TTSE 6 stocks up 3 down on Wednesday
The Composite Index gained 3.80 points to close at 1,112.25, the All T&T Index fell 0.27 points to close at 1,754.57 and the Cross Listed Index rose 1.08 to close at 62.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains|First Citizens Bank traded 3,329 shares and gained 3 cents, to close at $30.07, Grace Kennedy traded 1,400 shares to gain 9 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.49, Massy Holdings gained 6 cents to close at $48.26 with 1,000 shares changing hands. National Commercial Bank jumped 15 cents to close at a new high of $2.65 with 10,522 shares changing hands, Scotiabank traded 19,894 shares with a value of $1,035,555, to end at $52.10 after rising 9 cents and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.26 with 5,050 units changing hands with a loss of 1 cent.
Losses| Clico Investments ended with 21,835 shares valued at $493,471 changing hands, after losing 1 cent to close at $22.60, JMMB Group fell 1 cent in trading 1,000 shares to close at 59 cents and National Enterprises, the volume leader, ended with 339,015 shares changing hands, valued at $3,729,315, with the price falling 15 cents, to close at $11.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed with 1,500 shares at $17.05, Guardian Holdings ended with 5,901 shares changing hands in ending at $12.80, followed by National Flour Mills traded 25,813 shares at $2.30. One Caribbean Media traded 256 units at $21.29, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 280 shares to end at $7, Scotia Investments traded 1,000 shares to close at $1.65 and West Indian Tobacco traded 800 shares to close at $126.28.
Lasco Manufacturing trades heavy – Tuesday
Demand increased for Lasco Manufacturing with 1.64 million units changing hands on Tuesday while ISP Finance is seeing increasing interest, helping the stock to close at a new high of $4.10. Trading in the junior market ended with 15 securities being active, including a bond issued by a junior market company, leading to 3 advancing and 5 declining.
The junior index inched by 3.96 points to 2,238.89 at the close as 2,328,831 shares, valued at $14,770,636 changed hands. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded just 1,024 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to trade 124,500 units at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units and lost 5 cents to end at $7.45, Caribbean Producers traded 15,625 shares to close with a rise of 10 cents at $4.20. General Accident traded 3,200 shares to end with a loss of 6 cents to close at $2.26, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.09 with 75,608 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.10 while trading 33,811 units starting at $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 225,096 units to end at unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 30,212 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 1,642,755 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 200 units changing hands and lost 9 cents to close at $10.90, tTech traded only 2,000 shares to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading rose 1 cent in ending at $2.14 with 158,500 shares changing hand and Jamaican Teas floating note bond traded 30,000 units at $100 each.
It’s now J$126.05 for the US – Tuesday
The Jamaica dollar closed on Tuesday above 126 level for one US dollar for the first time as forex trading saw more selling by dealers than the amount bought by them.
The foreign exchange market closed on Tuesday with dealers buying the equivalent in all currencies of US$46,789,793 and selling US$53,956,348, in contrast to US$46,887,823 purchased and US$45,219,931 sold on Monday
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$44,550,096 compared to US$43,963,642 on Monday as the buying rate for the US dollar rose 29 cents to $125.48. A total of US$50,575,123 was sold versus US$43,909,244 on Monday with the selling rate rising 6 cents to $126.05. The Canadian dollar buying rate climbed $1.19 to end at $95.31 with dealers buying C$863,203 and selling C$2,979,467, at an average rate that rose $2.49 to $99.24. The average rate for buying the British Pound dropped 71 cents to $175.40 for the purchase of £1,091,795, while £295,344 was sold, with the rate falling $1.74 to $177.85.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, rose 15 cents to close at J$142.38 from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$139.35, for a rise of 16 cents off Monday’s rate.
The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$57,873 being bought, while US$618,927 was sold.Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include, a rise in the lowest selling rate of the Canadian Dollar by $7.30 to $92, a fall in the highest buying rate British Pound of $2.55 to $179, a fall in the lowest buying rate by 66 cents to $142.93, a decline in the highest selling rate of 86 cents to $185.98 and a fall of 90 cents in the lowest selling rate to $170.50.
TTSE stocks record gains – Tuesday
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 13 active securities changing hands, 2 of which gained, 2 declined, while 9 remained unchanged, as 379,646 shares valued at $3,134,529 changed hands. At the close 2 stocks ended at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index gained 0.11 points to close at 1,108.45, the All T&T Index rose 0.22 points to close at 1,754.84 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged to close at 61.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Gains|First Citizens Bank traded 200 shares and gained 3 cents to close at $30.04 and Massy Holdings gained 3 cents to close at $48.20 with 352 shares changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments ended with 20,935 shares valued at $473,340 changing hands after losing 4 cents to close at $22.61 and Guardian Holdings ended with 4,204 shares changing hands but lost 4 cents in ending at $12.80.
Firm Trades| JMMB Group traded 184,300 shares at 60 cents, Point Lisas ended with 12,600 units trading at $3.70, Prestige Holdings ended at $10.93 with 124,678 shares valued at $1,362,731 changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 2.945 shares to end at $7, Scotia Investments traded 4,605 shares to close at $1.65. Scotiabank traded 2,305 shares, to end at $52.01, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $22.25 with 18,469 units valued at $410,963 changing hands, Trinidad Cement lost 1 cent with 53 units changing hands ended at $3.42 and West Indian Tobacco traded 4,000 shares valued at $505,127 to close at $126.28.
National Commercial Bank last traded at $2.50 and continues to close with greater buying than selling interest, with the highest bid at $2.51, to buy 71,100 shares and the lowest offer at $2.65, to sell 4,900 units. The stock which sells in Jamaica at J$42, trades at J$47.50 in Trinidad, for an 11 percent difference.
Grace drops $6.99 in early trades
Grace Kennedy headed back to $118, with a drop of $6.99 in early trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in the Tuesday morning session, while trading 7,052 shares changed hands. Cable & Wireless traded 103,278 shares at $1.29, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference traded 712,998 units at $2.15, Lasco Distributors trade 200,337 shares at $8 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 606,845 units at $5.
Trading resulted in activity in 24 securities, accounting for a volume of 1,820,517 units as 6 stocks gained and 8 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 75,855 units compared to an average of 30,397 units on Monday. Trading in Honey Bun was halted after the stock traded at $6.40, exceeding the 15 percent permitted before the circuit chips in.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 267.58 points to 177,017.03, the JSE Market Index slipped 239.26 points to 159,326.52, the JSE combined index declined 113.59 to close at 170,828.95 points andthe junior market index rose 10.49 points to 2,245.42.
Dolphin Cove Buy Rated again
Dolphin Cove now placed on the IC Insider’s Buy Rated list. The company is projected by IC Insider to earn $1.50 per share for 2016 after tax or 44 percent up on the earnings per share for of $1.04 for 2015. If the company achieves the above earnings the PE ratio would be 7.5 times 2016 estimated earnings, versus 8 for the average of the junior market.
As the year roles on the price is likely to increase, based on valuation of 14 times 2015 earnings, placed on the junior market, suggesting the possibility of the price doubling within a year. In addition the company pays regular dividends and this will add to returns investors will get from this stock.
First quarter results to March hit a profit after tax of $185 million for a strong increase of 39 percent above the corresponding period in 2015. The improved profit came from an increase of 11 percent in revenues to $520 million, due primarily to a 35 percent growth in ancillary revenue. Gross profit increased by 14 percent as a result of the growth in revenue and a decline in direct cost of sales while increase in operating expenses was up 5 percent over the 2015 cost to reach $297 million. There was new operating and administrative costs which the directors’ state contributed to the improved service delivery.
The company ended with cash and investments of $385 million, borrowings of $210 million and equity of $2.9 billion.
The stock last traded on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange at $11.10, but has a bid to buy at $11.25, with offers starting at $12.
Jamaican$ 1 cent from $126 to US – Monday
The Jamaica dollar closed on Monday just 1 cent below the 126 level for one US dollar as forex trading exceeded US45 million, with selling just lower than the amount bought by dealers.
The foreign exchange market started the week, with dealers buying the equivalent in all currencies of US$46,887,823 and selling US$45,219,931, in contrast to US$36,345,365 purchased and US$34,310,493 sold on Friday
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$43,963,642 compared to US$30,620,827 on Friday as the buying rate for the US dollar rose 12 cents to $125.19. A total of US$43,909,244 was sold versus US$31,425,559 on Friday with the selling rate rising 10 cents to $125.99. The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $3.23 to end at $94.12 with dealers buying C$998,707 and selling C$543,804, at an average rate that dipped $1.60 to $96.74. The average rate for buying the British Pound dropped $3.45 to $176.11 for the purchase of £1,471,425, while £577,920 was sold, with the rate falling $1.49 to $179.59.
At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, fell 20 cents to close at J$142.23 from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$139.18, for a rise of 21 cents off Friday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$103,378 being bought, while US$69,345 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 in the lowest selling rate of the Canadian Dollar by $8.80 to $84.70, a fall in the highest buying rate British Pound of $1.25 to $181.55, a fall in the lowest buying rate by $1.25 to $143.59, a decline in the highest selling rate of $1.62 to $186.84 and a fall of $1.60 in the lowest selling rate to $171.40.