Wednesday, 8th January 2014 | In trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, shares of 29 companies traded with 13 stocks advancing to 6 that were down and 10,197,005 units changed hands with a value of $43,298,463.
The three main market indices closed up at the end of trading with the JSE Market Index advancing by 443.39 points to close at 80,094.42, the JSE All Jamaican Composite gained 672.54 points to finish at 81,032.29 and the JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 5.13 points to end at 775.32. Caribbean Cement and Caribbean Producers closed at new 52 weeks high.
Main Market| Activity in main market stocks resulted in trading in Berger Paints with 8,929 shares at $1.76; Cable & Wireless 5,893,367 units with the price closing up 2 cents at 19 cents; Carreras 629,254 shares at $35, down $1.75; Desnoes & Geddes 63,300 units at $4.98, off by 11 cents; Grace Kennedy 110,598 shares at $54 for an increase of 39 cents; Kingston Wharves 45,000 units at $6.10; National Commercial Bank 26,683 shares at $17.10, up by 58 cents; Pan Jamaican Investment 5,199 units at $54, a jump of $4; Sagicor Investments 100,000 shares at $16 up by 34 cents; Scotia Group 26,389 units at $20.50; Scotia Investments 11,750 shares at $25; Supreme Ventures 40,500 units at $2.51.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,639,000 units at $3.
Junior Market | trading in the junior market saw Blue Power trading 306,565 units to close firm at $10; Caribbean Cream 100,000 shares at $1; Caribbean Producers up 5 cents as 309,890 units changed hands to close at $2.75; General Accident Insurance swapped 71,130 shares at $1.88; Lasco Distributors 436,710 units $1.38; Lasco Financial Services 123,789 shares at $1.27 and Lasco Manufacturing 213,542 units at $1.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers lower.
