The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed at a new record high on Monday, with All Jamaican Composite Index surging 9,373.64 points to 435,257.80 and the JSE Index climbing 8,518.11 points to 396,523.86.
The market is breaking the record high reached on November 29 last year of 433,307.22 on the All Jamaica index and 394,791.89 on the JSE Index. Caribbean Cement sparked added interest in the market, ahead of the close of the month as investors responded to strong first quarter results in buying up 274,801 shares up to $79.50. Also contributing to the strong gains was Sagicor Group that closed at $47.50.
At the close NCB Financial traded 2.12 million shares to close at $143.50, but ended with a closing with a bid of $148, PanJam Investment closed at $83 having a bid at $85. Wisynco Group closed at a record high of $12.50 have just less than 96,000 shares on offer between $12.50 and $16.
At the close, the main and US markets had 33 securities traded, compared to 32 on Friday leading to 15 advancing, 9 declining and 9 closing unchanged.
Market activity on the main market ended with 4,679,663 units valued $362,
626,260 changing hands, compared to 4,427,445 units valued at $384,592,987 units trading on Friday.
NCB trades, accounted for just over 45 percent of total main market volume, followed by Jamaica Producers with 343,580 units and 7 percent of the day’s trades and Eppley with 295,409 units for 6 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 146,239 units valued at an average of $11,332,071 for each security traded, in contrast to 147,582 units for an average of $12,819,766 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 157,923 shares at $3,718,919 for each security, compared to 158,599 shares at $3,037,176 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 50 cents to close at $42.50, with an exchange of 5,945 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $13.87 to $77.99 with 274,801 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers climbed $2 in exchanging 9,818 units to end at $34, Jamaica Producers gained $1.50 to close at $23, after trading 343,580 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 49 cents and ended at $17.99, trading 23,006 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $33.00, with 24,800 
shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1 and settled at $72, with an exchange of 446 units, NCB Financial Group declined $1.50 to close at $143.50, trading 2,122,314 shares. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 and ended at $83, with 65,800 units changing hands, Sagicor Group jumped $3.50 to end at $47.50 in an exchange of 51,319 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund added 90 cents to end at $10, trading 67,521 shares, Seprod rose $1.35 and closed at $44.80, trading 63,993 shares and Wisynco Group rose 50 cents to end trading of 145,718 shares at a record high of $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share being the sole active stock and ended exchanging 2,500 shares trading with a value of US$2,600 to close at US$1.04. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 177.64.
Junior Market volume plunges – Monday
Junior Market stock trading.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply on Monday with an exchange of just 486,748 units valued at $2,074,395 compared to 4,264,462 units valued at $16,060,112 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the market index lost 6.39 points to close at 2,964.43 as the prices of 8 securities advanced, 9 declined and 6 remained unchanged as 23 securities changed hands, compared to 24 on Friday.
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 7 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 21,163 units for an average of $90,191 in contrast to 177,686 units for an average of $669,171 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 88,152 units valued $318,072 and previously, 91,615 units valued $329,850 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.23, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 1,902 shares to gain 20 cents and close at $5.50, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 32,538 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 70,500 shares with a loss of $1.95 at $12.05, Everything Fresh closed at $1.48, with an exchange of 17,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $2.95, trading 5,000 units, Express Catering ended trading with 2,500 shares but fell 50 cents to $7.50. FosRich Group traded at $4, with 23,599 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 51,445 shares having risen 4 cents to $3.99, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, trading 21,480 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,586 shares for 19 cents higher at $4, iCreate traded 79,450 shares to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $3.20, with 62,791 shares crossing the exchange, 
Jamaican Teas traded 27,812 units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 3,724 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.35, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.25, with swapping of 2,500 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 338 stock units and rose 49 cents higher to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.52, with 46,495 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.20, with 6,309 shares, Main Event traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, after trading 12,594 shares. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, trading 4,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.50, with 2,185 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE major index jumps – Friday
The ongoing see saw trading pattern of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued on Friday with the market indices making sizable gains after a big falls on Thursday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 32 securities traded, compared to 33 on Thursday leading to 14 advancing, 7 declining and 12 closing unchanged. The market closed with the All Jamaican Composite Index 3,765.48 points to 425,884.16 and the JSE Index advanced by 3,419.95 points to 388,005.75.
Market activity on the main market ended with 4,427,445 units valued $384,592,987 changing hands, compared to 17,912,213 units valued $156,798,185 units trading on Thursday.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy led trading with 2.69 million shares, accounting for 61 percent of total main market volume, followed by Carreras with 817,258 units and 18.5 percent of the day’s trades and Wisynco Group with 264,825 units for 6 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 147,582 units valued at $12,819,766, in contrast to 597,074 shares valued at $5,226,606 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,599 shares at $3,037,176 for each security, compared to 159,231 shares at $2,439,461 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell 90 cents to close at $42, with an exchange of 5,700 shares, Caribbean Cement rose 61 cents to $64.12 with 17,700 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers climbed $2 in exchanging 22,080 units to end at $32, Jamaica Producers declined 50 cents to close at $21.50, after trading 38,562 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 30 cents and ended at $17.50, trading 97,043 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $3 to settle at $71, trading 6,989 units, Mayberry Equities rose 60 cents to end 
trading of 43,242 shares at $9.80, Palace Amusement climbed $50 to close at $1,300 with 100 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Group jumped $4.03 to end at $44 in an exchange of 13,544 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund added 44 cents to end at $9.10, trading just 60,018 shares, Seprod rose $1.45 and closed at $43.45, trading 6,934 shares and Stanley Motta gained 33 cents and ended at $4.55, with an exchange of 10,448 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 83,732 shares trading with a value of US$10,226. Proven Investments closed at 23 US cents, with an exchange of 13,000 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments ended trading of 70,732 units at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 1.87 points to close at 177.64.
Junior Market drops volume rises – Friday
Caribbean Producers traded 1.66 million shares and dropped 80 cents.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with big improvement in volume and value trading on Friday, compared to Thursday’s levels.
The market index dropped 22.54 points to close at 2,970.82 as rising and declining stocks shared the spotlight equally as investors exchanged 24 stocks, compared to 26 on Thursday with prices of 8 rising, 8 declining with 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,264,462 units valued at $16,060,112 as two securities dominated trading volume, compared to 690,056 units valued at $2,672,243 on Thursday.
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 177,686 units for $669,171 for each security, in contrast to 26,541 units for an average of $102,779 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts
to 91,615 units valued $329,850 and previously, 86,708 units valued $310,507 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $42.55, with 386 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended 11 cents higher at $2.23, with 4,206 stock units crossing the exchange, CAC 2000 gained 1 cent to close at $11.25, trading 2,000 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.95, with an exchange of 3,173 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading 23,007 shares 2 cents higher at $5.30, Caribbean Producers lost 80 cents to close at $4.20, trading 1,662,213 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with 4,418 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.70, with 3, with an exchange of 23,765 shares. FosRich Group traded 1,500 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $4, Fontana finished trading 107,812 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95, General Accident closed at $4.30, while exchanging 61,634 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.35, trading 97,288 units, iCreate traded 3,800 shares to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 9 cents higher at $3.10, with 1,972,125 shares changing hands.
Iron Rock exchanged 12,967 shares with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished the trading of 81,080 shares at $2.40, Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, while trading 600 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.51, with 51,500 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with $2.93, with an exchange of 59,528 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 60,000 shares, 4 cents higher at $3.20, Main Event traded 8,620 shares after falling 5 cents to $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.54, in exchanging 1,640 shares and tTech settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 16,200 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE major index drops sharply – Thursday
Sagicor Real Estate Fund drops to new 52 weeks’ low.
At the close, the main and US markets had 33 securities traded, compared to 29 on Wednesday leading to 9 advancing, 16 declining and 8 closing unchanged. Sagicor Real Estate Fund and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share closed trading at new 52 weeks’ lows of $8.66 and $1.98 respectively.
Market activity on the main market ended with 17,912,213 units valued $156,798,185 changing hands, compared to 1,662,631 units changing hands for $44,174,045, on Wednesday.
JMMB Group 7.5% preference share led trading with 12 million shares, accounting for 67 percent of total main market volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 1.92 million units and 11 percent of the day’s trades and Wisynco Group with 1.47 million units for 8 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 597,074 units valued at over $5,226,606, in contrast to 59,380 shares valued at $1,577,644 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 159,231 shares at $2,439,461 for each security, compared to 132,587 shares at $2,258,085 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Berger Paints climbed $1.50 and ended trading of 499 stock units, at $21, Caribbean Cement dropped 31 cents to $63.51 with 13,399 shares changing hands, Eppley gained 30 cents trading 450 shares at $11. Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.55 in exchanging 33,169 units at $30, Jamaica Producers declined $1 to close at $22, after trading 10,388 stock units.
JMMB Group climbed $2.84 to settle at $33.45, with 31,977 units changing hands. Kingston Properties lost 50 cents finished at $6.50, with an exchange of 4,245 stock units. Kingston Wharves dropped $2.50 to settle at $68, with 11,754 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments gained $1.23 in trading 13,686 shares, to close at $8.75. Sagicor Group lost $2.03 to end at $39.97 in an exchange of 81,141 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dipped $1.34 to a 52 weeks’ low of $8.66, trading just 700 shares, Salada Foods traded 640 units and rose $1.01 to end at $31.01. Scotia Group lost 35 cents and finished trading 264,774 shares at $50.65, Seprod lost $1 and closed at $42, trading 45,978 shares and Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents and finished at $26.49 with an exchange 564,208 units.Trading in the US dollar market ended with 49,022 shares trading with a value of US$4,923. Proven Investments closed at 23 US cents, with an exchange of 127 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1.3 cent and ended trading of 46,639 units at 10 US cents after losing 0.3 cent and Sterling Investments finished trading and closed at 4 US cents with 2,256 units, leaving the JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.02 points to close at 179.51.
Junior Market rises on reduced volume – Thursday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value on Thursday, compared to Wednesday’s levels, but the market index gained 27.85 points to close at 2,993.36.
At the close of the market, investors exchanged 26 stocks, compared to 22 on Wednesday with prices of 9 rising, 11 declining with 6 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of just 690,056 units valued at $2,672,243, compared to 723,588 units valued at $2,470,037 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 26,541 units for an average of $102,779 in contrast to 32,890 units for an average of $112,274 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 86,708 units valued $310,507 and previously, 90,668 units valued $324,180 for each security traded. 
In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $2.45 at $42.55, with an exchange of 500 shares, AMG Packaging fell 3 cents to $2.12, with 70,575 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 500 units, at $4.40. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 76 cents at $11.24, with 1,761 shares traded, Caribbean Producers finished trading 18,510 units with a gain of 15 cents to close at $5, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.71, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Dolphin Cove closed $1 higher at $14 in trading of 4,193 shares. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.48, with 38,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 4 cents at $2.93, with an exchange of 18,229 units, Express Catering ended trading of 13,114 shares and rose 89 cents to $8. FosRich Group traded 40 cents higher at $4.30, with 3,000 shares crossing the exchange, Fontana finished trading with 136,013 shares, and rose 5 cents higher to $4, General Accident closed 30 cents higher at $4.30, with an exchange of 940 stock units. iCreate closed trading at 90 cents, in exchanging 40,000 shares. Indies Pharma finished at $3.01, trading 54,588 shares, 
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with 100 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 5,500 units, with a loss of 40 cents at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 101,986 shares and lost 9 cents to close at $2.40. Knutsford Express concluded trading 20 cents higher at $12.50, with 2,262 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.60, with 5,150 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4, with 1,020 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.16, with 2,350 shares. Main Event traded 46 cents higher at $5.85, with 7,042 shares, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 6 cents at $1.54, with 17,203 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 117,355 shares and tTech settled at $5, with 27,965 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market index drops – Wednesday
JSE failed to have errors corrected in audited accounts.
Market activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued with just 1,662,631 units changing hands for $44,174,045, compared to 1,509,697 units changing hands for $34,816,059, on Tuesday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 29 securities traded, compared to 31 on Tuesday leading to 13 advancing, 10 declining and 6 closing unchanged.
Wisynco Group led trading with a mere 307,966 shares, accounting for 19 percent of total main market volume, followed by Grace Kennedy with 261,323 units and 16 percent of the day’s trades and Radio Jamaica with 162,904 units for 10 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 59,380 units valued $1,577,644 for each security traded, in contrast to 53,918 shares valued at $1,243,431 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 132,587 shares at $2,258,085 for each security, compared to 136,995 shares at $2,302,086 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $3.90 to close at $42.90, with an exchange of 1,010 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped 18 cents to $63.82 with 21,900 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rose $2 to close at $23, after trading 48,463 stock units. JMMB Group shed 89 cents to settle at $30.61, with 46,720 units changing hands. Kingston Wharves jumped $2.50 to settle at $70.50, with 4,918 units,
Mayberry Investments lost 48 cents in trading 27,925 shares, to close at $8, Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 80 cents with 24,658 units trading, to close at $9.20. Sagicor Group lost $2.53 to end at $42 in an exchange of 31,029 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dipped 50 cents to $10, trading 7,800 shares, Scotia Group rose 50 cents and finished trading 8,852 shares at $51, Seprod gained $1 and closed at $43, trading 31,674 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 45 cents and finished at $26, with an exchange 109,581 units and Wisynco Group rose 25 cents and ended trading 307,966 shares at $11.99.Trading in the US dollar market ended with 5,513 shares trading with a value of US$568. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1.3 cent and ended trading of 5,513 units at 10.3 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 1.22 points to close at 179.53.
Junior Market trading drops – Wednesday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value compared to Tuesday’s levels, but the market index gained 10.77 points to close at 2,965.51.
Investors exchanged 22 stocks on Wednesday compared to 26 on Tuesday with prices of 10 rising, 5 declining while 7 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 723,588 units valued at over $2,470,037 compared to 1,647,966 units valued $7,220,502 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 32,890 units for an average of $112,274 in contrast to 63,383 units for an average of $277,712 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,668 units valued $324,180 and previously, 94,076 units valued $336,678 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 3 cents higher at $2.15, with an exchange 819 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,000 units, at $4.40, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.85, with 10,000 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended trading of 34,500 shares, at $2.71. Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.50, with an exchange of 34,775 stock units, Express Catering ended trading 20,966 shares, at $7.11, FosRich Group traded 7,110 shares with a loss of 60 cents at $3.90, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $3.95, with an exchange of 118,321 shares, General Accident closed at $4, after trading 3,750 stock units. Honey Bun traded 12,911 shares and closed 6 cents higher at $3.81, iCreate closed trading at 90 cents, with an exchange of 33,400 shares. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, with 329,659 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 7,000 units and rose 45 
cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $2.49, with an exchange of 31,399 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,225 stock units, 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished 3 cents higher at $3.63, with 1,801 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with 30,400 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,162 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20. Main Event traded 1,928 shares and rose 34 cents to close at $5.39, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.60, while exchanging 1,900 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 29,786 shares for 25 cents higher at $7 and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 1,776 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More gains for JSE majors – Tuesday
On a day of very low trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index added to the strong gains on Thursday to close 1,130.64 points up to 428,191.40 on Tuesday while the JSE Index advanced 1,027.45 points to close at 390,104.27.
Market activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued with just 1,509,697 units changing hands for $34,816,059, compared to 3,564,657 units valued $53,154,918 on Thursday.
At the close, the main and US markets had 31 securities traded, compared to 28 on Thursday leading to 10 advancing, 11 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
Barita Investments led trading with a mere 225,658 shares, accounting for 15 percent of total main market volume, followed by Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 184,148 units and 12 percent of the day’s trades and Wisynco Group with 167,463 units for 11 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 53,918 units valued at an average of $1,243,431 for each security traded. In contrast to 132,024 units valued at an average of $1,968,701 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 136,995 shares at $2,302,086 for each security, compared to 142,319 shares at $2,375,277 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1 to close at $39, with an exchange of 225,658 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $1 to $64 with 37,388 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 45 cents in trading 21,340 stock units at $60, Jamaica Broilers rose 65 cents to close at $31.65, with an exchange of 10,391 shares. Jamaica Producers fell 26 cents to close at $21, after trading 15,500 stock units, JMMB Group added 90 cents to settle at $31.50, with 5,389 units changing hands. Mayberry Investments recovered 50 cents in trading 3,900 shares, to close at 
$8, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $1 with 184,148 units trading, to close at $10. Palace Amusement dropped $200 to close at $1,250 after trading 120 units, Sagicor Group lost 47 cents to $44.53 in an exchange of 30,587 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.60 to $10.60, in trading 999,193 shares, Scotia Group rose 30 cents and finished trading 15,798 shares at $50.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 50 cents trading of 59,500 units at $12.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 65,070 shares trading with a value of US$8,900. JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 2,320 units and closed at US$1.04 Proven Investments traded 5,650 shares at 23 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent and ended trading of 57,100 units at 9 US cents leaving the JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.95 points to close at 178.31.
Junior Market trading rises – Tuesday
Junior Market stock trading.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,647,966 units valued $7,220,502 compared to 971,622 units valued at $3,078,345 on Thursday. Investors exchanged 26 on Tuesday compared to 24 Thursday with prices of 14 rising 9 falling while 3 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 63,383 units for an average of $277,712 in contrast to 40,484 units for an average of $128,264 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 94,076 valued $336,678 and previously 134,650 valued $341,097 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 200 units but lost 50 cents in closing at $45, AMG Packaging exchanged 57,778 stock units at $2.12, Cargo Handlers concluded trading with 15,000 units after rising 1 cent to close at $10.96, Caribbean Cream closed at $5.28, with 1,446 shares changing hands. Caribbean Flavours rose 50 cents to close at $16.50 with just 100 shares traded, Caribbean Producers finished trading 96,499 units with a gain of 23 cents to end at $4.85. Derrimon Trading ended with a rise of 20 cents at $2.71, with an exchange of 13,179 shares. Elite Diagnostic gained 7 cents to settle at $2.97, with 31,273 units changing hands, Express Catering lost 11 cents trading 2,600 shares to close at $7.11, Fontana finished trading 20,980 shares with a gain of 8 cents at $3.88. General Accident closed 29 cents down at $4, with an exchange of 32,418 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.33, with 19,828 units changing hands, Honey Bun traded 109,250 shares with a loss of 8 cents in closing at $3.75, iCreate added 9 cents in closing at 90 cents, with an exchange of 9,650 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading of 316,882 shares, with a rise of 9 cents at $3.10, Iron Rock settled 50 cents higher at $4, with 160,500 shares changing hands.
After a long period of inactivity, ISP Finance finally traded but fell $3 to close at $12.50 with exchange of a mere 100, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 35 cents at $3.55, with the swapping of 17,771 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 5 cents at $2.35, with 5,464 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 9,300 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors dropped 10 cents and finished at $3.60, with an exchange of 19,550 units, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and settled at $4.15, trading 10,781 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 79,700 shares, with an increase of 12 cents at $3.25, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5.05, with an exchange of 821 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 481,767 shares at $6.75 and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.30, with an exchange of 8,361 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
