The Jamaican dollar gained a cent against the US dollar, gained value versus the Canadian dollar but slipped against the Pound Sterling, in Tuesday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$38,385,284 versus US$55,527,854 on Monday, and the equivalent of US$39,434,800 was sold compared with US$54,984,714 on Monday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$32,424,472 compared to US$49,027,325 on Monday. The buying rate for the US dollar gained 3 cents to $112.38 and US$34,668,805 was sold versus US$50,573,332 on Monday, the selling rate drifted a cent down to $112.68. The Canadian dollar buying rate is up 5 cents to $101.53 with dealers buying C$2,908,960 and selling C$2,940,061 at an average selling rate that slipped 70 cents to $102.16. The rate for buying the British Pound rose $1.07 to $182.51, for the purchase of £1,935,491, while £1,182,187 was sold, the selling rate climbed 63 cents to $183.96. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$189,326, while selling was for the equivalent of US$170,362.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US 
dollar, fell 67 cents to $114. The lowest buying and the highest selling rates remained unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 respectively and the lowest selling rate rose $18.15 to $110. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar lost 70 cents to $102.20, the lowest buying rate remained at $81.17. The highest selling rate fell 20 cents to $104.96. The lowest selling rate was unchanged at $97.80. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 60 cents to $184.50, the lowest buying rate was unchanged at $146.29. The highest selling rate fell 19 cents to $188.40 and the lowest selling rate is up $17.64 to $176.25.
Buoyant flows keep Jamaican$ stable
2 consecutive down days on JSE
Tuesday’s Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising and 7 declining, with 22 securities changing hands. A total of 4,797,725 units traded, valued at $27,746,916 in both the main and junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator, showed 9 stocks with bids higher, than their last selling prices, and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell 425.48 points to 71,432.21 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index lost 475.76 points to close at 78,582.39.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy with 22,436 shares, with 40 cents rise to $58, Jamaica Producers with 1,000,000 shares changing hands, closed 12 cents higher at $15.20 and Radio Jamaica had 13,754 shares changing hands with a gain of 2 cents to $1.04.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded price are, Cable & Wireless contributing 186,952 shares to close at 30 cents, Caribbean Cement with 4,061 units closed at $2.55, Desnoes & Geddes closed at $4.70 with 553,461 shares trading, National Commercial Bank ended at $18 as 53,945 units changed hands and Sagicor Group accounted for 70,007 shares, to close at $9.25.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses stocks at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 5,864 shares, lost 10 cents to end at $34.30, Jamaica Broilers traded just 2,330 units with a 5 cents loss and closed at $4.40, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 56,346 ordinary shares changing hands, lost 5 cents to end at $6.95, Pan Jamaican Investment with 3,500 shares trading, ended at $49 after giving up a cent, Sagicor Real Estate Fund exchanged 29,350 units, with a loss of 34 cents to $6.80 and Scotia Group 141,730 shares helped to lop 31 cents off the price to end at $19.09.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share, traded 340,600 units at $2 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 15,800 units at $5.05.
Only 6 junior market stocks traded
The JSE Junior Market Index declined 9.77 points to close at 651.96 as 6 stocks traded with 2 advancing and 2 declining. A total of $2,499,970 was expended on 2,297,589 shares in this market. Two Lasco companies accounted for the bulk of the stocks to trade.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are, Lasco Financial 1,681,491 units with a gain of 3 cents to 98 cents and Lasco Manufacturing with 529,226 units, to close a cent higher at 97 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, General Accident with 25,000 shares ended at $1.46 and Honey Bun had just 7,058 units trading at $2.12.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading, are Caribbean Producers 31,000 shares, ending at $2.40 after losing 10 cents and Dolphin Cove with 23,814 units, losing 80 cents to end at $8.
2 advance 2 decline on TTSE
Tuesday’s trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, resulted in 14 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 10 traded firm, with 255,339 units valued at $2,833,622 trading.
The Composite Index rose 0.38 points to close at 1,146.54, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.01 points to close at 1,979.80 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.10 points to end at 41.01.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are Grace Kennedy increasing 14 cents to end the day at $3.70 with a volume of 35,888 shares being traded for $131,606 and National Flour Mills with 135,462 shares changing hands for a value of $177,924 to close at $1.35, up 5 cents for the day.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are Clico Investment Fund with 2,333 shares valued at $51,326 declined by 5 cents to end at $22 and Republic Bank with 2,630 shares closed 2 cents lower at $121.70.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 193 shares at $12.70, Firstcaribbean International Bank 2,000 shares at $5, while Jamaica Money Market Brokers added 22,555 shares to close at 45 cents, Massy Holdings contributed 27,355 shares with a value of $1,874,093 to close at $68.51, National Commercial Bank 20,275 shares at $1, National Enterprises with 15 shares to end at $17.74, Point Lisas Industrial Port Development 150 shares at $4, Sagicor Financial Corporation 4,703 shares at $6.20 and Trinidad Cement with only 39 shares at $2.54 and West Indian Tobacco trading 1,741 shares to close at $118.07.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
Jamaican$ still holding steady vs US$
The Jamaican dollar gained a cent against the US dollar, gained value versus the Pound but lost against the Canadian dollar, In Monday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased more foreign currency than they sold. The equivalent of US$55,527,854 was bought versus US$35,748,353 on Friday, and the equivalent of US$54,984,714 was sold compared with US$30,621,902 on Friday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$49,027,325 compared to US$31,259,041 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar dropped 2 cents to $112.35 and US$50,573,332 was sold versus US$26,652,331 on Friday, the selling rate drifted a cent down to $112.69. The Canadian dollar buying rate is up 88 cents to $101.48 with dealers buying C$3,545,656 and selling C$3,929,357 at an average selling rate that put on 28 cents to $102.86. The rate for the British Pound fell 70 cents to $181.44, for the purchase of £1,906,224, while only £389,171 was sold, the selling rate slipped 68 cents to $183.34. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$219,456, while selling was for the equivalent of US$191,566
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, rose $1.37 to $114.67. The lowest buying, the highest and lowest selling rates remained unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 and $91.85 respectively. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar lost 60 cents to $102.90, the lowest buying rate rose 4 cents to $81.17. The highest selling rate fell 34 cents to $105.16. The lowest selling rate was up 65 cents at $97.80. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, was unchanged at $183.90, the lowest buying rate fell 70 cents to $146.29. The highest selling rate is up 7 cents to $188.59 and the lowest selling rate fell $18.19 to $158.61.
Securities trading climbs on TTSE
in Monday trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, 17 securities changed hands of which 5 advanced, 5 declined and 7 traded firm. A total of 200,232 units changed hands, with a value of $6,438,679.
The Composite Index declined by 0.16 points to close at 1,146.16, the All T&T Index fell 0.07 points to close at 1,979.81 and the Cross Listed Index eased 0.03 points to end at 40.91.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 16,470 shares valued at $363,164 and advanced by 5 cents to end at $22.05, First Citizens Bank increased 50 cents to end the day at $36.50, with 60,000 shares changing hands, for a value of $2,184,169, One Caribbean Media traded 5,250 shares, a cent higher at $24.36, for a new 52 weeks’ high and Unilever Caribbean traded 971 shares with a gain of 3 cents, to land at $64.05, a new 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 393 shares traded, to close 5 cents off, at $12.70, Guardian Holdings traded 7,457 units at $13.40 for a loss of 10 cents, Republic Bank lost a cent, in closing at $121.72 with 13,625 shares traded, valued at $1,658,435, Scotiabank lost 20 cents to close at $60.80, a new 52 weeks’ low, while trading 9,918 shares valued at $603,014 and West Indian Tobacco traded 1,212 units, at $118.07 for 3 cents decline.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Berger Paints had 30 shares trading at $3.61, Guardian Media traded 250 shares at $19.76, while Massy Holdings added 14,628 shares valued at $1,002,181, ending at $68.51, National Flour with 29,538 shares traded for $38,399, closed at $1.30, Point Lisas Industrial Port with 5,000 units closed at $4, Prestige Holdings with 1,000 shares changing hands, closed at $9.50, Sagicor Financial traded 12,929 shares at $6.20 and Scotia Investments contributed 21,561 shares with a value of $31,263, to end at $1.45,
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Advances and declines even 7:7 on JSE
Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, resulted in the prices of 7 stocks rising and 7 declining as 20 securities changed hands, resulting in 1,789,786 units trading, valued at $11,932,664.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index declined 529.66 points, to 71,857.69 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 592.25 points to close at 79,058.15.
Gains| Stocks closing with gains at their last traded price, in the main market are, Carreras with 26,708 ordinary shares trading, 5 cents higher to $34.40, Pan Jamaican Investment had 1,000 shares changing hands, one cent higher at $49.01, Proven Investments with 10,570 units, increased 0.99 US cent to 17.99 US cents, Sagicor Group put through 346,200 units with a gain of 5 cents to $9.25 and Scotia Group, had 91,798 shares changing hands, 15 cents higher at $19.40.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded price are, Cable & Wireless with 3,000 units, closing at 30 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 60,068 ordinary shares, closed at $7 and National Commercial Bank with 55,031 shares ended at $18.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy with 19,260 shares, losing 40 cents to end at $57.60, Jamaica Broilers with 10,000 shares fell 25 cents to $4.45, Mayberry Investments with 707 shares lost 5 cents to end at $1.45 and Radio Jamaica with 42,096 shares, declined 2 cents to $1.02.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 33,113 units with a cent increase, at $3.02, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 487,000 units at $2 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 371,893 units at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index fell 0.50 points to close at 661.73, only 5 stocks traded, with 1 advancing and 3 declining.
Gains| Lasco Distributors was the only stock recording a gain at the end of trading in the junior market, with 49,500 units at a 1 cent gain to $1.13.
Firm Trades| C2W Music traded 15,000 units at 40 cents, to be the only stock in the junior market that traded to close without a price change.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading, are Caribbean Cream with 48,093 shares to lose 3 cents at 61 cents, General Accident with 40,000 shares, lost 4 cents to end at $1.46 and Lasco Manufacturing with 78,749 shares closed with a gain of a cent at 96 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
T-bills chased in September, push down rate
Government of Jamaica Treasury bill sample
Investors are clearly seeing a continuing trend of lower rates into the future, and moved their focus to the longer end of the Treasury bill spectrum and less so on the shorter term ones. The offer of 182 days duration, matures on March 20 next year, will generate an average interest rate yield of 7.99887 percent, down from 8.11578 percent in August, 8.21982 percent at the July’s auction and 8.36502 percent for the June issue, of the same duration. At the May Treasury bill auction, the rate came out at 8.932 percent.
The Treasury bill for the period Friday, September 19, maturing on Friday, December 19 this year, for the duration of 91 days, attracted bids of $641,904,600 (August $639,068,500 and July $732,981,900) for the $400,000,000 on offer. The average yield came out at 7.46952 percent, slightly up on the 7.46767 percent average rate out turn in August. The rate for the June issue was 7.65893 percent and 8.2 percent in May, for the Treasury bill of same duration.
Excess foreign currency bought in 2 days
The Jamaican dollar gained a cent against the US dollar, gained value versus the Pound, but lost against the Canadian dollar, in Friday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased more foreign currency than they sold, with the equivalent of US$35,748,353 bought versus US$29,361,702 on Thursday, and sold the equivalent of US$30,621,902 compared with US$27,149,495 on Thursday, the second consecutive day, this is happening.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$31,259,041 compared to US$25,904,827 on Thursday. The buying rate for the US dollar rose 1 cent to $112.37 and US$26,652,331 was sold versus US$25,054,219 on Thursday, the selling rate drifted a cent to $112.70. The Canadian dollar buying rate inched up 18 cents to $100.61 with dealers buying C$1,319,900 and selling C$486,723 at an average selling rate that put on a cent to $102.58. The rate for the British Pound moved up 79 cents to $182.15, for the purchase of £1,555,372, while £1,385,818 was sold, the rate slipped 17 cents to $184.02. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$786,506, while selling was for the equivalent of US$1,263,878.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, rose 45 cents to $113.30. The lowest buying, the highest and lowest selling rates remained unchanged at $91.85 and $117.70 and $91.85 respectively. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar gained 60 cents to $103.50, the lowest buying rate rose 12 cents to $81.13. The highest selling rate is up 48 cents to $105.50. The lowest selling was down 45 cents at $97.15. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, fell 30 cents to $183.90, the lowest buying rate gained 45 cents to $146.99. The highest selling rate fell 39 cents to $188.52 and the lowest selling rate is up 25 cents to $176.80.
Sweet River starts trading with small gain
Friday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 5 stocks rising and 8 declining, as 19 securities changed hands, with 4,358,188 units trading, valued at $120,793,953. Sweet River Abattoir, the latest junior market listing, traded for the first time, having been listed today, with 1,000 shares trading, slightly above the IPO price of $3.86.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index lost 295.47 points to 72,387.35 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 330.39 points, to close at 79,650.40.
Gains| The stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 19,179 ordinary shares, rising 5 cents to $7, National Commercial Bank had 27,560 shares changing hands, 14 cents higher at $18, Scotia Group put through 153,187 units with a gain of 5 cents to $19.25 and Seprod, had 141,300 shares changing hands, 28 cents higher at $10.80.
Firm| The stock in the main market to close without a price change at the last traded prices is Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 26,530 units at $7.14
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are Carreras with 565,400 shares, lost 30 cents to end at $34.35, Grace Kennedy traded 1,514,078 units for $2 loss, to end at $58, Mayberry Investments with 20,000 shares, closed 20 cents lower at $1.50, Proven Investments ordinary stock, traded 49,418 shares and lost 0.99 cents to end at 17US cents and Sagicor Group traded 391,700 shares and lost 55 cents at $9.20.
Preference| Access Financial 9% debenture note, traded 102,000 units at $5 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% preference share, traded 1,093,000 units at $2.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index fell 5.84 points to close at 662.23, as 6 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 3 declining.
Gains| Newly listed Sweet River Abattoir, closed with 1,000 shares trading at $3.90 for a 4 cents gain, on the IPO price and is the only stock gaining at the end of trading, in the junior market.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, General Accident with 150,000 shares, ending at $1.50, C2W Music 2,300 units trading at 40 cents and Jamaican Teas with 11,734 shares at $3.30.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading, are Honey Bun with 25,802 shares, lost 22 cents to end at $2.12, a 52 weeks’ Low, Lasco Financial with 39,000 shares changing hands, lost 3 cents to end at 95 cents and Lasco Manufacturing with 25,000 shares lost 5 cents to end up at 97 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
