Grace climbed $1.50 to help push indices
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 807.24 points to 73,253.35, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index jumped 902.62 points to close at 80,618.73 and the JSE combined index gained by 760.32 points to close at 74,939.32.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy finishing trading with 3,000 shares while gaining $1.50 to $59.50, National Commercial Bank ended with 12,777 shares rising 80 cents to $17.80, Pan Jamaican Investment closed trading with 4,000 units and put on 45 cents to $49.50, Scotia Group finished trading with 927,422 shares to end with an increase of 35 cents to $19.60 and Scotia Investments with 3,000 units to closed 20 cents higher at $21.60.Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Berger Paints closed with 14,750 shares trading to close at $1.60, Cable & Wireless finished trading with 5,310,349 shares at 28 cents after trading a small amount as low as 25 cents, Desnoes & Geddes fresh from reported a 30 percent increase in profit traded 100,000 units at $4.95, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ended with only 1,378 shares trading at $7 and Sagicor Group closed with 31,000 shares at $9.65.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 6,707 units to close 10 cents lower at $34.50 and Jamaica Broilers ended with 219,639 shares to end 20 down at $4.
