Trading levels rose sharply on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the market indices rising sharply with advancing stocks beating declining ones by 40 percent, that left the market still 1.6 percent below the 2018 close.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,736.13 points to 410,369.67 and the JSE Index climbed 4,310.50 points to 373,897.06.
Main market activity ended with 5,924,559 units valued at $242,360,666 compared to 2,161,352 units valued at $54,090,319 on Wednesday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 32 securities, with prices of 14 rising, 10 declining with 8 remaining unchanged, compared to 36 securities trading on Wednesday.
Caribbean Cement led trading with 2,041,592 units for 34.5 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Scotia Group with 1,233,769 units and accounting for 21 percent of the total main market 
volume changing hands and Sagicor Group with 761,021 units and 13 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
An average of 219,428 units valued at an average of $8,976,321 for each security traded, in contrast to 65,496 units for an average of $1,639,101 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 101,980 units valued at $3,042,494 compared to 97,161 units valued at $2,776,359, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Caribbean Cement lost $1 to close at $42.50, with 2,041,592 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 499,561 stock units and gained $1.40 to close at $59.90, Jamaica Broilers gained $1.10 to close at $30, with an exchange of 63,683 units, Jamaica Producers rose $1.20 to close at $23, with 12,015 shares changing hands. JMMB Group fell 50 cents to close at $32 trading 159,216 shares, NCB Financial Group climbed $7.90 trading 92,786 shares to end at $152.90, PanJam Investment lost 85 cents and ended at $71.15, with 153,775 units trading, 
Proven Investments traded 2,196 units with a rise of $1.50 to close at $28. Pulse Investments lost 40 cents and finished at $2.80, with an exchange of just 100 shares, Sagicor Group rose $2.55 in trading 761,021 stock units, to close at $41.05, Salada Foods jumped $4 and ended trading at an all-time high of $42, with 7,180 stock units trading. Scotia Group dropped $1.69 to end trading of 1,233,769 shares at $50.31, Seprod rose $1.12 to end at $33.12 with an exchange of 19,046 shares and Stanley Motta gained 25 cents in trading 7,000 units to close at $5.25.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 1,399,848 shares valued at US$319,369 changing hands. JMMB 6% preference share fell 3 cents and concluded trading of 18,207 units at $1.04, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share fell 5 cents and settled at US$2.01, trading 5,000 shares, Productivity Business traded 18,608 stock units at 59 US cents. Proven Investments traded 1,312,533 units at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares traded 45,500 units to close at 8 US cents after rising 1 cent. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 1.16 points to close at 165.52.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 4 percent in value since the start of the year and would have suffered a greater loss had Fontana that was listed in the dying days of 2018 not added positively to the index. 
shares, AMG Packaging ended 6 cents higher at $2.46, with an exchange of 33,184 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with 7,507 units and lost 15 cents to end at $4.85, CAC 2000 finished trading 100 shares at $15. Cargo Handlers lost 3 cents to close at $15, with 128,861 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 14,700 shares with the price rising 55 cents to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 5,620 stock units and rose $1 to end at $19, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 19 cents at $2.60, with an exchange of 49,631 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3.05, with an exchange of 36,461 stock units. Everything Fresh traded 23,680 shares to close at $1.80, Express Catering settled 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 77,267 units changing hands, Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.45 with 9,633,854 shares changing hands and sucking out a great deal of the supply hanging over the market. FosRich Group ended trading of 14,920 shares and gained 19 cents to $3.95, General Accident traded 235,753 shares and gained 25 cents to close at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading 79,376 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $1.50. Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 500 stock 
units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3.05, with 346,285 units trading, Jamaican Teas finished 29 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, with 580,985 shares trading. Key Insurance ended trading 5,590 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $3, Knutsford Express finished trading of 6,706 shares, at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.80, exchanging 507,480 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, with 20,544 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.25, with an exchange of 273,968 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading of 244,690 shares, 11 cents higher at $2.20, Stationery and Office traded 20,881 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.60 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5, trading 118,072 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with 48,000 stock units changing hands.
Trading picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands just 12 on Wednesday and leading to 596,638 shares changing hands valued at $12,414,789, compared to 191,349 shares on Wednesday valued at $1,020,490.
$16.05, with 69,858 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $38, after exchanging 810 shares, Clico Investments ended at $20.19, with 1,722 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 100,000 units at $8.50. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $3, with 2,290 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group ended at $1.79, after exchanging 38,725 shares, National Enterprises closed at $8, with 7,288 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media exchanged 22,738 shares at $10.35. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $107.51, after exchanging 1,792 shares, Scotiabank ended at $63.65, with 60,430 stock units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean concluded the exchange of 7,132 shares at $25 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.40, with 6,570 stock units changing hands.
Trading levels slipped further on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but the market indices rose moderately on the back of a strong advance decline ratio of 2 to 1. 
Sagicor Group lost $1.50 in trading of 15,857 stock units, to close at $38.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 45 cents and settled at $10.60, with 10,500 shares changing hands, Salada Foods jumped $3 and ended trading at an all-time high of $38, with 4,300 stock units trading. Scotia Group lost 25 cents to end trading of 8,405 shares at $52, Seprod gained 50 cents to end at $32 with an exchange of 18,041 shares, Stanley Motta gained 69 cents in trading 15,950 units to close at $5 and Supreme Ventures climbed 96 cents and ended at $19.96, trading 63,554 shares.
contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
$1.72, Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $3.90, with 33,133 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3, with 42,773 units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation settled 20 cents higher at $3.30, with an exchange of 5,323 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 2,900 shares, and rose 70 cents higher to $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 38,172 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, while trading 232,583 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 29,461 stock units 1 cent higher at $3.40, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents in exchanging 367,161 shares to close at $1.70 and tTech finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, with 130 stock units changing hands.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 12 securities against 16 on Tuesday and leading to 5 advancing, 4 declining and 3 remaining unchanged.
completed trading at $47.35, after exchanging 108 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with an increase of 10 cents at $8.50, exchanging 1,000 shares and Sagicor Financial ended trading 3,674 shares after rising 13 cents to close at $8.90.
hands, PanJam Investment rose 80 cents and ended at $72, with 388,297 units trading, Pulse Investments rose by 60 cents and finished at $4, with an exchange of 79,840 shares,the stock traded earlier in the day at a record high of $4.50. Sagicor Group added $1.19 trading of 30,849 stock units, to close at $40, Scotia Group gained 75 cents to end trading of 15,520 shares at $52.25, Seprod lost 85 cents to end at $31.50 with an exchange of 1,103,785 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares, gained 90 cents in trading 1,400 units to close at $11.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered a big fall at the close of trading on Tuesday with the Junior Market Index dropping 45.86 points to close at 3,119.85.
and previously 2,584,919 units valued at $8,127,677. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded. 
Express Catering settled with a loss of 40 cents at $7.40, with 45,270 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents to close at $3.40 with 1,747,405 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading at $3.76, in exchanging 52,145 shares, General Accident traded 57,077 shares and rose 25 cents to $3.75, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.75, trading 14,671 stock units. Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in ending at $2.95, with 682,906 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange 97,211 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, in trading 27,560 shares, KLE Group traded 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 95,000 units changing hands, Knutsford Express finished trading 19,903 shares with a loss of $1.30 cents at $12. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.73, with an exchange of 14,152 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 49,851 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 4,541 stock units at $3.39. Main Event rose 45 cents in trading 10,218 units at $6.95, Stationery and Office ended trading at $9, as 69,852 shares changed owners and tTech finished trading at $5, with 10,100 stock units changing hands.
$47.20, after exchanging 445 shares and One Caribbean Media concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents to $10.35, after exchanging 2,000 shares.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange broke the 5 consecutive days of decline on Monday, with the market indices recording modest gains as 31 securities traded compared to 33 that changed hands on Friday.
shares to close at $51.50, Seprod lost 64 cents to end at $32.35 with an exchange of 382,779 shares. Sterling Investments rose 40 cents and ended at $4, with 7,632 shares trading, Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents and concluded trading of 76,609 stock units, at $18.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares traded 34,667 units with a fall of $1.11 to close at $10.10.
