Sygnus Credit Investments hits new highs in the US dollar market.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market resumed its downward drift on Monday, after a rally on Friday that briefly broke five days of decline ahead the final trading day of August.
The market ended, with 40 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 12 securities advancing, 20 declining and 8 trading firm, compared to 42 securities trading on Friday.
At the close of trading, the two Sygnus Credit Investments stocks trading in the US market ended at 52 weeks highs while MPC Caribbean Energy traded at an intraday high of $132.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 832.64 points to close at 570,699.86, the JSE Index declined by 742.28 points to close at 519,668.00 but the JSE Financial Index lost 0.28 points to end at 140.42.
Market activity ended with 18,275,886 units valued $114,450,252, in contrast to 24,252,652 units valued at $191,230,760 crossing the main market on Friday.
Sagicor Select Fund was the leading traded stock with 7.35 million shares accounting for 40 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 5.8 million units accounting for 32 percent of the day’s trade and Radio Jamaica with 2.33 million shares for 13 percent of the main market’s volume.
Trading closed with an average 493,943 units valued $3,093,250 for each security traded, in contrast to 638,228 units valued $5,032,388 on Friday. August closed with an average of 1,743,431 units valued at $9,907,963 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 95 cents to settle at $71.05 with 5,694 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement lost $3 trading 10,463 shares to close at $80, Eppley Caribbean Fund lost $1.87 to close at $48.13 as just 326 shares changed hands, Eppley traded 343 shares and gained 87 cents to end at $16.96. Jamaica Broilers lost 50 cents to end at $36, trading 49,375 shares. Jamaica Producers lost $1 trading of 24,950 units to end at $26.50, JMMB Group decline by $1.50 in trading of 21,260 units at $49, Kingston Wharves gained $2 to end at $67, in trading 2,200 shares. MPC Caribbean jumped $3.40 and ended market activity exchanging 2,090 shares to close at $130.40 after trading at an all-time high of $132 earlier in the day. NCB Financial gained $1.99 to end at $211.99 with 66,078 stock units changing hands, PanJam Investment fell 99 cents in exchanging 314,312 shares at $102, Proven Investments lost 90 cents trading 7,830 units to close at $36.60. 
Sagicor Group closed with a gain of $2.50 to sit at $73.50 in swapping of 92,243 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with just 866 shares, and lost 25 cents to end at $11, Seprod lost 95 cents to end at $55.05 with 33,079 stock units changing hands. Supreme Ventures exchanged 37,378 units and fell 28 cents to end at $25.72, Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 63,546 shares and lost 50 cents, to close at $20.50 and Wisynco Group lost 50 cents with 297,883 shares changing hands, to settle at $23.50.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 211,178 units valued $41,927 changing hands. Proven Investments concluded trading of 91,534 shares at 25 US cents, the Jamaican denominated Sygnus Credit Investments, exchanged 8,844 shares and rose 2 cents to a record close of 13 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar-denominated stock traded 110,800 shares with a rise of 2.5 cents to close at a record of 16 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 3.61 points to close at 194.33.
The Junior Market Index declined by 36.90 points to close at 3,549.04 on Monday with 30 securities changing hands with declining stocks clobbered rising stocks 2 to 1 with a number of prices falling sharply.
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 5,000 shares to close at $3, Knutsford Express lost 55 cents to end at $11.95, trading 1,300 shares, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 374,926 shares to close at $3 after falling 20 cents. Lasco Distributors fell 2 cents trading 103,744 units at $3.30. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 55 cents in trading of 12,100 units to end at $5.55, Lasco Manufacturing shed 10 cents exchanging 65,784 units at $5.50, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $1.19 cents to close at $7.40, in the swapping of 1,000 shares. Main Event closed trading of 33,984 units and gained 14 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading dipped 39 cents with 22,171 units changing hands at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies added just 1 cent to end at $12.50, in trading 100 shares.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 31,251 shares at a value of $1,140,527 crossed the exchange compared to 271,001 shares at a value of $5,097,064 on Friday.
One Caribbean Media shed 9 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $10.01, after exchanging 41 shares. Scotiabank shed 50 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $58.50, with 6,813 stock units trading and West Indian Tobacco dropped 45 cents and concluded at $105.55, with 1,588 units crossing the exchange.
Radio Jamaica
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed higher on Friday, following days of declines earlier in the week as investors pushed prices down for five days ahead moving the majority upon the final trading day of August.
Pulse Investments lost 34 cents to settle at $3.25 while trading 49,885 shares, Radio Jamaica dipped 31 cents in trading of 3,108,588 units to end at $2.07 after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.58, Sagicor Group close with a loss of $2 to sit at $71 in swapping of 66,216 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with 208,900 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $ 11.25, Seprod gained $4 to end at $56 with 10,970 stock units changing hands, Scotia Group gained $2.51 to end at $57.50 with 282,997 stock units trading. Supreme Ventures closed trading of 10,229 units and gained 80 cents to end at $26. Victoria Mutual closed with a loss of 31 cents at $7.99 trading 725,900 units at $7.99 and Wisynco Group climbed $1.15 with 291,598 shares changing hands, to settle at $24.
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 5 closing with lower offers.
Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 55,470 shares to close at $5 after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 30 cents with 178,292 shares crossing the exchange at $5.60 at the close, Medical Disposables gained $1.09 to end at $8.59 with 30,144 stock units trading. Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 33,800 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 25,691 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAAC 2000 gained 24 cents exchanging just 100 shares at $1.14.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 13 securities changing hands, compared to 15 on Thursday and ended with no stock advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 81,869 units and lost $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $24 and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1 to end at $106 with 500 shares crossing the exchange.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market dropped again on Thursday, following declines on Monday and Tuesday with falling stocks being greater than advancing ones. 
Sagicor Select Fund was the leading traded stock with 16.3 million shares accounting for 61 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 5.4 million units accounting for 20 percent of the day’s trade and Radio Jamaica with 2 million shares for 8 percent of the main market’s volume.
Sagicor Group added 49 cents to end at $73, in trading 46,860 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 70 cents to end at $10.80, in trading 51,105 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments dipped $1.50 to end at $21, trading 67,161 stock units, Seprod gained 62 cents to end at $52, while trading 100,878 shares. Supreme Ventures lost $1.30 to end at $25.20, trading 71,034 shares and Wisynco Group rose 85 cents to settle at $22.85 with 96,697 shares changing hands.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.29 with 41,456 stock units changing hands, Blue Power dipped 49 cents in trading 3,684 units at $8.50, Caribbean Cream closed 22 cents higher at $5.50, with 8,301 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers shed 3 cents exchanging 63,197 units at $4.75. Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 800 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $2.07, Dolphin Cove closed 25 cents higher at $12, with 7,975 stock units crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading swapped 10,000 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $2.80. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 152,751 shares, after rising 1 cent to close at $7, Fontana declined 50 cents in exchanging 240,434 units at $8, General Accident ended market activity with 9,350 shares changing hands to close at $6 after falling 20 cents, GWest Corporation climbed 1 cent and exchanged 500 shares at $1.30. Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading 284,628 shares to close at $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance ended market activity exchanging 136,626 shares to close at $4 after falling 20 cents, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.90 with 1,865,619 stock units changing hands. 
Knutsford Express ended trading with 81,435 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $11.20, Limners and Bards closed 9 cents higher at $3.10, with an exchange of 150,067 stock units, Lasco Distributors lost 30 cents in trading of 5,440 units at $3.20, Lasco Financial swapped 55,899 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.15. Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents and ended market activity exchanging 7,998 shares to close at $5.30. Main Event ended trading with 4,510 shares, after rising 26 cents at $6.86, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 49 cents to end at $12.50 with an exchange of 3,984 shares and tTech ended market activity with 11,720 shares changing hands to close at $6.70 after falling 25 cents.
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 45 cents and settled at $54.05 with 480 stock units trading, National Enterprises lost 2 cents settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $6, with an exchange of 1,863 shares, National Flour traded 2,730 shares after falling 3 cents to end at $$1.65. Scotia Group lost 2 cents closed at a 52 weeks’ low $59.48, with an exchange of 500 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 81,869 units and lost 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.
