The prices of 9 stocks securities trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose but 10 fell and 9 held firm on Wednesday leading to fall in the market indices, with 8,750,362 shares valued at $150,223,412 trading.
Trading volume was dominated by Ciboney with 1.295 million units, PanJam Investment 1.5 million shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund clearing 3.26 million units.
Market activity closed with 28 securities changing hands, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 701.49 points to 314,200.56 and the JSE Index falling 639.13 points to 286,272.26.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed 50 cents higher at $18, with 5,313 shares, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 49 cents at $7.51, with just 100 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.33, with 69,509 units, 
Carreras finished at $11, with 352,348 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 25 cents at $33.75, with 177,113 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at 41 cents, with 1,295,086 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 15 cents higher at $43.15, with 912 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 15,704 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $15.50, with 195,833 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $24, with 195,356 shares, Kingston Properties finished with a loss of 1 cent at $6, with 200,000 stock units, Kingston Wharves closed $1 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $36.50, with 150 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 29 cents at $5.76, with 176,568 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 29 cents higher at $99.99, with 144,707 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 55 cents at $39.50, with 1,500,000 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 13,903 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.05, with 71,020 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading $1.25 higher at $36, with 14,245 stock units, 
Scotia Group finished trading at $50, with 8,769 shares, Seprod closed 68 cents higher at $29.50, with 16,774 shares, Sterling Investments ended with a loss of 90 cents at $9.10, with 80,752 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading 8 cents higher at $11.65, with 11,067 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 5 cents higher at $4.40, with 130,063 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10.55, with 388,813 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $14.65, with 3,260,757 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.90, with 6,000 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 418,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market dropped on Wednesday.”
