JMMB Group closed at new 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday
The Composite Index lost 1.12 points to close at 1,160.82, the All T&T Index fell 3.57 points to close at 1,905.25 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.18 points to close at 55.06
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy had 784 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.65 for a 10 cents gain, JMMB Group had 910,000 units changing hands for a value of $536,000 and rose 3 cents in closing at 60 cents for a 52 weeks’ high. Point Lisas rose by just 1 cent and traded 8,373 units at $4.01, Prestige Holdings with 7,343 units changing hands ended at $10.61 to record a gain of 10 cents for a 52 weeks’ high.
Losses| ANSA McAl lost $1.01 with 4,410 shares changing hands to end at $64.99 for a 52 weeks’ low and Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents with 11,000 shares changing hands to close at $14.24.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 7,065 shares to close at $22.56, Firstcaribbean International Bank with 100,000 shares traded with a value of $551,093 to close at $5.51, National Commercial Bank traded 4,683 shares to close at $2.40, One Caribbean Media contributed 28,500 shares with a value of $626,996. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112.10 with 6,538 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation added 110,490 shares valued at $729,484 to close at $6.60, Scotia Investments contributed 20,000 shares at $1.72, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 5,404 units and Trinidad Cement with a volume of 1,000 shares being traded to end at $3.51.
The market indices all slipped between 1.21 percent for the JSS index to 1.23 percent for the juniors after 75 minutes of trading. 
Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market on Tuesday saw another day of high volumes for the third consecutive day with dealers buying the equivalent of US$76,783,088 and selling US$77,003,971, in contrast with US$77,059,769 purchased and US$85,477,235 sold on Monday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose $1.45 to end at $85.53 with dealers buying C$1,852,682 and selling C$796,989, at an average rate that fell 19 cents to $86.59. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 65 cents to $173.36 for the purchase of £2,250,589, while £1,001,147 was sold, with the rate being up $2.57 to $174.54. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a fall of $1.18 to close at J$135.78, from Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$133.28 for a decline of $1.09 from Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$1,187,546 being bought, while US$1,415,534 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at are, a jump of $18.14 in the lowest selling rate for the US dollar that ended at $117.50, the lowest selling rate of the Canadian dollar dropped $1.36 to $80.14 and the highest buying rate for the British Pound rising by $1.85 to $177.85 whilst the lowest selling rate fell $1 to $167.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints fell 18 cents to end at $4.80, with 50,576 units traded, 
after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $5.08 
Trading activity ended with 12 stocks active securities on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday of which, 2 stocks rose 3 fell and 7 remained unchanged with 1 closing at 52 weeks’ highs and 1 at a low. A total of 1,152,572 shares valued at $9,856,506 traded. 
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 77 units at $25, First Citizens Bank traded 400 units at $35, JMMB had 332,000 units changing hands at 57cents, National Commercial Bank traded 10,000 shares to close at $2.40. Point Lisas traded 6,204 units at $4, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112.10 with 831 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation added 110,490 shares valued at $729,484 to close at $6.60 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 2,750 units.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange got to a negative start with the indices all slipping after 75 minutes of trading with 13 stocks falling and only 6 rising as 35 securities have been active with only 933,812 units changing hands. 
Jamaica continues to garner increasing inflows of 
Sales at AMG Packaging fell in the November quarter but profit jumped sharply as raw material input cost declined, pushing gross profit from $34.3 million in 2014 to $51.5 million while net profit rose to $28.8 million for the quarter, up a strong 87 percent over the $15.5 million 2014.
Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market ended Monday with outflows more than $8 million than inflows, with dealers buying the equivalent of US$77,059,769 and selling US$85,477,235, in contrast with US$59,840,782 purchased and US$63,107,330 sold on Friday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 62 cents to end at $84.08 with dealers buying C$1,618,650 and selling C$851,202, at an average rate that climbed $1.26 to $86.78. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 37 cents to $172.71 for the purchase of £1,641,392, while £322,934 was sold, with the rate being down $2.21 to $171.97. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, ended with a fall of $1.04 to close at J$136.96, from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$134.37 for a decline of 78 cents from Friday’s rate. 
The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$169,006 being bought, while US$790,203 was sold.
