37 points to 380,411.56 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.86 points to 100.72.
The market closed with 46 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 15 stocks advancing, 16 declining and 15 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities changing hands accounting for 11,610,708 units valued at $178,231,093, in contrast to 17,254,018 units valued at $121,600,273 from 45 securities on Tuesday.
Trans Jamaican Highway led trading with 4.8 million shares for 41.4 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.4 million units for 11.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 785,416 units for 6.8 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 283,188 units valued $4,347,100 for each security traded, in contrast to 383,423 units valued at an average of $2,702,228 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 354,034 units valued at $2,919,802 for each security changing hands, compared to 359,042 units with an average of $2,811,232. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.4, while the Main Market ended at 14.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Caribbean Cement ended at $49.99, with a loss of $1.51 trading 34,732 stock units, Eppley advanced to $16.99, after climbing $1.49 exchanging 188,437 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund closed $1.37 lower to $36.02, in swapping 905 units. First Rock Capital picked up 50 cents to settle at $11.50, with 500 units changing hands, Jamaica Producers gained 50 cents transferring 262,775 shares and closed at $21.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange advanced $1.10 to $21.90, in trading 29,956 stock units. Key Insurance fell 70 cents to $5.50, with an exchange of 34,397 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 63 cents to end at $10, after swapping 15,664 units, NCB Financial Group declined by $10 to end at $140, after exchanging 397,829 shares. Palace Amusement ended the day’s trade $60 lower at $1,300, in transferring 50 units, Proven Investments fell $1 to $35, with 1,284 units changing hands, Sagicor Group picked up 49 cents to finish at $45.49, in trading 84,426 shares and Scotia Group closed at $45, with gains of $1 exchanging 92,849 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Productive Business Solution, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

JSE US$ market inched higher

May 20, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Volume trading dropped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with less than half of Tuesday’s levels as the number of active companies increased by one, leading to a moderate rise in the market index.
Market activity ended with just five securities changing hands after three stocks rose, one declined and one remained unchanged. Investors exchanged 272,913 units valued at US$53,621, in contrast to 720,104 units at $113,792 from the trading of seven securities on Tuesday.
At the close, the market index gained 3.01 points to 190.58 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 12.9 times 2020 earnings.
At the end of trading, First Rock Capital fell 0.1 of a cent in exchanging 22,118 units at 8.5 US cents, Proven Investments traded 4,172 shares to end at 22.8 US cents. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 12.9 US cents after exchanging 523 units, with a rise of 0.1 of a cent and Trans Jamaican Highway put on 0.1 of a cent to end at 0.99 of a US cent in transferring 200,100 shares. Trading in the preference segment ended with JMMB Group 6% preference shares exchanging 46,000 units after rising 7 cents to close at US$1.06.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Global Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, First Rock Capital, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, JSE US dollar market, Proven Investments, Sygnus Credit Investments, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway

NCB Financial knocks JSE Main Market

May 19, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined on Tuesday as NCB financial dropped from $150 down to a day’s low of $140 and was the main stock that inflicted the bulk of the damage to the market index.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 4,151.98 points to 409,869.77, the JSE Market Index declined by 3,680.65 points to 373,751.19 and the JSE Financial Index shed 2.12 points to close at 98.86.
The market closed with 49 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 20 stocks advancing, 18 declining and 11 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 45 securities accounting for 17,254,018 units valued $121,600,273, in contrast to 20,915,712 units valued at $107,984,225 from 42 securities on Monday.
Trans Jamaican Highway led trading with 8 million shares for 46.4 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 4 million units for 23.4 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 1.5 million units for 8.7 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 383,423 units valued $2,702,228 for each security traded, in contrast to 497,993 units valued at an average of $2,571,053 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 359,042 units priced at $2,811,232 for each security changing hands, compared to 356,991 units with an average value of $2,844,401. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.4, while the Main Market ended at 14.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents to close at $51.50, in transferring 9,923 units, Eppley ended 50 cents higher at $15.50 after exchanging 2,060 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund added $1.89 to finish at $37.39, with 1,532 units changing hands. First Rock Capital closed at $11, with a loss of 40 cents swapping 5,465 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up 80 cents trading 12,496 stock units to close at $20.80. JMMB Group transferred 158,678 shares at $34, after losing 51 cents, Key Insurance fell 80 cents to $6.20, with an exchange of 97,758 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $6.02 to $54 trading 60,956 stock units. Mayberry Investments gained 40 cents to end at $6, in transferring 145,068 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined $5 to end at $170, after exchanging 1,327 units, 138 Student Living gained $1 swapping 108 units and closed at $8. Palace Amusement ended the day $140 lower at $1,360, with 141 units changing hands, PanJam Investment shed 45 cents to settle at $75.75, in trading 9,717 units, Portland JSX picked up 94 cents swapping a mere five units to end at $8.60. Sagicor Group finished 50 cents lower at $45, with an exchange of 80,664 shares, Salada Foods added $1 to end at $28, in transferring 420 units, Scotia Group closed at $44, with a loss of $1 in trading 95,850 shares. Seprod gained 91 cents to reach $51, after exchanging 27,258 stock units, Supreme Ventures advanced $1.99 to $16 with 685,165 shares changing hands, Victoria Mutual Investments gained 31 cents in swapping 18,768 stock units to finish at $7.48 and Wisynco Group rose 30 cents to $18, with 108,499 shares crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 138 Student Living, Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Eppley, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund, First Rock Capital, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, Key Insurance, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, Mayberry Jamaica Equities, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Portland JSX, Proven Investments, QWI Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Sagicor Select Fund, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Stanley Motta, Sterling Investments, Supreme Ventures, Sygnus Credit, Trading Activity, Trans Jamaica Highway, Victoria Mutual Investments, Wigton Windfarm, Wisynco Group

JSE US$ volume doubles

May 19, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Volume trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday with twice that on Monday but with fewer active companies, leaving the market index to continue drifting downwards.
Market activity ended with just four securities changing hands, three declined and one remained unchanged. Investors exchanged 720,104 units valued at over $113,792, in contrast to 355,751 units at US$22,821 from the trading of seven securities on Monday.
At the close, the market index gained 0.47 points to 187.57 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 12.7 times 2020 earnings.
At the end of trading, First Rock Capital fell 0.04 of a cent in exchanging 7,000 units at 8.6 US cents, Proven Investments traded 456,483 shares to end at 22.8 US cents. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 12.9 US cents after exchanging 55,820 units, with a loss of 0.1 of a cent and Trans Jamaican Highway lost 0.1 of a cent to end at 0.92 of a US cent in transferring 200,001 shares. There was no trading in the preference segment.