Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with 22 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 5 declined and 5 traded firm with just 868,056 units valued at a mere $20,860,689.
Trading resulted in the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 2,953.90 points to close at 305,561.83 and the JSE Index advanced by 2,691.33 points to close at 278,401.38.
In the market activity, Berger Paints finished $1.50 higher at $17, with 8,715 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $1.21 at $30.01, with 5,500 stock units, Carreras traded 15 cents higher at $10.50, with 168,396 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of $1 at $42, with 31,693 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended at $17.70, with 11,221 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $15.09, with 5,239 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 20 cents higher at $7.20, with 31,833 shares, JMMB Group settled 97 cents higher at $23.98, with 44,686 shares. Kingston Wharves traded at $32, with 3,927 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 82 cents higher at $6, with 150,597 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99.99, with 96,102 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.20, with 336 stock units, PanJam Investment closed trading with a rise of $3.50 to $45, with 4,959 units. Pulse Investments settled 20 cents higher at $1.70, with 47,159 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 20,362 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.85 at $34.65, with 52,540 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 51 cents higher at $15, with 6,698 shares. Salada Foods Jamaica closed 24 cents higher at $9.85, with 5,450 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 90 cents at $50.10, with 25,560 stock units, Sterling Investments finished at $12, with 14,527 shares and Supreme Ventures settled 31 cents higher at $10.56, with 130,956 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.15, with 1,600 units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Big jump in JSE main market – Wednesday.”