Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 10 active securities changing hands, 3 of which gained, there were no declining stocks, while 11 remained unchanged, as 473,677 shares valued at $8,728,602 changed hands.
The Composite Index gained 1.90 points to close at 1,115.33, the All T&T Index rose 2.51 points to close at 1,761.94 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.17 to close at 62.36.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings traded 15,200 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $12.90, , Massy Holdings gained just 1 cent to close at $50.01 with 48,372 shares with a value of $2,418,624 changing hands and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 22,926 shares to end at $7.17 with a rise of 17 cents
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 163,994 shares carrying a value of $3,707,280 changing hands, to close at $22.60, First Citizens Bank traded 15,643 shares valued at $484,933 to close at $31, 
Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.57 with 16,504 shares changing hands. Guardian Holdings closed at $12.80 with 7,619 shares changing hands, JMMB Group traded 34,400 shares to close at 59 cents, National Flour ended with 78,887 shares changing and closed at $2.30, National Enterprises closed with 37,610 shares valued at $413,710 changing hands at $11. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.25 with 30,349 units valued at $675,265 changing hands, Republic Holdings ended with 18 shares to close at $107.43 and Scotia Investments traded 95 shares to end at $1.65 and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,060 shares at $126.28.
3 rise no declines on TTSE – Friday
Pan Jam at new high in early trades
Pan Jamaican Investment traded at $27.40 for a new high with 2.66 million shares and Jamaica Producers traded at $48 for a new 52 weeks’ high with 31,798 shares, 
in early Friday morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Grace Kennedy traded 21,805 shares, with the price remaining unchanged at $125 with no stock now on offer.
Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for a volume of 3,171,661 units as 11 stocks gained and 7 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 132,153 units compared to an average of 63,724 units on Thursday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Friday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 513.40 points to 177,880.98, the JSE Market Index gained 459.05 points to 160,099.02, the JSE combined index climbed 540.17 to close at 171,659.83 points and the junior market index rose 11.12 points to 2,256.56.
Jamaican$ gains vs US on Thursday
The Jamaica dollar made gains on the United States currency at the close of trading on Thursday, with the selling rate closing at the 126 level for one US dollar.
The foreign exchange market closed on Thursday with dealers buying the equivalent in all currencies of US$46,580,987 and selling US$45,960,920, in contrast to US$44,233,911 purchased and US$43,941,471 sold on Wednesday
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$42,886,272 compared to US$41,821,237 on Wednesday as the buying rate for the US dollar fell 12 cents to $125.41. A total of US$43,055,967 was sold versus US$42,635,195 on Wednesday with the selling rate declining 8 cents to $126.
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell $1.61 to end at $92.92 with dealers buying C$525,509 and selling C$950,143, at an average rate that rose 9 cents to $98.06. The average rate for buying the British Pound climbed $2 to $176.90 for the purchase of £2,210,356, while £1,396,914 was sold, with the rate rising $1.23 to $178.14.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, rose 34 cents to close at J$141.65 from Wednesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$138.92, for a rise of 36 cents on Wednesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$187,489 being bought, while US$190,557 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Thursday, include, a rise of 90 cents in the highest buying rate of the Canadian Dollar to $98.90, a gain of $4.19 in the lowest buying rate to $77.19, while the lowest selling rate fell $1.50 to $91.50 and the lowest buying rate of the British Pound dropped $5.99 to $142.35 with the lowest selling rate falling $1.84 to $169.
Huge arbitrage between JSE stocks on TTSE
Massy jumped TT$1.74 on the TTSE on Thursday
JMMB Group trades at a 10 percent premium on the Trinidad Stock Exchange to the last traded price in Jamaica while Scotia Investments is trading at the equivalent of $31 versus $26 in Jamaica a 20 percent difference.
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 10 active securities changing hands, 3 of which gained, 3 declined, while 4 remained unchanged, as 395,460 shares valued at $11,087,828 changed hands. At the close 1 stock ended at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index gained 1.18 points to close at 1,113.43, the All T&T Index rose 4.86 points to close at 1,759.43 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.35 points to close at 61.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains|First Citizens Bank traded 2,009 shares and gained 93 cents to close at $31, Massy Holdings leapt $1.74 to close at $50 with 8,580 shares with a value of $419,474 changing hands and Scotiabank traded 22,019 shares valued at $1,147,585 and jumped 90 cents to end at $53 .
Losses| National Commercial Bank traded 245,000 shares valued at $637,000, lost 5 cents, to close at $2.60, Republic Holdings ended with 76,222 shares with a value of $8,187,594 changing hands, but lost 5 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $107.43 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 1 cent and closed at $22.25 with 18,730 units valued at $416,625 changing hands.Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 3,500 shares changing hands, to close at $22.60, National Flour ended with 2,900 shares changing and closed at $2.30, National Enterprises closed with 4,000 shares changing hands at $11 and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 12,500 shares to end at $7.
Grace hits new high again – Thursday
Grace Kennedy traded at a new closing high of $125 on Thursday.
Grace Kennedy jumped by $7 to close at a new 52 weeks high of $125 with 196,201 shares, on a day when 38 securities changed hands in the overall Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday. The market closed with prices of 18 stocks in the overall market rising, 13 declining, including 8 stocks rising and 6 declining, from the junior market.
Grace was the only stock that ended at a new 52 weeks’ high. The volume and value of stocks traded amounted to 2,514,634 units valued at $45,439,974, in all market segments with the junior market accounting for 755,695 shares, valued at $3,529,737 of all trades.
The JSE Market Index fell 79.11 points to end at 159,639.97. The all Jamaica Composite Index declined 88.48 points to close at 177,367.58 and the JSE combined index rose 86.04 points, to end at 171,119.66.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Barita Investments fell by 8 cents to $3 with 53,051 shares changing hands, Berger Paints traded 5,000 shares to end at $4.50, Cable & Wireless lost 1 cent to close at $1.26 after trading 171,974units, Caribbean Cement climbed by $1 in trading 32,220 shares and closed at $22. Jamaica Broilers traded 27,829 units changing hands with a rise of 15 cents to close at $14.65. Jamaica Producers traded 5,805 shares and fell 50 cents to end at $47.50, JMMB Group gained 18 cents in trading 1,000,000 units to close at $10.
Kingston Wharves traded just 3,800 shares at $13, National Commercial Bank traded 16,497 shares at $41.15 after adding 3 cents, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 26,818 shares to end at $27. Radio Jamaica closed trading with 30,600 shares with the price rising 10 cents to end at $1.85, Sagicor Group ended with 22.80 shares changing hands after falling 20 cents to $22.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 34,388 shares but fell 57 cents to close at $9.55, Scotia Group rose 20 cents to close at $31.61 with 67,829 units changing hands. Scotia Investments traded 8,895 shares, added 5 cents to close at $26.15 and Seprod traded 5,454 shares unchanged at $17.
Juniors up volume down – Thursday
Trading in junior market, saw an increase in the number of active securities over that of Wednesday, but the volume of stocks traded fell well below the nearly 10 million units that were previously traded, as the market closed with 17 securities being active, leading to 8 advancing and 6 declining.
The junior index rose 15.46 points to 2,245.44 at the close as only 755,695 shares changed hands down from 9,846,087 units of Wednesday, valued at $3,529,737 changed hands, in contrast to $46,610,748, previously. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 4,210 shares and rose 30 cents, to end at $17.30, CAC 2000 gained 15 cents in trading 270 shares, to end at $6.70.
Caribbean Cream gained 20 cents, to trade 192,014 units at $4.80, after the company announced consideration of the payment of a dividend at a meet to be held later in June. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,000 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers traded just 840 shares at $4.20, Consolidated Bakeries traded 223,538 shares to close with a fall of 4 cents at $1.85, Dolphin Cove ended at $11.50 with 38,500 shares changing hands, to gain 50 cents, General Accident traded 9,500 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.25. Honey Bun rose 65 cents, to close at $5.70 with 19,928 units changing hands, after it traded at $5, in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 23,955 shares but gained 7 cents to close at $3.30, 
IC Insider BUY RATED ISP Finance Services traded 6,000 units at $4.10 after falling by 5 cents. Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents in trading 4,540 shares at $3.70, Jetcon traded 42,398 shares but fell by 15 to $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 130,530 units to end unchanged at $7.99. Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to close at $3.40 with 20,188 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.05 with 28,284 shares trading and tTech ended with 3,000 units changing hands but fell 14 cents to close at $4.06.
JSE stocks close higher – Wednesday
Jamaica Producers jumped to a new high on Wednesday
The JSE Market Index gained 770.88 points to end at 159,719.08. The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 862.14 points to close at 177,456.06 and the JSE combined index rose 622.59 points, to end at 171,033.62.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.At the end of market activities, Cable & Wireless lost 1 cent to close at $1.26 after trading 55,726 units, Caribbean Cement traded 50,925 shares and closed at $21. Carreras had 10,471 units trading, to close with a rise of 25 cents at $62.80. Trading place in 52,000 shares of 1834 Investments but the price slipped 2 cents to $1.20. Jamaica Broilers traded 44,400 units changing hands with a decline of 30 cents to close at $14.50. Jamaica Producers traded 3,569 shares and gained $1.50 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $48, Jamaica Stock Exchange had 16,693 units changing hands but gained 2 cents to end at $20.02, JMMB Group rose 2 cents in trading 3,000 units to close at $9.82.
National Commercial Bank traded 51,295 shares at $41.12 after shedding 40 cents, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 43,090 shares to end at $27. Radio Jamaica closed trading with 3,000 shares with the price rising 23 cents to end at $1.75, Sagicor Group ended with 169,846 shares changing hands after gaining 30 cents to $23, Scotia Group dropped 59 cents to close at $31.41 with 98,123 units changing hands. Scotia Investments traded 133,125 shares to close at $26.10, Seprod traded 4,400 shares unchanged at $17, Sterling Investments traded 6,000 shares with a gain of $1.49 to close at $12.99 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share ended with 331,396 units traded at $2.10.
Honey Bun trades 5.5m shares – Wednesday
Honey Bun traded 5.5m shares on Tuesday.
The junior index fell 8.91 points to 2,229.98 at the close as 9,846,087 shares, valued at $46,610,748 changed hands. At the end of trading the bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Blue Power traded 7,718 shares and declined by 10 cents to end at $13.55, Caribbean Cream rose 20 cents to trade 17,813 units at $4.60, the company announced that directors will be meeting later in June to consider the payment of a dividend. If approved, it will be the first dividend paid since listing. The company indicated in its prospectus to pay not less than 20 percent of annual after tax profits, Caribbean Flavours traded 50,000 units and lost 45 cents to end at $7, Consolidated Bakeries traded 121,000 shares to close with a rise of 14 cents at $1.89. Derrimon Trading ended at $3.30 with 5,250 shares changing hands, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.05 with 5,538,154 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, IC Insider BUY RATED ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.15 with a rise of 5 cents while trading 3,379 units.
At the close the stock had 4 bids to buy 131,000 units at $4 and 231,000 between $3.60 and $3.70, there is only one offer at $4.10 to sell 6,000 units. Lasco Distributors traded 291,702 units to end with the loss of 1 cent at $7.99, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents to close at $3.36 with 2,075,748 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $5 with 1,731,623 shares trading and Paramount Trading ended with 3,700 units changing hands and gained 9 cents to close at $10.99.
Jamaican$ sinks further – Wednesday
The Jamaica dollar closed on Wednesday above 126 level for one US dollar for the second day as forex trading saw slightly more selling by dealers of the United States currency than the amount bought by them.
The foreign exchange market closed on Wednesday with dealers buying the equivalent in all currencies of US$44,233,911 and selling US$43,941,471, in contrast to US$46,789,793 purchased and US$53,956,348 sold on Tuesday
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$41,821,237 compared to US$44,550,096 on Tuesday as the buying rate for the US dollar rose 5 cents to $125.53. A total of US$42,635,195 was sold versus US$50,575,123 on Tuesday with the selling rate rising 3 cents to $126.08.
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 78 cents to end at $94.53 with dealers buying C$737,247 and selling C$473,124, at an average rate that dropped $1.27 to $97.97. The average rate for buying the British Pound dropped 50 cents to $174.90 for the purchase of £1,032,688, while £559,630 was sold, with the rate falling 94 cents to $176.91.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, dropped $1.07 to close at J$141.31 from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European 
common currency at J$138.55, for a fall of 79 cents off Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$418,654 being bought, while US$153,342 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, include, a fall in the highest buying rate of the Canadian Dollar by $1.25 to $98, a fall of $5.02 in the lowest buying rate to $73, while the lowest selling rate rose $1 to $93 and the lowest buying rate of the British Pound gained $5.41 to $148.34.
