Brent Oil Brent oil prices increased by 4.94% or US$4, as prices rose this week. Oil traded on October 04, 2018 at a price of US$85.03 per barrel relative to US$81.03 last week. Brent oil began the year at US$68.07 per barrel. Petrojam prices 87 Octane prices increased week over week, by 0.81% (JMD$1.14). Additionally,
October 04, 2018 Carreras Limited (CAR) has advised of an intended change in the indirect shareholding of Carreras Limited by way of a merger under Dutch corporate law. The direct shareholder of Carreras Limited is Rothmans Holdings (Caricom) Limited. Rothmans Holdings (Caricom) Limited is fully owned by British American Tobacco Holdings (Caricom) Limited B.V. It
Date: October 4, 2018 United States: Bond Bears Popping Champagne Say U.S. Yields Have Room to Rise A week after Treasuries mysteriously rallied in the wake of the Federal Reserve lifting its long-term interest-rate forecast, short sellers in the $16 trillion market have reason to celebrate. The bond selloff deepened Thursday after data Wednesday on
October 03, 2018 Seprod Limited (SEP) has advised that Mr. Nicholas Jones was appointed to the Board of Directors effective September 20, 2018.
October 03, 2018 Blue Power Group Limited (BPOW) has advised that a Director sold 22,125 BPOW shares during the period September 25 to 28, 2018.
October 03, 2018 Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited (XFUND) has advised that four connected parties purchased a total of 260,492,617 XFUND shares and that a connected party sold 260,388,573 XFUND shares. These transactions were conducted on September 27 and 28, 2018.
October 03, 2018 Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) has advised that a connected party sold 300 JBG shares on October 1, 2018.
Date: October 3, 2018 Sweet River Abattoir & Supplies Company Limited (SRA), for the three months ended June 30, 2018 reported revenue for the period which decreased by 16%, amounting to $77.06 million in 2018 relative to $91.75 million in the same of last year. According to the company, “This decrease was due to mainly
October 02, 2018 Please see the below graph with regards to the movement of the MJE’s Net Asset Value:
Date: October 3, 2018 United States: Fed's Evans Says He's Comfortable With Prospect of December Hike Chicago Fed President Charles Evans says he’s “quite comfortable” with the prospect of another interest-rate hike in December. In a Bloomberg Television interview in London on Wednesday, Evans, who has been among the more dovish Fed officials over the
