Net inflows into the foreign exchange market in Jamaica delivered another day of strong surplus of US$6 million on Wednesday. The net inflows did not prevent further slippage in the value of the Jamaican dollar against the main currencies it usually trades against except for the Canadian currency.
At the end of trading, dealers bought US$29,131,694 and sold only US$23,158,962 compared to US$38,392,249 purchased and US$32,810,695 sold on Tuesday, of all currencies.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$26,470,810 compared to US$33,392,630 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 3 cents to close at $127.32. A total of US$21,617,895 was sold versus US$30,026,760 on Tuesday, with the selling rate rising 4 cents to end at $128.11. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $1.85 to $94.17, with dealers buying C$876,284 and selling C$459,094 at an average rate that fell 59 cents to $96.35. The average rate for buying the British Pound rose 32 cents to $163.88 for the purchase of £1,467,810 while £848,877 was sold as the rate jumped $1.41 to end at $166.43.
At the end of trading, dealers sold €72,982 as the selling rate for the Euro, closed at $144.17 for a rise of 71 cents from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica. Dealers purchased €97,926 of the European common currency at $141.30 after falling $1.90 from the rate on Tuesday. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$16,230 being bought and the selling of US$10,872.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, include a rise of $1.90 in the lowest selling rate of the Canadian dollar to end at $93.50. The highest buying rate of the British Pound rose $1.66 to $169, the highest selling rate fell by $1.07 to $172.27 while the lowest selling rate climbed $1.75 to $161.75. Trading in the Euro resulted in a drop of $4.79 in the highest buying rate to end at $141.10 and a fall of $1 in the lowest selling rate to $134.50.
Net FX inflows up by US$6m – Wednesday
Another junior record close – Wednesday
Medical Disposables closed at a new high on Wednesday.
The market closed with 3 stocks rising, while 5 declined out of 13 securities that traded. The junior index gained 4.42 points, to close at a record 2,366.31 and is up 31.9 percent ahead of the close of 2015.
Trading volume and value rose from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 759,344 units changing hands, 54 percent more than on Tuesday, while the value traded climbed by 71 percent to $3,870,697, from $2,264,166 on Tuesday.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $90 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
AMG Packaging lost 1 cent in ending trading at $17.51 with 591 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $25 with 8,500 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 50 cents with 32,400 shares changing hands to close at $9.50, Consolidated Bakeries slipped 5 cents in trading 37,949 shares to close at $2.45. General Accident fell 10 cents and ended at $2.20 with 52,600 shares changing hands,
Honey Bun with 16,248 shares changing hands and closed at $6, Jetcon Corporation had just 30,993 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 5 cents as 130,170 units traded at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 124,025 shares changing hands at $3.05, after declining by 17 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 2 cents and closed at $5 with 252,795 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 44,073 shares to end at a new record high of $4.36 trading as high as $4.60 but gained just 1 cent at the close, Sweet River Abattoir with 24,000 units traded with a rise of 1 cent to end at $3.85 and tTech ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.50.
Net FX inflows up US$5.5m – Tuesday
Net inflows into the foreign exchange market in Jamaica delivered another day of strong surplus of US$5.5 million on Tuesday, leading to gains in the value of the Jamaican dollar against the main currencies it usually trades against except for the United States currency.
At the end of trading, dealers bought US$38,392,249 and sold only US$32,810,695 compared to US$40,421,717 purchased and US$30,050,926 sold on Monday, of all currencies.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$33,392,630 compared to US$36,514,078 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 9 cents to close at $127.35.
A total of US$30,026,760 was sold versus US$27,511,067 on Monday, with the selling rate rising 11 cents to end at $128.07. The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 22 cents to $96.02, with dealers buying C$2,658,342 and selling C$1,994,738 at an average rate that fell 29 cents to $96.94. The average rate for buying the British Pound rose $1.15 to $163.56 for the purchase of £2,171,012 while £826,625 was sold as the rate declined 11 cents to end at $165.02.
At the end of trading, dealers sold €177,149 as the selling rate for the Euro, closed at $143.46 for a fall of $1.99 from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica. Dealers purchased 
€168,789 of the European common currency at $141.30 after jumping $3.25 from the rate on Monday. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$19,806 being bought and the selling of US$10,499.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include a fall of 84 cents in the highest buying rate of the British Pound to $167.34 and a rise of $2 in the lowest selling rate to $160. Trading in the Euro resulted in a rise of 89 cents in the highest buying rate to end at $145.89, a fall of $3.35 in the highest selling rate to $146.50 and a jump of $20.97 in the lowest selling rate to $135.50.
Record close for juniors – Tuesday
Blue Power closed at a new high of $25 on Tuesday.
The market closed with 7 stocks rising, while 5 declined out of 14 securities that traded. The junior index gained 20.94 points, to close at a record 2,361.89 and is up 31.9 percent ahead of the close of 2015.
Trading volume and value dropped sharply from Monday’s levels, ending with 494,666 units valued at units changing hands, 74 percent lower than on Monday, while the value traded dropped by 79 percent to $2,264,166, from $10,709,100 on Monday.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units and at $2.35 compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
AMG Packaging rose 1 cent and ended trading at $17.51 with 10,025 units changing hands, Blue Power climbed to new 52 weeks’ high of $25 with a rise of $4 as only 100 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 20,100 shares changing hands to close at $9.
Caribbean Producers traded 135,746 units to end at $3.30 with the loss of 10 cents, C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 7,539 units changed hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 25 cents in trading 135,825 shares to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $4 with 12,360 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation had just 100 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with 125,554 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 16,097 shares changing hands at $3.22, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $4.98 with 2,278 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 21,442 shares to end at a new record high of $4.35 after gaining 35 cents.
JSE majors retreat on Tuesday
Scotia Group dropped by $1 on the JSE on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, prices of 12 securities gained out of a total of 38 trading, while 15 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 4 falling, in the junior market.
Caribbean Cement was the star performer with a dive of $4.40 to close at $29.50 during the day and closed with 67,176 shares changing hands while Carreras exchanged 1,349,963 shares at $65 with a loss of 25 cents.
At the close 3,375,381 units valued at $114,125,679, changed hands, compared to the 3,502,355 units valued at $25,804,167 changing hands on Monday. The junior market accounted for 494,666 units valued at $2,264,166 of the stocks traded.
The market index ended with sizable losses, with the JSE Market Index all Jamaica Composite Index dropping 1,595.99 points to close at 179,931.64 and the JSE combined index falling 1,108.42 points, to end at 174,438.21.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless fell 5 cents and closed at 90 with 42,413 units changing hands. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents and closed with 16,908 shares changing hands at $42, Jamaica Broilers had just 2,130 shares changing hands and dropped 95 cents to end at $14.55. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $28 with 14,727 units trading, JMMB Group traded 4,808 units and rose 60 cents to close at $10.90,
Margaritaville Turks traded 48,100 shares to close at 23 US cents after easing by 1 cent, National Commercial Bank fell 5 cents to $40.20 with 19,860 shares changing hands. Pan Jamaican Investment traded 19,860 shares to close $23.31 after falling 68 cents, 138 Student Living ordinary share traded at $4.80 while with 512,500 shares changing hands, Portland JSX closed at $11 after trading 24,700 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 95,519 shares and lost 9 cents to land at $1.31. Sagicor Group rose 19 cents in trading 602,900 shares to close at $23.51, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 49,223 shares to close with at $10.20, Scotia Group lost $1 and closed at $29 with 40,289 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures lost 5 cents to close at $4.80 with 14,000 shares
Dive in TTSE trading – Tuesday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market on Tuesday ended well down on the levels of trading Monday with just 30,000 units. The value of stocks traded dropped sharply against Monday’s level.
The market closed with marginal movements in the indices and ended with 4 stocks gaining, 1 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 11 securities traded.
Market activity resulted in only 30,059 shares valued at $790,965 changing hands 1,213,787 shares valued at $5,684,628 on Monday.
The Composite Index rose 0.16 points to close at 1,155.15, the All T&T Index gained 0.25 points to close at 1,815.85 and the Cross Listed Index inched up 0.01 to 65.83 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank gained 4 cents in trading 100 units to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $40.05, Republic Financial Holdings rose 1 cent and ended with 1,419 shares changing hands at $110. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 2,000 shares changing hands and gained 21 cents to close at $6.89 and Trinidad 
and Tobago NGL rose 10 cents and closed at $23.65 with 8,236 units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings traded 145 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $54.68.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank traded 10,198 shares for a value of $356,930 to end at $35, Grace Kennedy ended with 195 shares trading at $2.55, Guardian Holdings ended with 2,893 shares changing hands at $12.80, JMMB Group ended with 480 shares changing hands at 61 cents. Point Lisas had 4,318 shares changing hands at $3.60 and Scotiabank closed with 75 shares to end at $58.
Net FX inflows up US$10m – Monday
Net inflows into the foreign exchange market in Jamaica delivered another day of strong surplus of US$10 million on Monday, leading to gains in the value of the Jamaican dollar.
At the end of trading, dealers bought US$40,421,717 and sold only US$30,050,926 compared to US$28,147,514 purchased and US$18,727,447 sold on Friday, of all currencies.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$36,514,078 compared to US$23,819,249 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 1 cent to close at $127.26. A total of US$27,511,067 was sold versus US$15,477,475 on Friday, with the selling rate falling 3 cents to end at $127.96. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 73 cents to $95.80, with dealers buying C$2,585,550 and selling C$2,084,485 at an average rate that fell 41 cents to $97.233. The average rate for buying the British Pound dived $1.87 to $162.41 for the purchase of £1,404,417 while only £372,355 was sold as the rate rose $1.15 to end at $165.13.
At the end of trading, dealers sold €138,057 as the selling rate for the Euro, closed at $145.45 for a rise of 48 cents from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, dealers purchased €402,803 of the European common currency at $138.05 after it dropped $4.95 from the rate on Friday. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$19,393 being bought, while US$17,477, was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Monday, include a drop of $19.46 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to end at $104.04. There was a fall of $1.79 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian Dollar to end at $97.70. Trading in the British Pound resulted in a rise of $1.18 in the highest buying rate to close at $168.18, a fall of $1.66 in the lowest buying rate to $133.22 while the lowest selling rate dropped $1.70 to $158. Trading in the Euro resulted in a dive of $24.47 in the lowest selling rate to $114.53.
Heavy trading in NCB on TTSE – Monday
NCB traded the most shares on TTSE on Monday.
The market closed with marginal movements in the indices and ended with 3 stocks gaining, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged as 10 securities traded.
Market activity resulted in 1,213,787 shares valued at $5,684,628 changing hands 193,372 shares valued at $8,465,016 on Friday.
The Composite Index fell 0.85 points to close at 1,154.99, the All T&T Index gained 0.02 points to close at 1,815.60 and the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.24 to 65.82 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| National Flour ended with 200 shares changing hands to close at $2.53, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 14,357 shares changing hands and gained 21 cents to $6.89 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL rose 3 cents closed at $23.55 with 4,100 units changing hands.
Losses| National Commercial Bank led trading with 853,222 shares changing hands for a value of $2,200,415 and lost 6 cents to close at $2.58, One Caribbean Media lost 1 cent and closed at 52 weeks’ low of $20.69 with 10,000 shares changing hands and Massy Holdings traded 40 shares and lost 3 cents to close at $54.70.Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 254,077 shares valued at $4,395,532, to end at $17.30 Clico Investment Fund traded 64,325 units valued at $1,453,745 to close at $22.60, Grace Kennedy ended with 1,060 shares and JMMB Group trading at $2.55 and ended with 12,406 shares changing hands at 61 cents.
JSE resumes rally – Monday
Carib Cement jumped $3.90 to end at $33.90 on Monday.
At the close of the market, prices of 19 securities gained out of a total of 40 trading, while 8 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
Caribbean Cement was the star performer with a jump of $3.90 to close at $33.90 during the day, but closed with 19,780 shares traded and JPSCo 7% preference share traded at a new high of 45 cents with a gain of 4 cents with just 1,278 shares changing hands.
At the close 3,502,355 units valued at $25,804,167, changed hands, compared to the 3,969,447 units valued at $48,456,543 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 1,873,272 units valued at $10,709,100 of the stocks traded.
The market index ended with moderate losses, the JSE Market Index rose 1,135.08 points to end at 163,359.75. The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 1,269.42 points to close at 181,527.63 and the JSE combined index gained 1,119.65 points, to end at 175,546.63.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 17,844 shares and rose 40 cents to close at $4.05, Berger Paints gained 1 cent to close at $5.11 with 13,263 units changing hands, Cable & Wireless closed at 95 with 14,700 units changing hands. Carreras exchanged 11,114 shares at $65.25 with a loss of 25 cents, Grace Kennedy closed with 6,564 shares changing hands at $42.50, Jamaica Broilers had 38,501 shares changing hands and gained 50 cents to end at $15.50. Jamaica Producers ended at $8.40 with 1,600 units trading,
JMMB Group traded 9,754 units and rose 30 cents to close at $10.30, Margaritaville Turks traded 31,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 24 US cents after rising by 2 cents, National Commercial Bank rose 14 cents to $40.25 with just 800 shares changing hands. Portland JSX closed at $11 after trading 8,400 shares. Radio Jamaica traded 13,572 shares and lost 3 cents to land at $1.40, Sagicor Group rose 1 cent in trading 90,934 shares to close at $23.51, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 49,223 shares to close with at $10.20, Scotia Group closed at $30 with 7,620 shares changing hands. Proven Investments traded 238,280 shares to close at 19.99 US cent and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 500,000 units at $1.10.
Junior record 17 points away – Monday
tTech closed at a new all-time high of $6.50 on Monday.
The market closed with 7 stocks rising, while 5 declined out of 14 securities that traded. The junior index gained 6.52 points, to close at 2,340.95 and is up 30.7 percent ahead of the close of 2015.
Trading volume and value rose 37 percent or more, from Friday’s levels, ending with 1,873,272 units valued at units changing hands, 37 percent more than on Friday, while the value traded climbed by 65 percent to $10,709,100, from $6,508,601 on Friday.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $90.05 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 5,765 shares at $90.01, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units and at $2.35, there is 18,566 shares for sale and immediately below, is an offer of 152,290 units at $2.37, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
AMG Packaging jumped 16 cents and ended trading at $17.50 with 31,715 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 568,043 shares changing hands to close at $9.10, after trading 457,275 shares as low as $8. Caribbean Flavours traded 5,500 units to end at $8 with the loss of 1 cent, General Accident closed trading with 541,570 units at $2.20 after rising 10 cents but traded as high as $2.80 in the morning session, Honey Bun fell 25 cents in trading just 22,800 units to end at $6.
Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,750 shares and gained 2 cents to end at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 122,341 units to end at $4, Jetcon Corporation had 15,745 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE group traded 1,100 shares with the price rising 1 cent to $1.85. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 2 cents, at $24.48 with just 190 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 386,432 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 15,850 shares changing hands at $3.25, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents and closed at $5 with 138,708 shares trading and tTech traded 12,528 shares to end at a new record high of $6.50 after gaining 70 cents.
