Trading in NCB’s shares helped to push the JSE to a record close on Friday.
The movement in NCB’s price helped to push the all Jamaica composite Index market up by 5,266.74 points to 196,721.20 points and the JSE market Index surged 4,709.42 points to 176,945.54.
At the close the main market pulled back from the day’s high as NCB pulled back to close at $49.50 with 70,115 shares and ending the day with a gain of 50 cents. At the close of trading the All Jamaica Composite Index climbed 802.42 points to close at a new closing high of 192,256.88, with the year to date gains at 16 percent. The JSE Market Index rose 717.51 points to finish at 172,953.63 and the JSE combined index gained 586.89 points to end at 185,708.82 with a gain for the year to date of 18 percent.
At the close 3,262,803 units valued at $38,639,306 changed hands, compared to 5,034,107 units valued at $245,730,492 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 1,589,420 units trading valued at $7,836,091 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 76,063 and 133,657 units month to date. On Thursday, an average of 282,822 units traded and for the month to date, 191,250 units, in comparison the average for the October was 220,811 units.The market closed with 39 securities trading as the prices of 20 gained while 12 declined in the overall market, including 10 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 20 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments rose 39 cents in trading 30,019 units to close at $4.50, Berger Paints traded 27,708 shares and lost 75 cents to end at $5.60, Cable & Wireless closed at 80 cents with 188,262 units trading, Caribbean Cement dived $3.55 with 75,812 units changing hands, to close at $27. Carreras ended trading 2,172 shares, to close at $65.50. The price of 1834 Investments dropped 3 cents in trading at 180,460 shares to end at $1.30, Grace Kennedy ended up trading of 176,027 units but fell $1.44 at $40, Jamaica Broilers rose 37 cents and closed at $14.95 with 46,100 shares being switched.
Jamaica Stock Exchange slipped 1 cent and ended at $5.69 after trading 13,110 shares, JMMB Group closed trading with 213,827 shares to end with a fall of 70 cents at $13.80, Mayberry Investments traded 45,100 shares to close at $3.90, after rising 15 cents, Investors bought 34,029 shares of 138 Student Living at $5. Pan Jamaican Investment (soon to become PANJAM Investment limited with shareholders approving the name change) gained 94 cents and closed at $24.64 after trading 220,798 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 2 cents in trading 14,228 shares at $1.30, Sagicor Group had 160,519 shares changing hands and rose 49 cents to close at $24.50. Scotia Group recovered 20 cents in trading 62,835 shares to close at $31.50, Seprod jumped $1.57 in trading 2,200 shares to end at $27.40. Proven Investments ordinary share traded 72,952 units and ended at 19.50 US cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share lost 1 cent in trading 30,100 units at $1.08.
