5 stocks fell on Thursday on TTSE
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.93 points to close at 1,151.64, the All T&T Index fell 1.85 points to close at 1,985.80 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.57.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Guardian Media with 63,036 shares trading for $1,245,591, gaining 1 cent, to end at $19.75. Prestige Holdings trading 1,000 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $9.61 and West Indian Tobacco added 4,780 shares valued at $583,160 while gaining 57 cents, to end at $122, a new 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund traded 16,275 shares valued at $381,991 and declined by 4 cents to $23.45. First Citizens Bank traded 1,318 shares and lost 1 cents to close at $36.49, conversely, Massy Holdings traded 75 shares and lost 6 cents at $67.97, National Enterprises with 1,000 shares traded at $17.34, closed with 3 cents decline and Republic Bank suffered a loss, of 68 cents to close at $118.90 while trading 2,160 units.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA McAL contributing 5,336 shares with a value of $354,951, to close at $66.52. Firstcaribbean International Bank exchanged 1,000 shares at $5.02 each, Guardian Holdings traded 345 shares to end at $13.26. Jamaica Money Market Brokers ended with 78,766 shares changing hands, to close at 43 cents, followed by.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Falling stocks have upper hand again
Thursday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of only 5 stocks rising and 9 declining as 25 securities changed hands, ending in 2,661,715 units trading, valued at $5,515,538, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 502.11 points to 76,652.60, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 561.39 points to close at 84,419.47 and the JSE combined index declined by 532.87 points to close at 78,583.98.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras finishing with 5,452 shares, while gaining 6 cents to reach $37.21. National Commercial Bank traded 17,679 shares with the price gaining 48 cents to end at $19.50 and Grace Kennedy ended with only 1,000 units, the price rise to 95 cents to $63.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints ending with 35,207 shares trading to close at $1.55. Cable & Wireless finished with 929,431 shares changing hands to close at 50 cents, Desnoes & Geddes finished with 200 units trading at $4.80, Gleaner ended with 7,017 shares changing hands at 85 cents and Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 10,100 shares at $6.95.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement closing with 10,749 units trading, the price slipped 2 cents to $2.30. Jamaica Broilers finished traded 135,621 shares lower by 3 cents, to $4, Kingston Wharves closed with 523 shares changing hands to close lower by 4 cents at $5.60, Pan Jamaican Investment ended trading with 3,330 units, the price fell 90 cents, to $52.10. Sagicor Group finished with 18,730 units trading as the price declined by 10 cents to $10.20 and Scotia Group closed with 21,116 units trading 45 cents lower at $20.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share had 1,373,086 units changing hands to close at $2 and the junior listing, Eppley 9.5% preference share closed with 3,988 units trading at $6.
5 stocks fall to 1 rising on junior market
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 9 securities trading and ended with 92,474 units valued at $196,263. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 6.51 points to close at 696.46, with the price of only 1 advancing and 5 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer lower. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading on Thursday are, AMG Packaging closed with 8,291 units trading at $2.19 to gain 4 cents, General Accident Insurance trading 1,984 shares and ended at $1.80, Honey Bun ended with 3,000 units trading at $1.95, Eppley 9.5% preference share closed with 3,988 units trading at $6, Paramount Trading ended trading with 20,000 units trading at $3.30.
Caribbean Flavours closed with 2,000 shares trading lower by 1 cent at $2.21. Lasco Financial Services ended trading with 2,600 shares changing hands, closed 1 cent lower at $1, Caribbean Producers ending with 8,496 shares changing hands at $2.01 after it fell 18 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 17,115 shares changing hands to close at $1.44but eased 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent down at $1.19 with 25,000 shares changing hands.
J$ slippage continues on Wednesday
The Jamaican dollar fell in value against the British Pound, the US and Canadian dollars on Wednesday. Purchase of all currencies by dealers, translated to US$33,823,587, compared with the US$31,812,301, on Tuesday, and selling of the equivalent of US$31,109,776 versus US$30,810,659 sold on Tuesday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$29,495,536 compared to US$27,613,916 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 5 cents to $114.83 and US$27,071,062 was sold versus US$28,053,075 on Tuesday, with the selling rate climbing 6 cents to $115.45. The Canadian dollar buying rate lost 17 cents to $94.09 with dealers buying C$2,013,833, and selling C$2,681,448, at an average selling rate that climbed 41 cents, to $96.39. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 23 cents to $172.61 for the purchase of £1,689,613, while £947,926 was sold, the rate climbed 70 cents to $174.46. At the end of trading it took J$133.53 to purchase the Euro, 63 cents less than on Tuesday, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$130.83 for a fall of 79 cents from Tuesday. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$138,214 while the equivalent of US$367,556, was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate US dollar, climbed 15 cents to $115.80 and the lowest buying rate remained at $94.10. The highest selling rate rose 11 cents to $120.70, while the lowest selling rate dropped $18.59 to $94.11. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar fell 60 cents to $95.60, the lowest buying fell 29 cents to $75.99. The highest selling rate rose 50 cents to $99 and the lowest selling rate eased 35 cents to $91.55. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, dipped $1.20 to $174.80. The lowest buying rate rose 41 cents to $140.35, the highest selling rate fell 40 cents to $180 and the lowest selling rate gained 50 cents to $169.10.
First in 2014 declining stocks on top at JSE
strong> Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 640.21 points to 77,154.71, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 715.79 points to close at 84,980.86 and the JSE combined index gained 663.14 points to close at 79,116.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Hardware & Lumber ending with 3,000 units with the price rising 14 cents to $7.65. Jamaica Money Market Brokers closed with 13,396 shares changing hands 5 cents higher at $6.55, National Commercial Bank ended with 24,312 shares trading with a gain of 2 cents to $19.02, Sagicor Group swapped 2,900 shares with the price increasing by 10 cents to $10.30 and Scotia Group closed with 83,608 units changing hands 75 cents higher to $20.95.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless in exchanging 271,167 units ended at 50 cents. Kingston Wharves finished with 29,708 units trading to end at $6, Mayberry Investments closed at $2 with 15,772 units traded, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 1,040 units at $53 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed with 1,370 units trading at $6.95.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement closing with 31,686 units trading as the price slipped 18 cents to $2.32. Desnoes & Geddes contributed 26,049 shares in trading lower by 5 cents to $4.80, Gleaner closed with 103 shares changing hands lower by 5 cents to 85 cents, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 1,010 units, the price slipped 95 cents to $62.05, Jamaica Broilers finished with 14,950 units trading as the price declined by 8 cents to $4.02. Proven Investments ended with 235,450 shares trading lower by 0.39 cents to 20.61 US cents, Salada Foods in concluding transaction in 200,000 units closed with the price falling 11 cents to $10.39, Scotia Investments traded 3,674 units with the price declining 49 cents to $22.51 and Seprod closed with 1,711 shares trading lower by 50 cents to $12.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share had 17,216 units changing hands at $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 15,000 units at $2.
TTSE stocks treading water
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended Wednesday with 10 securities changing hands of which 3 advanced, 3 declined and 4 traded firm with a total of 96,603 units, valued at $1,726,113.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.01 point to close at 1,152.57, the All T&T Index advanced by just 0.01 point to close at 1,987.65 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.57.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, First Citizens Bank trading 96 shares at $36.50, after gaining 1 cent. Prestige Holdings gained 3 cents to end at $9.60 while 214 shares traded and West Indian Tobacco trading 2,000 shares and gained 2 cents to $121.43.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Massy Holdings trading 725 shares to close with a loss of 2 cents at $68.03. One Caribbean Media ended with 45,973 shares changing hands for a value of $1,101,053 and closed at $23.95 after losing 4 cents and Scotiabank added 2,470 shares valued at $153,150 and close with a 1 cent loss at $62.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Guardian Holdings trading 1,925 units at $13.26, National Commercial Bank traded 23,000 shares and closed at $1.17. Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 13,200 shares with a value of $72,468 to close at $5.49 and Sagicor Financial Corporation 6.5% US$1 preference share traded 7,000 units at US$1.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Only 3 Junior market stocks traded Wednesday
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offers lower. The junior market closed with 4 securities ending with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Manufacturing closed at $1.20 with a gain of 4 cents as 45,204 shares changed hands, Dolphin Cove traded 1,500 shares to end at $8.50 and Caribbean Producers closed with 84,565 units trading at $2.11 with a fall of 4 cents.