Acquisitions ruled the market this past week with former ICTOP 10 stock Caribbean Producers and current TOP10 listed tTech major shareholding shifting to new owners, with the promise of more shares to be bought by the major shareholders in both cases. These developments had little impact on the overall market during the week but they sent a powerful message to investors, if they care to listen.
In Junior Market ICTOP10, Consolidated Barkeries rose 14 percent to close at $3.85, Caribbean Cream gained 13 percent to $3.75 and tTech rose 5 percent to $2.50 following a switch in ownership of the company. Access Financial fell 9 percent to $19.95 followed by One Great Studio, down 7 percent to 77 cents.
Main Market TOP10 listed Berger Paints fell 12 percent in closing at $7.90 and Key Insurance declined 9 percent to close at $2.05. There were no stocks with gains for the week of note.
Jamaica Broilers returns to the Main Market TOP10, replacing Palace Amusement with a moderate rise to $1.19. The Junior Market had no changes.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 4.9, well below the market average of 13.9 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 6.9, just over half of the market, with an average of 12.8.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 312 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 207 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 17 of the most highly valued stocks representing 33 percent of the Main Market are priced at a PE of 15 to 102, with an average of 29 and 19 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 23 for the top half and 16 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 14 stocks, or 30 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 50, averaging 14, well above the market’s average. The average PE for the top half of the market is 17, possibly the lowest fair value measure for stocks currently.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so.
ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Plunging trades on JSE Main Market
Trading plunged on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Monday, with an 88 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded with a 48 percent lower value than on Friday, with trading in 59 securities compared with 57 on Friday, with prices of 16 rising, 27 declining and 16 ending unchanged. Innovative Energy closed at a 52 weeks’ low of 81 cents after hitting a low of 65 cents, before rebounding.
Trading ended with an exchange of 3,152,052 shares for $30,466,322 compared with 26,181,772 units at $59,057,741 on Friday.
Trading averaged 53,425 shares at $516,378 compared to 459,329 units at $1,036,101 on Friday and month to date, an average of 1,061,457 units at $10,206,166 compared with 1,182,094 units at $11,365,796 on the previous day and June with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 778,196 shares for 24.7 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 659,034 stocks for 20.9 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaica Stock Exchange with 443,096 units for 14.1 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 610.00 points to end trading at 357,080.12, the JSE Main Index dropped 2,446.38 points to lock up trading at 316,451.37 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.24 points to 67.07.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, AS Bryden rose $3.89 to end at $40.89 with a transfer of 3,455 stock units, Caribbean Producers shed $1 to close at $10, with 298,530 shares crossing the exchange, as the impact of acquisition of the largest shareholding seems to have waned for awhile, GraceKennedy fell 54 cents and ended at $73.45, with 120,806 stocks changing hands. 
Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped $1.50 in closing at $10 with an exchange of 443,096 units, JMMB Group advanced 49 cents to finish at $23.99 after 7,242 shares passed through the market, Mayberry Group sank 53 cents to close at $7.57 after an exchange of 1,619 units. NCB Financial dipped $1.89 to $56 with investors trading 27,947 stocks, Portland JSX lost 97 cents to finish at $9.20 in an exchange of 39,015 stock units and Proven Investments popped 73 cents and ended at $19.80 with investors swapping 4,377 shares.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $30 in closing at $170 in an exchange of 8 units and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% sank $6 to end at $102 with traders dealing in 560 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
tTech jumps 54% in three days
Shareholders in the Junior Market listed tTech have seen share price jumping more than 54 percent in the stock since it closed at $2.05 last Wednesday with it closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.16 on Monday, with more seeming likely, with only three offers to sell, between $3.56 and $6 just ahead of the close but end with just two offers at $4.05 and above.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday, with a 24 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded and a 32 percent lower value than Friday resulting in trading of 44 securities up sharply from just 33 on Friday and ending with prices of 18 rising, 17 declining and nine closing unchanged.
At the close of the day, tTech gained 26 percent but did little to ease the pain of the Junior Market that dropped, with the average price of heavily weighted Derrimon Trading and a near $2 drop in Access Financial helping to pull the market down. At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dropped 22.89 points to wrap up trading at 3,699.26.
The market closed with trading of 5,299,136 shares for $9,620,321 compared with 6,927,786 units at $14,113,440 on Friday.
Trading averaged 120,435 shares at $218,644 compared with 209,933 units at $427,680 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 320,942 units at $585,348 compared to 346,589 stock units at $632,252 on the previous day and June with an average of 318,732 units at $696,979.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 1.28 million shares for 24.1 percent of total volume followed by Omni Industries with 1.17 million stocks for 22 percent of the day’s trade and Spur Tree Spices with 479,681 units for 9.1 percent market share.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows just three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.44 to $18.51 as investors exchanged 15,465 shares, AMG Packaging rose 10 cents in closing at $3.29 after 36,326 stock units passed through the market, Blue Power slipped 8 cents to $4.22 with an exchange of 1,050 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 18 cents to close at $3.57, with 402 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Cream sank 25 cents to finish at $3.50 after 17,916 units passed through the exchange, Caribbean Flavours advanced 6 cents and ended at $1.60 in trading just 333 shares. Consolidated Bakeries skidded 25 cents to $2 after an exchange of a mere 1,301 stock units, Dolla Financial popped 10 cents to end at $2.60 with investors trading 26,882 stocks, Fontana lost 26 cents in closing at $8.04 with 70,473 shares clearing the market.
Honey Bun climbed 10 cents to finish at $8.79 with a transfer of 3,510 stock units, Jamaican Teas shed 17 cents and ended at $2.18, with investors trading 314,434 units, Knutsford Express rallied 10 cents to close at $11 after an exchange of 1,150 stocks. Lasco Financial gained 13 cents to close at $1.83 with investors trading 2,319 shares, Mailpac Group rallied 12 cents to end at $2.18 after a transfer of 72,793 stocks, Main Event increased 95 cents in closing at $12.50 with an exchange of 5,099 units. MFS Capital Partners dropped 5 cents to close at 91 cents in an exchange of 83,559 stock units, Regency Petroleum popped 24 cents to finish at $2.56 with traders dealing in 50,895 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 5 cents and ended at $1.70 in an exchange of 69,395 stocks. Tropical Battery fell 9 cents to $2.09 after 54,548 units passed through the market and tTech rose 66 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.16 with investors dealing in 214,359 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
tTech jumps 26% as Junior & Main Market falter
Shareholders in the Junior Market listed tTech grabbed a massive 26 percent gain as the stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.16 and seemed poised to gain more, with only three offers posted to sell the stock between $3.56 and $6 just ahead of the close of the market on Monday, but closed with just two offers at $4.05 and above.
tTech gains did little to ease the pain of the Junior Market as a drop in the average price of the heavily weighted Derrimon Trading and a near $2 drop in Access Financial helped to pull the market down.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined in trading on Monday as the JSE USD popped moderately to close out the day as 31 stocks recorded gains and 40 losses.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 2,504.04 points to 329,142.94, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 610.00 points to 357,080.12, the JSE Main Index dropped 2,446.38 points to 316,451.37. The Junior Market Index fell 22.89 points to 3,699.26 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 1.43 points to close at 226.37.
On a day of disappointed trading activities, a total of 8,691,048 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 33,157,102 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $40.09 million, well below the $63.58 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 243,637 shares for US$6,654 compared to 269,334 units at US$34,981 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, on a day of low trading, Transjamaican Highway was the lead trade with 778,196 shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 659,034 stocks and Jamaica Stock Exchange with 443,096 units.
In Junior Market trading, Derrimon Trading led trading with 1.28 million shares followed by Omni Industries with 1.17 million units and Spur Tree Spices with 479,681 stocks.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $30 in closing at $170 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% sank $6 to end at $102.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 20.3 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.9 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. 
Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Murders in Jamaica’s drop 15% in 2024
With just over half of the current year elapsing, murders in Jamaica fell 14.5 percent to July 6 compared with the same period last year, with 602 persons murdered committed, down from 704 last year for the same period, data from Jamaica Constabulary Force show.
Last year murders were down 12.5 percent to 655 compared with 749 for the same period in 2022. If the trend so far in 2024 continues murders could fall below 1,200 for the first time since 2015.
This is the second year of a steep decline in murders in Jamaica in recent times but the third year of decline as 2023 was marginally lower than the 1,508 murders in 2022. Last year murders fell from 1,498 to 1393, a 9.3 percent fall, a development that bodes well for the country and its economy. Continued economic growth in the country and reduction in unemployment will aid in the fall in murders in the future historical data suggest.
Some murder hotspots are seeing a turnaround in 2024 but others have moved in the opposite direction. For the year to date, murders skyrocketed 77 percent in St Andrew Central to 39, St Andrew South had an increase of 27 percent to 33, Kingston Eastern saw 13 percent more murders with 34 persons dying by unlawful means. St Elizabeth suffered a 39 percent increase with 18 murders and Trelawny had 13 persons murdered, an increase of 30 percent.
The hotspots for murders of St James and Westmoreland saw a reduction of 31 and 12 percent to 73 and 57 murders respectively, St Ann has a decrease of 24 percent from 42 murders last year to 32 this year, Clarendon had a 38 percent fall to 37 from 60 in 2023, while Kingston Western dropped 39 percent higher to 28. St Andrew South lost 20 percent of its residents with 51 persons losing their lives by murderers compared with 64 in 2023 to early July. St Catherine North had a 10 percent reduction in murders with 46 versus 51 in the same period in 2023 and the South saw 19 percent fewer persons falling to their death by unlawful means with 44 deaths, down from 54 in 2023.
Tourism growth flounders will hit GDP
The Jamaican economy is set to suffer a major setback in the second quarter with tourist traffic to the island falling according to preliminary data of visitor traffic through the country’s two international airports.
Passenger traffic through Sangster’s International Airport in Montego Bay in June slipped marginally from 448,500 last year to 447,400 which dragged the six months performance to an increase of just 3.2 percent to 2,742,400 from 2,656,800 in 2023, while Kingston Norman Manley dipped 2.2 percent to 144,400 from 147,700 in 2023, and declined 2.3 percent to 810,600 from 829,500.
While the critical arrivals grew attractively in the first quarter, data released by Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacífico shows Montego Bay enjoying an 8 percent rise with Kingston flat, Montego Bay suffered a 4.2 percent fall in April and was effectively flat in May. Kingston was down7.7 percent in April and 1.1 percent in May. The decline affects the sector and will spill over into support industries such as transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and utilities and also affect communities that cater to the sector.
Trading activity rises on JSE Main Market
Trading climbed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday, with a 220 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded and a more moderate rise of 39 percent in value compared to Thursday’s activities, with trading in 57 securities up from 55 on Thursday, with prices of 16 stocks rising, 20 declining and 21 ending unchanged, and ending with the market index dropping.
JMMB Group and Pulse Investments traded at intraday 52 weeks’ low of $21.90 and $1.34 respectively.
The market closed with an exchange of 26,181,772 shares for $59,057,741 compared with 8,176,004 units at $42,458,252 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 459,329 shares at $1,036,101 up from 148,655 units at $771,968 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 1,182,094 units at $11,365,796 down from 1,276,584 stocks at $12,716,237 on the prior day and June with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 11.73 million shares for 45.1 percent of total volume followed by Palace Amusement with 10.10 million units for 38.9 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.63 million units for 6.3 percent of the day’s trade.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 439.53 points to end the day at 357,690.12, the JSE Main Index fell 675.66 points to close at 318,897.75 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.06 points to cease trading at 67.31.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.9. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of market activity, AS Bryden fell $1 to $37 as investors exchanged 8,526 stock units, Barita Investments climbed 60 cents and ended at $74.60, with 2,780 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement rose $2.39 to close at $64.50 after an exchange of 4,141 units. Eppley rallied $3.67 to finish at $38.67 with a transfer of 7,149 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund sank $3.38 in closing at $37.60 with investors swapping 6 shares, GraceKennedy popped 41 cents to end at $73.99 in an exchange of 12,024 units. Guardian Holdings declined $10.99 to $349 with investors trading 77 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange advanced 95 cents to end at $11.50 in an exchange of 1,630 stock units, Massy Holdings shed $7.90 in closing at $80 with traders dealing in 3,146 shares. 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy increased $18 and ended at $108 after an exchange of 14 stock units, NCB Financial gained 79 cents to finish at $57.89 after 25,247 stocks passed through the market, Pan Jamaica rose $1.78 to close at $49.30 after a transfer of 3,442 units. Proven Investments dropped 88 cents to $19.07 with investors trading 2,528 shares, Seprod sank 90 cents to close at $79, with 1,896 stocks crossing the exchange and Sygnus Credit Investments slipped $1.04 to end at $10.95 in trading 10,154 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% lost $1 in closing at $2,699 after 51 stock units were exchanged and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $2 and ended at $108, with 2,659 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops on Junior Market
Trading activity dropped on Friday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, following Thursday big trade in tTech, with an 88 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded and an 89 percent fall in value compared to Thursday with trading in just 33 securities down from 39 on Thursday and ended with prices of 11 stocks rising, 
13 declining and 9 unchanged, with Edufocal trading at an intraday all time low of 41 cents.
The market closed with 6,927,786 shares being traded for $14,113,440 compared to 58,236,687 units at $126,195,317 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 209,933 shares at $427,680 down from 1,493,248 units at $3,235,777 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date averages 346,589 units at $632,252 compared to 361,089 stock units at $653,959 on the prior day and June with an average of 318,732 units at $696,979.
Dolla Financial led trading with 2.49 million shares for 36 percent of total volume followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.34 million stocks for 19.4 percent of the day’s trade and Omni Industries with 1.05 million units for 15.2 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 34.68 points to cease trading at 3,722.15.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.7, that is based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Consolidated Bakeries fell 4 cents to close at $2.25, with 891 shares crossing the exchange, Fontana gained 42 cents to close at $8.30 in switching ownership of 83,832 stocks, Future Energy shed 10 cents in closing at $3.29 after 14,448 shares passing through the market. 
Honey Bun rose 6 cents and ended at $8.69 in trading 2,221 stock units, Indies Pharma rallied 8 cents to end at $2.64 with an exchange of 10,224 shares, Jamaican Teas increased 20 cents to finish at $2.35 after investors exchanged 9,052 units. Lasco Financial sank 15 cents to $1.70, with 2,500 stocks changing hands, Lumber Depot skidded 4 cents in closing at $2.78 as investors exchanged 304,146 stock units, Main Event sank 95 cents to end at $11.55 with a transfer of 1,894 shares. Spur Tree Spices dipped 14 cents to close at $2.01, with 549,322 units crossing the market and tTech popped 20 cents to finish at $2.50 with an exchange of 46,800 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Main & Junior Market fall USD market rises
The Main and Junior markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined in trading on Friday with the JSE USD market closing moderately higher as trading ended with the number and value of stocks changing hands falling, from the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 25 shares rising and 31 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 892.58 points to 331,646.99, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 439.53 points to end at 357,690.12, the JSE Main Index dipped 675.66 points to end at 318,897.75. The Junior Market Index dropped 34.68 points to 3,722.15 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 0.37 points to close trading at 224.94.
At the close of trading, 33,157,102 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 66,615,941 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to just $63.58 million, well below the $168.55 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 269,334 shares for US$34,981 compared to 222,252 units at US$66,982 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 11.73 million shares followed by Palace Amusement with 10.10 million units and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.63 million stocks.
In Junior Market trading, Dolla Financial led trading with 2.49 million shares followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.34 million units and Omni Industries with 1.05 million stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% lost $1 in closing at $2,699 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $2 and ended at $108.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 20.3 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.8 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Gains for JSE Main Market on Thursday
Trading sank well below the previous day’s levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 55 percent with the value plunging 73 percent lower than on Wednesday, with trading in 55 securities compared with 57 on Wednesday, with prices of 19 rising, 18 declining and 18 ending unchanged.
The market closed on Thursday with 8,176,004 shares being traded for $42,458,252 compared to 17,985,127 units at $154,395,179 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 148,655 shares at $771,968 compared to 315,529 units at $2,708,687 on Wednesday and for the month to date, an average of 1,276,584 stock units at $12,716,237 compared with 1,439,408 units at $14,440,476 on the previous day and June with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 2.56 million shares for 31.3 percent of total volume followed by Caribbean Producers with 2.45 million stocks for 29.9 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 977,128 units for 12 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 1,003.17 points to settle at 358,129.65, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,098.84 points to close at 319,573.41 and the JSE Financial Index added 0.40 points to end at 67.37.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden rallied $1.98 and ended at $38 in switching ownership of 13,248 stock units, Barita Investments popped 40 cents to $74, with 4,300 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement skidded $2.09 to finish at $62.11 in trading 6,297 stocks. Eppley fell 50 cents to close at $35 with 7,702 units crossing the exchange, 
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $3.88 in closing at $40.98 with traders dealing in 34 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 54 cents to end at $10.55 in an exchange of 10,687 shares. JMMB Group dropped 50 cents to $23.39, with 54,461 units crossing the market, Key Insurance rose 40 cents to $2.05 with investors dealing in 1,360 stock units, Massy Holdings gained $1.90 and ended at $87.90 after closing after an exchange of 1,310 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced $2 to finish at $90 as investors exchanged 20 stocks, NCB Financial sank 78 cents to close at $57.10 with a transfer of 27,346 units, Proven Investments increased 95 cents to end at $19.95 after an exchange of 296 stock units and Scotia Group climbed $1.46 to $45.46, with 2,256 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.