Junior Market stocks broke the losing streak in trading on Thursday with the market index advancing 19.38 points to close at 3,117.54 as 35 securities changed hands, resulting in gains for 16 and losses for 8 leaving 11 unchanged.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,189,745 units valued at $8,061,287 compared to 1,878,404 units valued at $6,417,405 from 30 securities on Wednesday. At the close of trading, the average PE ratio of the Junior Market stood at 13.1.
Trading ended with an average of 62,564 units for an average of $230,322 in contrast to 62,613 units for an average of $213,914 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 142,385 units valued at $519,699 and previously 146,806 units for $535,724. In contrast, December closed with an average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows no stock ending with bids higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services ended trading with 5,342 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $30.40, AMG Packaging climbed 7 cents and exchanged 152,861 stock units at $2.07, Blue Power added 1 cent and traded 17,174 units at $4.01. Consolidated Bakeries closed 13 cents higher at $1.82, with 1,200 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 45 cents at $2, in swapping 83,005 shares, Dolphin Cove gained $1.30 to end at $10.50 in trading 8,000 units. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at $1.04, with 56,606 stock units trading, Express Catering fell 6 cents in trading 66,943 units at $6.06, General Accident climbed 30 cents in exchanging 2,000 shares at $6.20. GWest Corporation rose 4 cents and traded 5,000 shares at $1.06, Honey Bun declined 50 cents in trading of 304 units at $7.50, Indies Pharma fell 10 cents exchanging 24,392 units at $2.95, Jamaican Teas ended transferring 34,233 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $6.60. Jetcon Corporation fell 8 cents in trading 26,782 units at $1.42, Key Insurance lost 12 cents in closing at $3.68 after transferring 76,407 shares, 
Knutsford Express rose 35 cents to close at $10, with 115 stock units traded, Lasco Distributors gained 4 cents and closed at $3.19, with 15,274 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial climbed 12 cents and exchanged 53,794 shares at $4, Lasco Manufacturing swapped 4,000 units and gained 12 cents to end at $4.30, Lumber Depot lost 3 cents in trading 188,056 stock units at $1.50, MailPac shed 2 cents while exchanging 515,822 units at $2.08. SSL Venture Capital closed trading of 1,000 units with a rise of 1 cent to end at $1.09 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 760 units crossing the exchange and gained 89 cents to end at $9.90.
CAC 2000 9.5% preference share closed 17 cents higher at $1.20, while trading 37,033 stock units.
TTSE record gains on Thursday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Thursday, with Republic Holdings climbing $3 to $140 and seems poised to move much higher.
Republic Holdings hits a 52 weeks’ high of $140.
The T&T Composite Index gained 3.23 to close at 1,493.65. The All T&T Index rose 6.41 points to 1,892.44 while the Cross Listed Index remained at 148.34. Trading resulted in an exchange of 102,489 shares, amounting to $2,231,866 compared to 53,255 shares at $2,164,720 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 5 cents and closed at $22, with 55,749 stock units changing hands, National Flour ended trading 250 stock units with a rise of 5 cents to $1.45. Prestige Holdings rose 10 cents to $9, with investors exchanging ten shares, Republic Financial climbed $3 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $140, with 200 units crossing the exchange and L.J Williams added at 5 cents to close at $1.55, with 8,150 units changing hands.
Losses| One Caribbean Media fell 25 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8, after exchanging 8,110 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 5 cents in trading 4,372 shares to close at $20.90 after trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.88 earlier in the day.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl settled at $55.30, after exchanging 4,000 shares, Clico Investment traded 2,138 shares at $28.48, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $7.85, with 100 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.95, with investors exchanging 828 shares. JMMB Group exchanged 7,000 shares to settle at $2.74, while Massy Holdings traded 2,343 shares at $62. National Enterprises ended at $5.50, with 20 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial ended at $11.29, with investors exchanging 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded the trading 8,919 shares at $40.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Gains for JSE Main Market
Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in the primary indices regaining some of the ground lost on Tuesday.
JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 3,933.74 points to close at 545,580.51, the JSE Market Index rose 3,479.77 points to 496,795.98 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.13 points to 134.65.
The market closed with 40 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 18 advancing, 15 declining and 7 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 37 securities accounting 31,689,008 units valued at $315,401,563 in contrast to 59,431,667 units valued at $248,389,025 from 39 securities on Tuesday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 10.6 million shares 34 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution with 9.2 million units for 29 percent of the day’s trade, and JMMB Group with 4.3 million shares for 14 percent of the market’s volume. Stocks trading more than one million units were Carreras with 1.1 million shares, QWI Investments with 1.6 million and Wigton Windfarm with 2.6 million.
The Market closed with an average of 856,460 units valued at an average of $8,524,367 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,606,261 units at an average of $6,713,217 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 636,606 units valued at $3,530,001 for each security changing hands, compared to 626,463 units valued at $3,287,493 for each security traded. 
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.7, while the Main Market ended at 18.9 times 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments closed 50 cents lower to $70, with 59,808 units changing hands, Berger gained 45 cents to settle at $17 trading 600 stock units, Caribbean Cement ended $1 higher at $70, in transferring 1,921 shares. Carreras closed at $8, after gaining 50 cents exchanging 1,126,500 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $1.03 to $37, in swapping 19,450 stock units, Grace Kennedy climbed to $75, after gaining $5 trading 7,756 units, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to end at $24.50, with an exchange of 1,600 shares. Kingston Wharves rose by $2 to $68 after transferring 1,318 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dived $22 to settle at $208, with 291 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial rose by $3.90 to $189.80, after swapping 212,529 shares, PanJam Investment lost $1 to end at $101 trading 3,401 stock units. 
Proven Investments added 60 cents to close at $49.60, in an exchange of 30,331 shares, Scotia Group ended the day’s trade at $54, after losing $2.10 and trading 70,606 units, Seprod gained $2 in transferring 13,957 stock units to end at $48. Supreme Ventures closed $1.99 higher at $23, with an exchange of 14,810 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.50 to $26.50, in swapping 6,031 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments closed 99 cents lower to $10.53, after exchanging 331,360 units and Wisynco Group added $1.65 to settle at $23.50 trading 251,469 shares. Productivity Business Solution preference share, fell $20 to a 52 weeks’ low of $80 with 10,000 shares trading.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 6,663 units valued at over US$1,170. The market index advanced 7.18 points to close at 237.68. Proven Investments gained 2 US cents to close at 33 US cents, with an exchange of 1,000 units, Sterling Investments exchanged 500 units at 3 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.6 of a cent in trading 5,163 units to end at 15.4 US cents.
Junior Market continues to slide
The Junior Market continued its downward trend, falling 12.88 points to close at 3,098.16, with 30 securities changing hands and the price of 10 securities advancing, 10 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,878,404 units valued at $6,417,405 compared to 2,469,369 units valued at $7,388,636 from 35 securities on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 62,613 units at $213,914 for each security traded in contrast to 70,553 units for an average of $211,104 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 146,806 units valued at $535,724 and previously 151,001 units at $551,762 for each security. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 13.1 based on earnings for 2019.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging shed 10 cents in trading of 9,600 units at $2, Caribbean Producers climbed 20 cents and exchanged 2,400 shares at $5, Derrimon Trading closed 20 cents higher at $2.45, with 542,601 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove ended with a loss of $1.59, in swapping 27,600 shares at $9.20, Everything Fresh declined 4 cents in trading of 18,919 units at $1, Express Catering exchanged 20,500 units and gained 2 cents to end at $6.12. Fontana lost 5 cents to settle at $7 with 231,946 units changing hands, General Accident transferred 363 shares and fell 10 cents to finish at $5.90, GWest Corporation dropped 10 cents in trading 61,838 units at $1.02. Honey Bun gained 70 cents to end at $8 with 104,968 shares changing hands, 
KLE Group shed 50 cents in trading of 3,300 units at $2.30, Knutsford Express fell 35 cents in exchanging 12,823 units at $9.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 7 cents to close at $4.18 with 17,645 crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards gained 1 cent to settle at $2.90, after trading 13,610 shares, Lumber Depot ended swapping 80,966 shares, after rising 2 cents to close at $1.53. MailPac Group closed 14 cents higher at $2.10, with 353,900 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7.20, Paramount Trading closed 3 cents higher at $1.73, with 2,812 stock units trading. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $9.01 with 40,711 stock units changing hands and tTech closed trading of 932 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.62.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE slips moderately on Wednesday
First Citizens Bank closed at 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market indices closed on Wednesday with minor declines with advancing stocks outnumbering declining ones.
The market closed with 13 securities changing hands, compared to 18 on Tuesday, with five gaining, two declining and the prices of six remained unchanged. One stock closed at 52 weeks’ high.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.67 to close at 1,490.42. The All T&T Index shed 1.22 points to 1,886.03 while the Cross Listed Index inched just 0.02 points lower to 148.34. Trading resulted in an exchange of 53,255 shares, for $2,164,720 compared to 248,341 shares, amounting to $4,079,099 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank added 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $46.80, with 5,974 stock units trading, JMMB Group gained 4 cents and ended at $2.70, with investors exchanging 2,503 shares. 
Massy Holdings ended trading 11 cents higher at $62, after a transfer of 18,201 shares, Scotiabank increased 27 cents to $61.49, with 3,923 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 5 cents in trading 6,977 shares to close at $20.95.
Losses| NCB Financial slipped 1 cent to end at $11.29, with 101 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 65 cents to close at $40, with an exchange of 7,661 units.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment traded 103 shares at $28.48, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $7.85, with investors exchanging 1,000 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.95, with 2,000 units crossing the exchange. Guardian Holdings settled at $21.95, with 175 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises traded 1,200 shares at $5.50, and Prestige Holdings ended at $8.90, with 3,437 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE Junior Market down 7% in January
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to struggle on Tuesday with 25.98 points slashed off the close of the index on Monday and is down 7.1 percent for the year to date to close on Tuesday at 3,111.04.
The market closed with 33 securities changing hands, with the prices of 9 securities advanced, 18 declined and 8 remained unchanged, resulting in an exchange of 2,469,369 units valued at $7,388,636, compared to 2,881,585 units valued at $9,881,495 from 33 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 70,553 units at $211,104 for each security traded, in contrast to 87,321 units for an average of $299,439 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 151,001 units at $551,762 and previously 150,098 units valued at $541,417 for each security. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 13.2 based on earnings for 2019.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose 5 cents and exchanged 100 shares at $30.31, AMG Packaging moved 2 cents higher to $2.10, with 10,964 stock units trading, Blue Power dipped 10 cents in trading of 48,495 units at $4. Caribbean Cream declined by 10 cents to settle at $3.65, with an exchange of 23,084 units, Caribbean Producers dropped 20 cents in trading 40,319 units to settle at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 19,740 units and gained 6 cents to end at $1.69. Derrimon Trading finished with a gain of 5 cents at $2.25 after exchanging 3,400 units, Express Catering fell 5 cents in trading of 48,103 units at $6.10, Fontana shed 4 cents with 32,665 units changing hands at $7.05. General Accident dipped 30 cents to settle at $6 with 12,906 units crossing the exchange, GWest Corporation gained 7 cents to end at $1.12 with 27,000 units trading, Honey Bun closed with a loss of $1.40 at $7.30, in swapping 61,161 shares. iCreate gained 1 cent to settle at 80 cents, with 127,613 stock units trading, Indies Pharma closed 13 cents higher at $3.05, with 35,502 stock units crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents in trading 14,490 shares to close at $1.50. Knutsford Express ended 45 cents higher to $10, with 1,760 stock units trading,
Lasco Distributors closed trading of 15,646 units and gained 2 cents to end at $3.15, Lasco Financial fell 7 cents in trading of 393,791 units at $3.88. Lasco Manufacturing shed 25 cents in trading of 2,182 units at $4.25, Limners and Bards finished with a loss of 1 cent at $2.89 with 105,176 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot ended market activity exchanging 146,262 shares to close at $1.51 after falling 8 cents. MailPac Group lost 17 cents in trading 1,016,266 shares to close at $1.96, Main Event shed 20 cents trading of 6,400 units at $5.80, Medical Disposables declined by 30 cents after exchanging 37,700 units at $6.70. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.70, in swapping of 490 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 98 cents in trading of 11,200 units at $9.02 and SSL Venture lost 2 cents to end at $1.08 with 3,532 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
6,000 points JSE all Jamaica Index slash
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined sharply at the close of trading on Tuesday, knocking over 6,000 points from the market, as one stock each closed at a 52 weeks’ high and low.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 6,294.13 points to close at 541,646.77, the JSE Market Index dived 5,702.93 points to 493,316.21 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.10 points to 134.52.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 10 advancing, 24 declining and 5 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 37 securities accounting 59,431,667 units valued at $248,389,025 in contrast to 36,855,891 units valued at $103,713,861 from 42 securities on Monday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 40.9 million shares, for 69 percent of total volume. Wigton Windfarm followed with 8.9 million units for 15 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments with 2.1 million shares for 3.6 percent of the market’s volume as it closed at an all-time low of 89 cents. Stocks trading more than one million units were Carreras with 1 million shares, Grace Kennedy with 1 million, JMMB Group with 1.5 million and Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund with 1.9 million.
The Market closed with an average of 1,606,261 units valued at an average of $6,713,217 for each security traded, in contrast to 877,521 units valued at an average of $2,469,378 on Monday.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 626,463 units valued at $3,287,493 for each security changing hands, compared to 579,074 units valued at $3,112,683 for each security traded. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.6, while the Main Market ended at 18.9 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents to close at $70.50 after trading 14,125 units, Carreras dropped 64 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $7.50, with an exchange of 1,016,361 shares, Grace Kennedy tumbled $7.50 to $70, in swapping 1,003,358 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed $2 lower to $35 after transferring 141,357 shares, Jamaica Producers dropped $1.01 to end at $25, with 42,437 units changing hands. JMMB Group lost 50 cents, trading 1,464,220 shares to close at $47. Kingston Wharves climbed $5 to $66, in swapping 2,745 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities ended at $11.50, after losing 40 cents and transferring 1,252 units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost $1 to settle at $230, with and exchange of 230 units, NCB Financial Group, lost $3.60 and ended at $185.90 after trading 31,257 shares. PanJam Investment gained $1 to end at $102, with 33,318 units changing hands, Portland JSX added 50 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.50, in swapping 23,255 units, Proven Investments closed $1 higher to $49, in an exchange of 3,299 shares, Sagicor Group lost 99 cents to close at $70 trading 145,285 shares. 
Scotia Group settled at $56.10, after losing 88 cents in exchanging 16,726 shares, Seprod dropped $3 trading 4,200 shares and ended at $46, Supreme Ventures closed $1.99 lower to $21.01, with 81,460 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost $1.50 to close at $25, in transferring 62,072 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments ended $1.29 lower to $11.52, trading 414,870 units and Wisynco Group gained 85 cents, after swapping 457,653 shares and closed at $21.85.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 135,360 units valued at over US$42,019. The market index nosedived 11 points to close at 230.50 with Margaritaville trading 4,700 units to close at 32 US cents, after gaining half of 1 US cent and Proven Investments losing 3 US cents to settle at 31 US cents, with 130,660 units changing hands.
TTSE closed slightly up on Tuesday
First Citizens Bank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on TTSE on Tuesday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with the two major market indices finishing higher than at the close on Monday, with an equal number of declining and advancing stocks.
The market closed with 18 securities changing hands, compared to 19 on Monday, with five gaining, five declining and the prices of nine remained unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and two at 52 weeks’ lows.
The T&T Composite Index advanced 1.99 points to close at 1,491.09. The All T&T Index gained 4.36 points to 1,887.25, while the Cross Listed Index lost just 0.06 points to close at 148.36. Trading resulted in an exchange of 248,341 shares, for a sum of $4,079,099 compared to 239,819 shares, amounting to $4,423,787 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
Gains| Angostura Holdings rose 13 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.30, with 20 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens added 40 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $46.50, with 6,250 stock units trading, Scotiabank increased 21 cents to $61.22, with 6,883 units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 10 cents in trading 67,550 shares to close at $20.90 and West Indian Tobacco increased by 60 cents to close at $40.65, with an exchange of 12,184 units.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank dropped 5 cents and ended at $7.85, with investors exchanging 9,656 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 4 cents and settled at $21.95, with 10,300 stock units changing hands. Guardian Media dropped 25 cents and settled at 52 weeks’ low of $6.75, with investors exchanging 4,414 shares, Massy Holdings ended trading 10 cents lower at $61.89, after a transfer of 1,055 shares and LJ Williams declined 19 cents and settled at $1.50, with 26,013 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl closed at $55.30, with an exchange of 40 units, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.95, with 85,517 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group ended at $2.70, with investors exchanging 400 shares. NCB Financial ended at $11.30, with 38 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media settled at $8.25, with 1,340 units crossing the exchange, Prestige Holdings ended at $8.90, with 5,000 stock units changing hands and Republic Financial completed trading 2,750 units at $137.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE Main Market picks up 3,000 points
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with gains in the two major indices as the market continues its daily seesaw movement.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,954.43 points to close at 547,940.90, the JSE Market Index gained 2,657.81 points to 499,019.14 and the JSE Financial Index climbed 1.53 points to 135.62.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 14 advancing, 20 declining and 11 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 42 securities accounting 36,855,891 units for $103,713,861 in contrast to 22,042,921 units valued at $194,024,950 from 41 securities on Friday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 17.5 million shares for 47.5 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 10.7 million units for 29 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund with 3.3 million shares for 9 percent of the market’s volume. QWI Investments with 1.3 million shares and 3 percent of the market trade, was the only other stock trading more than one million units, as it closed at an all-time low of 93 cents.
The Market closed with an average of 877,521 units valued at an average of $2,469,378 for each security traded, in contrast to 537,632 units valued at an average of $4,732,316 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 579,074 units valued at $3,112,683 for each security changing hands, compared to 561,737 units valued at $3,152,220 for each security traded. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.8, while the Main Market ended at 19.1 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 35 cents to close at $71, in an exchange of 8,892 units, Caribbean Cement dropped $3 to $69 in trading 4,744 shares, Eppley closed 50 cents higher to $14, with 520,474 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.51 to $37, in swapping 201,824 shares, Jamaica Producers lost 49 cents to end at $26.01, transferring 100 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $33, after losing $1 exchanging 79,592 shares. JMMB Group
gained $2.50 trading 92,261 shares and closed at $47.50, Kingston Wharves tumbled $8 to $61, in exchanging 1,258 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 88 cents to $11.90, after transferring 5,280 units. 
NCB Financial closed at $189.50, after losing $3.50 in trading 70,527 shares, PanJam Investment closed $1 lower at $101, with 17,178 units changing hands, Portland JSX gained 58 cents to settle at $9, in swapping 5,000 units, Proven Investments closed $1.50 lower at $48, in an exchange of 6,879 shares. Pulse Investments gained 95 cents to settle at $6.65, in transferring 171,832 shares. Sagicor Group added 99 cents to end at $70.99, with a transfer of 195,354 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 35 cents to settle at $9 trading 52,137 shares, Scotia Group advanced to $56.98, having gained $3.97 in exchanging 12,100 shares. Supreme Ventures closed $1 higher to end at $23, with 45,273 units changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 43 cents to close at $26.50, in swapping 46,961 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments closed 64 cents lower to $12.81 trading 391,531 units and Wisynco Group slipped $1.50 to $21, with 204,925 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 25,203 units valued at over US$10,758. The market index advanced 8 points to close at 241.59. JMMB Group 5.75% traded 3,000 units at US$2.10, Proven Investments gained 1 US cents to close at 34 US cents in exchanging 4,714 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 1 US cent to end at 16 US cents in swapping 17,489 shares.
Junior Market drops 6.3% for 2019
The Junior Market is down 6.3% for 2019, but the fall may be close to an end at the market is close to a support level going back to the beginning of 2018 and as far back as 2015.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 13 securities advancing, 14 declining and 6 remaining unchanged. The market closed with an exchange of 2,881,585 units valued at $9,881,495 compared to 2,690,069 units valued at $8,684,726 from 33 securities on Friday. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 13.7 based on earnings for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 87,321 units at $299,439 for each securities changing hands, in contrast to 81,517 units for an average of $263,174 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 155,967 units valued at $572,790 for each company traded and previously 150,098 units valued at $541,417. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 24 cents in trading 6,796 shares to finish at $30.26, Blue Power ended market activity, exchanging 12,200 shares to settle at $4.10 after falling 10 cents. Cargo Handlers closed with a loss of $1.40 at $8.10, in swapping 6,000 shares, with the price adjusting to a more realistic value after three and a half years of significant overvaluation. Caribbean Cream declined 25 cents in trading 1,300 units at $3.75, Derrimon Trading shed 30 cents to settle at $2.20 with 53,900 units crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove fell 61 cents to $10.79 with 2,685 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading of 46,531 shares, after rising 7 cents to close at $6.15, Fontana closed with an exchange of 255,318 units and gained 9 cents to end at $7.09, Fosrich declined 19 cents in trading of 5,320 units at $4.30. General Accident climbed 29 cents and exchanged 1,513 shares at $6.30, GWest Corporation advanced 5 cents trading 100,000 shares at $1.05, Honey Bun concluded trading with 6,000 shares after adding 3 cents to settle at $8.70. Indies Pharma closed trading of 9,045 units and gained 2 cents to end at $2.92, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 102,500 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $6.55,
Jetcon Corporation finished 10 cents higher at $1.65, with an exchange of 29,800 stock units. Key Insurance added 1 cent to end at $3.80, with 23,000 stock units trading, KLE Group exchanged 27,107 shares, after rising 76 cents to finish at $2.80, Knutsford Express lost 65 cents in trading of 358 units at $9.55. Lasco Distributors dropped 3 cents in trading 923,118 shares to close at $3.13, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.95 with 32,534 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 35 cents and exchanged 162,698 shares at $4.50. Lumber Depot declined by 4 cents to settle at $1.59 with 419,324 units crossing the exchange, Main Event fell 6 cents in trading of 73,238 units at $6, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 50 cents to end at $7, after swapping 10,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended trading with 2,000 shares, after rising 5 cents to settle at $1.75, SSL Venture closed the day with 200 shares traded, after gaining 2 cents to finish at $1.10 and tTech lost 40 cents in trading of 12,300 units at $5.60.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
