The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange pulled back at the close on Thursday leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to drop by 1,614.44 points to 303,947.39 while the JSE Index fell 1,470.94 points to 276,930.44.
Trading ended with 21 securities changing hands, of which 9 advanced, 7 declined and 2 traded firm, resulting in 3,826,874 shares valued at $91,752,590 changing hands.
In the market activity, Cable & Wireless settled 1 cent higher at $1, with 62,773 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 99 cents higher at $31, with 300 stock units, Carreras traded 50 cents higher at $11, with 64,737 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 50 cents at $41.50, with 121,270 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $17.30, with 9,000 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 20 cents at $7, with 24,500 shares, JMMB Group settled $1.92 higher at $25.90, with 3,063,904 shares, Kingston Wharves traded 30 cents higher at $32.30, with 3,475 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading at $6, with 100,788 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 99 cents at $99, with 42,547 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $5 at $40, with 10,105 units, Pulse Investments settled 8 cents higher at $1.78, with 10,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.03, as 33,567 stock units changed hands. Sagicor Group traded 22,758 units and gained 85 cents to close at $35.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $15, with 200 shares, Scotia Group ended $1.85 higher at $51.95, with 117,552 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 50 cents higher at $27.50, with 485 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 26 cents at $10.30, with 105,825 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 150 units at $2.49 and the 7.5% closed at $1.85 with 19,937 shares and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.15, with 13,001 units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market falters on Thursday.”