JSE main market inched up – Friday
February 17, 2017 by IC Insider.com
The main and US dollar markets closed with 26 securities changing hands on a day with moderate volumes.
In market activity, Supreme Ventures was the dominant trade on Friday but the stock price fell to $5.50, losing 20 cents with 1,444,908 units trading. Barita Investments lost 67 cents to close at $6.85 trading just 350 units, Berger Paints closed at $11.50 with an exchange of 11,554 units, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.27 with a loss of 3 cents and 419,488 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement closed at $33 trading 15,715 shares. Carreras jumped $5 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $74 trading a mere 1,090 units, 1834 Investments lost 20 cents, closing at $1.80 with 25,100 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $40.85, losing 15 cents with an exchange of 117,428 units. Jamaica Broilers slid $1.50 to $14.50, trading 34,664 shares, Jamaica Producers lost 21 cents and closed at $17.24, down 28 percent from its 2017 high, with 306,833 units changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 80 cents to close at $10.80 with 157,670 shares traded. JMMB Group advanced 50 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $20.50 with an exchange of 76,805 units, during the day the price hit an intraday high of $23. Kingston Properties traded 600 units at a 52 weeks’ high of $11 for a gain of $1, Kingston Wharves closed at $28.52 with a loss of $2.48 trading 3,450 units, National Commercial Bank closed lower at $61, losing $2, after swapping 37,151 shares. Pan Jamaican ended trading at $39 with a loss of $1.75 and an exchange of 284,952 shares, Portland JSX gained 2 cents to close at $10.55 with an exchange of 5,500 shares, Pulse Investments closed at $6.80 with a loss of 10 cents and 3,030 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.90 trading 161,234 units. Sagicor Group closed at $35.20, losing 37 cents with trades of 45,746 units, after it hit an intraday high of $38, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $11.50 with an exchange of 8,058 units. Scotia Group lost 40 cents to close at $39.10 having traded 21,400 shares, Proven Investments closed at 32 US cents trading 233,119 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share lost 2 cents with trades of 167,612 units, to close at $1.07.
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