The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market suffered another declined for a fifth consecutive day on Friday, with reduced volume but with a much higher value than on Thursday as the main market goes through a mild correction of 5 percent.
Trading ended with 40 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 10 stocks advancing, 22 declining and 8 stocks trading firm. The market closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 3,525.47 points to close at 552,794.42. The JSE Index dropped 3,108.66 points to 506,336.57 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.95 points to close at 137.34.
Main market activity ended with 37 securities trading resulting in 11,554,366 units valued at $237,158,383, in contrast to 15,417,353 units valued at $67,593,610 from 36 securities trading on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 5.2 million units for 45 percent of total volume, followed by Barita Investments with 2 million shares for 17 percent of the market’s trade and QWI Investments with 1.6 million units accounting for 14 percent of the day’s trade. The only other stock trading more than a million units was Sagicor Select Funds with 1.1 million shares. 
The Market closed with an average of 312,280 units valued at $6,409,686 for each security traded, in contrast to 453,452 units for an average of $1,988,047 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 964,884 shares for $9,843,232 for each security traded and previously 1,041,055 shares at $10,293,733 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 securities ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 16.4 with the main market ending at 17 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Berger lost 50 cents to close at $18.10, in the swapping of 1,600 shares, Caribbean Cement closed 69 cents lower after 7,462 shares changed hands to end at $76.81, Eppley Caribbean Fund jumped $4, after exchanging 2,448 shares, to close at $39. Jamaica Stock Exchange slid 99 cents in closing at $28.99 as 23,121 shares changed hands, JMMB Group traded 74,042 shares gaining 90 cents to end at $43, Kingston Wharves closed $2.59 higher to settle at $60, after exchanging a mere 500 shares. Mayberry Equities lost 35 cents to close at $11.15 with 6,700 shares traded, 
NCB Financial plummeted $5.50 to close at $202 while exchanging 142,640 units, PanJam Investment lost 90 cents and ended at $102.10 after 67,595 shares crossed the exchange. Sagicor Group traded 37,028 shares in losing $1.10 to close at $67.90, Scotia Group closed $2.98 lower in exchanging 231,475 shares to end at $57.01, Seprod gained $1.50 to end at $52 with an exchange of 23,087 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to settle at $27 with 74,136 shares trading.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 157,383 units valued at $40,043 and the market index fell by 3.04 points to close at 196.47. Margaritaville lost 3 cents and closed at 25 US cents with 3,856 shares changing hands, Proven Investments fell half a cent and exchanged 139,727 shares, to close at 26.51 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 13,800 units to inched higher from 13.9 US cents to end at 13.91 US cents.
Slight Junior Market slippage on Friday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index slipped just 1.72 points to close at 3,404.79 in trading on Thursday as volumes rose 66 percent and value up 95 percent over Thursday’s levels
At the close of market activities, 26 securities changed hands versus 27 companies trading on Thursday with the prices of 9 securities rising, 7 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 3,253,708 units valued at $20,983,345 up from 1,961,441 units valued at $10,776,646 changing hands on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 125,143 units for an average of $807,052 in contrast to 72,646 units for an average of $399,135 on Thursday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,190 units at $489,550 compared to 89,655 units at $454,422 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
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 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power lost 45 cents in trading 29,379 shares to close at $7.30, CAC 2000 climbed 40 cents and exchanged 620 shares at $13.50, Caribbean Producers shed 10 cents in trading 46,000 units at $4.70, Elite Diagnostic closed trading of 23,426 units and gained 45 cents to end at $6. General Accident fell 10 cents swapping 1,267,447 units at $6.85, GWest Corporation climbed 2 cents and exchanged 30,513 shares at $1.04, iCreate declined 2 cents in trading of 5,500 units at 71 cents,
Jamaican Teas closed with 10,865 units changing hands and gained 10 cents to end at $6.20, Knutsford Express climbed 25 cents in exchanging 6,000 shares at $10.50. Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in trading of 14,363 units at $4.80, Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents with 67,212 units changing hands at $5.10, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents and exchanged 9,719 shares at $2.72, Main Event closed 5 cents higher at $5.75, with 19,900 stock units trading. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 78,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $3.99, Stationery and Office Supplies exchanged 526,755 shares to close at $11 after falling 50 cents and tTech ended trading with 2,660 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
4 TTSE stocks rise 3 fall – Friday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 13 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Thursday but volume and value traded fell well below Thursday’s levels.
At close of the market, 4 stocks rose, 3 declined and 6 remained unchanged resulting in the Composite Index dropped 2.63 points to end at 1,406.27. The All T&T Index declined 3.93 points to 1,750.55, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.18 points to close at 143.97.
Trading ended with, as 87,082 shares changing hands at $2,472,299, compared to 134,220 shares changing hands at $6,588,966 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 1 cent and closed at $24.01, with investors exchanging 35,394 shares, Sagicor Financial added 1 cent and completed trading at $10.51, with 975 units crossing the exchange. Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 21,136 units and rose 8 cents to close at $25.58 and Unilever Caribbean increased 5 cents and settled at $24.55, with 185 units trading.
Losses| JMMB Group fell 5 cents and ended at $2.15, after exchanging 490 shares, Scotiabank lost 25 cents and settled at $59 after swapping 1,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 50 cents and concluded trading of 7,342 units at $104.50.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $16.05, with 100 stock units changing hands, Ansa McAl completed trading with 1,620 units at $55, CinemaOne ended at $8, with investors exchanging 76 shares. First Citizens Bank settled at $40.20, with 2,050 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings completed trading of 45 units at $54.55 and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.04, with 16,245 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
4th day of decline for JSE majors
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market declined for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday with less volume and value traded dropping sharply from Wednesday’s levels.
Trading ended with 36 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 19 advancing, 9 declining and 8 trading firm. The market closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 1,369.89 points to close at 556,319.89. The JSE Index dropped 1,210.28 points to 506,336.57 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.23 points to close at 138.29.
Main market activity ended with 34 securities trading resulting in 15,417,353 units valued at $67,593,610, in contrast to 31,141,186 units valued at $368,051,491 from 36 securities trading on Wednesday.
QWI Investments led trading with 4.8 million units for 31 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 4.5 million shares for 29 percent of the market’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 4 million units accounting for 26 percent of the day’s trade. No other stock traded more than a million units.
The Market closed with an average of 453,452 units valued at $1,988,047 for each security traded. In contrast to 865,033 units for an average of $10,223,653 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,041,055 shares for $10,293,733 for each security traded and previously 1,111,651 shares at $11,432,416 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 securities ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 39 cents at $80, 4,491 in the swapping of shares, Caribbean Cement rose 68 cents after 8,547 shares changed hands to end at $77.50, Eppley gained $1.85, after exchanging 7,430 shares, to close at $16.85. Grace Kennedy rose 75 cents to $69.75 with 12,284 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 in closing at $35 as 29,564 shares changed hands. Jamaica Producers traded 4,000 shares and gained 58 cents to end at $22.59, 
JMMB Group lost 90 cents to close at $42.10 after trading 20,062 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $4.59 to settle at $57.41, after exchanging 18,100 shares. Mayberry Equities recovered the 47 cents it lost on Wednesday to close at $11.50 with 508 shares traded, NCB Financial surged $5.50 to close at $207.50 while exchanging 33,212 units, Scotia Group closed $1.19 higher in swapping 153,105 shares to end at $59.99 and Seprod dropped $3.50 to end at $50.50 with an exchange of 12,792 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 13,100 units valued at $2,828 and the market index advanced by 1.05 points to close at 199.51. Proven Investments exchanged 7,700 shares, to close at 26.98 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments slipped a fraction of a cent to trading 5,400 units to end at 13.9 US cents.
Junior Market breaks fall
Junior Market trades
At the close of market activities, 27 securities changed hands versus 29 trading on Wednesday with the prices of 8 securities rising, 13 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 1,961,441 units valued at $10,776,646 down from 3,632,177 units valued at $18,080,990 changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 72,646 units for an average of $399,135 in contrast to 125,247 units for an average of $623,482 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,655 units at $454,422 compared to 91,863 units at $461,599 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1 to end at $35, trading just 100 shares, Blue Power fell 75 cents trading of 37,629 units to end at $7.75, Caribbean Cream closed 3 cents higher at $4.55, with 4,400 stock units trading, Caribbean Flavours exchanged 996 units and gained 1 cent to end at $13.01. Caribbean Producers traded 25,710 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 11 cents at $1.65, in swapping of 256,598 shares, Derrimon Trading dipped 2 cents trading 11,166 units at $2.55. Express Catering declined 15 cents with 2,685 units changing hands at $6, Everything Fresh shed 13 cents with an exchange of 32,000 units at $1.17, Elite Diagnostic fell 15 cents in trading 18,274 units at $5.55, Fontana closed with 208,472 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 15 cents to end at $8. General Accident closed trading of 16,286 units in gaining 10 cents to end at $6.95, Honey Bun dipped 4 cents in swapping 2,902 units at $6.50, iCreate ended trading with 3,570 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at 73 cents,
Indies Pharma lost 10 cents trading 33,638 shares to close at $3.20. Jamaican Teas fell 15 cents exchanging 20,250 units at $6.10, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 42,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed 24 cents higher at $5, with 1,366 stock units trading, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents to end at $5.20 in swapping 60,998 shares, Limners and Bards lost 12 cents trading 275,900 shares to close at $2.58 and Paramount Trading declined by 4 cents to settle at $2.20 after exchanging 7,132 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
4 TTSE stocks rise 4 fall – Thursday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday with 10 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Wednesday but volume and value traded rose strongly over Wednesday’s levels.
At the close of the market, 4 stocks rose, 4 declined and 2 remained unchanged resulting in the Composite Index added 0.14 points to end at 1,408.90. The All T&T Index rose 2.79 points to 1,754.48, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.35 points to close at 144.15.
Trading ended with, as 134,220 shares changing hands at $6,588,966, compared to 79,629 shares changing hands at $1,539,070 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings added 15 cents and ended at $18.30, with 4,052 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 3 cents and ended at $54.55, trading 104,474 units, 
Republic Financial rose $1.11 and settled at $123, with 3,774 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $105, with 500 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 5 cents and completed trading of 554 units at $40.20, Guardian Media closed with a loss of 10 cents and completed trading of 825 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. NCB Financial shed 5 cents and settled at $10.50, in swapping of 15,206 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 4,000 units and shed 10 cents to close at $25.50.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 320 shares and closed unchanged at $15.75 and Sagicor Financial ended at $10.50, with 515 units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Third day of declines for JSE majors
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market declined for a third consecutive day at the close on Wednesday with less volume and value traded on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 39 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 10 advancing, 19 declining and 10 trading firm. The market closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 2,717.19 points to close at 557,689.78. The JSE Index dropped 2,465.01 points to 507,546.85 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.69 points to close at 138.52.
Main market activity ended with 36 securities trading resulting in 31,141,186 units valued at $368,051,491 in contrast to 44,023,689 units valued at $758,570,804 from 36 securities trading on Tuesday.
Stanley Motta led trading with 13 million units for 42 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 6 million units accounting for 19 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Funds with 4 million shares for 13 percent of the market’s trade. Other stocks trading more than a million shares were QWI Investments with 3 million units after trading at the lowest level of $1.15 since listing and Barita Investments with 2.7 million shares.
The Market closed with an average of 865,033 units valued at an average of $10,223,653 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,222,880 units for an average of $21,071,411 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,111,651 shares at $11,432,416 for each security traded and previously 1,147,595 units valued at $11,637,677 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Carib Cement closed $2.54 lower after 13,753 shares changed hands to end at $76.82. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund lost $1 trading 6,280 shares to settle at $35, Eppley gained 80 cents, after exchanging 21,211 shares, to close at $1. Grace Kennedy closed $1 lower to $69 with 14,245 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of $2.01, closing at $34 as 22,233 shares changed hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 99 cents, after exchanging 11,378 shares to settle at $29.99, JMMB Group dropped $2, closing at $43 after trading 114,321 shares, Kingston Wharves added $2 to settle at $62, after exchanging 18,100 shares. 
Mayberry Equities lost 47 cents to close at $11.03 with 11,364 shares traded, NCB Financial declined by $2 to close at $202 while exchanging 65,660 units, Sagicor Group closed $1.19 lower in swapping 11,515 shares to end at $68.80. Salada Foods dropped $3 to $29 with 15,000 shares changing hands, Seprod advanced $3 to end at $54 with an exchange of 6,291 shares and Supreme Ventures gained 49 cents to close at $27.49 with 208,741 shares traded.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 28,241 units valued US$17,055 with the market index falling 0.45 points to close at 198.46. Proven Investments exchanged 13,756 shares, to close at 27 US cents, after slipping a fraction of a cent, JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 13,485 units, to end at 99 US cents and Sterling Investments rose 0.3 cents and closed at 3.3 US cents with 1,000 units changing hands.
Junior Market drops again
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 15.61 points to close at 3,397.71 in trading on Wednesday as 29 securities traded, similar to Tuesday and ended with 10 securities advancing, 9 falling and 10 remaining unchanged.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 3,632,177 units valued at $18,080,990 compared to 2,395,994 units valued at $16,463,282 changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 125,247 units for an average of $623,482 in contrast to 85,571 units for an average of $587,974 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 91,863 units at $461,599 compared to 86,454 units at $435,372 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
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 one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $1 at $34 with 15,389 stock units changing hands, Blue Power closed trading of 33,015 units and gained 90 cents to end at $8.50, Caribbean Cream ended market activity exchanging 1,610 shares to close at $4.52 after falling 8 cents. Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 1 cent at $13 with 11,711 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers declined by 9 cents to settle at $4.71 while trading 27,688, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 5,100 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $5.70, Everything Fresh ended trading 58,745 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.30. Fontana closed trading of 328,282 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7.85, General Accident closed 22 cents higher at $6.85, with 23,687 stock units changing, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 25,890 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $6.25. 
Knutsford Express declined 74 cents in trading of 2,457 units to end at $10.25, Lasco Financial shed 4 cents to settle at $4.76 with 6,120 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents in trading of 2,368 units at $5.35. Main Event closed trading of 14,260 units and gained 10 cents to end at $5.70, Medical Disposables lost 5 cents trading 24,390 shares to close at $7, Limners and Bards closed trading of 141,969 units and gained 8 cents to end at $2.70. Stationery and Office Supplies closed 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 33,000 stock units trading, SSL Venture climbed 8 cents and exchanged 1,900 shares at $1.09 and Ttech shed 50 cents in trading of 95,045 units at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 TTSE stocks fall 3 rise – Wednesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday 18 securities changing hands compared to 19 on Tuesday but the volume and value traded declined sharply below Tuesday’s levels.
At the close of the market, 3 stocks rose, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged resulting in the Composite Index slipping 0.62 points to end at 1,408.76. The All T&T Index gained 0.46 points to 1,751.69, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.24 points to close at 144.50.
Trading ended with, as 79,629 shares changing hands at $1,539,070, compared to 418,052 shares changing hands at $12,253,099 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Gains| First Citizens gained 5 cents to end at $40.25, with 1,055 units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank added 45 cents and ended at $59.25, with an exchange of 8,018 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 750 units and gained 10 cents to close at $25.60.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 80 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund shed 10 cents and ended at $24, swapping of 11,279 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 10 cents and settled at $18.15, with 12,000 units crossing the exchange. 
Guardian Media ended trading of 1,718 shares after slipping 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.60, NCB Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents and ended at $10.55, with investors exchanging 10,000 stock units, Republic Financial closed 11 cents down and ended at $121.89, after exchanging 1,428 shares. Unilever Caribbean dropped 50 cents and ended at $24.50, in swapping 120 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 2 cents and ended at $104, with 50 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl settled at $55, after swapping of 399 shares, First Caribbean closed at $9.25, with an exchange of 507 units, LJ Williams completed trading at $1, with investors exchanging 8,000 shares, National Enterprises closed at $5.70, with 7,600 stock units changing hands. National Flour settled at $1.56, with 1,000 units trading, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 10,985 stock units at $10.50 and Trinidad Cement settled at $2.04, with 4,640 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
More declines for JSE majors
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market declined for a second consecutive day at the close on Tuesday with less than half the volume traded on Monday but with Barita Investments with a big 8 million units trade for $649 million following 6 million units valued $487 million on Monday.
Trading ended with 39 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 10 advancing, 19 declining and 10 trading firm. The market closed with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 421.45 points to close at 560,406.97. The JSE Index was down 387.75 points to 510,011.86 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.08 points to close at 139.21.
Main market activity ended with 36 securities trading resulting in 44,023,689 units valued at $758,570,804 in contrast to 98,349,184 units valued at $1,160,920,073 from 35 securities trading on Monday.
JMMB Group 7.5% preference share led trading with 22 million units for 50 percent of total volume, followed by Barita Investments with 8 million units accounting for 18 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 7 million shares for 16 percent of the market’s trade. Also trading more than a million shares, were, Sagicor Select Funds with 2 million shares changing hands and QWI Investments with 1.5 million units and closing at an all-time low of $1.19. 
The Market closed with an average of 1,222,880 units valued at an average of $21,071,411 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,809,977 units for an average of $33,169,145 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,147,595 shares at $11,637,677 for each security traded and previously 1,360,410 units valued at $9,708,050 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments gained 36 cents to settle at $79.86 with an exchange of 8,128,881 shares, Berger Paints lost 40 cents to close at $18.60 with 3,835 units trading, Carib Cement closed 64 cents lower after 14,950 shares changed hands to end at $79.36. Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of $1.99, closing at $36.01 as 145,234 shares traded, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 40 cents, after exchanging 36,003 shares to settle at $29, JMMB Group closed 99 cents lower at $45, with 30,369 shares changing hands. 
Kingston Wharves jumped $3 to settle at $60, after trading 1,642 shares, NCB Financial slid $1 to close at $204 while exchanging 41,451 units, PanJam Investment closed $2 lower in swapping 39,968 shares to end at $103. Portland JSX gained 50 cents in trading 5,200 shares to close at $8.50, Scotia Group dropped $3 to $58 with 9,900 shares changing hands, Seprod declined by $2.50 to end at $51 with an exchange of 101,439 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 69 cents, after exchanging 101,048 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 259,948 units valued US$81,583 with the market index rising 0.29 points to close at 198.91. Proven Investments exchanged 230.020 shares, to close at 27 US cents and JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 17,865 units, losing 1 US cent to end at 99 US cents.
