Stephen Facey Chairman & Paul Hanworth Chief Operating Officer of PanJam Investment.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at a new record high on Monday, to start July positively after it surged sharply on Friday, as advancing stocks beat out declining ones more than two to one.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 2,640.19 points to a record close of 516,438.19 and the JSE Index climbed 2,399.24 points to a record close of 470,295.69.
At the close of trading, 17 securities advanced, 7 declined and 10 traded firm, as market activity ended with 27,938,388 units valued at $104,981,806 changing hands from 33 securities in contrast to 35,425,729 units valued at $129,457,755 trading from 35 securities changing hands on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 16 million shares for 57 percent of total main market volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 10 million units or 36 percent of total volume and Carreras with 370,717 stock units.
JMMB Group traded at a new all-time high of $40.31 and PanJam Investment closed trading at an all-time high of $101 after trading at $110.60 earlier in the day.
The market closed with an average of 873,075 units valued at an average of $3,280,681 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,073,507 units for an average of $3,922,962 on Friday. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained 70 cents to close at $45, in trading 79,209 shares, Caribbean Cement lost $1.70 to finish at $78.10, with an exchange of 18,797 shares, Grace Kennedy declined $2 to $65, with an exchange of 36,759 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose 90 cents and closed at $28.50, with 14,521 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers gained 85 cents in trading 31,514 units at $32, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 90 cents and ended at $28, in exchanging 42,463 shares, JMMB Group gained 31 cents trading 49,096 shares to end at a record close of $40.51, Kingston Wharves jumped $2 and settled at $68, with an exchange of 11,082 units. 
PanJam Investment jumped $3.90 to settle at record close of $101 with 33,450 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 67 cents to settle at $9.32, with 2,329 stock units trading, Salada Foods jumped $4 to $38 trading 6,165 stock units, Scotia Group gained $1.50 to settle at $59, trading 221,140 shares. Seprod increased $1 to end trading of 265,053 shares at $48.50, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 50 cents to close at $15.50, with 122,962 units trading and Wisynco Group lost 34 cents trading of 73,616 shares to close at $18.76.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 3,556 units valued US$462 changing hands. Market activity ended with Sygnus Credit Investments rose 2.5 cents to close at 13 US cents, with 3,556 units. The JSE USD Equities Index closed 1.98 points higher at 186.11.
iCreate declined by 2 cents to settle at 72 cents with 43,220 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading of 1,600 units at $3.10. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 5,537 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 2,255 shares, after rising 29 cents to end at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed 20 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 39,538 stock units, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,522 shares to close at $5.71 after falling 29 cents. Stationery and Office ended trading with 20,000 shares, after rising 69 cents to end at $9.70 and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $5.50, with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
The market closed with average of 1,073,507 units valued at an average of $3,922,962 for each security traded. In contrast to 2,339,509 units for an average of $6,607,757 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 and previously, 1,635,033 units valued at $20,425,473. In contrast, May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
Portland JSX ended trading of 73,099 stock units with a gain of $1.05 to close at $8.55, Pulse Investments rose 29 cents trading 1,000 units in closing at $2.79, Sagicor Group rose $1.05 to end at a record close of $57.05, with 197,070 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 99 cents to settle at $9.99, with 81,613 stock units trading, Scotia Group gained 50 cents to settle at $57.50, trading 344,363 shares, Seprod declined $2.49 to end trading of 17,650 shares at $47.50, Supreme Ventures added $1 and closed at $28, with an exchange of 175,517 units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 45 cents to close at $15, with 219,970 units trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped for the third consecutive day on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 1,797.60 points to 504,742.96 and the JSE Index declining 1,633.55 points to 459,667.80.
Pulse Investments lost 22 cents trading 183,378 units in closing at $2.50, Salada Foods gained $2.70 to end at $34, trading 2,870 shares, Sagicor Group rose 30 cents to close at $56, with 44,987 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to settle at $9, with 2,200 stock units trading, Scotia Group lost $1 to settle at $57, trading 189,636 shares, Seprod rose 49 cents and ended trading 155,183 shares at $49.99. Stanley Motta rose 48 cents in exchanging 4,150 shares at $5 and Supreme Ventures fell $1 and closed at $27, with an exchange of 145,418 units.
AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 14,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined by 16 cents to settle at $4.79, Caribbean Cream closed trading 28,640 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers traded 27,541 units at $4.80. Derrimon Trading ended market activity in exchanging 18,202 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 3 cents, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 4,409 units and gained 25 cents to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 18,067 shares at $3.99. Everything Fresh exchanged 188,461 units at $1.40, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 94,422 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 80 cents, Fontana closed trading of 239,209 units with a rise of 7 cents to end at $4.62. FosRich Group close with an exchange of 12,066 units at $4.70, General Accident traded 105,404 units to end at $4.10, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to end at $1.15, in trading 277,027 units, iCreate ended market activity exchanging 12,930 shares to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma traded of 8,634,384 units at $3.03, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.55, in swapping 66,702 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents trading 36,649 units to close at $4.18. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading of 177,109 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.75, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50 with 9,450 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors dipped 9 cents in trading of 28,853 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial traded 156,112 units to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 938,182 shares at $4.20, Medical Disposables traded 7,786 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading fell 45 cents in trading 5,861 units at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents and exchanged 93,187 shares at $9.60 and tTech decline 5 cents in trading of 1,100 units at $5.30.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 2,933.01 points to 506,540.56 and the JSE Index declining by 2,665.34 points to 461,301.35. 
Scotia Group lost 25 cents to settle at $58, trading 37,186 shares, Seprod jumped $2 and ended trading 54,717 shares at $49.50. Stanley Motta lost 48 cents in exchanging 18,569 shares at $4.52, Sterling Investments finished trading at $3.80, with 15,542 stock units. Supreme Ventures lost 40 cents and closed at $28, with an exchange of 112,416 units Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.75 finished trading 213,973 units at a record $15.50, and Victoria Mutual Investments shed 31 cents and ended at $4.69, trading 246,728 shares.
Indies Pharma declined 9 cents in trading of 142,783 units at $3.03, Iron Rock ended trading of 67,246 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $3.62, Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents in exchanging 1,055,936 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express declined $1 to end at $11.50 with 2,167 stock units changing hand, Lasco Distributors climbed 24 cents and exchanged 214,358 shares at $3.39, Lasco Financial closed the trading of 1,181,077 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents in trading of 85,400 units at $4.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6, swapping of 1,928, shares, Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents trading of 5,000 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 32 cents, trading 50,000 units at $9.58 and tTech declined 11 cents trading 18,203 units in closing at $5.35.
Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,662 units at $5.27. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 58,622 units and gained 14 cents to end at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries lost 23 cents trading 77,148 units to close at $1.77. Derrimon Trading at $2.59 with 57,558 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove traded 5,100 shares to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 141 shares and declined by 3 cents to settle at $3.97, Everything Fresh exchanged 100,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering declined by 40 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 37,840 units. FosRich Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, in the swapping of 6,208 shares, Fontana closed 11 cents higher at $4.51, with 171,655 stock units changing hands after the price hit an intraday all-time high of $4.96, GWest Corporation closed with 102,148 units changing hands at $1.02. General Accident lost 3 cents in trading of 17,684 units at $4.07. Honey Bun closed at $6.50 after hitting a new all-time high of $7.33 in trading 34,500 shares after dropping 50 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at to close at 79 cents with 201,050 stock units changing hand, 
Indies Pharma traded 79,119 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents in trading of 35,443 units to close at $4.35. Jetcon Corporation lost 2 cents in trading of 23,100 units at $1.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 14,883 shares at $12.50, Lasco Distributors shed 24 cents in trading of 339,755 units at 52 weeks’ low of $3.15, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents in trading of 166,950 units to close at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing hit a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 but lost altitude by the close to finish trading 112,917 shares at $4.30, Main Event settled at $6.90 after 126,857 shares were traded, Medical Disposables climbed 30 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7. Paramount Trading closed 42 cents higher at $2.45, with 5,800 stock units trading and Stationery and Office closed trading of 500 units and gained 30 cents to end at $9.90. In the junior market preference segment, CAC2000 preference share closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1, after swapping of 12,991 shares.
PanJam Investment gained 90 cents to finish at $96.90, trading 45,117 shares, Portland JSX lost 50 cents and ended trading 9,000 stock units at $8, Sagicor Group added 97cents to finish at $52 with 128,496 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 40 cents to close at $9.60 while trading 13,006 units. Salada Foods rose 30 cents to $31.30, with an exchange of 2,081 shares, Seprod rose 45 cents and ended trading 30,776 shares at $47.50, Sterling Investments gained 30 cents to finish trading 1,180 shares at $3.90 and Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 30 cents to a record $5, with 17,400 shares changing hands.
