JSE Main market bounces – Monday

Stocks rising and falling were equal at 8 each at the close of trading when the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index gaining 447.76 points to 321,177.09 and the JSE Index advanced 407.96 points to close at 292,628.66.
Trading ended with 13,891,915 units, valued at $50,338,524 from 22 securities traded in the main market and 42,934 units trading in the US dollar market.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended trading with 1,500 shares and lost 3 cents to close at $8.85, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.99 to $33, with 8,450 stock units, Carreras finished at $11.50, with 219,803 units changing hands, Ciboney Group settled 2 cents higher at 19 cents with 2,000 shares. Grace Kennedy finished with a loss of 49 cents at $42.01, while 262,427 shares traded, Jamaica Broilers finished at $18.50, with 4,795 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading 35 cents higher at $15.55, with 68,270 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 9 cents at $6.90, with 9,200 shares trading. JMMB Group fell $1.60 to $28.90, with 159,108 shares, Kingston Wharves closed 50 cents higher at $33, trading 56,819 units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading at $5, with 111,745 shares, NCB Financial Group ended with a loss of $1 at $107, with 50,770 stock units changing hands. PanJam Investment ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $42.50, in exchanging 8,200 units, Pulse Investments rose 20 cents to end at $2, with 330,544 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.13, with 3,636 stock units, Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 50 cents at $37.50, and exchanging 135,061 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed 80 cents higher at a new record high of $15.80, with 3,300 shares, Scotia Group lost 36 cents at $51.50, with 20,505 stock units and Supreme Ventures finished trading 3 cents higher at $11.80, with 126,501 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 11,403,244 shares at $1.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 258,726 units at $1.85. 8.90, with 159,108 stock units. In the US equity market, Margaritaville ended trading 350 units .20 US cents, Productivity Business Solutions traded 3,000 shares at 57.51 US cents and Proven Investments traded 39,584 ordinary shares at 23 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.