TTSE: 2 new 52 weeks high

February 26, 2014 by

Wednesday, 26th February 2014 | The Trinidad Stock market had two new 52 weeks highs in One Caribbean Media and Unilever stocks at the close of the market.

Overall there was trading in 15 securities of which 5 advanced, 3 declined and 7 traded firm. Trading accounted for 67,234 shares carrying a value of $2,245,979. First Citizens closed trading with an offer to sell 23,444 shares as low as $38 even as the last traded price was $38.43. The bid was for a mere 526 units at $37 suggesting there may be a sharp pull back when next it trades.

At the end of trading the Composite Index gained 0.48 points to close at 1,193.07, the All T&T Index declined by 0.09 points to end at 2,003.44 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.13 points to close at 50.25.

Gains | Stocks trading with price gains at the close of the market are Angostura Holdings with 990 units at $10.76 as the price inched up a cent; Clico Investment Fund in posting a volume of 19,175 shares valued at $413,207, the price advanced by 4 cents to end at $21.55; National Commercial Bank 1,000 shares at $1.17 for a gain of 2 cents; One Caribbean Media 500 shares to close up by 19 cents at $19.50 and Unilever Caribbean gaining 40 cents to end the day at $57 while trading 500 shares.

TTSEFeb26Firm Trades | First Caribbean International Bank added 3,711 shares valued at $24,120 in closing at $6.50; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 13,700 shares changing hands for a value of $6,850 and closed at 50 cents; National Enterprises traded 10,177 shares for $185,730 to close at $18.25; Neal & Massy had 1,738 units to close at $66.25; Scotiabank exchanged just 2,254 shares at $72.53; Republic Bank swapped ownership of  2,100 shares in closing at $117.50 and West Indian Tobacco contributed 6,089 shares worth $718,502 with the price closing at $118.

Declines | ANSA McAL traded 3,000 shares at $66.50, down by a cent; First Citizens traded only 200 shares to close down by a cent at $38.43; Prestige Holdings fell 8 cents to close at $9.30 while trading only 100 shares.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.

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JSE: NCB dominates again

February 25, 2014 by

Tuesday, 25th February 2014 | Trading on the Jamaica Stock market resulted in 11,445,325 shares trading valued at $160,003,244 as National Commercial Bank shares accounted for $140,618,525 of the value. The price of 8 stocks gained and 8 declined resulting in minor index movements.

Main Market | Half of the companies with positive price movements were from the main market as the JSE Market Index advanced by 14.97 points to 79,152.65, the JSE All Jamaican Composite inched up by 22.72 points to close at 83,960.12.

Gains | Desnoes & Geddes trading 901,564 shares valued at $4,507,587 with the price rising by 10 cents to close at $5; Grace Kennedy with 988 shares trading at $54.57 for a one cent gain; Hardware & Lumber 10,875 shares at $8.20 up by 10 cents; and Pan Jamaican Investment with 35,270 shares to close at $48.06 for a cent gain.

JSEIndicesFeb25Firm | Barita Investments traded 1,000 unchanged at $2.50; Cable & Wireless 495,924 shares at 39 cents; Carreras 2,847 shares to close at $34.60; Jamaica Broilers 50,548 shares to end at $4.90; Mayberry Investments 5,100 shares, closing at $1.90; National Commercial Bank 7,402,250 shares at $19 valued at $140,618,525.

In the preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% preference shares traded 400 units at $3.50 and the 8.75% stock traded 31,708 units at $3.00. Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 300,640 units at $5.09.

Declines | Proven Investments traded 8,500 units and closed down US0.37 cents at US17.62 cents; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 2,600 units at $7.48, declining by 2 cents; Gleaner 22,843 shares at $1.10 off by 5 cents; Scotia Group had 162706 units changing hands to close at $20.57 for a 13 cents decline; Sagicor Group traded 12,007 units at $9 as the price fell by 15 cents; Caribbean Cement 36,736 shares as the price closed at $4.70 down by 27 cents.

Junior Market | The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 2.97 points to 744.16 even as advancing stocks exceeded declining ones.

Gains | Blue Power closed with 283,700 shares trading to close at $9.02, an increase of 2 cents; Caribbean Cream traded 25,000 units at 90 cents up 5 cents; Honey Bun 4,820 shares to close at $3.05, up 5 cents; Lasco Distributors 29,000 shares to close at $1.31, up 1 cent.

Firm Trades | Stocks trading firm are Cargo Handlers with 20,667 shares at $15; Derrimon Trading 1,030,000 units closing at $2.50; Lasco Financial Services 3,000shares at $1.30.

Declines | Lasco Manufacturing traded 33,605 units to close at $1.20 for a 3 cents fall; Caribbean Producers traded 520,644 units to end at $2.70, down 5 cents.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.

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Recent insider trades

February 25, 2014 by

Trading by insiders in their company stock on the Jamaica Stock Market can give insights to investors.

National Commercial Bank Jamaica advised that a related party purchased 1,590,083 of its shares on February 21, 2014.

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited advised that a connected party purchased 498,100 of its shares on February 14, 2014 and also advised that a related party purchased 46,986 of the shares on February 11, 2014.

National Commercial Bank Jamaica advised that a related party purchased a total of 20,089,111 of the bank’s shares on February 4, 2014. Shares totalling 18.25 million were traded on the Trinidad Stock Exchange and the rest on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

Scotia Group advised that a senior manager sold 50,000 of the group’s shares on January 31, 2014.

Mayberry Investments (MIL) advised that a related party purchased 1,222,206 of the company’s shares on January 23, 2014.

KLE Group Limited has advised that a director sold 56,860 of the company’s shares on January 21, 2014.

The Gleaner Company advised that a senior manager sold 210,000 of the company’s shares on January 21, 2014.

Grace Kennedy has advised that as at January 2, 2014 a total of 1,440,062 of the company’s shares were purchased under the Share Buy Back Programme

Mayberry Investments (MIL) advised that a related party purchased 249,771 of the company’s shares during the period January 6 -10, 2014 and a related party sold 12,862 of the shares on January 9, 2014.

Mayberry Investments (MIL) reported a big inside trade on December 24, 2013 when a related party purchased 10,000,000 MIL shares from a related party who sold 10,168,266 of the company’s shares. The shares were traded between $2 and $2.02.

Desnoes & Geddes Limited (DG) reported that a director purchased 390,000 shares of  on December 24, 2013, the price the stock traded at was $5.

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJL) reported that a Senior Manager purchased 5,050 shares on December 20, 2013, the stock traded between $19-20.

Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Limited reported that senior managers were issued a total of 45,740  shares under the Pan-Jam Long Term Incentive Plan on December 24, 2013.

National Commercial Bank (NCBJ) advised that a related party sold a total of 27,111,000 NCBJ shares on December 30, 2013. The stock traded at $17.50 and Scotia Investment was the selling broker with Mayberry Investments to buying broker. Additionally, two directors purchased a total of 15,553 of the company’s shares on December 19, 2013.

Consolidated Bakeries advised that a senior manager purchased a total of 170,300 of the company’s shares on December 20, 2013.

Grace Kennedy Limited advised that Non-Executive Directors acquired a total of 84,880 GK shares on December 13, 2013.

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJL) advised that a senior manager purchased 2,400 of the group’s shares on December 10, 2013.

Gleaner Company advised that a director purchased a total of 398,946 of the company’s shares during the period December 2 – 19, 2013.

Desnoes & Geddes Limited (DG) advised that a director purchased director purchased 500,000 of the company’s shares on November 19, 2013 and 32,224 during the period November 29, 2013 to December 2, 2013.

Consolidated Bakeries (PURITY) advised that a director purchased 223,000 shares during the period November 13 – 20, 2013.

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TTSE: Market moving sidewards

February 25, 2014 by
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Tuesday, 25th February 2014 | Market activity on the Trinidad Market resulted in 12 securities trading, 3 advanced, 4 declined and 5 traded firm with 343,790 shares changed hands valued at $5,554,435.

The Composite Index inched up by 1.98 points to 1,192.59, the All T&T Index declined by 1.28 points to close at 2,003.53 and the Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.70 points to end at 50.12.

Gains | National Commercial Bank traded 59,456 shares for $68,374, the price rose by 10 cents to $1.15; Scotia Investments traded 129,662 shares valued at $200,196 as the price gained 1 cents to close at $1.53 and Scotiabank gained 28 cents to end the day at $72.53 in trading 1,050 shares.

TTSEFeb25Firm trades | Neal & Massy contributed 48,601 shares with a value of $3,219,816 to close at $66.25; Trinidad Cement added 9,476 shares valued at $19,615 and closed at $2.07; Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7,000 shares to end at 50 cents; Grace Kennedy traded 2,615 shares to close at $3.53 and ANSA McAL 2,388 shares at $66.51.

Declines | First Citizens Bank traded 4,180 shares, the price fell 48 cents to close at $38.44; Clico Investment Fund traded 71,522 shares valued at $1,538,177, the price declined by 7 cents to end at $21.51; Guardian Holdings had 5,800 changing hands at $14.48 for a 2 cents decline; and Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 2,040 units at $7.69 for a loss of a cent.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

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JSE: NCB & Real Estate Fund dominate

February 24, 2014 by

Monday, 24th February 2014 | Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was dominated by National Commercial Bank with more than 6.2 million shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 29.9 million units in trades that the stockbroker, Pan Caribbean Financial Services had big hands in. Cable & Wireless and Carreras were also highlighted, the former traded at a new new 3½ year high of 39 cents and the latter trading $5.5 million worth of shares.

The JSE Market Index fell 394.07 points to close at 79,137.68, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined by 597.78 points to 83,937.40 as 40,200,541 shares traded for a value of $337,696,517.

Main Market | Cable & Wireless closed at a new 3½ year high as investors picked up most of the shares on offer in a continued response to the improved December quarter results.

Gains | Cable & Wireless traded 2,395,400 shares with the price closing at 39 cents for a 4 cents gain and the highest closing price since August 20, 2010 when it closed at 40 cents. Jamaica Broilers Group traded 1,420 units for an 8 cents gain to close at $4.90; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 15,680 units as the price inched up by a cent to $7.50 and Mayberry Investments gained a cent in trading 9,278 shares to close at $1.90.

JSEIndicesFeb24Firm trade | Stocks trading with unchanged prices are Barita Investments with 7,800 shares at $2.50; Grace Kennedy 1,250 units at $54.56; Jamaica Producers 30,000 shares at $18.26; Kingston Wharves 7,239 units at $6; National Commercial Bank  6,205,995 shares to close at $19; Sagicor Group 12,700 units at $9.15; Salada 6,500 shares to close at $9 and Scotia Group 14,217 units at $20.70.

Declines | Carreras traded 164,394 units but closed at $34.60 by shedding $1.41; Desnoes & Geddes 26,875 shares to close at $4.90 as the price eased back by 10 cents; Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares traded 10,000 shares to close at $3 for a decline of a cent; Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded a large volume of 29,869,023 units to close down to $6.95 by slipping 5 cents; Scotia Investments 11,135 units to close at $25.50 down by 49 cents and Pan Jamaican Investment 13,600 shares to close at $48.05 a fall of 94 cents.

Junior Market | The JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 6.58 points to close at 747.13 with 3 stocks trading with higher prices at the end of Monday’s trading and none closing lower.

Gains | Stocks trading higher were Blue Power with 1,500 shares as the price edged up 1 cent to close at $9.01; Consolidated Bakeries 16,000 shares, closing up by 10 cents to $1.15 and Lasco Manufacturing  45,630 units at $1.23 for a 3 cents gain.

Firm trade | Stocks without a change in price are Access Financial Services with 7,800 shares to close at $10; Derrimon Trading, 1,000,000 shares to end at $2.50; Lasco Distributors 256,190 units at $1.30; Lasco Financial Services 49,550 shares at $1.30 and Caribbean Producers 21,365 units at $2.75.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.

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TTSE: Low market activity

February 24, 2014 by

Monday, 24th February 2014 | Activity was low on the Trinidad Stock Exchange with only 8 securities trading of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 4 traded firm. There was a total of 323,415 shares traded valued at $2,178,329.

The Composite Index inched up by 0.74 points to 1,190.61, the All T&T Index advanced by 1.34 points to close at 2,004.81 and the Cross Listed Index edged up by 0.02 points to 49.42.

Gains | The two stocks that recorded gains are Guardian Holdings with 114,365 shares for a value of $1,657,528, the price gained 34 cents to close at $14.50 and Grace Kennedy contributing 75,391 shares with a value of $266,130 and the price closing up 3 cents at $3.53.

TTSEFeb24Firm trades | Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 83,880 shares valued at $42,038 closed at 50 cents; National Flour Mills added 44,000 shares valued at $46,200 to close at $1.05; West Indian Tobacco had 405 units trading at $118 and Neal & Massy 33 units at $66.25.

Declines | Clico Investment Fund lost 10 cents to close at $21.58 while trading 5,271 shares valued at $113,731 and First Citizens traded 70 units to close down by 5 cents at $38.92.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.

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Buy Rated: Ja Teas & JMMB big gains

February 22, 2014 by

Friday, 21st February 2014 |  This week on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Teas gained 19 percent and on the Trinidad Stock market, Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) 11 percent on the Trinidad market.

Meanwhile, Cable & Wireless, a new selection to the Buy Rated list gained 6% during the past week. General Accident also increased by 6 percent.

Lasco stock continue to be lacklustre with Lasco Distributors and Lasco Financial both shedding 7 percent and Lasco Manufacturing down 8 percent.

BuyRatedTable21FebUpdated reporting | The performance tracking of the Buy Rated Stock Chart shows details of stock gains since selection and now shows the performance for the week. Accordingly, there will no longer be weekly comments on changes as the chart shows the latest movements.

Related posts | D&G, Carreras & C&WJ now Buy Rated | Teas profit up 32 percent | JMMB Q2 profits jumps 56%

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GSE: Ghana stocks close up

February 21, 2014 by

Friday, 21st February 2014 | The Ghana Stock Exchange closed moderately up for the week as 9 stocks closed the week with gains versus 6 that declined. The GSE Composite Index rose 8.77 points to close at 2,439.20 and the GSE Financial services index rose 22.18 points to close at 2202.17.

Major movers | At the end of the week, Enterprise Group was up 11 percent on top of a 9 percent increase the week before to close at GH(¢)2.25; Ecobank Transnational Incorporation up 5 percent, closing at GH(¢)0.22; HFC Bank gained 8 percent to close at GH(¢)1.09 to add to the 7 percent gain in the prior week; Societe Generale Ghana gained 17 percent to close at GH(¢)1.18 or 22 percent over the prior week; and Total Petroleum up 4 percent to close at GH(¢)5.25.

GSE21stFEbLosers | Those that lost value this week are Aluworks down 17 percent to close at GH(¢)0.05, the stock gained 20 percent in the previous week; Cal Bank 3 percent, closing at GH(¢)1.01; Ghana Commercial Bank 4 percent and ended down at GH(¢)4.45 and Guinness Ghana Breweries 3 percent decrease to GH(¢)6.

During the week, 2,676,472 shares changed hands compared with 3,597,617 shares the previous week.

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Little change to TTSE PE values

February 21, 2014 by

Friday, 21st February 2014 | Prices mostly edged down during the past week and five stocks perked up on Friday but the movements had little impact on the market valuation of the stocks.

TTSE_PETable21FebThe general tone on the Trinidad market is more in line with sidewards movement. However, the potential for investors still rests with stocks that can gain over 100% like Trinidad Cement at 325%, Point Lisa (261%), Berger (206%), Guardian Holdings (198%), National Flour (154%), and Neal & Massy (151%).

Related posts | D&G, Carreras & C&WJ now Buy Rated | Buy Rated: Ja Teas & JMMB big gains

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JSE: Market closes up

February 21, 2014 by

Friday, 21st February 2014 | The Jamaican stock market closed the week with the main indices increasing to partially recover from two previous days of decline. The JSE Market Index gained 168.44 points to close at 79,531.75 and closed the week down by 82 points, the JSE All Jamaican Composite increased by 595.32 points to 84,535.18 and closed the week higher than it started by more than 200 points.

Main Market | Advancing and declining stocks were almost evenly divided at the end of trading as National Commercial Bank dominated trading with 1.6 million units along with Carreras with nearly 1 million units and Desnoes & Geddes with 2 million units.

Gains | Caribbean Cement exchanged 2,100 shares at $4.97 for an increase of 27 cents; Carreras put in 980,789 shares at $36.01 for a one cent gain; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 3,528 units trading at $7.49 as the price inched up by a cent; Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share contributed 3,000 units to rise by a cent at $3.01; National Commercial Bank was active in trading 1,590,083 units to close at $19.00 for a gain of 98 cents and Seprod had only 950 units changing hands to close up 10 cents at $11.00.

JSEIndicesFeb21Firm trade | There were only few stocks that traded with unchanged prices. First Caribbean International Bank traded 25,455 units to close at $80; Proven Investments had 580 units at US1799 cents; Sagicor Group had 169,967 shares at $9.15; Sagicor Real Estate X Fund 39,216 units at $7 and Supreme Ventures  59,000 shares at $2.40.

Declines | Cable & Wireless traded 718,201 but the price slipped by 2 cents to end at 35 cents; Desnoes & Geddes swapped 2,015,946 shares at $5 each and lost a cent in the process; Grace Kennedy gave up 94 cents as the stocks traded 3,808 units to close at $54.56; Jamaica Broilers lost 8 cents to close at $4.82 with 31,950 shares; Pan Jamaican Investment had only 350 units trading at $48.99 for a one cent fall; Scotia Group traded 45,965 units but the price slipped by 35 cents to close at $20.70 and its subsidiary, Scotia Investments, closed down a cent as it traded 16,550 units to end at $25.99.

Junior Market | The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 2.79 points to close at 740.55 and kept below the close of the previous week by 26 points.

Gains | Only two junior market stocks recorded gains with Caribbean Producers exchanging 240,000 shares to close at $2.75 for a 3 cents increase and General Accident Insurance 5,000 units to close at $1.70, up 5 cents.

Firm trade | Two stocks closed unchanged. Blue Power having 1,400 shares at $9.00 and Paramount Trading 11,535 shares at $2.88.

Declines | The four junior market stocks suffered price declines include Consolidated Bakeries with 447,896 shares at $1.05 for a 5 cents fall; Lasco Distributors 219,643 units in closing at $1.30 having declined by 5 cents; Lasco Financial Services closed while trading 195,700 units at $1.30, as it too fell by 5 cents and Lasco Manufacturing traded 46,241 shares with a 3 cents fall to close at $1.20.

IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers lower.

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