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AJ Index falls 3,000 points in 6 days

June 12, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Scotia Group fell again on Friday to $23.10 from its recent 52 weeks’ high of $27, and is the major factor behind the 3,000 points fall in the market index.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed out the week on a negative note with the prices of 8 stocks rising, 17 declining as 35 securities changed hands, ending in 3,084,121 units trading, valued at $28,761,098. A total of 3 stocks traded to close at a new 52 weeks’ high, in all market segments.
Since last week Friday the main market has slipped 5 days out of the 6 trading days. The last three days recorded negative movements in the indices. The JSE Market Index lost 805.17 points to close at 96,528.19, and is down over 2,700 points from last week’s Thursday close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 899.97 points to close at 106,831.50 and has lost more 3,000 points since last week’s Thursday close. The JSE combined index dropped 989.73 points to end

at 99,230.69 on Friday and lost just over 2,600 points since Thursday, last week.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with offers that were lower, a negative indicator for Monday’s trading.
In trading, Cable & Wireless ended with 77,630 shares changing hands and closed unchanged at 44 cents, Carreras traded 213,902 shares to close at $49 after losing 50 cents, Desnoes & Geddes ended with 106,421 shares changing hands with the price declining 45 cents to $7.55, Grace Kennedy traded 10,133 units to close at $63.95. Jamaica Broilers closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.75 to gain 35 cents, with 431,083 units changing hands,

Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 15,415 shares trading and closed at $6.35, to lose 15 cents. JMMB Group gained 8 cents to end at $7.30 with 134,900 shares, Kingston Wharves lost 49 cents with 8,000 shares trading at the close at $6.51, National Commercial Bank had 36,290 units trading unchanged at $29.50. Sagicor Group traded only 31,267 shares, was quoted at $12.06 when trading ended, with a loss of 34 cents. The stock traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.50 during the day. Scotia Group had 301,432 shares changing hands at $23.10 with a loss of 50 cents, Sterling Investments saw 11,660 units trading at $13.40 and put on 5 cents, Supreme Ventures had 46,994 units changing hands at $3.65 for a 5 cents gain and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 127,800 units at $5.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Carreras, D&G, Daily Trading, Desnoes & Geddes, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Broilers, JMMB Group, JSE Company, Kingston Wharves, Mayberry, NCB, Proven, Scotia, Supreme Ventures, Trading Activity

9 down 3 up on junior market

June 12, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 15 securities trading, and ended with 1,497,036 units changing hands valued at $. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 25.44 points to close at 907.33, with the price of 3 stocks advancing and 9 declining and 2 closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there is just 1 stock with the bid that is higher than their last selling price and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging, ending with 5,500 shares changing hands, to close 1 cent lower at $3.19, Caribbean Cream trading 20,000 shares, 10 cents higher to new all-time high of $1.85, Caribbean Flavours finishing with 1,667 shares trading to close 1 cents higher at $2.09. Consolidated Bakeries ended with 65,234 units changing hands but lost 2 cents to close at $1.15, Derrimon Trading finished with 3,599 shares trading to close 10 cents higher at $2.20. Dolphin Cove concluding trading with 3,333 shares changing hands to close 25 cents lower at $11. General Accident Insurance ended trading with a loss of 20 cents to close at $1.75 with 34,252 shares trading, Honey Bun lost 33 cents in trading just 2,053 units. KLE Group traded 3,500 shares at 70 cents, Lasco Distributors traded 348,516 shares to close lower by 20 cents at $1.40, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 671,000 units with the price slipping 6 cents to $2. Lasco Manufacturing had 124,982 shares changing hands as the stock traded lower by 5 cents to $1.45, Paramount Trading ended trading with 200,000 shares to end unchanged at $5.50 and Eppley 10% preference share closed trading with 8,400 units and lost just 1 cent to $6 and the company’s 9.5% preference share saw 5,000 units treading at $6.01

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Flavours, Consolidated Bakeries, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, General Accident, Honey Bun, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Purity, Trading Activity

TTSE ends week in balance

June 12, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 13 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 9 traded firm with a total of 390,967 units, valued at $15,929,224.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.15 points to close at 1,162.35, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.19 points to close at 1,970.76 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a mere 0.01points to end at 46.45.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAL with 202,907 shares changing hands for a value of $13,625,148 and closed with a gain of 7 cents at $67.15 for a new 52 weeks’ high and Sagicor Financial traded 6,668 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents at $6.25.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, One Caribbean Media lost 3 cents to close at $22.42 with 575 shares and Republic Bank with 1,478 shares trading closed down a cent at $114.96 for a new 52 weeks’ low.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 26,400 shares valued at $595,320 traded to end at $22.55, Flavorite Foods with a volume of 122,903 shares being traded for $589,934 close at $4.80, First Citizens Bank traded 3,004 shares and closed at $35.81. Grace Kennedy with 1,500 shares changing hands, closed at $3.53, Massy Holdings traded 10,230 shares, valued at $658,300, to close at $64.35, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund remained at $3.10 after trading 2,000 shares, Point Lisas had 2,416 units changing hands at $3.81and Prestige Holdings contributed 10,886 shares to end at $9.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, clico, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Flavorite Foods, Grace Kennedy, Massy Holdings, Point Lisas, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund, Prestige Holdings, Republic Bank, Sagicor, Scotia, TTSE

Market suffers losses in early trading

June 12, 2015 by IC Insider.com

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With 75 minutes of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange the market indices fell with a tone of bearishness in the air, a total of 11 stocks have declined and 7 are up.
There are three new 52 weeks’ highs with Caribbean Cream traded at an all-time high of $1.85, Sagicor Group and Jamaica Broilers traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.50 and $5.75 respectively. The main market has so far had 17 stocks being active while 11 stocks have traded in the junior market, for a total of 28 securities, trading in the markets, accounting for 1.179 million shares.
TheJSE Market Index lost 388.63 points to 96,944.73 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 431.42 points to close at 107,300.05 JSE combined index dropped 508.18 points to 99712.24 and the junior market index fell 15.64 to 917.13 points.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Jamaica Broilers, Sagicor Group

Thursday’s sales & purchases equal

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Sale of and purchases of all currencies by dealers was equally matched on Thursday as the Jamaican dollar slipped against two of main currencies it regularly trades against. Dealers bought the equivalent of US$26,229,816 compared with US$26,615,499, on Wednesday while they sold the equivalent of US$26,264,239 versus US$28,759,140 previously.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$22,637,066 compared to US$23,232,481 on Wednesday. The buying rate for the US dollar gained 13 cents at $115.68 and US$24,198,294 was sold versus US$ 26,875,275 on Wednesday, the selling rate climbed 7 at $116.33. The Canadian dollar buying rate slipped 61 cents to $91.95 with dealers buying C$666,284 and selling C$958,498, at an average rate that fell 5 cents to $94.94. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 33 cents to $176.50 for the purchase of £1,490,432, while £498,583 was sold, at an average rate that rose by 54 cents to $178.90. At the end of trading it took J$131.40 to purchase the Euro, 67 cents more than on Wednesday, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$128.64 for 45 cents higher than Wednesday’s rate. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$789,007, while the equivalent of US$516,979, was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar rose 15 cents to $116.50, the lowest buying and the highest selling rates remained unchanged at $95.19 and $121.98, respectively. The lowest selling rate climbed $1.88 to $97.07. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar dropped $1.79 to $94.60, the lowest buying rate climbed 46 cents to $75.28, the highest selling was down 13 cents at $97.05 and the lowest selling rate fell 30 cents to $90.70. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, declined 65 to $180.10, the lowest buying rate rose 41 cents to $143.42, with the highest selling rate climbing $1.24 to $184.90 and the lowest selling rate fell $1.50 to $172.80.

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

Another IPO eyes on TTSE

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange seems set to welcome another new listing later this year, if all goes well. According to reports out of the twin island state, the country’s Minister of Finance Howai said recently, the Phoenix Park Gas Processors initial public offering (IPO) will “come to market in the next few weeks” with some 75,852,000 shares for the public to purchase.
According to the company’s website, “Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) is a Trinidad and Tobago company formed in May 1989” PPGPL is one of the largest gas processing facilities in the Americas. We provide natural gas of a high quality standard to our customer by processing raw, natural gas delivered to our facility from their existing natural gas pipeline system. Processing involves the extraction of natural gas liquids (NGLs). The natural gas is delivered by our customer to downstream facilities that use it as a fuel and feedstock. We also fractionate the extracted NGLs into three components: propane, butane and natural gasoline. The propane and butane are marketed in the Caribbean and Central America and the natural gasoline is marketed internationally.
In 2013, the government sold off a part of First Citizens Bank to the public, with the shares being listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock exchange, providing investors with a healthy profit from their purchase.

Filed Under: Initial Public Offers, Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: First Citizens, Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited, TTSE

JSE main market slips

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended with 13 stocks advancing, 10 declining as 30 securities changed hands, ending in 3,850,561 units trading, valued at $23,389,820. Trading closed with 7 stocks ending at new 52 weeks’ highs and 1 ending a new low, in all market segments.
The JSE Market Index lost 556.70 points to 97,333.36, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 622.25 points to close at and the 107,731.47 JSE combined index dropped 542.27 points to end at 100,220.42.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows only 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower, an indication of the markets softening in the short term. The junior market that recorded 3 gains to 2 declines showed weakness at the end with 3 stocks closing with lower offers than the last sale and only 1 with the bid that was higher.
Stocks trading include, Barita Investments trading 24,000 shares at $2.65 for an increase of 14 cents, Cable & Wireless with 290,187 shares changing hands closing at 44 cents, Gleaner trading 500,000 shares gained 7 cents to close at $1.07, Hardware & Lumber closed with 5,950 shares trading to end at $19. Investors pushed Jamaica Stock Exchange 50 cents to close at $6.50 with 78,000 units changing hands, in continued favourable response to the company’s increased first quarter profit and the payment of a 53 cents dividend. Jamaica Producers had 7,450 units trading 10 cents lower at $18.55, JMMB Group saw 13,200 shares trading, to close 4 cents down at $7.22, down 24 cents, Mayberry Investments traded 623,497 stock units and lost 19 cents to end at $2.88, at the close there was a bid by Mayberry to buy 1,198,980 units at $2.88. National Commercial Bank had 315,733 shares trading with a gain of 10 cents to close at $29.50, Radio Jamaica traded 12,265 units at a new 52 weeks’ high of $3.01 by adding 1 cent, Sagicor Group trading at the close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $12.40 after putting on 10 cents with 113,740 shares changing hands. Scotia Group dropped 90 cents with only 5824 shares trading, to close at $23.50, Scotia Investments traded 7,000 stock units, to end at $26.28. Proven Investments traded 236,105 ordinary stock units at 21.05US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share trading 500,850 units at $2 while losing 3 cents.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Barita Investments, C&WJ, Daily Trading, Gleaner, H&L, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, JMMB, JSE Company, Mayberry, NCB, Proven, Sagicor, Scotia, Trading Activity

Record highs for junior stocks

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Financial closed at a new all-time high of $2.06.

Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 7 securities trading, and ended with 874,808 units changing hands valued at $2,003,620. The JSE Junior Market Index lost 1.92 points to close at 932.77, with the prices of 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining, 3 closing at 52 weeks’ high and one at a low. Paramount Trading hit a new high of $6.10 during trading but closed back at Wednesday’s last traded price of $5.50.
At the close of the market, there was 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream traded with 100,000 units changing hands, 10 cents higher, at $1.75 for a new all-time high. KLE Group with 15,000 shares trading closed 5 cents lower at new low of 70 cents,

Lasco Distributors with 131,195 shares trading, lost 5 cents in closing at $1.05, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 350,600 units, closed with a gain of 8 cents to new a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.06, making it the first of the three Lasco companies to break the $2 barrier although it was the last of the three to really shot up. Lasco Manufacturing end with 73,470 shares trading at $1.50, Medical Disposables traded 95,000 shares to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.10 after adding 10 cents and Paramount Trading ended trading with 109,543 shares to end at $5.50, after trading as high as $6.10. At the close, Access Financial seems set to fall with an offer at $15.54 to sell 15,000 units well below the last traded price of $16.75.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity

Ansa McAl closes at new high

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Ansa closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 13 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 2 declined and 7 traded firm with a total of 538,113 units, valued at $4,094,256.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.47 points to close at 1,162.20, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.01 points to close at 1,970.57 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.13 points to end at 46.44.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa McAl trading 2,660 shares valued at $178,433, closed at a 52 weeks’ high, with a gain of 1 cent at $67.08. One Caribbean Media with 935 shares changing hands, gained 3 cents, to close at $22.45, Sagicor Financial contributed 36,115 shares with a value of $225,108 and gained 19 cents, to close at $6.25 and West Indian Tobacco traded just 82 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $125.34.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Republic Bank fell 3 cents to close at $114.97 and Scotia Investments with 2,540 shares traded and closed down 2 cents to $1.45.

Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, a total of 47,962 Clico Investment Fund shares changed hands, for a value of $1,042,643 and closed at $22.55, First Citizens Bank traded 2,110 shares to close at $35.81, Grace Kennedy with a volume of 100,000 shares trading for $353,000, ended at $3.53. Massy Holdings traded 18,436 shares valued at $1,186,356 to close at $64.35, National Commercial Bank was the volume leader with 303,396 shares changing hands for a value of $546,113 to end at $1.80, National Flour Mills added 20,298 shares to close at $2 and Praetorian Property Mutual Fund closed with 2,000 units trading to close at $3.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.

Filed Under: Stock Market, TTSE Market Tagged With: Ansa Mcal, clico, Daily Trading, First Citizens, Grace Kennedy, Massy Holdings, National Flour Mills, NCB, One Caribbean Media, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund, Republic Bank, Sagicor, Scotia Investments, TTSE, West Indian Tobacco

7 stocks up 5 down

June 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

With 75 minutes of trading the main market indices rose moderately but the junior market index climbed 3.44 to a new high of 938.13 points.
Trading has been moderate with just 17 securities being active and accounting for 834,000 units, there are three new highs and one low so far.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange stock traded at a new all-time high of $6.50 and now has a bid at $6.55, Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $1.75 and Sagicor Group traded at $12.35 for a new 52 weeks’ high and KLE Group traded at 70 cents for a new low.