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JSE loses ground on Thursday

June 9, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Charles Johnston – Chairman of JP Group that just hit a new high on Thursday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange lost ground at the end of trading on Thursday, with the main market major indices declining and the junior market Index moving higher, while the volumes of stocks traded continue to be low. A total of 43 securities changed hands on Thursday, accounting for 3,459,909 units valued at $41,085,958, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 2,086,923 shares, valued at $9,158,507 of the overall trades.
The price of 18 stocks in the overall market rose, 13 declined, including 6 stocks rising and 6 declining, from the junior market. One stock ended at a new 52 weeks’ high.
The JSE Market Index dropped 415.75 points to end at 159,341.57. The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 464.97 points to close at 177,033.85 and the JSE combined index fell 366.04 points, to close at 170,529.61.

JMMB Group traded 14,300 units as the price moved higher by 10 cents to $10. Kingston Wharves traded 29,512 shares and rose by 2 cents to $12.02, National Commercial Bank traded 26,223 shares, to close with a gain of 99 cents at $42.50, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 47,394 shares and ended at $27. Radio Jamaica closed trading with 120,016 shares with the price rising 8 cents to end at $1.78, Sagicor Group ended with 12,500 shares changing hands after falling 24 cents at $22.65, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with 3,995 shares changing hands after rising 2 cents. Scotia Group fell $1 to close at $31 as 6,621 units changed hands, Seprod traded 5,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $17 and Supreme Ventures traded 45,944 units to close at $4.50.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Juniors inch forward – Thursday

June 9, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Manufacturing headed back to $5 on Thursday, after gaining 25 cents..

Trading in the junior market ended on Thursday with increased participation of securities, with 20 being active, leading to 6 advancing and 6 declining. In spite of the increased participation, the junior index barely budged by 1.89 points to 2,215.04. At the close 2,086,923 shares, valued at $9,158,507 changed hands.
The bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 3,200 units at $17, AMG Packaging fell by 40 cents in trading 24,867 shares at $12, CAC 2000 closed at $6.55 with 236 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 40 cents to end at $4.15, after trading 343,700 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.14 and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $6.85, Caribbean Producers traded 4,513 shares to close with a loss of 40 cents, at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 337,192 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 26,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 4,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $11.10, General Accident Insurance had 7,500 shares trading at $2.30, Honey Bun fell by 8 cents in trading 207,765 units at $6.87, Iron Rock had 109,000 shares changing hands with a gain of 3 cents, to end at $3.23.

ISP Finance traded 20,705 shares at $3.45, Jamaican Teas traded 75,159 shares and closed at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation had 103,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after gaining 5 cents, KLE Group closed with 2,000 units changing hands at $1.03 with a fall of 17 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 15 cents in trading 10,847 units to end at $7.65, Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.16 with just 500 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 724,739 shares trading with the price rising 25 cents and tTech traded 52,000 units at $4.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

Grace & JPG hit new highs – Thursday

June 9, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the early Thursday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues the moderate trend of recent day with volumes remaining below the 100,000 unit level except for Lasco Manufacturing with 672,739 units as the price rose 25 cents to $5 and with the main market recording a decline overall and juniors having a minor loss.
Grace Kennedy traded 35,714 shares for a new high of $121 and Jamaica Producers traded 55,300 to hit a 52 weeks’ high of $44.10.
Trading resulted in activity in 31 securities, accounting for a volume of 1,075,717 units as 12 stocks gained and 9 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 33,616 units compared to an average of 11,015 units on Tuesday
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Thursday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 259.92 points to 177,238.90, the JSE Market Index lost 232.41 points to 159,524.91, the JSE combined index dipped 39.32 to close at 170,733.18 points andthe junior market index inched up 5.15 points to 2,218.30.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Lasco Manufacturing

New highs & lows for TTSE stocks – Wednesday

June 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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NCB ended at a 52 weeks’ high on TTSE and is poised to move higher.

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 14 active securities changing hands, 4 of which gained, 7 declined while 3 remained unchanged, as 252,459 shares valued at $4,107,442 changed hands. At the close 1 stock ended at 52 weeks’ high and 2 at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index fell 0.04 points to close at 1,109.75, the All T&T Index fell 0.76 points to close at 1,758.64 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.09 points to end at 61.20.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Massy Holdings put on 1 cent and closed at $48.17 in trading 400 shares, National Commercial Bank (NCB) rose by 2 cents, in trading 1,200 shares at $2.47, for a 52 week’s closing high. NCB price seems set to rise further with bid at $2.48 to buy 165,344 shares and the offer at $2.75 to sell 55,000 units. National Flour ended with 5,760 shares changing with a gain of 1 cent at $2.22. Sentiment benefitted from the rise in the price of oil on the world market, resulting in investors pushed Trinidad and Tobago NGL up 44 cents, to close at $21.50 with 34,013 units valued at $725,503 changing hands.
Losses| Angostura Holdings fell by 14 cents and closed at $12.75, with 3,454 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $12.84 with 275 shares changing hands, JMMB Group traded 68,179 shares and lost 1 cent to end at 60 cents.

Point Lisas traded 32,319 shares and closed with a loss of 10 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.70, Prestige Holdings with 5,447 units changing hands ended at $11.11 to record a loss of 19 cents. Scotiabank lost 18 cents in trading 38,080 units for a value of $2,023,860 to end at 52 week’s Low of $53.10 and West Indian Tobacco traded 424 units with a loss of 2 cents to close at $126.28.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended with 3,901 shares changing hands at $22.65, First Citizens had 21,481 shares changing hands to close at $30 and Sagicor Financial Corporation with 37,526 shares changing hands for a value of $267,936, closed at $7.14.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Angostura Holdings, Clico Investments Fund, Daily Trading, First Citizens, JMMB Group, Massy Holdings, National Commercial Bank, National Flour Mills, NCB, Point Lisas, Prestige Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotiabank, Trading Activity, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, TTSE$

JSE cuts sharp morning losses

June 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Pan Jam rose to new 52 weeks’ closing high of $27 on Wednesday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange lost ground at the end of trading on Wednesday, with the main market major indices declining and the junior market Index moving higher, while the volume of stocks traded, fell to low levels in a moderate day of trading activity.
The main market was recovering from big declines in the early morning session, with the all Jamaica Composite Index dropping 948.35 points, the JSE Market Index losing 847.97 points and the JSE combined index dipping 715.15 points.
A total of 38 securities changed hands on Wednesday, accounting for 1,894,110 units valued at $16,587,522, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 1,190,538 shares, valued at $6,986,614 of the overall trades.
The price of 13 stocks in the overall market rose, 18 declined, including 5 stocks rising and 8 declining, from the junior market. 3 stocks in all markets hit new highs, 2 of which ended at new 52 weeks’ high.
The JSE Market Index dropped 76.61 points to end at 159,757.32. The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 85.68 points to close at 177,498.82 and the JSE combined index rose 69.03 points, to close at 170,895.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Barita Investments traded 8,661 units at $3.08, Berger Paints traded 12,200 shares with the price falling 33 cents, to end at $4.47, Cable & Wireless rose 4 cents, in closing at $1.42 after trading 25,500 units, Caribbean Cement traded 90,330 shares and closed at $24. Carreras had 3,780 units trading, to close with a rise of 30 cents, at $65. Ciboney traded 111,000 units but lost 6 cents to end at 17 cents, the price of 1834 Investments traded at $1.40 with just 1,000 units changing hands, and rose by 17 cents. Grace Kennedy gained 50 cents in trading 1,000 units, to close at a 52 weeks high of $120.50, Jamaica Broilers ended with loss of 66 cents but with just 402 units changing hands at $13.84. Jamaica Producers traded 54,000 shares to end at $44.01, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 20 cents trading 360 shares, to close at $21, JMMB Group traded 8,227 units as the price fell 10 cents to $9.90. National Commercial Bank traded 25,010 shares, to close with a loss of 49 cents at $41.51, there was a $1 fall, in the price of 138 Student Living, to close with 12,685 shares changing hands at $4.50, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 75,609 shares and ended at 52 week’s closing high of $27. Radio Jamaica closed trading with 105,416 shares with the price falling 30 cents to end at $1.70, Sagicor Group ended with 5,000 shares changing hands after falling 11 cents at $22.89, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $10.12 with 21,861 shares changing hands. Scotia Group rose by $1 to close at $32 as 11,641 units changed hands, Seprod traded 10,000 units, gained 10 cents to end at $16.90, Supreme Ventures traded 22,570 units to close at $4.50 and JMMB 7.5% preference share lost 1 cent, to close at $1.03, while trading 95,300 shares.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

9 junior stocks fall 4 rise – Wednesday

June 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Honey Bun traded at a new high Wednesday.

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to 2,213.15 points, up by 13.61 points as 15 securities traded with 4 advancing and 9 declining. At the close 1,190,538 shares, valued at $6,986,614 changed hands. The market ended with 1 stock trading at 52 weeks’ intraday high.
The bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 rose by 5 cents and closed at $6.55 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 5 cents to end at $4.55, after trading 93,680 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,500 shares, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 4,270 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2. C2W Music traded 18,000 shares and gained 3 cents, to end at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, Honey Bun fell by 5 cents in trading 183,042 units at $6.95 after trading at a new high of $7.51 earlier in the day. Jamaican Teas traded 12,500 shares and closed at $3.90.

Jetcon Corporation had 10,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling by 10 cents, Key Insurance traded 5,000 shares and lost 25 cents to close at $2.50, KLE Group closed with 1,500 units changing hands at $1.20, having lost 16 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 49 cents in trading 472,645 units to end at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent at $3.16 with 195,440 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 116,110 shares and dropped 15 cents to close at $4.75, tTech traded just 28,351 units at $4.05 after shedding 7 cents and Eppley 8.5% preference share traded 42,500 shares at $6 but lost 10 cents.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

Moderate trading as JSE drops – Wednesday

June 8, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in the early Wednesday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was moderate in a lackluster market but Honey Bun traded at a new high of $7.50 with a 50 cents gain.
Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for a volume of a mere 253,341 units as 8 stocks gained and 5 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 11,015 units compared to an average of 714,361 units on Tuesday
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Wednesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 948.35 points to 176,636.15, the JSE Market Index lost 847.97 points to 158,986.96, the JSE combined index dipped 715.15 to close at 170,111.47 points and the junior market index inched up 6.90 points to 2,206.44.

Filed Under: JSE Combined, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Honey Bun, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Trading Activity

Grace hits $120 & stock split coming

June 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Group Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby announced a proposed 3 for 1 stock split for the company.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange lost ground at the end of trading on Tuesday, with the main market major indices declining and the junior market Index moving higher with the volume of a number of stocks, jumping above regular trading levels. Grace Kennedy jumped to a new high of $120. The company announced a recommendation to be put to the stockholders at an extraordinary meeting, for a three-for-one stock split, to be effective on August 11.
A total of 35 securities changed hands on Monday, accounting for 22,588,186 units valued at $114,452,207, in all market segments. The junior market accounted for 7,943,352 shares, valued at $36,689,714 of the overall trades.
The price of 13 stocks in the overall market rose, 15 declined, including 5 stocks rising and 8 declining, from the junior market as 4 stocks in all markets hit new highs, four of which ended at new 52 weeks’ high.
The JSE Market Index dropped 1,266.89 points to end at 159,833.93. The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 1,416.85 points to close at 177,584.50 and the JSE combined index slipped 1,126.86 points, to close at 170,826.62.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
At the end of market activities, Berger Paints traded just 1,734 shares with the price rising 30 cents, to end at $4.80, Cable & Wireless lost 2 cents, in closing at $1.38 after trading 201,389 units, Caribbean Cement fell 25 cents, in trading 16,386 shares and closed at $24. Carreras had 101,167 units trading, to close with a loss of 98 cents, at $65.02. The price of 1834 Investments traded at $1.23 with 6,840,665 units changing hands, compared to 10,000,000 shares on Monday, Grace Kennedy jumped $10 in trading 247,831 units, to close at a 52 weeks high of $120, after it traded as high as $120.50, Jamaica Broilers ended with 260,971 units changing hands at $14.50, after adding 75 cents. Jamaica Producers traded 223,976 shares to end 1 cent higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $44.01, but traded as high as $45, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 80 cents trading 41,900 shares, to close at $20.80, JMMB Group traded 2,200 units as the price gained 1 cent to $10, Kingston Wharves ended trading 9,975 stock units at $12. National Commercial Bank traded 26,750 shares, to close with a loss of $1 at $42,

Pan Jamaican Investment Trust traded 15,116 shares and ended at $26.50, Radio Jamaica closed trading with 6,485,157 shares down from 10,249,651 shares on Monday with the price falling 22 cents to end at $2, Sagicor Group ended with 15,200 shares changing hands with at $23. Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 12 cents to close at $10.12 with 38,492 shares changing hands. Scotia Group slipped $1.49 to close at $31 as 13,594 units changed hands, Seprod traded 41,367 units, gained 30 cents to end at $16.80, Supreme Ventures traded 7,063 units to close at $4.50 and Proven Investments lost 1.49 US cents, to close at 18 US cents, while trading 54,081 shares.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: 1834 Investments, Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, JMMB Group, Kingston Wharves, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Radio Jamaica, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

Lascos’ big trades – Tuesday

June 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Financial traded 1m shares on the junior market on Tuesday.

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to end at 2,199.54 points, up by just 4.65 points as 15 securities traded with 5 advancing and 8 declining. At the close 7,943,352 shares, valued at $36,689,714 changed hands with Lasco Financial Services accounting for 1.1 million units and Lasco Manufacturing 5.1 million units. Trading closed with Honey Bun ending at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $7 after gaining 40 cents, with 312,784 units changing hands, resulting in the gain for the year reaching 437 percent.
The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents at $12.40 with 4,050 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 15 cents to end at $4.50, after trading 103,235 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 9,000 shares but lost 10 cents, to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 559,414 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.02. C2W Music traded 1,000 shares and rose by 4 cents to end at 40 cents.

Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, General Accident Insurance fell 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. ISP Finance Services rose 45 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, Jetcon Corporation had 128,775 units changing hands at $2.75 after falling by 12 cents, Key Insurance traded 1,500 shares at $2.75, Knutsford Express closed with 500 units changing hands at $17.50. Lasco Distributors rose 39 cents in trading 550,886 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 15 cents at $3.15 with 1,108,325 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 5,063,868 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.90 and tTech traded 10,500 units at $4.12 after shedding 18 cents.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

TTSE stocks rise slightly – Tuesday

June 7, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday on a slightly positive note. The market closed with 11 active securities changing hands, 3 of which gained, 1 declined while 7 remained unchanged, as 269,455 shares valued at $2,604,495 changed hands.
The Composite Index advanced by 0.11 points to close at 1,109.79, the All T&T Index fell 0.23 points to close at 1,759.40 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 61.20 points. The market ended with 1 stock closing at 52 weeks’ high.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Gains| JMMB Group traded 4,220 shares and gained 1 cent to end at 61 cents, National Enterprises traded 3,085 shares and closed with a gain of 1 cent at $11.15.and Trinidad and Tobago NGL gained 6 cents to close at $21.06 with 250 units changing hands.
Losses| Scotiabank lost 1 cent in trading 2,500 units to end at 52 week’s Low of $53.28.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,176 shares at $39.50, Clico Investments ended with 183 shares changing hands at $22.65, First Citizens had 1,121 shares changing hands to close at $30, Massy Holdings closed at $48.16 in trading 6,837 shares with a value of $329,270. One Caribbean Media had 4,000 shares changing hands at $21.29, Sagicor Financial Corporation lead with 244,628 shares changing hands for a value of $1,746,644 to close at $7.14 and West Indian Tobacco traded 1,455 units at $126.30.