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Juniors fell sharply on Thursday

January 14, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco companies gave back ground in Thursday’s trading

Investors cut several prices in the junior market and laid the foundation for a sharp decline in the market index. At the close, the junior market was down 74.51 points to end at 2,280.76. The market closed with 17 securities trading, 4 of which advanced, 8 declined with 2 closing at new 52 weeks’ highs. A volume of 2,815,123 units changed hands, valued at $15,357,167.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 7 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 2 closed with lower offers.
In trading, Access Financial traded 711 units to end at $16.50 while C2W Music ended at 49 cents while 4,200 units changed hands. Cargo Handlers traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $38.50 by gaining 90 cents with 541 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended with a gain of 10 cents as 90,259 shares changed hands to end at $5.10. Caribbean Producers had 23,964 units changing hands, but slipped 3 cents to close at $5.47, Consolidated Bakeries had trading in 331,039 shares at $1.40, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.05 with a loss of 2 cents while 23,975 units traded. Dolphin Cove traded 20,092 shares after losing 5 cents to end at $15.55,

General Accident rose by 6 cents as it traded 135,534 shares to close at $2.06, Jamaican Teas had 26,320 shares trading to close with a loss of 60 cents at $5. KLE ended at $2 with 146,721 shares changing hands after rising by 10 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high, Lasco Distributors closed with 953,127 units trading and ended with a loss of 50 cents at $8, Lasco Financial lost 25 cents to close at $4.75 with 136,826 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 609,897 shares but fell 26 cents to close at $4.74, Medical Disposables gained 19 cents and ended with 6,322 shares changing hands at $3.30, tTech closed with a loss of 48 cents at $5.01 with 280,595 units changing hands and Eppley cumulative preference share 2019, ended with 25,000 units changing hands at $6.10.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C2W Music, Cargo Handlers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

JSE pulls back sharply in early trading

January 14, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The stock market pulled back with the indices falling in junior and the main markets. Scotia Group traded at $31 compared to nearly $35 on which the main market indices were based on Wednesday but the stock is up from the last traded price of $30.10 and Caribbean Cement closed down at $22 from $25.10 at yesterday’s close and Carreras fell $1 to trade at $59.
Sagicor Group traded a large amount of 5,000,160 units up to $24 but last traded at $23.01, Lasco Distributors traded 306,099 units at $8.50, Lasco Manufacturing had 218,219 trading at $5.15 and recently listed tTech has so far traded 226,147 shares at $5.49.
In trading 35 securities were active and accounted for 6,574,092 units changed hands after 90 minutes of the market’s opening with 13 stocks rising and 11 falling.
The all Jamaica Composite Index plunged 2,760.15 points to 175,952.24 the JSE Market Index tumbled 2,469.81 points to 158,377.63 the JSE combined index dropped 2,647.40 points to 169,292.43 and the junior market index fell 35.27 points to 2,320.00.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Daily Trading, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Sagicor Group, Scotia, Scotia Group, Trading Activity, tTech

49 securities traded as JSE gains big

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Scotia Group helped to push the main market indices sharply.

There was a high number of securities trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with 49 being active in all market segments. At the close 24 securities in the combined markets gained and 9 declined. Six stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close, 9,739,157 units valued at $69,117,631 changed hands in all markets with the junior market accounting for 5,129,787 units, valued at $30,252,961.
Scotia Group help to push the main market indices sharply higher as it traded during the day at $35, with the index computed on an average price of $34.23, the stock last traded at $30.10. The JSE Market Index jumped 3,767.19 points to 160,847.44, the all Jamaica Composite Index made a sharp upturn with 4,210.06 points to end at 178,712.39 and the JSE combined index rose sharply by 3,534.70 points to close at 172,939.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading of 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.

In trading, Barita traded 13,800 shares and fell 20 cents to close at $3.80, Berger Paints ended with 518,126 shares trading at $3.20, for a fall of 70 cents, Cable and Wireless ended with 1,543,691 units changing hands to close at $1.40, but traded as high as $1.50 before the close. Caribbean Cement gained 10 cents to end at $25.10 with 77,398 shares trading, the stock traded as high as $27.50 during the day. Carreras lost $1 to end at $60 with 94,600 units changing hands, Ciboney traded 72,323 shares at 25 cents, Gleaner Company traded 109,622 shares to close at $2.70, Grace Kennedy climbed back to $84, with a rise of $3.80, as 757 units changed hands. Jamaica Broilers gained 30 cents to close at $11.50 with 54,818 shares changing hands, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Jamaica Producers had 8,257 shares trading as the price inched up by 4 cents to $31.60, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 18 cents to end at $19 while trading 29,100 shares, JMMB Group traded 147,734 units to end at $12, Kingston Wharves traded 13,400 units but lost 5 cents to close at $11.20.

Mayberry Investments traded 71,024 shares and gained 10 cents to end at $4.80, National Commercial Bank ended at $41.49 with 33,790 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 99 cents to close at $96 with 6,500 shares trading. Radio Jamaica traded 42,205 shares but closed $5.60. Sagicor Group gained of 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $23.50 with 266,030 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 12,400 shares and lost 60 cents to end at $11, Scotia Group closed with 158,508 shares changing hands at $30.10, Scotia Investments gained $3.10 to close at $26,989 after 121,032 units traded. Seprod rose by $1 as it traded 6,037 units to end at $21, Supreme Ventures regained 3 cents to end at $4.66 with 114,784 units changing hands, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 523,177 units to end at 22.98 US cents and the companies 8 percent preference share traded 52,666 units at $5.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, Berger Paints, Cable & Wireless, Caribbean Cement, Carreras, Ciboney, Desnoes and Geddes’, Gleaner, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Money Market Brokers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry Investments, National Commercial Bank, Pan Jamaican, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, Scotia Group, Seprod, Supreme Ventures

TTSE closed with negative bias

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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Republic Financial Holdings has demand to buy 235,233 shares at $112.

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued with moderate price movement with trading in 14 securities on Wednesday and more prices rising than falling but there is a clear negative bias with several stocks closing with offers below their last sale price. At the close 4 stocks advanced, 3 declined, with the prices of 7 remaining unchanged. A total of 144,663 shares changed hands valued at $1,565,759.
The Composite Index ended with a gain of 0.50 points to 1,163.67 the All T&T Index fell 0.71 points to 1,941.33 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.23 to end at 50.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with only 2 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 2 cents with 5,000 shares changing hands to close at $13.44, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 3,281 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to close at $6.50. Scotia Investments gained 2 cents with 7,000 shares trading at $1.52 and West Indian Tobacco ended with a gain of 2 cents to close at $126.29 as 1,507 shares changed hands.
Declines| Agostini’s traded 11,000 shares at $16.95 with a fall of 6 cents in trading at a 52 weeks’ low, National Flour lost 10 cents to end at $2.50 while trading 2,166 shares and Trinidad and Tobago NGL slipped 22 cents in trading to close at $21.25 with 12,841 units.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 1,772 shares to close at $22.75, First Citizens had 5,756 units changing hands at $35, JMMB Group traded 2,300 units at 55 cents, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.25 while trading 83,300 shares. One Caribbean Media traded 5,000 shares at $22, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 with 400 shares changing hands, the stock closed with the bid at $112 to buy 235,233 shares and Unilever Caribbean ended at $67.75 with 3,340 shares trading.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Agostini's, Clico Investment Fund, First Citizens, Guardian Media, JMMB Group, National Flour Mills, One Caribbean Media, Republic Financial Holdings, Sagicor Financial Corporation, Scotia Investments, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, Unilever Caribbean, West Indian Tobacco

FX market normalizes on Wednesday

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaican foreign exchange market returned to normal on Wednesday with dealers buying the equivalent US$36,348,672 and selling US$33,993,285, compared with US$113,650,452 purchased and US$115,800,882 sold on Tuesday. Changes in the rates of the various currencies were mixed with the US dollar continuing to gain.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$32,927,644 compared to US$110,719,783 on Tuesday with the buying rate for the US dollar fell 40 cents to $120.10. A total of US$31,914,028 was sold versus US$114,279,943 on Tuesday as the selling rate climbed 2 cents to $120.73. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 29 cents to end at $81.76 with dealers buying C$1,224,307 and selling C$911,193, at an average rate that rose 11 cents to $83.78. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed 81 to $171.20 for the purchase of £1,659,859, while £935,638 was sold, with the rate dropping 74 cents to $172.69. At the end of trading, it took J$130.68 to purchase the Euro, for fall of 30 cents on Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$128.50 for a rise of 28 cents on Tuesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$221,512 being bought, while US$108,614 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at were, a fall of $1.80 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar to $84.60, a rise in the highest selling rate of $2.05 to $90, a fall in the highest buying rate of British Pound, by $2.30 to $175.20 and a $2.79 decline in the highest selling rate that closed at $178.90.

Filed Under: FX Market, Stock Market Tagged With: BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, euro, FX Market, J$ vs euro, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica dollar, Trading Activity, US Dollar

7 juniors closed at 52 weeks’ high

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

CAC 2000 traded at new high of $6.50 to gain 234% since listing last week.

Investors pumped the junior up once more but more moderately than for the previously as attempts were made to move some prices higher but they failed to hold at the end of trading. At the close the junior market was down by 1.93 points to end at 2,355.27, having traded higher during the day. The market closed with 19 securities trading, 12 of which advanced, 4 declined with 7 closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs. A volume of 4,042,552 units changed hands, valued at $20,240,373.
At the close, 1 security ended with no bids to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial traded 9,000 units with a gain of 50 cents to end at $16.50 while newly listed CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.50 to gain 8 cents, C2W Music ended 2 cents higher to close at 49 cents while 336,500 units changed hands. Caribbean Cream ended with 122,000 shares changing hands to end at $5. Caribbean Flavours traded 58,200 units to close at $9, Caribbean Producers had 73,400 units changing hands, but slipped 5 cents to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries rose 20 cents while trading 393,375 shares at $1.40, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.07 with a gain of 2 cents while 25,000 units traded at a 52 weeks’ high. General Accident traded 78,900 shares to close at $2, Honey Bun with 13,652 shares changing hands, closed with a gain of 20 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7, Jamaican Teas had 5,820 shares trading to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.60 to record an increase of 10 cents.

KLE ended at $1.90 with 71,470 shares changing hands after rising by 7 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high, Lasco Distributors closed with 398,319 units trading and ended with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to close at $5 with 378,257 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,932,125 shares but fell 48 cents to close at $5, Medical Disposables gained 19 cents and ended with 54,500 shares changing hands at $3.30, Paramount Trading closed with 1,000 units changing hands at 52 weeks’ high of $10.10 and tTech closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.49 with 385,034 units changing hands to gain 19 cents. The stock traded as high as $6 during the trading day.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Mixed morning trading

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

The junior market rose but the main market declined moderately 39 securities accounting for 2,951,911 units changed hands after 80 minutes of trading with 16 stocks rising and 8 falling with tTech jumping 65 cents with 297,100 units to a record $6.
The all Jamaica Composite Index declined 260.51 points to 175,241.82 the JSE Market Index fell 233.11 points to 157,847.14 the JSE combined index fell 111.41 points to 169,293.72 and the junior market index climbed 12 points to 2,369.20.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market

Sharp drop in some prices on JSE

January 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Grace Kennedy fell $4.13 to $80.20.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market fell on Tuesday as Grace Kennedy, Scotia Group and Scotia Investments fell by more than $2, while JMMB Group and Pan Jam fell by nearly $1 but the junior market continued on its merry way to record yet another new high.
At the close, 9,739,157 units valued at $109,231,948 changed hands in all markets with the junior market accounting for 5,129,787 units, valued at $30,252,961.
The JSE Market Index declined by 696.34 points to 157,080.25, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 778.20 points to end at 174,502.33 and the JSE combined index rose 225.21 points to close at 169,405.13.
Trading resulted in 44 active securities in all market segments as 14 in the combined markets gained and 19 declined. Six stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading of 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
In trading, Barita Investments traded 10,275 shares and added 5 cents to close at $4, Berger Paints ended with 199,897 shares trading at $3.90, for a rise of 21 cents. Cable and Wireless ended with 177,451 units changing hands to close at $1.40, Caribbean Cement ended at $25, with 138,475 shares trading, Carreras closed at $61 with 20,149 units changing hands. Ciboney traded only 198,400 shares with price falling 1 cent to 25 cents, Gleaner Company traded 118,100 shares to close at $2.70, Grace Kennedy fell sharply by $4.13 as 117,534 units changed hands at $80.30. Hardware and Lumber fell 50 cents with 7,000 units trading at $18, Jamaica Broilers gained 25 cents to close at $11.20 with 124,946 shares changing hands, for a new 52 weeks’ high, JMMB Group traded 666,056 units and fell 95 cents cents to end at $12, Kingston Wharves traded 23,575 units at $11.25.
Mayberry Investments traded 426,379 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $4.70, National Commercial Bank fell 2 cents to end at $41.49, with 163,857 units changing hands, Pan Jamaican Investments fell 99 cents to close at $95.01 with 109,010 shares trading. Radio Jamaica trade just 200 shares but closed with a gain of 10 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.60, Sagicor Group closed at $23 with 109,760 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 9,000 shares at $11.60, Scotia Group lost $2.65 to close with 289,935 shares changing hands at $30.10. Scotia Investments dropped $2.22 to close at $26.80 after 61,048 units traded, Seprod traded 18,206 units and fell 60 cents to end at $20, Supreme Ventures fell 3 cents to end at $4.63 with 754,726 units changing hands and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 612,564 units to end at 21.75 US cents, down from 22.87 US cents.

Huge US$114m trading Tuesday

January 12, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Tuesday was a big day for trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market, as dealers bought the equivalent US$113,650,452 and sold US$115,800,882, compared with US$45,414,864 purchased and US$40,270,681 sold on Monday. Changes in the rates of the various currencies were mixed with the US dollar continuing to gain.
In US dollars trading, dealers bought US$110,719,783 compared to US$41,206,124 on Monday with the buying rate for the US dollar rising 57 cents to $120.50 A total of US$114,279,943 was sold versus US$38,724,325 on Monday as the selling rate climbed 3 cents to $120.71. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 62 cents to end at $82.05 with dealers buying C$1,475,053 and selling C$923,548, at an average rate that fell 62 cents to $83.67. The rate for buying the British Pound declined by $2.70 to $170.39 for the purchase of £1,158,431, while £465,990 was sold, with the rate rising 96 cents to $173.43. At the end of trading, it took J$130.98 to purchase the Euro, for fall of 57 on Monday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$128.21 for a decline of 32 cents on Monday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$288,183 being bought, while US$211,300 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the currencies traded at were, a rise in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar of $1.96 to $100.57, a rise of $1.25 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar to $86.40, a fall in the highest selling rate of $1.55 to $87.95, a rise in the highest buying rate of British Pound, by $1.10 to $177.50 and a $1.80 decline in the lowest selling rate that closed at $167.20.

Filed Under: FX Market, Stock Market Tagged With: BOJ, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Daily Trading, euro, FX Market, J$ vs euro, Jamaica dollar, Trading Activity, US Dollar

Citizens trades big on TTSE – Tuesday

January 12, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued low keyed activity prices with trading in 14 securities on Tuesday but with First Citizens dominating with a trade of $5.5 million. All three market indices rose marginally as 4 stocks advanced, 3 declined, with the prices of 7 remaining unchanged. A total of 902,619 shares changed hands valued at $7,566,997.
The Composite Index ended with a gain of 1.26 points to 1,163.17 the All T&T Index fell 0.26 points to 1,942.04 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.31 to end at 50.64.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 2 cents and closed at $4.06 with 1,586 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings gained 6 cents to end at $13.42 with 359 shares traded. JMMB Group closed with 679,212 shares valued at $370,877 changing hands to gain 2 cents at $22.75 and National Commercial Bank closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2.25 while trading 43,208 shares.
Declines| Praetorian Property Mutual Fund contributed 4,000 shares and fell 9 cents to end at $3,for a 52 weeks’ low, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 100 shares changing hands and ended with a fall of 1 cent to $6.49 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL slipped 2 cents in trading to close at $21.47 with 90 units.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,000 units at $38.96, Clico Investment Fund traded 21,560 shares valued at $490,490 to close at $22.75, First Citizens had 156,227 units valued at $5,467,945 changing hands at $35, One Caribbean Media traded 2,185 shares at $22, Prestige Holdings contributed 1,803 shares to end at $10.17. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 with 8,616 shares valued at $964,992 changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended with 673 shares trading to close at $67.75.