IC Insider TOP 10 stock – Palace Amusement, jumped $540 to $1,100 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, did not trade on Thursday but closed with the bid at $1,300 and an offer at $1,500.
The sharp increased price, comes as investors responded to the strong patronage of the Black Panther movie, that is expected to raise revenues and profit sharply for Palace.
Main market activity ended with 29 securities changing hands, with 3 securities rising, 14 falling, 12 trading firm. Trading closed with 14,969,349 units valued at $264,028,466 being exchanged.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 4,700.74 points to 319,507.99 and the JSE Index dived 4,282.91 points to 291,107.90.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9, with 3,600 shares, Berger Paints ended at $17, with 100 stock units, Carreras finished with a loss of 12 cents at $10.78, with 362,023 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 1 cent higher at $32.61, with 58,148 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 14 cents, with 145,700 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $52, with 12,451 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 48 cents at $19.51, with 342,660 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 49 cents at $15.01, with 326,924 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.50, with 112,036 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 44 cents at $26.06, with 623,884 shares, Kingston Properties finished with a loss of 65 cents at $6, with 7,500 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $39.50, with 5,950 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 2 cents higher at $5.17, with 2,000 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 99 cents at $98.50, after 893,212 shares changed hands, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 12 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.03, with 3,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 29 cents at $5.51, with 150 shares, PanJam Investment finished $42 higher at $42, with 58,886 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading at $1.85, with 33,735 shares, Radio Jamaica finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.06, with 3,570 shares. Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 90 cents at $35.60, with 225,268 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 10 cents at $15, with 16,636 shares, Salada Foods ended trading at $12.05, with 8,474 stock units, Scotia Group traded with a loss of $2 at $54, with 124,930 units, Seprod finished trading at $30.25, with 48,955 shares. Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 1,767,895 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4.50, with 732,219 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10.50, with 9,043,043 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% ended trading at $2.55, with 400 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 6,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “4,700 points drop for JSE – Thursday.”
Investor bids $1,300 for Palace shares – Thursday
March 15, 2018 by IC Insider.com
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