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Surge in remittance inflows to Jamaica
Total remittance inflows into Jamaica, jumped 5.9 percent in April and 1.2 percent for the four months to April, the second such increase for the year, with April inflows rising to US$288 million from $272 last year. Inflows for April while up over 2023 is lower than the March intake of US$297.5 mil...
Main Market rises for 4th day for week
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose on Friday, for the 4th time this week and ended with rising stocks outpacing those declining by almost 2 to 1 after the volume and value of stocks traded were marginally different than market activity on Thursday and ended with trading in 60 securit...
Solid gains for Junior Market
Trading more than doubled at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with trading in 41 securities as was the case on Thursday and ending with prices of 20 rising, nine declining and 12 unchanged as the Junior Market Index jumped a solid 61.06 points to 3,733.95. The Inv...
Steady as they go on the JSE USD Market http://icinsider.com/steady-as-they-go-on-the-jse-usd-market/
Tropical Battery to migrate
Tropical Battery, the energy storage and power generation company is heading to the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Main Market by the end of this year, the company reported in a release to the JSE. Tropical currently has operations in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the United States. According to...
Solid gains for Main & Junior markets
Rising stocks pushed the Main and Junior markets much higher at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange trading on Friday as the Market JSE USD market closed marginally lower as trading ended with the number of stocks changing hands falling, with the value of stocks traded jumping sharply over the p...
Economic uncertainty hitting Trinidad stocks
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange All Trinidad Index fell 12.49 points to close at 1,673.86 for the week ending on Friday, even as Ansa McCal jumped $4.48 to close the week at $63 but Scotiabank drop $1 during the week to be the stock with the biggest decline. The market closed with eight stock...
Trading broadens on the JSE USD Market http://icinsider.com/trading-broadens-on-the-jse-usd-market/
Local stocks push Main Market higher
Locally based stocks had a b rally on Thursday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with the volume of stocks traded rising 153 percent and the value 26 percent more than on the prior day, with trading in 55 securities up from 53 on Wednesday, with prices of 18 rising, 17 declinin...
Nice gains for Junior Market http://icinsider.com/nice-gains-for-junior-market/
Main & Junior markets rise as trading climbs
The Main and Junior markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose at the close of trading on Thursday as the JSE USD market closed moderately lower as trading ended with the number of stocks and the value changing hands rising over the previous day and resulting in prices of 36 shares rising and 30 dec...
Trading rises on Trinidad Exchange
Stocks ended with mostly gains on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, but the market major market indices slipped as the volume of stocks traded jumped by 469 percent valued 231 percent more than on Wednesday and resulted in trading of 20 securities up from 17 on Wednesday and ending...
Trading drops on JSE Main Market
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost ground on Wednesday, following a 57 percent plunge in the volume of stocks traded with the value slipping by 11 percent from the levels on Tuesday, with trading in 53 securities slightly down from 54 on Tuesday, with prices of 20 stocks rising, 18 d...
Trading plunges for JSE USD Market
Trading plunged on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with a 95 percent in the volume and value of stocks passing through compared with Tuesday, resulting from trading in six securities, compared to eight on Tuesday with prices of three stocks rising, two declining and one end...
Junior Market popped higher Wednesday
Trading activity fell sharply at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a 74 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded, with an 83 percent lower value than on Tuesday with trading in 40 securities compared with 41 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 15 ris...
Trading drops on Jamaica Stocks Exchange
On another day of moderate activity, the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the volume and value of stocks traded fell well below Tuesday’s levels and resulted in the Main Market primary indices as the Junior Market and the JSE USD market recorded modest gains with the market closing with prices of 30 shares...
Few shares rise on Trinidad Exchange
Stocks continued with the negative bias for the year at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, resulting from trading in 17 securities trading up from 14 on Tuesday and ending with prices of just two stocks rising, eight declining and seven ending firm with the volume of s...
Blow out profit for Iron Rock
Insurance revenues jumped 40 percent to $1.4 billion and net profit surged 150 percent to $84 million at Iron Rock Insurance for 2023 as insurance results climbed from $63 million to $120 and Investments delivered slightly higher gains of $79 million rising from $64 million in 2022, the company’s ...
Falling interest rates
On Friday, July 5 investors in the Bank of Jamaica’s 28 days $37 billion CDs auction received an average interest rate of 9.91 percent with the highest successful rate at 10.249 percent, resulting in $141.5 billion being siphoned out of the financial market, with 299 successful bids out of a total...
Gains for JSE Main Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 34 percent and the value jumping by 113 percent than on Monday, with activity in 54 securities down from 59 on Monday, with prices of 15 stocks rising, 26 declining and 13 ending unchanged....
Winners hard to find on Junior Market
A mere five stocks recorded gains on Tuesday, following trading in 41 securities up from 43 on Monday with prices of 22 declining and 14 closing unchanged, however, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator is flashing positive developments for trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica ...
Elevated trading on JSE USD Market http://icinsider.com/elevated-trading-on-jse-usd-market/
Main Market rises Junior & USD Markets fall
Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands climbing, with the value of stocks traded jumping sharply over the previous day and resulting in prices of just 18 shares rising and 44 declining, with the Main Market closing higher and the Junior a...
Trinidadian stocks highly undervalued
Stocks listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange are mostly undervalued, investors in that market are not jumping to buy up the undervalued stocks that are on heavy discount. Last week 11 stocks declined and just 3 rose moderately in a continuation of multi-year decline in the market. During....
Ansa $4.48 jump pushes Trinidad market up
Ansa McAl jumped $4.48 at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday and was the main factor in a modest rise in the major market indices, following a 599 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded with the value climbing 238 percent over trading on Monday, resulting...
Stocks rose on limited Main Market trading
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 135 percent and the value falling 22 percent lower than on Friday, with trading in 59 securities compared with 53 on Friday, with prices of 29 stocks rising, 15 declining and 15 ending unchange...
Trading dived on the Junior Market
Trading dropped sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, following the big trade in Dolla Financial on Friday with the volume of stocks traded declining 96 percent with a 98 percent lower value, with trading in 43 securities compared with 40 on Friday and ending with pri...
Depressed trading on JSE USD Market
Trading remained depressed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, with the volume of stocks exchanged declining 32 percent after 214 percent more money changed hands than on Friday, resulting from trading in eight securities, up from six on Friday with prices of two rising, two de...
Stocks bounce on Jamaica Stock Exchange
Stocks delivered gains in all three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with the Main Market and the Junior Market bouncing while the JSE USD market closed moderately higher as trading ended with the number and the value of stocks changing hands falling, from the previous trading day an...
Fall for Trinidad Exchange
Stocks mostly gained on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, but that did not prevent the two major market indices from falling following an 18 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded with a 10 percent greater value than on Friday and resulting in the trading of 14 securities dow...
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