Kingston Wharves dropped $8 to close at a record $52 and a record high of $85 in the past 12 months.
Declining stocks dominated trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with the prices declining more than three to one with a number of sizeable price movements.
At the close of trading, 37 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets with 7 advancing, 23 declining and 7 trading firm. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 3,897.33 points to close at 561,093.84, the JSE Index dropped 3,616 points to 510,527.38 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.08 points to close at 139.11.
Main market activity ended with 18,599,441 units valued at $235,193,270, in contrast to 32,896,372 units valued at $273,937,492 from 37 securities on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 11 million shares for 59 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 4.3 million units accounting for 23 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 796,501 shares for 4 percent of the market’s trade.
The Market closed with an average of 531,413 units valued at an average of $6,719,808 for each security traded, in contrast to 913,788 units valued at an average of $7,609,375 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,067,905 units valued at $9,578,929 and previously an average of 1,101,922 units valued at $9,772,487 for each security traded. The market closed out August with an average of 1,743,431 units valued at $9,907,963 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.50 to settle at $71.50 with 11,376 units traded, Carib Cement exchanged 32,718 units, dropping 49 cents to close at $80.50, Carreras lost 55 cents to end at $7.95 after trading 558,200 units. Eppley Caribbean Property advanced $3, closing at $38, after trading 25,635 shares and hitting a record low of $30 during the day. Jamaica Broilers ended at $36 after climbing $1 with 4,249 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers declined by $1.50, settling at $23.50 with 6,800 shares traded, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 49 cents in exchanging 11,962 shares to end at $25.51, Kingston Wharves closed $8 lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $52 in trading 1,747 shares. 
NCB Financial settled at $208, after dropping $6.90 with 622,798 units traded, Proven Investments gained 49 cents to end the day’s trade at $37.49 with 1,953 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded 35 cents lower to close at $3.05, in exchanging 27,095 shares. Sagicor Group lost $3 to settle at $67 in trading 796,501 shares, Salada Foods fell $1 to $31, after exchanging just 500 shares, Seprod ended the day’s trade $1.70 lower to settle at $54.40 with 20,647 units changing hands. Supreme Ventures lost $1 to end at $27 exchanging 327,441 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 78 cents after trading 66,897 shares to settle at $23.88 and Wisynco lost 47 cents, settling at $23.40 with trades of 115,428 units.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 7,162 units valued at over US$1,751 with the market index gaining 2.98 points to close at 199.86. Proven Investments traded 6,644 shares to close at 26 US cents and Sterling Investments added 0.7 of a cent, in settling at a 52 weeks’ high of 4.5 US cents after trading 518 shares.
