10,000 points day for JSE

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market scaled new heights on Wednesday when the All Jamaica Composite Index surged nearly 10,000 points in the morning session to a new record high for the market but pulled back later to end with more modest gains at a new record closing high.
The market closed with the All Jamaica Composite Index advancing 804.34 points to end at a record close of 366,427 and the JSE Index climbed 732.84 points to finish at record close of 333,856.42. in the morning session the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped to a record high of 375,307.08 points and the JSE Index climbed to 339,432.19 points.
Market activities resulted in 34 securities trading, including 2 in the US dollar market compared to 32 securities trading on Tuesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 13 stocks rose, 11 declined and 10 closed trading, unchanged.
Trading in the main market ended with 73,595,594 units valued at $439,864,718 as 138 Student Living dominated trading with 92 percent of the day’s volume. Trading on Wednesday is in contrast to just 4,669,032 units valued $51,035,435, on Tuesday.
The day’s volume was led by, 138 Student Living with 67,901,000 shares, accounting for 92.26 percent of the volume traded, followed by JMMB Group 7.50% preference share with 1,421,537 units and a mere 1.93 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial Group with 1,227,676 units and just 1.67 percent of main market volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 2,299,862 units valued at over $13,745,772, in contrast to 155,634 shares valued at $1,701,181 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 886,497 shares at $5,831,552, compared to 119,926 units valued at 1,539,094 traded on the immediately preceding trading day. August closed, with an average of 224,564 shares valued at $4,310,285, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement fell $1.50 to $50, in the exchange of 39,634 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 and ended trading 93,052 shares to close at $59, Jamaica Producers jumped $1 and finished trading at a record close of $20, with 187,500 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading of 1,227,676 shares to close with a rise of 95 cents at $113, the stock traded at a record high of $125 helping to push the all Jamaica Index by 9,684 points in the morning session. 138 Student Living had a big day in exchanging 67,901,000 stock units as the price slipped 49 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.80,  Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.40 and settled at $13.50, trading 202,641 shares, Seprod rose 50 cents and finished trading 480 shares at $43.50, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and ended at $15.90, with 73,148 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar share traded 4,000 units in the Jamaican dollar market and dropped $2.30 to $11.42, while the Jamaican dollar denominated share, traded 24,397 units to gain 50 cents and close at $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 41,216 units valued US$9,752. Trading ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share trading 900 units to end at US$1.06 and Proven Investments exchanging 39,830 shares and lost 2 cents to close at 22 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 7.56 points to close at 166.72.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.