The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed lower on Monday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,076.09 points to 452,026.90 and the JSE Index declining by 977.87 points to 411,762.43.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets had 33 securities traded, compared to 37 on Friday leading to 12 advancing, 10 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Trading closed with 3,160,151 units valued at $110,748,555 changing hands, compared to 2,765,705 units valued $90,660,891 trading on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 101,940 units valued $3,572,534, in contrast to 81,344 shares valued at $2,666,497 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 127,632 units valued at $10,637,369 and previously, 130,615 units valued at $11,557,578. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Sagicor Group led trading with 1.5 million shares accounting for 48 percent of total main market volume, followed by Pulse Investments with 369,888 shares, and 12 percent of the day’s trades and Barita Investments closed with 321,376 shares for 10 percent of volume traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 40 cents and closed at $44.90, with an exchange of 321,376 shares, Grace Kennedy shed 30 cents and ended trading of 14,879 shares at $60.80, Jamaica Broilers gained 49 cents in trading 108,400 units to end at $32, Jamaica Producers added 99 cents in trading 39,777 shares to close at $24.99. JMMB Group lost 95 cents and ended trading 26,726 shares to close at $33, Kingston Wharves lost $1 trading 1,979 shares in closing at $70, Mayberry Investments gained $1.10 to end trading of 42,000 shares, at $9.50, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $1.75 in trading 18,073 shares at $11.75, 
NCB Financial Group rose $1 in trading 65,114 shares to close at $148. PanJam Investment concluded trading of 2,428 shares and jumped $4 to end at a record close of $94, Sagicor Group declined $3 to end at $44 in trading 1,513,718 stock units, Scotia Group traded 4,041 units after declining 99 cents in closing at $50, Seprod gained 97 cents and ended at $45.02, with 23,678 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures finished with a fall of $1.50 to close at $31.50, with an exchange of 105,394 shares.
Sygnus Credit Investments lost 40 cents to close at $12 with an exchange of 53,679 shares and Wisynco Group ended trading of 269,465 shares with a rise of 35 cents to end at $14.90.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 85,486 units valued $8,660, Proven Investments closed trading with 881 units in closing at 23.99 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent and completed trading of 84,605 shares at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 3.27 points to close at 178.95.
Junior Market climbed higher – Monday
Fontana ended at a record close of $4.80.
Trading volume fell 47 percent and the value traded fell 63 percent from Friday’s levels,
ending with 28 securities changing hands and an exchange of 931,633 units valued at $3,535,851, compared to trading of 32 securities and 1,771,092 units valued at $9,457,886, on Friday.
Although, trading levels declined, the market climbed 23.23 points to 3,098.42 as the prices of 11 securities advanced, 9 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 33,273 units for an average of $126,280 in contrast to 55,347 units for an average of $295,559 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,372 units valued at $314,379 and previously, 94,551 units valued at $339,340. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $1 higher at $45, with 620 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.89, with an exchange of 26,107 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,100 units, at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours declined by 50 cents, to close at $16, with 770 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers finished trading 3,020 units and rose 39 cents to $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with an exchange of 2,850 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.68, in exchanging 17,732 shares, Everything Fresh settled 2 cents higher at $1.62, with 48,759 units changing hands. Express Catering traded 8,114 shares and rose 13 cents, to end at $7.29, FosRich Group finished trading 21,724 shares and gained 27 cents to a new closing high of $4.67, Fontana closed 30 cents higher at a new closing high of $4.80, with an exchange of 200,841 stock units. General Accident jumped 87 cents higher to $4.89, with 5,100 units changing hands, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 34,500 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $1.35, Honey Bun finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.05, with an exchange of 47,710 shares, iCreate settled at 90 cents, with 2,500 shares trading. Indies Pharma ended trading 281,171 stock units after adding 14 cents in closing at $3.34,
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,898 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.30, with 8,088 shares crossing the exchange, but traded earlier, at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.29. Key Insurance concluded trading with 1,247 stock units, after rising 20 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Distributors traded 65,399 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.89, Lasco Financial ended at $5, with 28,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.50, in trading 15,511 stock units. Main Event closed 60 cents higher at $5.60, with an exchange of 888 units, Paramount Trading concluded trading with 11,750 shares at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished at $1.70, with 2,846 shares passing through the exchange. Stationery and Office settled at $7.01 with 60,158 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 10 cents at $6.10, with the trading of 6,300 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 8 cents at $1.90, with 25,630 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market inched higher – Friday
FosRich traded at an all-time high of $4.99 on Friday.
The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Friday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Thursday.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, leading to an exchange of 1,771,092 units valued at $9,457,886, compared to trading of 28 securities leading to 1,831,466 units valued at $7,827,314on Thursday. At the close of market activities, the prices of 16 securities advanced, 11 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 55,347 units for an average of $295,559 in contrast to 65,410 shares for an average of $279,547 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,551 units valued at $339,340 and previously, 101,559 units valued at $347,167. In contrast, April 
closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a rise of 80 cents to $44, with 956 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Blue Power closed 40 cents higher at $4.60 in trading of 100 units. CAC 2000 jumped 75 cents to $12, with 250 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.95, with 100 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 15,278 shares with a loss of 3 cents at $5.27, Caribbean Flavours traded 7,103 stock units at $16.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 14,680 units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.60. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.80, with 6,600 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading lost 7 cents to end at $2.68, trading 40,082 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 203,000 shares, at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.60, with 324,146 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 42,038 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3, Express Catering rose 1 cent to $7.16 in trading 4,365 shares, FosRich Group exchanged 14,774 shares to close at $4.40 after trading at an intra-day high of $4.99, Fontana rose 10 cents to $4.50, with 195,988 stock units changing hands. General Accident ended with a loss of 18 cents at $4.02, with an exchange of 130,000 units, Honey Bun finished 5 cents higher at $4.10, in trading 500 shares, iCreate settled 5 cents higher at 90 cent, with 33,000 shares changing hands, 
Indies Pharma ended trading of 53,782 stock units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.20. Iron Rock exchanged 2,576 units with a gain of 40 cents to $3.90, ISP Finance a lost $1.30 cents to close at $11.20 while trading 78,500 shares with, Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with an exchange 18,290 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended 18 cents higher at $2.48, in trading 300 shares. Key Insurance concluded trading of 100 stock units and rose 45 cents higher to $3.70, Knutsford Express added 5 cents to end at $13, with 5,600 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 55,252 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial gained 50 to end at $5, with an exchange of 26,163 shares. Lasco Manufacturing traded 14,145 stock units, and closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.52, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 25,572 shares, and lost 10 cents to close at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished 10 cents higher at $1.70, with 1,800 shares changing hands and tTech traded 446,052 shares and led to a 95 cents jump to close at $6.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Record JSE run ends – Thursday
After 8 consecutive days of record close, the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended down on Thursday, along with a sharp decline in volume traded, compared to Wednesday’s level.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets had 38 securities traded, compared to 32 on Wednesday leading to 10 advancing, 14 declining and 14 closing unchanged. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 1,047.74 points to close 453,898.97 and the JSE Index declined by 952.11 points to end at 413,463.63.
Trading closed with 1,977,854 units for $90,864,188 changing hands, compared to the big trade on Wednesday of 15,196,273 units at $1,961,044,771, boosted by a 12.6 million NCB Financial shares.
Trading ended with an average of 59,935 units valued $2,753,460, in contrast to 506,542 shares valued at $65,368,159 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 137,805 units valued at $13,039,425 and previously, 150,653 units valued at $15,024,436. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Wisynco Group led trading with 421,521 shares accounting for 21 percent of total main market volume, followed by NCB Financial Group with 382,188 shares, and 19 percent of the day’s trades and Carreras closed with 291,685 shares for 15 percent of volume traded. IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.45 and closed at $43, trading 8,756 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 49 cents to finish at $80.50, with 46,077 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy lost 70 cents and ended trading of 55,186 shares at $60.80, Jamaica Broilers traded 28,735 shares after falling $2.28 to close at $31.71. Jamaica Producers gained $1.29 in trading 24,716 shares to close at $23.50, Kingston Wharves lost $1 trading 1,979 shares in closing at $70, Mayberry Investments dropped $1.01 to end trading of 3,022 shares, at $8.49, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 49 cents trading 29,389 shares at $10.01, NCB Financial Group lost $2.96 trading 382,188 shares to close at $147.05. PanJam Investment concluded trading of 2,800 shares and gained $1 to end at a record closing high of $91, Pulse Investments concluded trading at 
$2.50, with 281,094 shares, Sagicor Group declined $1 to end at $47 trading 44,572 stock units, Salada Foods lost 99 cents to end at $31.01 after trading 2,060 shares. Scotia Group traded 9,476 units and lost 70 cents in closing at $50.30, Seprod declined 46 cents trading 122,514 shares to close at $44.05, Supreme Ventures finished with a rise of $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of at $31, with 158,160 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 58 cents to close at $12.40 with an exchange of 7,200 shares and Wisynco Group ended trading with 421,521 shares with a rise of 30 cents to end at $14.55.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 36,316 units valued at over US$22,506 with JMMB Group 6% preference share concluded trading 19,000 units at $1.05, Margaritaville completed trading of 343 shares at 25 US cents. Productivity Business rose 1 cent to close at 60 us cents with 863 stock units trading and Proven Investments closed trading with 2,510 units in closing at 24 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.76 points to close at 181.56.
Junior Market inched higher – Thursday
The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Thursday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Wednesday.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands, leading to an exchange of 1,831,466 units valued at $7,827,314, compared to trading of 24 securities leading to 1,734,955 units valued at $7,708,054 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 9 securities advanced, 9 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 65,410 units for an average of $279,547 in contrast to 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 101,559 units valued at $347,167 and previously, 108,262 units valued at $359,706. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 933 shares and closed at $43.20, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 209,065 units, leading to a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, Caribbean Cream ended trading 11,753 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $5.30. Caribbean Flavours closed at $16.50, with an exchange of 4,600 stock units, Caribbean Producers exchanged 173,900 units, with a loss of 37 cents to end at $4.61, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $1.85, with 4,400 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.75, trading 4,425 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.55 with trading in 6,000 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 1,200 shares, with a loss of 34 cents to close at $3.01, FosRich Group rose 30 cents to $4.40, in exchanging 22,123 shares. Fontana closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 183,502 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended with a loss of 29 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 299,246 units, GWest Corporation ended trading of 10,000 shares and rose 4 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished 25 cents higher at $4.05, trading 700 shares. iCreate settled at 85 cents, trading 10,000 shares, Iron Rock traded 7,492 units at $3.50,
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with an exchange of 10,493 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 2,939 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 335,790 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial traded 19,887 shares and rose 10 cents to $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.60, with an exchange of 454,922 stock units, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 65 cents at $6.85, with 393 shares trading. Paramount Trading concluded trading of just 100 shares and rose 16 cents to $2.20, Stationery and Office settled at $7.01, trading 7,000 stock units, Sweet River ended trading with 503 units and rose 2 cents higher to $3.02 and tTech traded a mere 100 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big move for TTSE – Thursday
West Indian tobacco closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $112.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with big gains in the market indices on Thursday.
Trading took place in 12 securities against 17 on Wednesday, with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged and resulted in the Composite Index climbing 7.67 points to 1,359.38, the All T&T Index jumping 15.07 points to 1,814.68 and the Cross Listed Index adding just 0.01 points to close at 121.93.
Trading ended with 106,666 shares at a value of $2,353,874 changing hands, compared to 264,650 shares at a value of $1,709,671.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments gained 38 cents in close at $23.03, with an exchange of 53,317 stock units, 
First Citizens Bank gained $2 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $40, after exchanging just 424 shares. One Caribbean Media added 5 cents and completed trading of 16,000 shares at $10.30, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents in trading 11,555 units to end at $30 and West Indian Tobacco jumped $2 to a 52 weeks’ high of $112, with 940 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa McAl declined 6 cents to $55.30, with 790 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings fell 20 cents trading of 5,750 at $54.80 and Sagicor Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent at $8.75 in trading of 500 shares,
Stocks closing firm| First Caribbean International Bank closed trading of 3,000 units at $8.35, Prestige Holdings closed at $9, with 389 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.75, after exchanging 11,244 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at $26.30, after exchanging 2,747 shares.
Another record day for JSE– Wednesday
Supreme Ventures traded at new high of $30.50 on Wednesday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended trading on Wednesday, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,807.25 points to record close of 454,946.71 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,642.30 points to a record closing high of 414,415.74.
At the close market activity, The main and US markets had 32 securities traded, compared to 29 on Tuesday leading to 12 advancing, 14 declining and 6 closing unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Market activity on the main market closed with, 15,196,273 units valued $1,961,044,771 changing hands, compared to 2,768,443 units valued $89,385,777 trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 506,542 units for $65,368,159, in contrast to 98,873 shares valued at $3,192,349 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 150,653 units valued at $15,024,436 and previously, 105,917 units valued at $5,288,120. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
NCB Financial Group led trading with 12.6 million shares accounting for 83 percent of total main market volume, followed by Supreme Ventures with 530,233 shares, and 3.5 percent of the day’s trades and JMMB Group closed with 506,705 shares for 3 percent of volume traded.
In main market activity, Caribbean Cement fell 99 cents to finish at $80.01, with 24,627 shares changing hands, Eppley gained $1 in settling at $12, with an exchange of 2,569 shares. Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents and ended trading 31,171 shares at $61.10, Jamaica Broilers traded 15,746 shares after rising $1.99 to close at $33.99, Jamaica Producers lost 79 cents in trading 162,356 shares 
to close at $22.21. JMMB Group added $2 trading 56,642 shares in closing at $34, Mayberry Investments rose 25 cents to end trading of 112,194 shares at $9.50, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 80 cents trading 59,107 shares at $10.50, NCB Financial Group climbed $3, in trading 12,616,011 shares, to close at $150.01. PanJam Investment concluded trading of 3,287 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $90, after trading at a record high of $100, Sagicor Group gained $1 to end at $48 trading 42,680 stock units, Salada Foods rose 99 cents to end at $32 after trading 140 shares and Seprod declined 49 cents trading 23,101 shares to close at $44.51.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference share losing 10 cents and ended at $2 in an exchange of 15,000 shares and Proven Investments closed trading with 1,809 units and closed at 24 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed 2.15 points higher to 182.32.
Big gain for Junior Market – Wednesday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains in trading on Wednesday, leading to a strong 45.43 points rise in the market index to close at 3,060.54 but with 52 percent less volume than on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged. Trading ended with 24 securities changing hands, leading to an exchange of 1,734,955 units valued at $7,708,054, compared to trading of 28 securities on 3,635,699 units valued at $13,729,423 on Tuesday.
The market closed with the prices of 11 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 in contrast to 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,262 units valued at $359,706 and previously, 115,060 units valued at $366,988. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging traded 4,618 stock units in ending at $2, Caribbean Flavours closed trading of 63,000 stock units at $16.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading just 100 units and rose 18 cents to $4.98, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.70, with 7,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 54,000 shares at $12.05. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.55, with an exchange of 22,876 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 35 cents higher at $3.35, with 83,722 units crossing the exchange, Express Catering ended with a loss of 55 cents at $7.15, in the trading of 4,770 shares. FosRich Group added 5 cents to end at $4.10, with 3,814 shares trading, Fontana gained 40 cents to close at a new all-time high of $4.70, with 242,766 shares changing hands, General Accident closed 49 cents higher at $4.49, with an exchange of 110,830 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.35, with 51,272 units traded. Honey Bun concluded trading with 
9,174 shares and lost 35 cents to end at $3.80, iCreate closed trading of 10,200 shares with a gain of 7 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 603,300 shares at $3.35, Iron Rock settled with a loss of 40 cents at $3.50, with 256 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 21 cents higher at $4.15, with 32,934 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.30, in exchanging 17,863 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 116,192 units for 1 cent higher, at $3.90, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 124,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a rise of 39 cents to $3.64, with the trading of 116,121 shares, Main Event traded 25,000 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $5. Medical Disposables climbed $1 higher to close at $7.50, with 8,000 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 22,246 shares with a gain of 26 cents to close at $7.01.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More records shattered at JSE– Tuesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended trading on Tuesday, with both main market indices jumping more than 3,900 points to end at record closing highs.
Trading closed with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surging 4,326.90 points to 453,139.46 and the JSE Index jumped 3,931.98 points to a record closing high of 412,773.44.
At the close market activity, The main and US markets had 29 securities traded, compared to 30 on Monday leading to 14 advancing, 9 declining and 6 closing unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Market activity on the main market ended with, 2,768,443 units valued $89,385,777 changing hands, compared to 1,986,337 units with a value of $46,516,263 trading on Monday.
Market activity ended with an average of 98,873 units valued at $3,192,349, in contrast to 68,494 shares valued at $1,604,009 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 105,917 units valued at $5,288,120 and previously, 121,185 units valued at $5,621,806. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Supreme Ventures led trading with 812,464 shares accounting for 29 percent of total main market volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 518,941 shares, and 19 percent of the day’s trades and Seprod closed with 331,163 shares for 12 percent of volume traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose by $1.50 to close at $44.50, trading 4,905 shares, Caribbean Cement rose $2.20 to finish at $81, with 2,959 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers traded 5,789 shares after rising $1 to close at $32, Jamaica Producers gained 40 cents in trading 16,173 shares at $23. JMMB Group added $2 trading 56,642 shares in closing at $34, Mayberry Investments recovered 46 cents it lost on Monday to end trading of 11,225 shares at $9.25, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 30 cents trading 19,227 shares at $11.30, NCB Financial Group dropped $1.49 trading 213,612 shares to close at $147.01. PanJam Investment concluded trading 3,648 shares and lost 50 cents to end at $89.50, Pulse Investments traded 22,000 and rose 65 cents in closing at $3.15, 
Sagicor Group gained $1.50 to end at $47 trading of 24,788 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $1.50 to end at $10 after trading 11,725 shares. Scotia Group gained 30 cents trading 12,210 shares to close at $51.05. Stanley Motta lost 30 cents in trading 1,172 shares in closing at $5, Supreme Ventures jumped 50 cents and finished at $30, with 812,464 units changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1 with 4,820 units trading, to end at $13 and Wisynco Group lost 30 cents trading 518,941 shares at $14.20.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share declining 4 cents trading 11,440 units and closed at US$1.05. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 180.17.
Junior Market trading picks up – Tuesday
Fontana finished the trading of 3.7 million shares to end at a record close of $4.01.
Trading ended with 28 securities changed hands, leading to increased trading of 3,635,699 units valued at $13,729,423, as General Accident traded more than 2.3 million shares, compared to trading of 26 securities on Monday that led to 970,319 units valued at $3,350,642 changing hands.
The market closed with the prices of 13 stocks advancing, 10 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
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 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 in contrast to 37,320 units for an average of $128,871 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 115,060 units valued at $366,988 and previously, 110,879 units valued at $332,102.
In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 20 cents higher at $43.20, with an exchange of 15,421 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 24,635 stock units changing hands, Blue Power traded 15,366 with the price rising 30 cents to close at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.95, in trading 15,000 shares. Caribbean Producers declined 5 cents to close at $4.80, while exchanging 27,053 units, Consolidated Bakeries gained 9 cents to close at $1.94, trading 40,000 shares, Derrimon Trading lost 2 cents and ended at $2.70, as 25,411 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 54,000 shares to close at $12.05. Elite Diagnostic exchanged 13,335 units after rising 5 cents to end at $3, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 23,367 stock units, Express Catering ended trading of 11,190 shares after rising 55 cents to end at $7.70. Fontana gained 10 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.30, with 87,760 shares changing hands. The price hit an all-time high of $4.50, as the supply of the stock has sharply declined, ahead of the release of the company’s March results. FosRich Group exchanged 11,719 shares and rose 5 cents in closing at $4.05, General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4, after an exchange of 2,303,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.35 trading 138,500 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of a mere 200 shares and fell 5 cents to end at $4.15, iCreate closed trading of 417,640 shares
with a fall of 8 cents to end at all-time low of 78 cents. Indies Pharma gained 23 cents to close at $3.35, in exchanging 185,468 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded 12,360 shares band declined 20 cents to close at $2.30, Knutsford Express exchanged just 600 shares and lost 5 cents to end at $12.95, Lasco Distributors rose 3 cents to end at $3.89, with 23,874 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $4.40, with an exchange of 52,032 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 5 cents trading 30,200 to close at $3.25, Main Event traded 10,000 and closed at $6, Medical Disposables finished trading 19,000 stock units with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50. Paramount Trading closed at $2.04, with exchange of 23,245 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, while trading of 8,500 shares and tTech loss of 3 cents trading 46,823 shares to close at $5.15.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
