Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dipped sharply on Thursday with very moderate volume and closed with 10 stocks changing hands compared to 13 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with 32,776 units valued at $570,141 changing hands, compared to 84,825 shares valued at $1,022,125 on Wednesday, with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 3 unchanged.
The Composite Index declined 0.04 points to 1,205.28 points, the All T & T Index lost 0.01 point to 1,832.84 points with its year to date loss at 5.94 percent. The Cross Listed Index down 0.01 point to 77.20 points with year to date gains of 55.93 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent, closing trading at 89 cents with 939 shares changing hands and Trinidad Cement closed 2 cents higher at $4.10 with 4,094 shares being exchanged.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 1 cent to close at $22.60 with 10,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy was down 2 cents, closing trading at $2.69 with 890 shares changing owners.
Scotiabank fell 87 cents to $58.78 with an exchange of only 239 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading at $21.50, losing 46 cents with 13,201 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 2 cents to close at $126.95 with a mere 100 shares switching owners.
Firm Trades | Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with an exchange of 37 shares, National Commercial Bank, with 1,286 shares changing hands, closed at $2.87 and Point Lisas with 1,990 shares being traded, closed at $3.70.
Only 33,000 shares trade Thursday on TTSE
Jamaican stocks sit below 201K at close
Grace Kennedy dropped $3.99 on Thursday.
Market activity ended with 43 securities changing hands with the prices of 21 stocks ended with gains while 11 declined in the overall market, including 10 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
At the close, the All Jamaica Composite Index dropped 96.28 points to end at 200,516.86, the index recorded gains of 20 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index fell 16.65 points to finish at 183,671.40. The JSE combined index climbed 803.25 points to end at 196,077.05, with a gain for the year to date of 24 percent.
At the close with 4,593,992 units valued at $80,066,072 changed hands, compared to 9,349,308 units valued at $92,313,081 changing hands on Wednesday. Of the stocks traded, the junior market accounted for 1,222,548 units changing hands, valued at $5,774,823.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 140,477 shares compared to an average of 363,465 units traded on Wednesday with the average for the month to date being 122,285 units compared to 245,763 units for the month up to Wednesday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.In market activity, Berger Paints traded 5,759 shares and gained 10 cents to end at $5.70, Cable & Wireless had 55,800 units trading at 85 cents, Caribbean Cement rose 99 cents in trading 2,832 shares, to close at $35, Carreras exchanged 6,435 shares at $66, Grace Kennedy dropped $3.99 while trading1,148,193 shares to close at $37. Jamaica Broilers ended trading with 7,919 units with a loss of 30 cents at $14.20, Jamaica Producers closed at $9.24 with 26,986 shares changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 61,065 shares, to end with a rise of 14 cents at $5.60, JMMB Group traded 126,336 shares and rose 35 cents to close at $13.85. Mayberry Investments ended trading 70,500 shares, to close with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, National Commercial Bank shed 50 cents and ended at $49 with 67,996 shares changing hands, PANJAM Investment rose 50 cents, while trading 35,474 shares to close at $25.50,
Sagicor Group closed with 19,676 shares changing hands to end 30 cents higher at $27.30. Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed 66 cents in traded 585,107 units at $10.90, Scotia Group gained 43 cents, with 91,989 shares changing hands, to close at $34, Scotia Investments dropped $3 with 100,320 units changing hands to close at $30, Seprod fell 20 cents to end at $29.80 with 4,238 units changing hands. Supreme Ventures rose 10 cents to end at $4.80, with 32,105 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 431,064 units at 20.5 US cents, JMMB Group 7.5% preference closed at $1.06 with 486,000 units.
Record close for junior stocks – Thursday
The junior market surged sharply on Thursday, by 79.65 points end at a record closing high of 2,505.83, to be up a strong 40 percent, for the year to date, on increased trading activity from Wednesday’s levels.
At the close, the prices of 10 stocks rose and 3 declined with 19 securities trading, compared to 13 trading on Wednesday. The volume of stocks traded jumped on Thursday by 365 percent, from Wednesday’s level, ending with 1,222,548 units changing hands, valued at $5,774,823, up 368 percent from $1,233,984 on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 9 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 5 ending with lower offers.
An average of 20,207 units with an average value of $94,922 units with an average value of $303,938 traded, compared to 20,207 units with an average value of $94,922 on the preceding trading day. The average for December to date is 100,614 units, at an average of $462,581. The average for December to Wednesday is 104,241 units, at an average of $478,446. November ended with an average of 109,679 units with an average value of $607,092.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging jumped $3 in exchanging 7,999 shares at $21.50 as investors responded to an announcement by the company, of an approval by the Directors, for each ordinary share of the company be subdivided into five units. If approved at the Annual General Meeting to be held in January, the issued capital of the company will move from 102,378,857 shares to 511,894,285.
Caribbean Producers closed with 68,285 shares changing hands at $3.20, Consolidated Bakeries rose 16 cents in trading 60,000 shares to close at $1.85, C2W Music inched up 5 cents with 2,000 units changing hands to close at 35 cents, Derrimon Trading exchanged 5,000 shares and closed at $3.70. Dolphin Cove with 200 units changing hands closed at $15. General Accident traded 16,492 shares but fell 15 cents to close at $3, Honey Bun had 12,300 shares changing hands to close at $6 after rising 40 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 1,000 shares at $4.15, Jamaican Teas gained 14 cents to end at $4.25 with 16,000 shares.
Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 2,290 units, with a loss of 1 cent to end at $5.88, Key Insurance traded 4,193 units to close at $3, KLE Group ended at $1.95 with 500 shares changing hands after rising by 10 cents, Lasco Distributors had 10,000 shares trading with a rise of 30 cents to close at $6.80. Lasco Financial ended with 15,000 shares changing hands at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $4.99 with a rise of 29 cents after 964,839 shares changed hands, Medical Disposables traded 700, shares with a rise of 50 cents to close at $4.20. Paramount Trading lost 20 cents with 34,283 units changing hands to close at $3 and Eppley 10% preference share traded 667 units with a rise of 65 cents to a new high of $6.75.
JSE jumps in early trading – Thursday
Thee Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered sharp declines on Wednesday but has made a big reversal in the early morning session of trading on Thursday morning.
Market activity has been moderate resulting in of 34 securities traded at 11:15 am, compared to 22 on Wednesday at 10:45 am. 13 stocks advanced and 8 declined, resulting in a volume of 914,337 shares changing hands carrying a value of $10,866,734, compared 5,696,036 shares changing hands carrying a value of $12,516,863. The average number of shares traded, amount to 26,892 units versus mere 258,911 units on Wednesday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 544.89 points to 201,157.03 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dipped 487.23 points to 184,175.28, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 965.44 points to close at 196,239.24 and the junior market index jumped 49.97 points to end at 2,476.15.
The all Jamaica Index gained more than 1,000 points prior to the cut off of this report before it pulled back to the lower level.
Scotia Invest at new high
Scotia Investments closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on TTSE.
Trading ended with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 7 unchanged and ended with 84,825 units valued at $1,022,125 compared to Tuesday’s 31,912 shares valued at $644,182.
The Composite Index declined 0.50 points to 1,205.32 points, the All T & T Index lost 1.13 points to 1,832.85 points with its year to date loss at 5.94 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.02 points to 77.21 points with year to date gains of 55.95 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotia Investments gained 3 cents to close trading at a 52-week high of $2 with 500 shares changing hands, and Scotiabank closed at $59.65, an 89 cents increase with 1,835 shares being exchanged.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent to close at $34.91 with 1,010 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $108.45, a loss of 1 cent with 1,000 shares changing owners. Trinidad & Tobago NGL was down 3 cents,
closing trading at $21.97 with an exchange of 5,059 shares and West Indian Tobacco also lost 3 cents to close at $126.97 with 1,000 shares changing ownership.Firm Trades | Clico Investments closed at $22.61 with an exchange of 10 shares, Guardian Holdings, with 3,000 shares changing hands, closed at $12.65, JMMB Group was unchanged at 88 cents with 19,061 shares changing owners, Massy Holdings held firm at $51 with 5,584 shares being exchanged. National Enterprises closed at $10.65 with 472 shares changing hands, Point Lisas with a mere 10 shares being traded, closed at $3.70 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.08 with 46,284 shares switching owners.
Jamaican stocks sink below 201k at close
At the close of trading on Wednesday, the Jamaica Stock Exchange broke back below the 201,000 level with the All Jamaica Composite Index ending with just over 1,000 points. Market activity ended with 38 securities changing hands with the prices of 12 stocks ended with gains while 13 declined in the overall market, including 2 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,074.66 points to end at 200,612.14, the index recorded gains of 20.5 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index fell 960.94 points to finish at 183,688.05. The JSE combined index dived 1,499.63 points to end at 195,273.80, with a gain for the year to date of 24.3 percent.
At the close with 9,349,308 units valued at $92,313,081 changed hands, compared to 2,284,709 units valued at $18,900,534 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 262,692 units changing hands, valued at $1,233,984 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 363,465 shares compared to an average of 80,125 units traded on Tuesday with the average for the month to date being 245,763 units compared to 104,093 units for the month up to Tuesday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 16 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless gained 3 cents in trading 39,312 units at 85 cents, Caribbean Cement lost $2 in trading 140,565 shares, to close at $34.01, Carreras exchanged 10,411 shares at $66, Grace Kennedy traded 2,260 shares to close with a loss of 1 cent at $40.99. Jamaica Broilers ended trading with 17,277 units with a loss of 15 cents at $14.50, Jamaica Producers closed at $9.24 with 95,464 shares changing hands, after gaining 4 cents. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 38,460 shares, to end with a rise of 4 cents at $5.46, JMMB Group traded 13,641 shares and rose 95 cents to close at $13.50. Mayberry Investments ended trading 46,040 shares, to close with a loss of 50 cents at $5, National Commercial Bank climbed 50 cents and ended at $49.50 with 763,302 shares changing hands, PANJAM Investment jumped by $1, trading 85,830 shares to close at $25.50, Portland JSX traded 49,987 units at $11. Radio Jamaica traded 244,523 units while falling 3 cents to close at $1.20, Sagicor Group closed with 833,053 shares changing hands to end at $27, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 99,591 units at $10.24, Scotia Group shed 53 cents, with 57,089 shares changing hands, to close at $33.57. Seprod jumped $1.68 and ended at $30 with 6,805 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 1 cents and ended at $4.70, with 610,614 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 213,321 units at 20 US cents, JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 15,000 shares at $1.10, the 7.5 percent instrument closed at $1.06 with 5,647,905 units and Proven 8% Preference share traded 40,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95.
More gains for Jamaican$ on Wednesday
The Jamaican dollar made more gains against the US dollar and the euro in foreign exchange trading on Wednesday, following gains made on Tuesday but lost value against the British pound and the Canadian dollar. At the close of the market, dealers bought the equivalent of US$58,868,333 of all currencies and sold US$36,828,727, compared to US$57,996,882 purchased and US$49,187,617 sold on Tuesday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$50,506,344 compared to US$53,844,073 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 10 cents to $128.22. A total of US$30,039,107 was sold versus US$47,268,489 on Tuesday, with the selling rate slipping by 6 cents to $128.64.
The Canadian dollar buying rate gained $2.91 to $97.55, with dealers buying C$7,270,007 and selling C$6,871,594 at an average rate that climbed $1.12 to finish at $98.03. The average rate for buying the British Pound slipped 26 cents to $159.97 for the purchase of £2,209,920 while £1,156,688 was sold with a rise of 80 cents to end at $162.92.
At the end of trading on Wednesday, dealers sold €66,011 with the selling rate for the Euro, closing with a fall of 27 cents to $135.88, according to data from Bank of Jamaica. Dealers purchased €63,330 of the European common currency at $132.18 after rising 27 cents. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$8,283 being bought and selling of US$18,267.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates for the regularly traded foreign currencies on Wednesday, include a jump of $2.80 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar to end at $99.73. The highest buying rate for the Euro dropped $3 to $134.50 and the lowest buying rate for the jumped $6.65 to $117.04.
Junior market drops sharply – Wednesday
The junior market dropped sharply on Wednesday, by 59.20 points close at 2,426.18 to be up 35 percent for the year to date with reduced volume from Tuesday’s levels.
At the close the prices of 2 stocks rose and 5 declined with 13 securities trading, compared to 14 on Tuesday. The volume of stocks traded dipped on Wednesday by 27 percent, from Tuesday’s level, ending with 262,692 units changing hands, valued at $1,233,984, down 30 percent from $1,755,268 on Tuesday.
Market activities ended with 11 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 5 ending with lower offers.
An average of 20,207 units with an average value of $94,922 traded, compared to 25,837 units with an average value of $125,376 on the preceding trading day. The average for December to date is 104,241 units, at an average of $478,446. The average for December to Tuesday is 113,578 units, at an average of $521,060. November ended with an average of 109,679 units with an average value of $607,092.
In trading activity, Cargo Handlers traded 17,225 shares and fell 24 cents to close at $13.01, Caribbean Cream jumped 45 cents to $7.95 with 3,000 shares being exchanged, Caribbean Producers shed 5 cents with 20,000 shares changing hands at $3.20, Derrimon Trading exchanged 1,000 shares and closed at $3.70 after dropping $1.18. Dolphin Cove fell 20 cents with 1,784 units changing hands to close at $15,
Honey Bun had 48,040 shares changing hands to close at $5.60. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 200 units to end at $5.89, Key Insurance traded 13,157 units to close with a rise of 50 cents at $3, Lasco Distributors had 4,200 shares trading with a loss of 30 cents to close at $6.50. Lasco Financial ended with 31,270 shares changing hands at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $4.70 with 30,929 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading lost 18 cents with 87,937 units changing hands to close at $3.20 and Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 3,950 units at $6.18.
Jamaican stocks in big fall
Thee Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered declines across the board in the early morning session of trading.
Market activity has been moderate resulting in of 22 securities traded at 11 am, compared to 23 on at Tuesday, 5 stocks advanced and 10 declined, resulting in a volume of 5,696,036 shares changing hands carrying a value of $12,516,863, compared 469,127 shares changing hands carrying a value of $3,783,871. The average number of shares traded, amount to 258,911 units versus mere 20,397 units on Tuesday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 527.37 points to 201,159.43 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dipped 471.56 points to 184,177.43, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index declined 1,053.43 points to close at 195,719.62 and the junior market index dropped 59.98 points to end at 2,425.40.
Main Event Entertainment set for junior market
It now appears that the junior market is again open for business, well sort of. Attracted by the tax free status, junior listings received, the planned phasing out of the tax free element, resulted in the last listing taking place in March this year, just days before the tax break for new listings was to have ended.
The new government elected in February, promised full restoration of the tax status. The senate recently passed legislation allowing for special tax regime for junior market listed companies to continue, opening up the market place for unleashing a new wave of listings.
Come Friday, Mayberry Investments officially launches their latest IPO with an Investor briefing for Main Event Entertainment Group, a unique company that is in the business of management. The business is that of event management, production, promotions, and digital signage. More specifically they provide event management, production, audio, video, lighting, staging, roofing, power supply, digital signage and management, concept development, creative development, infrastructural build-outs.
The principals include Solomon Sharpe CEO and formerly of Desnoes and Geddes, Richard Bair, Chief Operating Officer, formerly employed at Porter Brothers and Donna Waithe, Director HR and Administration with 23 years of experience in the aviation sector at Air Jamaica. The company was established 2004 and employs between 51 to 200 full time and part time employees.
