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GWest jumps 58%, Kintyre set for big jump
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed out the past week with mixed performance. The market index climbed 4.3 percent to close at 3,050.16, the highest point since the first week of July, … [Read More...]
Scotiabank ups offer to $75 for Scotia Group
Scotiabank today announced an increase in the price to acquire the shares of the minority shareholders in Scotia Group Jamaica to $75 from $61.50 per share that was originally offered in June. The new … [Read More...]
Remittances on track for 2026 record
Jamaica recorded a solid 8.3 percent rise in remittance inflows in July this year, following an increase of US$25 million over July last year, resulting in a record July haul of US$327.5 million and … [Read More...]
Junior Market winner Jetcon surges 129%
The current year is turning out to be one of the worst-performing years for the JSE Junior Market, after a decline of 12.5 percent in the market index, through the end of July. Jetcon Corporation surged to … [Read More...]
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Express Catering abusing small shareholders
Express Catering generated US$7.3 million in cash flow and paid interest of $2.5 million on borrowings used to fund loans to the parent company. The loan to the parent jumped US$7.7 million during the … [Read More...]
Carib Cement post impressive results
Jamaica’s sole cement producer, Caribbean Cement Company, delivered another quarter of bumper profit, with a 396 percent surge after tax to $2.7 billion from just $544 million in 2025 for the quarter … [Read More...]
Profit jumps 18% for Grace
GraceKennedy delivered an 18 percent jump in after tax profit of $2.4 billion for the June 2026 quarter, from a 6.26 percent increase in revenues of $45.6 billion. For the half year, profits rose 11.76 … [Read More...]
Scotia Group to delist from JSE
Scotia Group, after listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange since 1967, is now slated to be taken private at a buyout price of $61.50, the Group announced today. The group reports that, based on the … [Read More...]
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Gains for Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday, with trading in 16 securities compared with 19 on Friday and ending with prices of six stocks rising, five declining and five ending firm. At the close of the market, the volume of stocks traded declined 49 percent, with the value 44 percent more than on Friday.The market closed following an exchange … [Read More...]
Berger Paints heads Main Market ICTOP10
The JSE Main Market index fell this week, after closing on Friday, 16 October 2026 at 380,173.09, down 5,859.94 points, or 1.52 percent, from the previous week’s close of 386,033.03. First Rock Real Estate Investments led the winners with a gain of 22.6 percent, followed by Salada Foods with a rise of 16.03 percent, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, the biggest … [Read More...]
Moderate gains for the JSE Main Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended Friday. The volume of stocks exchanged rose moderately over Thursday, with a 20 percent lower value, following the exchange of 57 securities compared with 56 on Thursday, with prices of 21 rising, 20 declining and 16 ending unchanged.The market closed with 8,684,104 shares trading worth $82,887,921, … [Read More...]
JSE Main & Junior Market rise, USD slips
Trading closed Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with a fall in the volume of stocks traded, at a lower value than on Thursday. Trading closed with the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market rising, while the JSE USD Market declined. At the end of trading, 38 shares rose, 33 declined and 32 remained firm.At the end of the market … [Read More...]
Kremi & Jetcon hit yearly highs
At the close of a moderately bullish trading session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Friday, Caribbean Cream and Jetcon Corporation closed at 52 weeks high, with shareholders reacting to half year results of the former and the continuation of bullish sentiments at Jetcon, that drove the price up 248 percent for the year to date and Kremi up 84 … [Read More...]
Trading rises on the T&T Stock Exchange
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday, with a 71 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, valued 197 percent more than on Thursday and resulting in trading of 19 securities compared with 24 on Thursday, after ending with prices of four rising, five declining and 10 ending firm.The market closed with trading of 209,753 shares for … [Read More...]
Trading drops on JSE USD Market
The US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Friday, with a 69 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with a 72 percent lower value than on Thursday. Trading resulted in an exchange of eight securities, compared with 12 on Thursday, with prices of one rising, four declining and three ending unchanged. The market closed with an exchange … [Read More...]
Junior market trading rises
Trading activity closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 82 percent, with a 94 percent greater value than on Wednesday, following trading in 40 securities, compared with 43 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 11 rising, 20 declining and nine closing unchanged. The market closed with trading of … [Read More...]
JSE Main & Junior Markets rise, USD falls
Trading closed Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a fall in the volume of stocks passing through the market, with a lower value than on Wednesday. Trading closed with the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market rising and the JSE USD Market falling. At the end of trading the prices of 36 shares rose, 43 declined and 29 remained … [Read More...]
Trading drops on the T&T Stock Exchange
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday, with a 63 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded and a 69 percent decline in value compared with the preceding day, following trading in 24 securities compared with 22 on Wednesday and ending with prices of seven stocks rising, 11 declining and six ending firm.The market closed with … [Read More...]
Stanley Motta tops Main Market trading
Trading jumped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Wednesday, with Stanley Motta accounting for 20 million shares, helping to push the volume of stocks traded surging 86 on Tuesday, with prices of 21 rising, 24 declining and 16 ending unchanged.The market closed with 37,327,357 shares trading with a market value of $341,399,968, compared with … [Read More...]