C&W and Wisynco in big trades on JSE

Cable & Wireless with an exchange of 11,351,768 shares and Wisynco Group trading 4,146,449 units dominated trading with 88 percent of volume on the main market on Wednesday.
Market activity closed with 27 securities changing hands, leading to 17,559,021 shares valued at $97,721,084 changing hands. At the close the prices of 8 stocks rose, 10 declined and 9 traded firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,844.76 points to 315,947.37 and the JSE Index surged 2,591.90 points to 287,863.79.
In main market activity, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 50 cents at $7.50, with 100 stock units, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 15 cents at $17.35, with 143,691 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 11,351,768 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 25 cents at $11, with 799,248 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.50 higher at $34.50, with 26,394 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $43.10, with 7,210 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 51 cents higher at $18.01, with 27,100 units, Jamaica Producers closed 40 cents higher at $16.90, with 17,262 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 86,312 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $25, with 107,680 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $33.50, with 24,000 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5.99, with 1,270 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 1 cent at $100.84, with 99,261 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $1.30, with 11,877 shares, Pulse Investments ended with a loss of 19 cents at $1.80, with 30,876 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.07, with 17,435 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $35.60, with 126,082 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 49 cents at $14.01, with 19,627 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of 50 cents at $10.50, with 1,355 units, Scotia Group finished trading 4 cents higher at $52.99, with 35,488 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 28 cents higher at $11.98, with 92,495 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.10, with 215,060 units and Wisynco Group gained 54 cents to $11.99, with 4,146,449 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 160,230 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.17, with 9,651 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,000 shares, Proven Investments climbed 85 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.90, with 100 units traded.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Big surge in JSE Main market – Wednesday.”