Paramount ended at a new all-time high of $19.50 with a rise of $2, after the company announced splitting the stock.
At the close of trading, 7 stocks rose and 8 declined with 18 securities trading. Trading volume rose strongly from Thursday’s levels, ending with 3,440,359 units changing hands, 97 percent more than on Thursday, while the value traded declined by just 2 percent to $12,272,247 from $12,530,207, on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers as month window dressing may be at play.
In market activity, Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $87.05 to buy 105 units, next in line to buy is 393 shares at $87,with the next at $76.55, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Shareholders at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.20 to sell 1,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.In trading activity, CAC 2000 closed at $6.40 with 7,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 2 cents with 285,819 shares changing hands to close at $9.29, Caribbean Flavours traded 640 units to end at $8.99 with a rise of 99 cents, Derrimon Trading lost 50 cents and closed with 10,000 shares at $3.50. Dolphin Cove dropped $1.20 to end at $12.50 after trading 10,000 shares, General Accident Insurance rose by 20 cents with 2,610,000 units changing hands at $2.40, Honey Bun traded 66,969 shares at $6.10 after falling 9 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,938 shares at $3.30, Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents in trading 23,874 shares to close at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation fell 19 cents with 30,651 units changing hands, to end at $4.51, ISP Finance rose 61 cents to end at an all-time high of $6.61 with just 200 shares changing hands.
Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 14 cents as 229,084 units traded at $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with 8,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, after rising 12 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 105,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares to close at $4.36, Paramount Trading jumped $2 to a new all-time high of $19.50 with just 2,000 shares changing hands, Sweet River Abattoir fell 35 cents with 700 units trading to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50 and tTech dropped $1.20 and ended with 37,984 shares changing hands at $5.30.
Trading activity remained low on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market on Friday compared with the levels of trading on Thursday. Only 122,386 shares valued at $1,499,056 changed hands, compared to 89,457 shares valued at $1,653,454 on Thursday.
Losses| Guardian Holdings ended with a loss of 5 cents while trading 2,000 shares to close at $12.75, Massy Holdings lost 68 cents in trading 210 units to end at $54. LJ Williams B share lost 1 cent in trading 1,200 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 71 cents and Scotiabank closed with 500 shares at $57.99 after falling by a cent.
Flows in and out of the Jamaican foreign exchange market ended with a surplus of US$10 million on Friday, bringing the net take for 
A total of US$25,030,676 was sold versus US$27,286,685 on Thursday, with the selling rate rising 7 cents to end at $128.27. The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $1.77 to $95.08, with dealers buying C$985,077 and selling C$404,100 at an average rate that fell 60 cents to $97.31. The average rate for buying the British Pound rose 38 cents to $163.15 for the purchase of £1,534,021 while £481,891 was sold as the rate climbed 55 cents to end at $166.78.
Highs & Lows| Changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the US Dollar remain moderate but notable changes to rates for the three other regularly traded currencies in the foreign exchange market on Friday, include a fall of $2.40 in the highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar to $97.70. The highest buying rate of the British Pound jumped $1.58 to $168.18. Trading in the Euro resulted in a jump of $3.50 in the highest buying rate to $145 while the lowest selling rate fell $22.55 to $114.53.
Medical Disposables fell out of the Top 5 junior market selection during the past week, based on price movement, with the bid at $4.95 and 
Stocks in the main market all remained in the Top 5 but positions have changed, the top attraction for the week is 
In the morning session the markets traded in record territory with the all Jamaica Composite Index jumping 1,572.36 points to 183,877.11, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 1,405.97 points to 165,460.61, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index surged 1,660.01 points to 178,189.47 and the junior market index rose 34.67 points to 2,408.56.
JMMB Group jumped $1.50 in trading 139,118 units to close at $13, National Commercial Bank (NCB) traded 1,951,691 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $41.50, supply for NCB is drying up with only 97,550 on offer between $42 and $47 including 72,835 units at $45.50, Pan Jamaican Investments closed at $23.50 after trading 2,549,213 shares. Sagicor Group gained 1 cent in trading 28,272,885 shares to close at $23.81 and left just one sell order amounting to 2,000 shares at $25, in the market. The lack of supply for Sagicor could be a big signal of an upward movement for the stock, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 5 cents in trading 5,603,612 shares to close with at $10.25, Scotia Group lost 50 cents and closed at $31.50 with 890,433 shares changing hands and Seprod traded 1,258 shares to end at $22.
beating the previous highest close of 183,366.39 reached in February while the junior market climbed into the 2,400 level for the first time. 
Losses| Ansa McAl lost 1 cent in trading 1,360 units to end at $62.70.
Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading. 
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading. 
Stocks on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose with sizable gains at the close of trading on Thursday. Prices in the overall closed at a new record high, as the JSE combined index surged to a new high for 2016 as advancing stocks overpowered declining ones 3 to 1.
At the close, the JSE Market Index climbed 943.55 points to end at 164,054.64. The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,055.21 points to close at 182,304.75 and the JSE combined index climbed 952.95 points, to end at 176,529.46 for a new record high, surpassing the record reached in February.
Jamaica Broilers had 19,210 shares changing hands to end at $14.60 after rising 5 cents, Jamaica Producers closed at $8.40 with 1,349 units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $28 with 7,839 units trading, JMMB Group climbed 60 cents in trading 1,239,331 units to close at $11.50, Sagicor Group declined by 20 cents in trading 391,564 shares to close at $23.80, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 114,328 shares to close with at $10.20. Scotia Group climbed $1.70 and closed at $32 with 10,731 shares changing hands, Seprod rose 10 cents in trading 129,305 shares to end at $22, Supreme Ventures rose 5 cents to close at $4.65 with 12,000 shares. Proven Investments traded 9,700 ordinary shares to close at 20 US cents after gaining 1.5 cents.
Flows in and out of the Jamaican foreign exchange market were in balance on Thursday. The impact on rates was mixed, with slippage in the value of the Jamaican dollar against United States and Canadian currencies and gains against the pound and euro.
The Canadian dollar buying rate jumped $2.68 to $96.85, with dealers buying C$2,401,978 and selling C$2,067,916 at an average rate that climbed $1.56 to $97.91. The average rate for buying the British Pound fell $1.11 to $162.77 for the purchase of £900,326 while £381,123 was sold as the rate fell 20 cents to end at $166.23.
Highs & Lows| Changes to the highest and lowest traded rates for the US Dollar remain moderate but notable changes to rates for the three other currencies in the foreign exchange market on Thursday, include a rise of $2.24 highest buying rate of the Canadian dollar to $100.10. The highest buying rate of the British Pound dropped $2.40 to $166.60, the highest selling rate rose $1.93 to $174.20 while the lowest selling rate fell $3.75 to $158. Trading in the Euro resulted in a rise of $3.10 in the highest selling rate to end at $149.80 and a gain of $2.58 in the lowest selling rate to $137.08. 
