The Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded losses on Wednesday, in the early morning session. 
After 30 minutes of trading the junior market index is down 2.5 percent, well off from Tuesday’s gain of 1 percent, in early trading.
A total of 5 stocks fell and 6 rose as 18 securities have been active with just 500,267 units changing hands. The all Jamaica Composite Index lost 665.05 points to 176,288.59, the JSE Market Index fell 595.09 points to 158,678.61, the JSE combined index fell 1,043.12 points to 168,279.75 and the junior market index dropped 53.35 points to 2,065.80.
The greatest movers so far are Cable & Wireless with a 10 cents gain, Caribbean Cement down $2.98, Sagicor Real Estate Fund down 30 cents and Lasco Manufacturing down 30 cents to $3.70.
JSE dips in early trading
JSE’s modest recovery in early trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is making modest recovery on Tuesday morning. 
After 75 minutes of trading the junior market index is up 1 percent, well up from the 3 percent decline on Monday, in early trading.
A total of 10 stocks fell and 5 rose as 24 securities have been active with just 909,211 units changing hands. The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 224.52 points to 175,694.53, the JSE Market Index rose 200.90 points to 158,147.03, the JSE combined index fell 412.29 points to 168,364.80 and the junior market index dropped 62.47 points to 2,120.16. On Tuesday the junior index is up by 24.66 points to 2,130.69 points, in contrast to a fall of 64.27 in early trading on Monday.
JSE Main market up on Monday
Pressure on the Jamaica main market stocks eased on Monday with the indices gaining moderately but declining stocks just beating advancing ones by a margin of 16 securities declining 15 securities gaining as 40 changed hands in all market segments. 
Trading resulted in 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs.
A total of 7,670,934 units valued at $79,145,756 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,035,881 units changing hands, valued at $5,711,682.98.
The JSE Market Index rose 559.11 points to 157,946.13 the all Jamaica Composite Index gained 624.85 points to end at 175,470.01 and the JSE combined index dumped by 164.96 points to close at 167,952.51.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Juniors suffer big early drop
for the second consecutive trading day the juniors stocks got hit hard in early trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the index falling 3 percent, almost the same as on Friday. Trading was moderate after 75 minutes of trading with less than 50 percent of the listed securities being active.
A total of 11 stocks fell and 7 rose as 25 securities have been active with just 3,115,541 units changing hands.
Jamaican Teas fell 38 cents to $6.75 with 2,030,000 as a director sold 2 million units, for cash flow purposes. Lasco Manufacturing traded 87,494 units but fell 20 cents to $4 and helped in a major way to sink the market index but that would have been partially offset by Lasco Distributors with a gain of 13 cents to $7.43 and Caribbean Producers drop of 49 cents to $5 would have also been a big contributor to the fall of the index as well.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 83.07 points to 174,928.23, the JSE Market Index rose 74.32 points to 157,461.34, the JSE combined index fell 494.37 points to 167,623.10 and the junior market index dropped 62.47 points to 2,120.16. On Friday the junior index was down 64.27 in early trading to 2,176.36 points.
More retreating for JSE on Friday
Seprod traded at 52 weeks’ intraday high on Friday at $22.10.
A total of 7,670,934 units valued at $79,145,756 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,035,881 units changing hands, valued at $5,711,682.98.
The JSE Market Index rose 64.41 points to 157,387.02 the all Jamaica Composite Index gained 71.98 points to end at 174,845.16 and the JSE combined index dumped by 463.27 points to close at 168,117.47.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Barita Investments retreated after the company posted lower earnings in the December quarter of $27.7 million versus $45.6 million as 10,000 units traded to close with a loss of 40 cents at $4.20. Berger Paints lost 49 cents to end at $4.21, with 5,070 units traded, Cable and Wireless closed with a loss of 1 cent as 619,883 units changed hands at $1.58. Caribbean Cement fell 50 cents to close at $30 with 31,123 shares changing hands, Carreras dropped $1 to close at $66, while trading 6,072 units, Ciboney declined by 6 cents to 15 cents with 2,955,517 shares trading, Gleaner traded 113,790 shares but fell 4 cents to $2.46. Grace Kennedy ended with 8,369 shares trading to close at $82.25 after gaining 70 cents. Jamaica Broilers jumped $1.15 with 647,438 units to close at $14.90, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 46,000 shares trading but rose 40 cents to close at $22.35, JMMB Group had 22,851 units changing hands at $11. 
Kingston Wharves had 7,260 shares trading with a gain of 5 cents at $11.40, Mayberry Investments traded 35,970 units to close at $4.5 for a decline of 5 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 109,827 shares to close at $41 after gaining 70 cents, while Pan Jamaican traded 14,727 shares with a fall of $1.30 to end at $94.70. Radio Jamaica traded 1,414 units but fell 30 cents to $4.30, Sagicor Group fell 1 cent with 469,568 shares changing hands at $22.10, Scotia Group had 1,242,641 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 50 cents to end at $33.50. Scotia Investments had 5,174 units changing hands at $28 after rising $1. Seprod closed at $22, with 26,364 shares trading, Supreme Ventures fell 5 cents to close at $5.85 with 170,772 units changing hands, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 35,000 at $1.06 and Proven Investments preference share traded 40,000 units at $5.
JSE majors up juniors drop sharply
Juniors stocks got hit hard in early trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the index falling 3 percent as 6 stocks in fell including all two of the Lasco companies as one stock gained after 90 minutes of trading.
A total of 16 stocks fell and only 9 rose as 36 securities have been active with 5,052,661 units changing hands of which Ciboney makes up more than half.
Attempts were made to trade Barita Investments at $3 with 35,250 units changing hands but the trade was cancelled as it exceeded 30 percent for the day, this is following the company’s release of first quarter results which showed a fall in profit as a result of increased cost, the stock traded at $4.20, Ciboney traded 2,953,517 units at 13 cents Scotia Group had 1,053,652 shares changing hands at $32.80, AMG Packaging fell to $14 after the stock traded as high as $21.50 last week on low volume and tTech traded at $5.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 285.01 points to 175,058.19, the JSE Market Index rose 255.02 points to 157,577.63, the JSE combined index fell 340.25 points to 168,240.49 and the junior market index dropped 64.27 points to 2,176.36.
More retreat for JSE on Thursday
Carib Cement closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Thursday of $30.50.
A total of 2,801,152 units valued at $40,035,868 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 876,572 units changing hands, valued at $3,718,863.
The JSE Market Index dived 913.83 points to 157,322.61 the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,021.27 points to end at 174,773.18 and the JSE combined index dumped by 972.44 points to close at 168,580.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Barita Investments ended with 119,000 units traded to close at $4.60, Berger Paints rose 20 cents to end at $4.70, with 13,950 units traded, Cable and Wireless closed with 58,929 units changing hands, with a loss of 1 cent at $1.59. Caribbean Cement jumped 50 cents to close at $30.50 with 11,868 shares changing hands, Carreras jumped $1.30 to close at $67, to end at a 52 weeks’ high while trading 150,641 units, Gleaner traded 57,510 shares but rose 5 cents to $2.50, Grace Kennedy ended with 2,449 shares trading to close at $82.25 after dropping 75 cents. Jamaica Broilers fell 75 cents with 244,239 units to close at $13.75, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 210,710 shares trading but lost 5 cents to close at $21.95, JMMB Group dropped 25 cents in trading 38,315 units at $11. Kingston Wharves had 5,900 shares trading at $11.40, Mayberry Investments traded 16,800 units to close at $4.80 for a rise of 30 cents, 
National Commercial Bank traded 45,262 shares to close at $40.30 after declining by $1.20, while 138 Students Living traded 146,285 shares with a fall of 10 cents to end at $5.60. Proven Investments traded 32,164 shares at 20 US cents, Radio Jamaica traded 17,651 units but fell 5 cents to $4.60, Sagicor Group fell 82 cents with 15,459 shares changing hands at $22.11, Scotia Group had 177,068 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 99 cents to end at $33. Scotia Investments had 1,200 units changing hands at $27 after dropping $3. Seprod closed at $22, with 104,200 shares trading, Supreme Ventures fell 10 cents to close at $5.90 with 48,200 units changing hands, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 66,900 at $2.15 and Proven Investments preference share traded 502,476 units at $5.
JSE down sharply in early trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange got to a moderate start with prices being on the soft side, following Tuesday’s large number of declines. 
The market indices all slipped between 1.21 percent for the JSS index to 1.23 percent for the juniors after 75 minutes of trading.
A total of 7 stocks fell and only 8 rose as 30 securities have been active with just 621,780 units changing hands.
National Commercial has not yet traded but seems heavy, with offers at $39.50, below Tuesday’s last traded price of $40, while Scotia Group fell from $34 to $32. AMG Packaging fell from $19.15 to $18 after the stock traded as high as $21.50 last week on low volume and Lasco Distributors declined from $7.79 to $7.35.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,151.91 points to 174,687.02, the JSE Market Index lost 1,925.55 points to 157,245.51, the JSE combined index fell 2,069.78 points to 168,600.65 and the junior market index dropped 28.13 points to 2,250.89.
JSE market dived sharply – Tuesday
Jamaican Stock Exchange closed at a new all-time high of $22.50.
A total of 4,504,769 units valued at $138,949,178 changed hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 1,008,928 units, valued at $4,603,766.
The JSE Market Index dived 3,286.73 points to 159,171.06 the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 3,673.11 points to end at 176,838.93 and the JSE combined index dipped by 3,413.10 points to close at 170,670.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints fell 18 cents to end at $4.80, with 50,576 units traded, Cable and Wireless lost 9 cents with 268,452 units changing hands at $1.60, Caribbean Cement fell 90 cents to close at $26.60 with 18,305 shares changing hands. Carreras traded as high as $65.70, but closed with a gain of 90 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $65 while trading 625,721 units, Grace Kennedy ended with 562,543 share trading with a loss of $1 to close at $83, Jamaica Broilers had 17,581 shares trading with a loss of 95 cents at $14. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 3,403 shares with a rise of $2.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high $22.50, JMMB Group dropped $1 in trading 76,393 units at $12, Kingston Wharves had 21,850 shares trading at $11.40, Mayberry Investments fell 40 cents to close at $4.50 with 41,436 units traded, 
after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $5.08 National Commercial Bank traded 396,112 shares to close at $40 after falling by $2, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 49,943 units with a loss of $1.45 to end at $94.55, Scotia Group had 326,093 shares changing hands to close at $34, Scotia Investments had 261,404 units changing hands at $26.55 after dropping $3.25. Seprod rose $2 to close at $22, with 69,528 shares trading, Supreme Ventures declined by 55 cents to close at $5.90 with 240,000 units changing hands. Proven Investments ordinary share traded at 22 US cents with 41,720 units, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 296,000 at $2.15 and Proven Investments preference share traded 97,524 units to close at $5.
JSE loses big in early trading
The Jamaica Stock Exchange got to a negative start with the indices all slipping after 75 minutes of trading with 13 stocks falling and only 6 rising as 35 securities have been active with only 933,812 units changing hands.
Big moves have been Carreras up 90 cents to $65, Grace Kennedy down $1 to $83 with limited volume, Jamaica Stock Exchange up $2.50 to $22.50 and Seprod with a rise of $2 to $22.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,469.33 points to 179,042.71, the JSE Market Index lost 1,314.77 points to 161,143.02, the JSE combined index fell 1,351.04 points to 172,732.49 and the junior market index dropped 12.32 points to 2,301.46.