JSE main market falters again

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 24 securities changing hands, with 7 advancing, 12 declining and 4 trading firm with 19,187,109 units valued at $205,077,757.
The market indices suffered major reversal as a result of the negative advance decline ratio of nearly 1 to 2 hit, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index, to drop 3,027.95 points to close at 306,608.74 and the JSE Index to dive 2,758.81 points to 279,355.24. The major contributors to the sharp fall include, declines in Grace Kennedy, Kingston Wharves but mostly a $1 drop in the price of NCB Financial Group and $1, Sagicor Group with a fall of $1.60.
In main market activity, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 30 cents at $16.20, with 215,407 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 4 cents at 95 cents, with 288,300 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $32, with 72,066 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 1 cent at $11.04, with 84,627 units. Ciboney Group finished trading 19 cents higher at 52 weeks’ high of 45 cents, with 60,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 44 cents at $43, with 968 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 1 cent higher at $17.51, with 25,872 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 5,440 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 27 cents at $6.98, with 15,018,321 shares, JMMB Group settled 5 cents higher at $28, with 154,344 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 36,215 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 1,023,177 shares. NCB Financial Group lost $1 at $94, with 58,498 shares trading, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 5 cents at $6, with 4,290 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $40.75, with 12,620 units, Portland JSX finished at $9, with 3,900 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.09, with 45,693 stock units. Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.60 at $36.50, with 2,026,098 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with a mere 1,515 shares, Scotia Group closed trading 10 cents higher at $51.30, with 21,850 stock units, Seprod climbed $1.80 to $34, with 1,600 units but ended with the stock on offer at $32. Sterling Investments finished at $12, with 8,000 shares and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 8 cents at $10.42, with 17,370 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended trading at $1.10, with 938 stock units.