Another record close for JSE – Monday

The Jamaica Stock exchange main market indices along with the combined index recorded another record close with the All Jamaica Composite Index rising 530.57 points to end at a new closing high of 194,922.67. The JSE Market Index gained 474.43 points to finish at a record closing high of 178,357.64.
The JSE combined index climbed 332.72 points to end at a record closing high of 190,229.21 with a gain for the year to date of 20 percent.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 42 securities trading as the prices of 9 gained while 16 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
At the close with 4,243,795 units valued at $24,651,644 changed hands, compared to 43,666,008 units valued at $1,467,261,444 changing hands on Friday. The junior market accounted for 3,446,347 units changing hands, valued at $15,863,525 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 31,898 shares and 489,966 units month to date. On Friday, an average of 1,672,696 units traded and for the month to date, 948,034 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments lost 10 cents in trading 3,800 shares, to end at $5, Berger Paints lost 30 cents in trading 6,250 units at $5.30, Cable & Wireless loss 9 cent to close at 71 cents, with 369,032 units trading, Caribbean Cement exchanged 14,937 shares at $27. Carreras traded 30,000 shares at $65.90, Grace Kennedy rose 3 cents and ended trading 2,115 units at $42. Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.90 with 5,300 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 49,658 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $5.51, JMMB Group closed trading with a loss of 9 cents with 50,699 shares to end at $13.60, Kingston Wharves traded 6,800 shares to close at $19, Mayberry Investments traded 10,000 shares to close at $3.66. National Commercial Bank dropped $1 and ended at $50 with 7,331 shares trading. Portland JSX traded 3,984 shares after losing 5 cents to end at $11, Radio Jamaica traded 57,500 units to close at $1.35, Sagicor Group lost 48 cents with 75,180 shares changing hands to close at $25.02. Scotia Investments lost $1.50 traded 1,600 shares to close at $28.50, Seprod traded 36,172 units to close with a rise of 41 cents at $27.40 and Proven Investments made a modest gain and closed at 19.50 US cents with 51,162 shares changing hands.