Trade Sheet: Friday March 9, 2018
GK moving towards greater efficiency
March 9, 2018 Grace Kennedy reported on its year end result via a live video stream March 8, 2018. Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Donald Wehby started off by outlining a myriad of challenges the company faced for the 2017 period, before moving on to unveil future plans for the Group in 2018 and beyond.
Overseas Headlines – March 9,2018
March 9, 2018 United States: Strong U.S. job growth forecast; unemployment rate seen at 4 percent U.S. job growth likely rose at a brisk clip in February and probably pushed down the unemployment rate to a more than 17-year low of 4.0 percent, but wage gains are expected to have slowed after three straight months
Scotia to launch Intelligent Deposit Machines
March 08,2018 Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJ) 11th Annual General Meeting was held today, at the Pegasus Hotel. Opening remarks were made by Mr. Jeffrey Hall, SGJ’s Chairman where he officially welcomed Mr. David Noel as Scotia’s newly appointed President and CEO and emphasized how the general improvement of the Jamaican economy has led to
JBG reports 12% decline in profits attributable to shareholders for the nine months ended
March 8,2018 Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) for the nine months ended January 31, 2018 reported total revenues of $35.68 billion, an 11% increase relative to $32.12 billion reported in for the comparable period in 2017. Revenue for the third quarter amounted to $12.66 billion, an 8% increase compared to $11.69 billion booked for the corresponding
Special Advisory: Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL)
March 8, 2018 Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that it has signed an agreement with the Guyana Gaming Authority (GGA), which opens up the potential for operations in Guyana. SVL further advised that the agreement is subject to a confidentiality clause, and in this regard as soon as SVL is able to and is
Trade In Shares: Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF)
March 8, 2018 Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF) has advised that a Senior Manager sold a total of 492,500 LASF shares on February 28, 2018.
Gas Price Movement – March 8, 2018
Brent Oil Brent oil prices fell by 0.13% or US$0.08, as prices decreased this week. Oil traded on March 8, 2018 at a price of $63.89 per barrel relative to US$63.97 last week. Brent oil began the year at US$68.07 per barrel. Petrojam prices 87 Octane prices decrease week over week, by 0.52% (JMD$0.63). Additionally
Daily Market Summary March 8, 2018
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